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A life on the ocean wave

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:00:36 +0000

A ROYAL Navy officer from Grouville has taken command of HMS Bangor – one of the most sophisticated ships in the fleet.

Lieutenant-Commander Marcus Jacques (38) … [visit site to read more]

Peru bound

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:00:49 +0000

A FORMER teacher of the deaf is travelling to Peru this month to continue his work at a school which cares for children with hearing impairments.

Last year Eric … [visit site to read more]

Running mates

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:00:35 +0000

TWO friends will run the New York Marathon to raise funds for a new diabetes centre in Jersey.

Jeff Baron, who has been an insulin-dependent diabetic for almost 28 … [visit site to read more]

Cycling the Tour de Rance

Sue Le Ruez — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:00:08 +0000

SIX Islanders took part in a four-day cycle through France to raise over £800 for African schoolchildren.

The money will be used to support a day-care centre in … [visit site to read more]

More artwork goes on show at church

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:42 +0000

ST THOMAS’S Church has new artwork on its walls, painted by Jersey artist Mark Blanchard.

It shows St Thomas More in his cell at the Tower of London awaiting … [visit site to read more]

A century of hard graft

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:01 +0000

AN Islander who worked past the age of 80 and never took a holiday turned 100 on Saturday.

Walter Marett celebrated his birthday at the Red Rose in Trinity … [visit site to read more]

Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon 3km fun run

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:57:02 +0000

DESPITE the rain, the wind and the crashing waves over the sea wall, nearly 250 people of all ages ran the 3km fun run, organised as part of the Standard Chartered … [visit site to read more]

Finding sanctuary

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:07 +0000

WORKING with kangaroos, wallabies and possums is the day-to-day job for one Islander currently managing an animal sanctuary in Australia.

Ian Henderson (23) is … [visit site to read more]

Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:28 +0000

DESPITE the terrible conditions, near 2,000 runners took part in the third Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon, relay and fun run yesterday.

The 260 marathon runners, … [visit site to read more]

Ian’s runners raise £10,000 for new lifeboat

Sue Le Ruez — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:26 +0000

A GROUP taking part in the Great North Run on Sunday in memory of a special friend have raised £10,000 for the lifeboat appeal in his name.

Ian Atkinson, the … [visit site to read more]

Engineering scholarship for JCG designers

Sue Le Ruez — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:00:22 +0000

TWO Island students with a flair for engineering have been awarded scholarships from the Arkwright Trust.

Jersey College for Girls students Abbie Cummins and … [visit site to read more]

New Methodist minister

Sue Le Ruez — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:00:58 +0000

THE western Methodist churches have a new minister.

The Rev Christine Legge (50), of St Brelade, will be stationed in Jersey for the next five years and is … [visit site to read more]

Corbière Lighthouse open day

Sue Le Ruez — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:57:01 +0000

ISLANDERS and tourists got a last opportunity of the summer to have a nose around one of Jersey’s most iconic buildings at the weekend.

Corbière Lighthouse is one of the most photographed locations in the Island, but not that many people have been inside. On Sunday a number of groups were escorted to the famous landmark by Jersey Harbours, … [visit site to read more]

Coming to the aid of orphans

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:30 +0000

A JERSEY woman has been visiting orphanages in Nigeria while working for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

Aid worker Susy Brouard (40) (pictured) … [visit site to read more]

Record number of marathon runners

Sue Le Ruez — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:56:59 +0000

A RECORD number of runners have registered to take part in this year’s Jersey marathon — and almost half of them are from abroad.

Word has spread throughout … [visit site to read more]