MISSING MAN: TIMOTHY HOWARD ON ST. CROIX SUFFERS FROM MEMORY PROBLEMS [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Police said they need your help today to locate a missing man who suffers from dementia. Timothy Howard, 57, has been missing from his La Grande Princess home since about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, the Virgin Islands […]
Category: Community Affairs
‘Noted’ Photojournalist Hillary Hodge Sr. Remembered As Beloved Community Member
OBITUARY NOTICE: HILLARY HODGE SR. ON ST. THOMAS [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp has extended condolences to the family and friends of Hillary Hodge Sr., whom he called “one of the territory’s most notable photographers.” Hodge spent many years working as a photojournalist and was a much beloved community […]
Bethesda Church of God in Christ Donates Relief Supplies to Lutheran Social Services
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas Jurisdiction of Bethesda Church of God in Christ donated care packages and personal items to low-income seniors at Ebenezer Gardens, an independent living program by Lutheran Social Service of the Virgin Islands (LSSVI). On Wednesday, July 11, the New Jersey-based church brought 18 large boxes […]
St. Thomas Native Akira Pickering Wins Miss Black USA Talented Teen Competition
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — The Miss Black USA Organization crowned St. Thomas native Akira Pickering as Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2018 at TheARC Theater in Washington, D.C. The event, which took place on Sunday, July 1, featured young women across the U.S. and the Virgin Islands. Pickering is a 16-year-old high school […]
Israeli Consul-General Ambassador Dani Dayan to Visit St. Thomas on Thursday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Israeli Consul-General Ambassador Dani Dayan will pay St. Thomas a visit on Thursday, July 19. A reception and conversation will be held at 6 p.m. at Lilienfeld Community House, Crystal Gade (Synagogue Hill). He will make remarks and address the community at 7 p.m. in the historic Sanctuary […]
Slave Wrecks Archeology Project Will Present St. Croix Findings At UVI On Thursday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — Five members of the Slave Wrecks Project-St. Croix will give an update of the findings from their research about the slave trade and its history here. The presentation will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday on the St. Croix campus of the University of the Virgin Islands at […]
Virgin Islands Muslim Community Renounces Flag Switcher Salem … Urges Tolerance
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Representatives of churches, synagogues and mosques met at the Masjid Nur Islamic Center in Sugar Estate on Sunday afternoon to talk about religious tolerance and cooperation among all members of the community no matter what faith they follow. The interfaith gathering at Masjid Nur on Eighth Street in Sugar Estate was in […]
OBITUARY NOTICE: Virgin Islands Media Star Lee Vanterpool Dies in Georgia At 76
OBITUARY NOTICE: LEE VANTERPOOL OF ST. THOMAS. HE DIED IN GEORGIA AT AGE 76. CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands has lost one of its premier broadcasting and media experts, said Governor Kenneth Mapp, who extended condolences to the family and many friends of Leon “Lee” Vanterpool. Known popularly as “Lee Vee,” he died at […]
Ivanna Eudora Kean and CAHS Salute Graduating Seniors in St. Thomas Ceremonies
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp and Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter said they commended 329 graduating seniors on St. Thomas who overcame “numerous difficulties during a challenging school year due to the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes.” At Ivanna Eudora Kean High School’s commencement ceremony, held in the Digna Wheatley Gymnasium on Saturday, Governor […]
Mosler-Fonseca Team Sponsors $4.99 Half Chicken, Johnny Cakes At Meet-Greet Monday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — One of the eight teams to challenge the Mapp-Potter ticket will be holding a meeting a greet at mid-island St. Croix tomorrow. Warren Mosler and Ray Fonseca, who are running for governor and lieutenant governor of the Virgin Islands in the 2018 elections, will be at the La […]