The Legacy of Violette Hilty
Before she passed away in August at the age of 90, Violette Hilty imprinted her love of style and fragrance in downtown Christiansted for almost 60 years.
Senators Create New WAPA Board, New Unfunded Mandates as Election Nears
The Legislature will again create a new board, this one to replace the existing Water and Power Authority Governing Board, if legislation approved unanimously in the Rules and Judiciary Committee on Tuesday becomes law.
Territory’s Lab Director Confident in CDC Guidance, But More Tests are Needed
The evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has required a nimble response from government health agencies, including in the Virgin Islands, where officials have relied on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how best to combat the virus.
BMV Announces a New STT Facility is Within Reach
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles stands to receive additional funding after the Senate Finance Committee voted on Wednesday to appropriate money for a rebuild of the St. Thomas facility that hurricanes Irma and Maria decimated.
V.I. Sports Commission May Gain Committee Members
The Senate Committee on Youth, Sports, Parks and Recreation unanimously advanced legislation on Monday that, if enacted, would add two more members to the Virgin Islands Sports Commission – something not all testifiers were in favor of.
UVI Confirms Two Staff Members had COVID-19 in August
Officials at the University of the Virgin Islands have confirmed that two staff members on St. Thomas contracted the novel coronavirus in August.
DPNR Launches App for Anonymously Reporting Violations
DPNR has launched an application that will let citizens in the USVI report to the department anonymously if they see something they think is suspicious or illegal that could harm the environment.
Police Respond to Brookman Road Shooting
Police officers responded to gunshots in the Brookman Road area on Wednesday after the 911 emergency call center was alerted at 11:06 a.m.
$8.9M Grant Earmarked for Safety Improvements at Territory’s Airports
The Virgin Islands Port Authority has submitted the required documents to receive an $8,859,506 Airport Improvement Program grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) via the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bank Officer Kidnapped in Attempted Robbery
Friday morning a masked gunman abducted an officer of the Oriental Bank in Estate Diamond on St. Croix in an attempt to gain entrance to the bank and rob it, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Letter to the Editor: GRUFF Objects to Bill No. 33-0363
Government Retirees United for Fairness Inc. (GRUFF) writes an open letter to the Senate about significant concerns regarding Bill No. 33-0363, the Matching Fund Securitization Corporation and other matters.
Bank Officer Kidnapped in Attempted Robbery
Friday morning a masked gunman abducted an officer of the Oriental Bank in Estate Diamond on St. Croix in an attempt to gain entrance to the bank and rob it, the V.I. Police Department reported.
John Powers Littlehales Dies at 85
John Powers Littlehales, also known as “Haps,” got his wish and passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by the dogs and a great deal of love.
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As school officials kick off the first week of virtual classes for the 2020 fall semester, some parents say they are still grappling with the “new normal.” #visource #usvi #feature
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As school officials kick off the first week of virtual classes for the 2020 fall semester, some parents say they are still grappling with the "new normal."
If there’s anything that the hurricanes of 2017 and the current COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated, it’s that the U.S. Virgin Islands needs to diversify its economy and become less dependent on tourism.
But how exactly do we do that?
That’s the question that UVI’s Center for Leadership and Learning, more commonly known UVI CELL, is posing to the public in a series of town hall meetings.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: The relatively unspoiled beauty of St. John was cited as an advantage by town hall participants. (Source File Photo)
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The V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources deployed new fish aggregating devices (FAD) in the St. Thomas-St. John District on Thursday, Aug. 27 and in the St. Croix District on Friday, Aug. 28, according to Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol. Deployment of the FADs benefits the U.S. Virgin Islands by shifting fishing pressure from heavily fished inshore areas to offshore areas with more abundant populations of pelagic sportfish species such as tuna, dolphin and wahoo.
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✏: Press Release
📸: Submitted Photo
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The Department of Planning and Natural Resources has launched an application that will let citizens in the U.S. Virgin Islands report to the department anonymously if they see something they think is suspicious or illegal that could harm the environment.
The app can be found and downloaded by searching “USVI DPNR Hotline” in either the Android app store, known as “Google Play,” or the Apple app store for iPhones.
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For the full article visit The Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Kyle Murphy
📸: Photo provided by Kristina Edwards
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Both the U.S. Virgin Islands Olympic Committee and the V.I. Housing Finance Authority told senators on Monday about the progress that has been made on building multipurpose sports complexes that would double as storm shelters on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
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For the full article visit The Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: Photo by Bethaney Lee
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The Moravian Churches have a unique history in the U.S. Virgin Islands dating back to the early 1700s and are host to the most abundant burial sites on St. Thomas – two intimate church graveyards and two cemeteries.
But to understand anything about these burial sites, the church itself and the first Moravians must be understood.
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For the full article visit The Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: Photo by Bethaney Lee
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Caneel Bay Resort, located within the Virgin Islands National Park, has been known for its extraordinary beauty since it opened in 1956. Few people, however, know that seven sites within the property have been contaminated over the years by pollutants that are hazardous to creatures on land and in the sea.
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For the full article visit The Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: Photo by Amy Roberts
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Udall Caribbean, a jewelry brand whose products connect consumers to Caribbean heroes and heroines of the past while celebrating the region’s rich culture and heritage, launched an eBoutique on Sept. 9, allowing customers from around the world to shop its selections.
The company was founded by 38-year-old St. Croix native Ephra Graham in December 2019 and derives its name from St. Croix’s Point Udall – the easternmost point in the United States.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Source Staff
📸: Photo submitted
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I am sure I am one of many that have had this experience. Yet, I believe it is an experience worth sharing for it speaks to the person that Joe Biden is.
In 2004, I was chosen from hundreds of nationwide applicants to join AARP’s national board for six years. This thrust forward allowed me to bring the interests and needs of Virgin Islanders into the spotlight of one of America’s largest nonpartisan premier advocacy organizations – AARP. However, little did I know, I would have a very special moment with Joe Biden.
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For the the full letter to the editor visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Letter to the Editor by Cora Christian MD
📸: Photo Cora Christian MD with Vice President Joe Biden
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“You’ve got your certificate of occupancy.”
These words are guaranteed to gladden the heart of anyone involved in a construction project in the Virgin Islands.
On Tuesday, Bob Malacarne, president of the board of St. John Rescue, heard those welcome words spoken by Marvin Vaughan, the construction manager for the V.I. Housing Finance Authority.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: Photo by Amy Roberts
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📸 Photo #1: Dion Parson grew up and went to public school on St. Thomas. When he left for college at Rutgers University in New Jersey, he said, “I had heard the N-word, but I didn’t know what it meant.”
It was not until a white student told him to “watch it nigger,” in a doorway that he was entering with six other Black students and bumped into the white person, that he got the language lesson.
📸 Photo #2: MemorieAnne Brown-Callender was born in Alabama. She first came to live on St. Thomas when she was six years old when her parents separated. She spent her young life split between St. Thomas, where her mother’s mother lives, and San Diego where her father, who was in the military resided.
It was in San Diego, she said, where she experienced her first racism shock. She was the only Black student in her fourth-grade class, though most of the students in the school, she said, were Hispanic rather than Caucasian.
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✏: Article by Shaun Pennington
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The St. Thomas Historical Trust has received a $20,000 grant through the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands to be used for teaching the art of furniture caning out of the Historical Trust’s museum, in the heart of Charlotte Amalie.
Historical Trust President Pamela Montegut said West Indies furniture rivals anything that came out of Europe and much of the exquisite furniture was caned, a weaving technique that became popular in the territory.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: Photo by Bethaney Lee
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Over the last eight years, David Payne’s family has commissioned four signs, all of which have stood outside his sister’s house on Beltjen Road, calling for the public to report any details about his murder to Crime Stoppers.
The first three were torn down. Last week, the fourth was installed and trimmed with festive balloons in honor of his 38th birthday, which fell on Aug. 30. On Monday, the eighth anniversary of his death, those balloons will be replaced with black ones, representing – according to his mother Blanche Frazier – the darkness in which he was killed.
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✏: Article by Ananta Pancham
📸: Photos provided by Blanche Frazier
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These enchanting flowers are designed to attract nocturnal pollinators like fruit bats and hawk moths, not people. But if we are lucky, we get a brief chance to enjoy them before they drop.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Gail Karlsson
📸: Photos by Gail Karlsson
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One summer evening in 2018 when Tralice Bracy was assisting at the West End Music and Art Institute camp at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, she pricked up her ears.
The camp program included jazz performances in the gallery, curated by bass player Mario Thomas and funded by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands.
“I was dumbstruck by the talent that showed up,” Bracy said. “I had lived on St. Croix for nearly 10 years and had never encountered a real jazz scene before.” The interaction between the musicians and the audience fascinated her as much as the music did.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Anne Salafia
📸: Freddie Thomas, on piano, Fred Williams, on bass, Reggie Williams, on alto sax, and Hugh “Fuma” Petersen, on drums, play at a jazz show. (Photo provided by Tralice Bracy)
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Friday was a red-letter day for the Humane Society of St. Thomas’ Pets with Wings program as 69 of the shelter’s animals – 54 dogs and 15 cats – were transported stateside to be received by partner shelters and rescue organizations.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by James Baylor
📸: Photo by James Baylor
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Business owner Ramone Reid of Cultured Naturals Body Care is turning her daughters into young entrepreneurs with the launch of Juju & CeCe’s Lemonades. The company is set to provide healthy snacks and lemonades that celebrate local seasonal fruits.
Gracie and Juliett Reid-Ventura may only be just two and three years old, but they already enjoy helping their mother create these healthy lemonades and treats that incorporate local ingredients. “We are trying to instill in our children the power of entrepreneurship and the power of giving back,” Reid said.
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✏: Article by Diana Dias
📸: Photo provided by Ramone Reid
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A new species of Caribbean clam shrimp has been discovered in the unassuming pond of the Herman E. Moore Golf Course at the University of the Virgin Islands’ St. Thomas campus according to a UVI press release.
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✏: Article by Adian Brewer
📸: Photo by Christopher Rogers
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The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement rescued a kayaker in distress west of Perseverance Bay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday evening.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Source staff
📸: Photo submitted by U.S. Coast Guard
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This is the second of three articles looking at historic cemeteries on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Excluding small family graveyards, there are eight cemeteries on St. Thomas, of which two are public and five are affiliated with religious groups. The first installment looked at St. Thomas’ Jewish cemetery. This article looks at the island’s Danish cemetery.
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For the the full article visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: These graves within the Danish cemetery are among almost 100 which are elaborately decorated using conch shells. The identities of the individuals buried in these graves are not known, but speculated to be men or women of what at the time was known as the free-colored class. (Collage by Bethaney Lee using photos from the Royal Danish Consulate)
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A movie and subsequent early morning wake-up call led well-known St. Thomas chef/restaurateur Alexander Treml to make two major, life-changing decisions; the first was to become a vegan, the other to come out of a 15-year retirement to “do it one more time.”
Doing it one more time means, opening a new restaurant. This time without the fine dining trappings like linen tablecloths, flowers, candles and shiny silverware. Also without the filet mignons, pork and Austrian accented veal dishes.
PlantTastic, a colorful food truck parked in the middle of the old Radio One lot in Gregorie East – an idea that came to Treml barely two months ago – is ready to serve starting Saturday.
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✏: Article by Shaun Pennington
📸: Photos by Lara Halliday
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