In a unanimous vote via teleconference links connecting St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John on Friday, the Coastal Zone Management Commission adopted the St. Croix East End Marine Park Plan that had been approved by the Marine Park Advisory Committee two days earlier. The plan to create the territory's first major marine park was, by one commission member's reckoning, 40 years in the making.

The St. Thomas Synagogue's fourth annual Antiques, Art and Collectibles Auction will be held at a new location this year, Antilles School's MCM Center. The preview and sales tables open at 10 a.m. The auction runs from noon to 4 p.m.

The Puerto Rico Symphony will be in concert at the Reichhold Center for the Performing Arts as part of a Birch Forum production.

There has been "a substantial increase" in burglaries reported in May, June and into July on St. Thomas, compared to the first quarter of the year, according to the Police Department.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Alicia "Chucky" Hansen made an exception to her insistence on line-item budgets on Friday when she agreed to a lump-sum version for the Office of the Inspector General for Fiscal Year 2003. At the same hearing, the committee appeared receptive to the idea of creating a territorial supreme court.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Alicia "Chucky" Hansen made an exception to her insistence on line-item budgets on Friday when she agreed to a lump-sum version for the Office of the Inspector General for Fiscal Year 2003. At the same hearing, the committee appeared receptive to the idea of creating a territorial supreme court.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Alicia "Chucky" Hansen made an exception to her insistence on line-item budgets on Friday when she agreed to a lump-sum version for the Office of the Inspector General for Fiscal Year 2003. At the same hearing, the committee appeared receptive to the idea of creating a territorial supreme court.

Work is nearing completion on the first of six dams in Estate Bordeaux that are being refurbished by We Grow Food Inc. and the V.I. Agriculture Department. A week ago brought the installation of a black plastic liner, and the first water has pooled in the bottom of the 358,000-gallon earthen structure.

This summer, as it has in years past, the Friends of the V.I. National Park sponsored a series of three-day eco-camp experiences for young people at the V.I. Environmental Resources Station overlooking Lameshur Bay. In hiking and learning to snorkel, the youngsters also learned the value of being good environmental citizens.

Two special voter registration sessions on St. Thomas are offered by the Election System office: Sunday, July 21, at the Renaissance Grand Beach Resort, and Thursday, July 25, at UVI's Reichhold Center.