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M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - A vacant building is never just empty. In Frederiksted, St. Croix, a boarded window, a collapsing roof, or a cracked gallery can shape how residents feel on their own street, how visitors read the town, and how investors judge its future. Frederiksted has assets many coastal towns would envy: a historic waterfront, walkable streets, gracious old buildings, a deep cultural memory, and sunsets that turn the west end of St. Croix into one of the most bea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2026 Grassroots Initiative "Bottom Up Government" Launches in USVI: Challenges 2026 Candidates to Adopt Concrete Solutions for Municipal Governance and WAPA Reform U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Today, the Bottom Up Government (BUG) initiative officially launched its territory-wide civic campaign, presenting concrete, ready-to-adopt policy frameworks aimed at dismantling centralized inefficiencies and restoring accountability to local communities.

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Frederiksted has always made a strong first impression. The town faces the Caribbean with a long waterfront, a historic fort, and streets that still carry the shape of colonial-era planning. Yet for years, many visitors and residents also saw empty buildings, damaged facades, and blocks that felt overdue for care. That picture is starting to shift. Across Frederiksted, new roadwork, public improvements, private building repairs, arts programming, muse

Governor Bryan Deploys Emergency Water Distribution Resources on St. Croix Private water haulers to provide non-potable water Sunday evening in Frederiksted as drought and system pressures affect water service U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has authorized the deployment of private water haulers on St. Croix as the Bryan-Roach Administration moves forward with contingency measures to assist residents affected by low water pressure and water service interruptio

A.J. Pike St. Croix -WAPA has issued a Tier 1 Public Notification and Boil-Water Advisory due to E. Coli detected at the Frederiksted Dock sample point. A boil order changes daily routines fast. Coffee, baby bottles, brushing teeth, cooking rice, rinsing fruit, and filling a pet bowl all need extra care until the water is cleared for normal use. For Frederiksted residents, businesses, and visitors on St. Croix, the most important step is simple: treat tap water as unsafe to d

WAPA Press Release - ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (August 27, 2026) – The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority understands how difficult it has been for customers across St. Croix who have not been able to rely on consistent potable water service. For some, this has been a challenge for the past week. For others, intermittent service has been a reality since the beginning of summer. We recognize the frustration and hardship this has caused our customers and we want

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Ruff Start STX, a 501(c)(3) animal rescue nonprofit based on St. Croix, USVI, officially acquired the historic Victoria House Inn in Frederiksted. St. Thomas Source Founded in 2020 by Katie Nelson, Ruff Start STX focuses on rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming vulnerable, injured, and abandoned island dogs. The organization originally established a presence at the property by opening the Ruff Night Hair of the Dog bar and dog cafe in the Victoria

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The handsaw has quietly sat in many a household for years without a sound, without anyone realizing its ability to sing. It is far less expe

The moment you step foot inside the environs of the St. George Village Botanical Gardens (SGVBG) you feel as if you have entered a magical corner of heaven. Your mind whisks you away to a place that is so overflowing with natural beauty, so blanketed with peace and tranquility, that you instinctively feel, deep down inside, that if you were trapped here for all of eternity, it wouldn’t be such a bad way to go. And yet Estate St. George did not always bring to mind such

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The Bryan-Roach Administration through the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works (DPW) has begun initial mobilization and preparation work for the milling, reconstruction and paving of King Street, Queen Street, Strand Street and portions of Fisher Street in Frederiksted Town. The work is being carried out by DPW contractor Marco St. Croix, Inc., and marks another important step in the Administration’s continued effort to improve road condit

“If there be green in paradise, it cannot but be of this shade, which most assuredly is the true green of hope!” Jules Verne, The Green Ray (1882) The Green Flash is an optical phenomena that you can see shortly after sunset or before sunrise. It occurs when the sun is almost entirely below the horizon, with the upper edge still visible. For a second or two, the upper rim of the sun will appear green in color (or sometimes blue). It is usually observed from a low altit