Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Saturday | August 8, 2009
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A resort for all
The Errol Flynn Marina is easily the biggest attraction in Port Antonio. But it's not just for the well-to-do or the boating enthusiast. The marina provides the perfect getaway for the casual strollers, the folks who like to read a good book under a tree's shade, or schoolers looking to chill for a while before heading home.

Farming too hard - youngsters
Despite the many commercial edifices that now take up Port Antonio square, there is still a place for farmers, albeit a reduced one.Oscar Jackson is one such farmer.

Message in a handcart
We saw him surrounded by handcarts, hammering away at the wheels of one of them. His name is John Pryce and he can be called the handcart man of the Port Antonio market.

Finding the rhythms of Porti
Port Antonio and the Jamaican music scene are not ideas you would readily put in the same sentence.Marlon Minott, aka Marly B of Illmatic Records Inc, is looking to change that...

The story of 'lady B' - The wind beneath the wings of change
Long before she became 'Lady B' Gladys Longbridge enjoyed playful days in Ashton, Westmoreland, where she was born on March 8, 1915, to Frank Longbridge, a planter, and his wife, Rebecca.


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