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Join us for a powerful two-day celebration honoring the life and legacy of Jordan “Dutty Heart” Jones on the beautiful Christiansted...

M.A. Dworkin The St. Croix Chamber of Commerce’s popular Business After Hours event was held recently at the smash new restaurant, 1756...

M.A. Dworkin        In an age of wild-eyed business ideas, you have to take your tin cap off to a guy who comes to St. Croix by way of...

Three great new, innovative eating and drinking establishments have landed in downtown Christiansted. Two of them at the historic Club Coman

David Hamilton Jackson was born on September 28, 1884, in the Estate East Hill, on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies. He died on May 30, 1946, on the island of St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was vilified as a rebel to the Danish officials who ruled toward the end of the Danish era. Yet, he was lionized as a hero to the Black population who demanded their freedom from slavery in their homeland of St. Croix. Jackson’s maternal grandfather, James Hami

One Man’s Vision        It takes a man of unusual vision to study the terrain, size up the possibilities, and see the future. It takes a...

When it comes to men who are looked upon as pillars of the community, there is no one who sits higher on the list than Sam Sanes, the...

When J. Robert Oppenheimer, “the Father of the Atomic Bomb,” and his family visited St. Croix in the early 1950’s, shortly after he was...

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has done over one billion at the box office, garnered seven Academy Awards including Best Picture...

It seems everyone in the islands knows Jimmy Buffett’s music. His hit song “Margaritaville” was the de facto National Anthem for many...

There is a hidden gem of a prize that is awarded to the winner of the election for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is called...

The town of Christiansted, (Christian’s Place) was named after King Christian VI of Denmark-Norway. It was founded in 1733 by Captain...