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October 1st
Section A, Section B
The Hon. Dr. Earl Deveaux, Minister of the Environment, addressed a group at the Schooner Bay development on South Abaco. This is planned to be a complete village with shops and their owners and staff on the property.
Twenty-five graduated from the Bahama Host program of the Ministry of Tourism. This course goes into the history, geography and culture of the Bahamas and more specifically Abaco.
Pre-school students of the Little Angels Academy solicited donations for hurricane relief on Inauga. Marsh Harbour civic clubs, firemen, school students and others on Abaco raised over $20,000 to send.
September 15th
Section A, Section B
Viola Johnson was at church when her house in Dundas Town was found on fire. The Marsh Harbour Volunteer fire Department got it out quickly on arrival but the interior was gutted.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham views a site north of Cooper’s Town, Abaco, where a 45 acre coastal site is being considered for an inland man-made harbour for freight boats, fishermen and visiting yachts.
Tropical Storm Hanna passed about 50 miles to the east of Abaco giving us 60 - 70 mile per hour wind gusts and moderate rain. The Marsh Harbour airport had standing water on the ramp and surrounding area but the runway remained dry. The new runway to the south also was dry.