Tag: Bovoni
Answer Desk: Man-Made Manhole Mess in Bovoni Being Addressed
A reader recently registered outrage at the “sewage” pooling in Bovoni on the road by the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack, causing accidents and polluting the nearby “pristine” estuary known as Mangrove Lagoon on St. Thomas’ east end.
EPA Approves USVI Self-Permitting of Landfills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has approved the U.S. Virgin Islands’ municipal solid waste landfill permit program, allowing the territory to manage its landfills and expand or create new ones.
Precious Few Walk with Peace Officers for Peace
Silhouetted by flashing lights under the startlingly picturesque, darkening sky, police, pastors, sorority sisters, district victim advocate and two or three Bovoni Housing Community residents wove through the high-rise apartment buildings.
Bovoni Community Gets Support in Its Grief
With the scent of fresh cut grass hanging in the moist air and the yelps and hoots of children playing, local and federal officials, mental health specialists, victim advocates and trauma experts offered support to a grieving Bovoni community Tuesday night.
Judge Calls WMA Landfill Progress Impressive but Inadequate
When Adrian Taylor, the interim director of the Waste Management Authority, appeared in federal court on Tuesday, he reported progress taking place at the territory’s two landfills. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez called the efforts impressive.