Friendship, food, and festivity were the order of the day at the Monsanto Marine Terminal in Crown Bay Wednesday, the scene of the 2024 St. Thomas Carnival Food Fair. Hundreds of Virgin Islanders from home and abroad came to celebrate, many dressed in colorful attire.
Senators have complained to the Agriculture Department for months about the difficulty the closure of the St. Thomas abattoir has caused livestock farmers. On Monday, the department announced that farmers’ option of using the St. Croix abattoir is also gone.
The attorney representing six Jeffrey Epstein victims in a lawsuit against the V.I. government is seeking a court order granting access to the unredacted filings and transcripts from the USVI’s complaint against JPMorgan Chase.
In observance of May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, Serenity Wellness and Counseling LLC has launched a 30-Day Mental Health Challenge on its social media pages, dedicated to encouraging Virgin Islanders to engage in more dialogue and awareness around mental health.
The Law Enforcement Planning Commission serves as the state administering agency for federal United States Department of Justice grant funds awarded to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
the 2024 Spring Revenue Estimating Conference will be held at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday May 7, at the “360 Harbor Building” at Yacht Haven Grande, St. Thomas.
In the fairytale Cinderella, a maiden visits the ball and is dressed up by her fairy godmother. With a swish of a wand, Cinderella is off to the ball and dressed from head to toe. Unfortunately, in the real world, unlike in fictional fairytales, the cost of going to the prom can prove to be very costly.
The National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has noted that an unstable weather pattern with possible rain and thunderstorms is expected across the region throughout the week. The seas will be choppy, and marine alerts are in effect.
Fine food fans have yet another option for dining on St. John. In March, Chef Walter Hinds quietly opened the doors of his new eponymous restaurant in Meada’s Plaza in Cruz Bay.
He’s spent more than 20 years in and around Carnival, played with Spectrum Band for 19 and won nine road marches – eight of them consecutive – but the thing that St. Thomas Carnival Village honoree Malvern Gumbs said Monday night that he’s most proud of, is the 24 years he’s spent teaching and nurturing a new generation of musicians.
Trunk Bay on St. John has been named the world’s best beach for 2024, beating out 49 destinations worldwide for the top honor, and besting its sixth-place ranking in 2023.
More than half the dialysis patients on St. Thomas pleaded with Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. for more than $600,000 in promised funding vital to their health, in a letter released Monday.
Eugene E. Jones, Jr. has arrived in the Virgin Islands with a long resumé and what he says is a goal to help provide affordable housing for all V.I. residents, regardless of income.
The official opening of the 2024 St. Thomas Carnival Village is set to take place Monday night, but the weekend before provided lots of family fun and entertainment inside the Village gates. Sunday afternoon’s Pan-O-Rama event drew hundreds of spectators to hear performances by mostly young musicians playing steel band tunes.
A man on St. Thomas was pulled over for running a red light and was arrested for illegal firearm possession Friday, the V.I. Police Department reported.