There'll be no lions, tigers or polar bears, but dogs, horses and peacocks will perform with the Suarez Brothers Circus, which will open on St. Thomas with a show at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Lionel Roberts Stadium.

Top brass of the National Park Service and members of Congress were en route to the Virgin Islands on Friday to attend hearings of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands on St. John and St. Croix that will focus on the controversial designation of a new national monument and expansion of another.

The 24th Legislature celebrated Christmas in July on Thursday, spending more than $6 million, much of it money that the administration will say does not exist. And although it's just July, the lawmakers clearly had their minds on November as they put on their election personae, with barbs and jibes flying through the chambers.

Top brass of the National Park Service and members of Congress were en route to the Virgin Islands on Friday to attend hearings of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands on St. John and St. Croix that will focus on the controversial designation of a new national monument and expansion of another.

The 24th Legislature celebrated Christmas in July on Thursday, spending more than $6 million, much of it money that the administration will say does not exist. And although it's just July, the lawmakers clearly had their minds on November as they put on their election personae, with barbs and jibes flying through the chambers.

Top brass of the National Park Service and members of Congress were en route to the Virgin Islands on Friday to attend hearings of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands on St. John and St. Croix that will focus on the controversial designation of a new national monument and expansion of another.

The 24th Legislature celebrated Christmas in July on Thursday, spending more than $6 million, much of it money that the administration will say does not exist. And although it's just July, the lawmakers clearly had their minds on November as they put on their election personae, with barbs and jibes flying through the chambers.

The Senate minority flexed its muscle Thursday and refused to join in voting for an override of Gov. Charles W. Turnbull's veto of Sen. Emmett Hansen II's 2001 Infrastructure Maintenance Act of 2001. Two majority members withheld their support as well, as the effort went down to defeat.

"Blow, Archie, Blow" went the lyrics of one of the Virgin Islands' most renowned songs, a trademark of the Archie Thomas Band. "It's only the sax I play professionally," he said once in an interview, "but I can teach even what I can't play." Thomas, who died on Sunday, July 14, did a lot of playing and a lot of teaching, leaving a lot of people with fond memories of his music, and many with the skills to carry it on.

Improvements to the Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve on St. Croix inched a bit closer to reality on Wednesday with passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill sponsored by Delegate Donna M. Christensen that appropriates $1.5 million to pay for part of a parcel of land adjacent to the park.