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. Governor Kenneth Mapp announced the appointment of the Chief Conservator on Tuesday in a letter to Senate President Myron Jackson, and Encarnacion officially assumed his […]
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2018 ST. THOMAS CARNIVAL: ‘A Testament to Spirit and Resilience of V.I. Community’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The “indomitable spirit of the people of the territory was unmistakable” as Virgin Islanders and visitors filled the downtown streets of St. Thomas on Friday for the 2018 Carnival Children’s Parade and on Saturday for this year’s Carnival Adult’s Parade. Despite the challenges of recovering from back-to-back […]
66th Annual Food Fair Showcases Resiliency and Creativity of Virgin Islands People
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islanders from home and abroad, along with visitors to the territory, filled Emancipation Garden for the 66th annual food fair held every Wednesday of Carnival week. The arts and crafts and the food were especially sweet after very challenging months for the four islands. Governor Kenneth […]
UVI Invites You To Celebrate ‘Beauty of Resilience’ With Troupe At St. Thomas Carnival
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Join us as we celebrate the fortitude and buoyancy of the University of the Virgin Islands. UVI celebrates its tenacity in our troupe presentation called “The Beauty of Resilience.” Our presentation salutes the herculean efforts and contributions the University of the Virgin Islands has exhibited in the […]
Queen Mary Sculpture in Denmark By St. Croix Artist Takes Virgin Islands History Back To Motherland
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] COPENHAGEN — A Trinidad and Tobago artist has made history by collaborating to create the first public monument to a black woman in Denmark. Tobago-born, St. Croix-based artist, La Vaughn Belle, collaborated with Copenhagen-based Jeannette Ehlers, to create “I Am Queen Mary,” a tribute to Mary Thomas, a 19th-century freedom fighter who […]
LEGEND OF ZELDA: Solve A Mystery and Write Your Own Essay on Zora Stone Monuments
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‘Once In 2 Blue Moons’ Dance-A-Thon Hopes To Raise Funds For Charities on St. Thomas
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Love of Dance V.I. group will be holding an all ages “Once In 2 Blue Moons” dance-a-thon at the Pistarckle Theater in St. Thomas on March 31. Face painting will be available for children along with prizes for adults and children, dance classes, live music and […]
V.I. HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL: Artifacts Indicate That Charlotte Amalie Was Home To Bustling Taino Indian Community
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some 2,000 years ago there was likely a thriving Taino community in the heart of St. Thomas. In 2013, contractors began turning up shards of pottery and other artifacts during otherwise routine roadwork on Main Street near Market Square. Work was temporarily halted and archeologists were called […]
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Colorado-Based Company To Begin Construction of St. Croix’s New Airport Design in ‘Coming Months’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — With its area of operations heavily damaged in the wake of Hurricane Maria in September, Bohlke International Airways (BIA), the lone service provider at St. Croix’s Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, has hired Colorado-based aviation real estate company Western LLC to design its new multimillion-dollar facility, which will include […]