Midre Cummings Park Closed For ‘Maintenance and Sanitizing’ After Rains

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Sports News, St. Croix News1 Comment

FREDERIKSTED — The Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation said that due to significant flooding caused by recent inclement weather, the Midre Cummings Park & Playground closed Thursday for post-storm maintenance and sanitizing.

DSPR said its “staff is diligently working to have the park ready and reopened on Monday, October 3rd, 2022.”  

“We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding in this matter,” DSPR added. 

For more information on DSPR facilities, please call DSPR’s office on St. Croix at 340-773-0160. 

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John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.