ST. CROIX—Knowing residents, farmers and fishermen look forward to the Saturday farmers market in Estate La Reine, Sen. Allison L. DeGazon reached out to the Department of Agriculture to find out if there was an established protocol for the market. “I have been fielding a lot of calls from farmers about being able to offload … Read more
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (March 23, 2020) – The executive management of Limetree Bay Refining, LLC and Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC (Limetree Bay) activated its Incident Command structure as the next step in its COVID-19 emergency response plan after receiving notification from the V.I. Department of Health (DOH) that a resident of the Limetree … Read more
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (March 21, 2020) – On Wednesday, Limetree Bay received its first delivery of a locally-produced alcohol-based sanitizer which will be used to help clean the facility in light of the shortage of disinfectants. The Breadfruit Alcohol Surface Sanitizer was produced by master distiller, Art Wollenweber of Mutiny Island Vodka. “Availability … Read more
The St Croix Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has carefully made the decision to postpone the Excellence in Business Gala Awards previously scheduled for Saturday, March 28th in response to the issues surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and today’s declaration by the Governor canceling the St Patrick’s Day Parade and issuing a State of … Read more
On Friday, February 28, 2020, St Croix Chamber Members, guests, and the press came together at the Buccaneer Resort to review the Chamber’s accomplishments over the past year and to swear in new members Abigail Atwood, Mcgarvey “Darren” Henry, and Akeel St. Jean to the Board of Directors. The Chamber also welcomed the honorable Governor … Read more
ST CROIX, USVI, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 – A year and a half project has come to fruition at Plessen Healthcare where patients are now being seen weekly by a remote rheumatology specialist located at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston, Massachusetts. Plessen Healthcare is now seeing patients at their medical center on the Orange Grove campus by … Read more