St. Thomas News – Page 387 – Virgin Islands Free Press

QR CODING ART: Our Priceless Art and Antiques Being Evaluated For Dollars They’d Bring

CHARLOTTE AMALIE - The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has engaged St. Croix cultural preservationist Julio Encarnacion III to catalog and manage the territory’s priceless collection of antique artifacts and paintings.…

John McCarthy May 4, 2018

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Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) Serving At-Risk Youth To Shut Its Doors This Summer

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Virgin Islands Behavioral Services (VIBS) - a behavioral health facility in Anna's Hope serving the Virgin Islands since 1995 - will close its…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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New York Man Gets 8.5 Years In Prison For Two Gunpoint Jewelry Store Robberies on St. Thomas

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A New York man was given eight and a half years in prison by a federal judge today for his role in…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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MONTH EARLY? Hurricane Season Just Can’t Wait With Tropical System Set To Form This Weekend

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- We're still almost a month away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, so why are we already looking at tropical…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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Despite Speedy Recovery, Caribbean Is Poised to Lose Billions of Tourism Dollars

BUENOS AIRES -- The numbers are sobering. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria battered the Caribbean last fall, the region lost nearly one million visitors and an estimated $900 million in tourism-related…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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St. Lucian Expelled For ‘Moral Turpitude’ in 2014 Comes Back To St. Thomas In April

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of St. Lucia expelled from the territory for "moral turpitude" in 2014 was charged in federal court for trying to…

John McCarthy May 2, 2018

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Nelson Petty Jr. Sworn In As Public Works Commissioner

PROUD MOMENT: (From left) Gov. Kenneth Mapp, Julio Rhymer Sr., Nelson Petty Jr. and Lt. Gov. Osbert Potter. CHRISTIANSTED – Nelson Petty Jr. has been officially sworn in as Commissioner…

John McCarthy May 2, 2018

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SUDDEN DEATH: St. Thomas Man Hangs Himself With A Belt At Lindbergh Bay Beach Today

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man living on St. Thomas hanged himself with a belt at the Lindbergh Bay beach early this morning, authorities said. The…

John McCarthy May 1, 2018

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Parole Board Decides It Will Visit Territorial Inmates in U.S. Mainland Prisons … Complete List

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Parole Board said that it will hear testimony from inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions from here to the U.S. mainland beginning May 21.…

John McCarthy May 1, 2018

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Virgin Islands Port Authority Buys Two New 45-Foot Pilot Boats For St. Thomas and St. John

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered two new custom welded aluminum vessels to the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA). The vessels, designed…

John McCarthy April 30, 2018