Maryland All-Age School Honours outgoing principal
THE MARYLAND All-Age School community recently hosted a grand dinner and civic function in honour of outgoing principal, Mrs. Delva Baker, at the Hanover Parish Church hall in Lucea. Mrs. Baker, who originally hailed from Harvey River in the parish,...

Veggie Fest to become a reality
With more and more people seeking to become health conscious, a new exciting era in food festival will hit Jamaica next March with the inaugural staging of 'Veggie Fest' at the scenic Rhodes Hall Plantation, in Green Island, Hanover. The novel...

Knockalva Technical, coconut champions
Knockalva Technical High School emerged champions of the Coconut Industry Board's Farming Competition for Schools at the awards ceremony held in Lucea last week. According to senior advisory officer at the Coconut Industry Board, Audley Gowdie,...

Myrie cooks up win in Hanover chef competition
Fifteen-year-old Gregory Myrie of the Sandy Bay Primary and Junior High School emerged the top chef at the Rotary Club of Lucea's inaugural junior chef competition for Hanover's secondary schools, last Friday. The competition, which was held at the...

Forestry Dept hosts exhibition
The Ministry of Agriculture's Forestry Department and the Hanover Parish Development Committee joined forces last week to stage a tree-distribution and forestry exhibition in recognition of the United Nation's Environment Programme's World...

Crystal Axe to headline women's concert
Hanover's Germany-based reggae singer, Crystal Axe, is to headline the second staging of the Hanover Women in Concert fund-raiser on Sunday, June 24. According to Angela Haye, principal of the Hanover Educational Institute (HEI), the event, like...