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In Part 3 of this series on the forests in the Maroon Sanctuary Park on St. Croix, I will discuss understory plants briefly and the general ecological make-up of tree ecosystems throughout the park. Basically, understory simply means plants growing beneath the forest canopy without extensive light penetration onto the forest floor. Sweet lime, a non-native understory plant (Triphasia trifolia), for example, is one of our invasive species plants in the Virgin Islands, found both in the northwest and northeast central forests of the park environment.

Local students, Ki'Janne' Alfred and Martial Adrien Webster Jr., selected as 2026 Lawyers’ Scholarship Fund recipients.

Nonprofit Island Green Living is pleased to announce that through a special arrangement with Visual Promotions, the organization will be collecting recyclables at the “Pour to Score” Beer Festival on Saturday.

To the world’s shame, those violent, murderous gales continue unabated, driven by an unconscionable moral erosion. It is only fitting that we persist attempting to grasp the unleashed horror, feel the anguish, listen to the howling of a people crying out to their human family to intervene and end the nightmare.

“Although this is the first time bins have been available at St. John Celebration, Island Green has been recycling since 2014, and the program has grown exponentially since then," said President Harith Wickrema.

In Part 2 of this exploration of forest development within the Maroon Sanctuary Territorial Park on St. Croix, bush professor Olasee Davis touches on the indigenous people’s influence on the terrestrial environment in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, specifically on the island of St. Croix.

Chosen authors will represent the U.S. Virgin Islands at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Celebrate Emancipation Day with a special cultural event at Bajo el Sol Gallery on Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. The gallery will host a book signing with Dr. Letitia Henry, author of Unda de Baobab Tree: USVI History, Culture & Nature Activity Book, along with a Crucian Bayside Creations Pop-Up featuring traditional market baskets and local artistry by the Henry siblings.

The Virgin Islands Board of Education issues this statement not as routine communication, but as a moral response to a wound still open in our community. A young life was lost a couple of weeks ago as a result of violence in our Territory, and the weight of that loss has not faded with time. We are not only mourning a life lost. We are confronting what is being lost every time violence is chosen.

81C is pleased to announce the St. Thomas presentation of LEHWE’s BIRTH PAPERS: A Caribbean Design Show, its inaugural traveling exhibition dedicated to Caribbean design. Developed and curated by LEHWE Founder Azi Jones, the exhibition opens in Charlotte Amalie on July 11, following its debut at El Kilómetro in Santurce, Puerto Rico.

It is important to know the geological history that helps to explain present tree distribution in the Virgin islands and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands began as submarine volcanoes on the ocean floor, according to geologists, some 125 million years ago and were built by the end of the Cretaceous period, which was about 80 million years ago.

If you assumed the National Park Service was moving forward with its 2023 plan to rebuild Caneel Bay Resort on St. John, you may be in for a shock.

Every time another young life is lost to violence in the Virgin Islands, we ask the same questions. What is wrong with our children? Where are the parents? Why are our young people becoming so violent? Perhaps it is time we ask a different question. What if our children are simply becoming more like us?

Mango Tango Art Gallery will unveil The Final Vision, an exhibition of oil paintings and drawings by the late Mel McCuddin on Saturday, June 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All works will be on display and available for purchase.

As part of the initiative's first phase, surveillance cameras will be installed at three strategic entry points into the Savan community. These initial installations represent the beginning of a community lead, broader long-term strategy to establish the Savan community as a safe zone. 

Eight My Brother’s Workshop students received their high school diplomas, and 18 others received recognitions and certifications for their achievements at the 2026 MBW Graduation Ceremony held at the MBW Main Campus Stephenson Family Welcome Center on Saturday. The Eljhaie Brathwaite Project played the processional, “Pomp and Circumstance.” Kate Barrows,...

In an email to the Source, Corinne Van Rensselaer noted that she wrote this poem 10 years ago, on June 12, 2016. "And yet, in our community and in our world today, it is ever more relevant today, June 18, 2026," she said.

We cannot continue accepting violence as normal. We cannot continue losing our young people to senseless acts that leave families shattered and communities grieving. Every life lost is a tragedy. Every child taken from us is a future stolen. When we are faced with challenging times, we must not fall into despair; we must fall into community.

The University of the Virgin Islands Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning has officially been designated an authorized Federal Aviation Administration testing center on both the Orville E. Kean Campus on St. Thomas and the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix through a partnership with PSI Exams. This...

On Wednesday and Thursday, Black Sustainability, Inc. and We Grow Food, Inc. welcome the community to attend the St. Thomas Farm Irrigation Workshop, at the Bordeaux Farmers’ Market on St. Thomas. The workshop is an immersive, hands-on gathering designed to equip farmers, land stewards, and sustainability leaders with critical tools in regenerative agriculture and water conservation.