Eager entrepreneurs hoping to connect with customers put their goods and services on display Saturday at Fort Christian. The Shop Local Small Business Expo brought a steady stream of visitors into the courtyard under sunny skies and high clouds.
Travelers along St. Thomas’ Veterans Drive are being greeted by a bit of holiday magic thanks to MSI Building Supply and SeaChest Ace, according to a press release Wednesday.
The owners of Moe’s Fresh Market on St. Thomas want to build a 52-room hotel in Sub Base catering to business travelers, they said at a zoning meeting Friday morning.
The V.I. Health Department will hold a ceremony on St. Croix and offer free HIV testing on St. Thomas on Friday to mark the 35th observance of World AIDS Day and to show solidarity with the global community’s commitment to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. acted on bills passed by the 35th Legislature at its session on Nov. 14 by signing seven into law and vetoing two — one naming the bridge in Nadir on St. Thomas after Wayne “Facts Man” Adams, and another giving St. Croix residents affected by the lead crisis a break on their water bills — and acknowledging several of the Legislature’s nominations and commendations, Government House announced Thursday.
Kyle Fleming, chairman of the Water and Power Authority’s Governing Board, Thursday questioned authority staff if it was using traditional methods to solve problems instead of taking advantage of the resources and technology available in 2023.
Developers of the new soon-to-be 126-room hotel near Havensight Mall presented their case for tax incentives through the Economic Development Commission Thursday morning. They anticipate a March 2025 opening date.
“FEMA has awarded the V.I. Department of Education a grant for $140,087,014.98 for Markoe Elementary School on St. Croix and a grant in the amount of $324,355,822.98 for Cancryn Junior High School on St. Thomas…”
“FEMA has awarded the V.I. Department of Education a grant for $140,087,014.98 for Markoe Elementary School on St. Croix and a grant in the amount of $324,355,822.98 for Cancryn Junior High School on St. Thomas…”
Dr. Donna M. Christensen has been named to the founding advisory board of the new School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.
“FEMA has awarded the V.I. Department of Education a grant for $140,087,014.98 for Markoe Elementary School on St. Croix and a grant in the amount of $324,355,822.98 for Cancryn Junior High School on St. Thomas…”
In 2009, I testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources in Congress in support of the measure to establish Castle Nugent Farms as part of the National Park System. The bill passed the House Committee with a vote of 25-14. Castle Nugent Farms came one step closer to becoming officially a National Historic Site managed by the National Park Service. Nonetheless, the bill never arrived on President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature.
Junior Tri VI, a sub-committee of the Virgin Islands Triathlon Federation, will host a swim/run event starting at 8 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 3, on the grounds of Bungalows on The Bay (formerly known as Chenay Bay).
Volume 37 boasts insightful and exciting poetry, short stories, personal essays, interviews and book reviews by established, as well as emerging, writers from within the Caribbean and its diaspora. Through the 2023 theme, each submission contends with ideas percolating in the region and its diaspora with
The night will feature professional craps and roulette dealers from San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino, a fire dance performance, a silent auction featuring high-end art and travel items, live music by DJ Cypha and more.
Samuel Anthony Freeman, affectionally known as “Sam,” “C-2,” “Mr. Sam,” “Freeman,” “Grandpa,” “Three for Two for One,” “Trouble” and “Number One,” of Estate Sion Farm died peacefully to be with his Lord on Nov. 20 at the age of 89.