With the month of March dedicated to awareness of Colorectal cancer, this month's "Dinner with a Doctor" will highlight important information and strategies for preventing it. Colorectal cancer ranks as the third most common cancer globally, according to the American Cancer Association.
Perhaps it’s a common human experience, as we age, to reminisce about the past and feel a profound sadness for what no longer exists. A few months ago, I drove through Frederiksted, and there, I had to pause, overcome by a strong torrent of emotion. I cried like a helpless, abandoned child. Yes, I’m a grown man, and though I’m not ashamed (perhaps just a little), I wept uncontrollably for a few minutes.
Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States, and I will be teaching our school about the state of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In May, I will create a display for our State Fair that I hope will make you proud. Although I have gathered facts about your state from books and websites, I think that I can receive the best information from the people who live there.
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced a Public Session on ‘Resume Writing for Federal Jobs’ that will be held from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, at the Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center in Cruz Bay, St. John.
At the 52nd Virgin Islands Agrifest in February, I met a very good friend of mine, Sean Krigger, who is the director of the Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office. Whenever we see each other, we always chat about the territory’s natural and cultural resources. Believe me, it is in our blood as native Virgin Islanders. He told me that he found a file about the Great Northwest of St. Croix, Maroon Country. Of course, I got all excited because for 41 years I have been fighting socially and politically to preserve this area.
Carol M. Burke, chairwoman of the 175th Emancipation Commemoration Committee, noted that throughout the history of the Virgin Islands, women have been central figures in shaping the islands’ culture, heritage and progress.
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has issued proclamations for March that recognize Virgin Islands history, women’s history, nutrition, social work, National Consumer Protection Week, National Medical Billers Day and National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
Consistent with the foundation’s mission to enhance the quality of life for children, youth and families in the territory by making enriching opportunities attainable, funds for the scholarships are provided through generous donors to the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands.
The offices of Senator-at-Large Angel Bolques Jr. and Sen. Marvin Blyden announce a Free Homebuyer Credit Workshop designed for the residents of the Lovenlund Apartments on St. Thomas, and Bellevue Village and Calabash Boom Apartments on St. John, ensuring that when homeownership opportunities arise with the pending acquisition of those properties by Jackson Development, they are fully prepared to take the next step.
The other day, I got a text from a hiker friend of mine asking if I saw the picture of the lighthouse on the front page of a local newspaper. I did. I have written several articles over the years about preserving the historic lighthouse on Ham’s Bluff in the northwest corner of St. Croix, which is part of Maroon Country’s steep cliff wilderness area. In the 1990s, I took thousands of schoolchildren, and beyond that over the years, to this historic and sacred landscape of St. Croix.
In December of 2022, President Biden signed into law Congresswoman Plaskett’s bill (H.R. 7946) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque at the peak of the Ram Head trail on St. John to commemorate the 1733 St. John slave rebellion.
These are indeed challenging times for the Humane Society of St. Thomas as an organization, and the HSSTT Board of Directors as a governing body. Although we are in a Code Red position now, our immediate goal is to become financially strong enough through donations and fundraising events to expeditiously bring back our laid-off team members and provide all the animal welfare services that our community so desperately needs. Unfortunately, there have been numerous malicious, inaccurate, untruthful, and defamatory social media posts, and I would like to take this opportunity to provide the facts for those who have been misinformed.
Gov. Albert Bryan expressed gratitude to the Biden Administration for its recent commitment of $1.1 billion in federal matching funds through the Department of the Interior and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.