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October 05, 2012
Family Feud Rocks Abaco

The battle for the North Abaco seat took an unexpected turn last night when the stepmother of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate Renardo Curry dropped a bombshell, accusing the PLP of victimizing her husband, Renardo's father, and causing him so much stress that it killed him.

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February 02, 2012
Elite Abaco resort defends environmental record

Management at Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club remains adamant that its Guana Cay development is the most environmentally responsible development in the Caribbean despite accusations from an environmentalist group.

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July 06, 2020
Contractors association: At least another year or two before Abaco returns to normal

With nearly a year passed since Hurricane Dorian leveled certain parts of Abaco, Bahamian Contractor’s Association President Michael Pratt...

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September 01, 2019
Catastrophic Category 5 Dorian Battering Abaco

...CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 DORIAN POUNDING GREAT ABACO...

As of 4:00 PM EDT Sun Sep 1 the center of Dorian was located near 26.6, -77.3 with movement W at 7 mph.

The minimum central pressure was 910 mb with maximum sustained winds of about 185 mph.

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March 28, 2020
109 squatters arrested at Abaco church

Photos circulated on social media purportedly shows authorities making arrests at a Marsh Harbour church on SaturdayLaw enforcement officers arrested 109 people reportedly squatting at the A&B Church on Crocket Drive in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Saturday morning, according to Immigration Director Clarence Russell...

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February 28, 2023
Abaco chamber president wants action on derelict buildings

Abaconians are still waiting for the owners of derelict buildings destroyed by Hurricane Dorian to either renovate them or tear them down, President of the Abaco Chamber of Commerce Daphne DeGregory-Miaoulis said yesterday.

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November 18, 2022
Dorian housing alternatives 'would have been a fraction of the cost'

DISASTER Reconstruction Authority Chairman Alex Storr said there were several options for temporary housing after Hurricane Dorian, adding that if there had been practical thought, the results would have the former government spending a "fraction" of the $4.6m it expended on domes in Abaco.

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June 24, 2022
Red Cross award for Abaco woman

THE Bahamas Red Cross Society has named Christine Lightbourne as the first Bahamian recipient of the Henry Dunant Medal.

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June 22, 2022
Abaco car crash victim recently graduated high school

A 17-year-old girl who died after a car crash on Abaco on Monday night graduated from high school last week and had dreams of being a cosmetologist, her grieving grandmother said yesterday. LaVerne Maynard, 64, said her granddaughter, Shenna Thervil, was just a few weeks shy of her 18th birthday. Police said the crash happened in ...

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June 14, 2022
Govt will ask Abaco dome residents to vacate

Minister of Housing JoBeth Coleby-Davis said individuals occupying the domes in Spring City, Abaco, will soon be given notice to vacate those structures. However, she said the government will assist in relocating all of the dome residents.

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