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VIPFA Board of Directors August Meeting Scheduled

Governor John P. de Jongh Jr. will convene a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Virgin Islands Public…

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Gov. John deJongh Jr. issues a statement about Tuesday's midday shooting at the Tutu Park Mall parking lot that left two injured. A 17-year-old was arrested.

 
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June's Views From the Farm: Rebirth of a Farm – Part 1

After two years of ups and downs, Precious Produce Farms is finally beginning to come to life in Dorothea.

 

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2010-07-29 19:18:10
National Park Service Announces Temporary Road Closure

On Monday, Aug. 2, the National Park Service will conduct a temporary road closure from 5-11 a.m. on the north end of Company Street between Hospital Street and Church Street.

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2010-07-29 11:39:04
Green Sand Wires Field in Sunday’s Feature

Green Sand withstood late challenges from Lost River and Temo’s Dream to come away with a wire-to-wire victory in Sunday’s feature race at the Randall “Doc” James racetrack.

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2010-07-26 19:34:33
Commentary - Editorial — St. Croix
Take a Stand Against Senseless Violence ... Now!

Although our hearts are broken tonight by the loss of another innocent child through the insanity of wanton gunplay, we cannot afford to be numb over this.

Read entire articleJul 12 2010 - 8:33pm
Small Intrusions Lead to Large Ones

If we don’t learn to consider how our behavior impacts those around us, we are doomed – at best – to lives that lack peace.

Read entire articleJun 20 2009 - 8:36am
Time to Stop the Carnival

I am personally very proud to have a governor who didn’t embarrass the people of the Virgin Islands by passing along the severely flawed draft constitution hammered out in the carnival atmosphere created by a small group of die-hard disrupters.

Read entire articleJun 12 2009 - 8:34am
Dead Being in the Middle of Road

While bicycling this morning, my husband and a companion came upon a severely injured, apparently stray dog lying in the road. Whoever left her there broke the law; but there's more to it than just that.

Read entire articleJun 5 2009 - 10:13am
Education? Carnival? Why Can’t We Have Both?

Cranford High School seniors in the 60s had a tradition of skipping school on a certain day in June every year. On that day classrooms were lonely places for those whose parents forbade them to participate in the annual final act of defiance and celebration before going on to the "real" world.

Read entire articleApr 28 2009 - 3:43pm
My Hometown -- Binghamton – Will Never Be the Same

I was born and spent the first 13 or so years of my life in Binghamton, New York. Terrorism brought about by the stupefying availability of guns in our country has forever changed my childhood memories of that little city in New York's Southern Tier.

Read entire articleApr 3 2009 - 10:54pm
We are Not Serious; We are Not Correct

A few delegates are making a mockery of the Constitutional Convention process.

Read entire articleMar 31 2009 - 10:29pm
Misplaced Power: Time to Rein in Taxi Drivers

For too long taxi drivers, who are routinely rude to tourists and who are even heard telling lies to visitors to the island of St. Thomas, have held back progress on our water-surrounded island.

Read entire articleFeb 26 2009 - 5:13pm
Heroes in our Midst

We must commend the courage and dignity of the young person who saved Max from further abuse by releasing the abused dog from captivity and seeing that the helpless canine lived.

Read entire articleFeb 4 2009 - 7:06am
Now is Not the Time for PSC to Take a Stand on Vitelco

The Public Services Commission should have played hardball with Vitelco during the Prosser years, but now it needs to avoid driving away buyers that could finally give the territory a functional phone company.

Read entire articleNov 10 2008 - 9:39pm