St. John Tradewinds News
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Written by Tradewinds Staff
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 18:08 |
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Whitney Bess
Rochelle Moses
Sephora Ferrol
Shanayra Chichester
Police on St. John arrested four 18-year-old female students who attend the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School on St. Thomas.
Arrested were St. John residents Shanayra Chichester, Rochelle Moses, Sephora Ferrol and Whitney Bess. The girls were charged with Carrying or Using a Dangerous Weapon; Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor; Trespassing; Disturbance of
the Peace and Third Degree Assault. Additionally, a 17-year-old female minor who accompanied the students was arrested and later released into her parent's custody.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2010 17:45 |
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:57 |
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Access to North Shore Road at King Hill, above, was closed for almost four days as officials cleared an oil and diesel spill.
Coral Bay residents had a difficult time getting to the beach the second weekend in August and it had nothing to do with the weather.
After a dump truck loaded with asphalt flipped over at the King Hill switchback and spilled its load, diesel and hydraulic oil on the steep hill, V.I. National Park officials closed that section of the road for almost four days.
While the asphalt was headed to contractor Island Roads — the company which is re-paving the entire roadway through the VINP — road workers weren’t expecting the load to come barreling down the hillside.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:58 |
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 17:30 |
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(L to R) VINP Chief of Resource Management Rafe Boulon, VINP Superintendent Mark Hardgrove, Maho Bay Camps and Estate Concordia owner Stanley Selengut, Concordia resort manager Wayne Lloyd and Trust for Public Land’s John Garrison gather in front of Nanny Point to commemorate the official transfer of the land to the V.I. National Park.
Nanny Point
Maps depicting the V.I. National Park will have to be updated.
Maho Bay Campground and Estate Concordia owner Stanley Selengut officially transferred a highly visible 2.2-acre parcel of land, valued at $2.2 million, on the southeastern shore of St. John to the V.I. National Park on Thursday, June 10.
After officially securing the warranty donation deed at the Bureau of Records on St. Thomas on June 10, a small gathering was hosted at Nanny Point later in the afternoon.
Selengut, widely regarded as a founding father of eco-resorts for his pioneering environmentally-sensitive design and construction practices at Maho and Concordia, started the process of handing over Nanny Point to VINP more than a year ago.
“About a year and a half ago, Stanley presented the deed to this 2.2 acres of land to the Trust for Public Land,” said John Garrison, Trust for Public Land’s project manager. “This isn’t just any land either. This is one of the most special and spiritual pieces of land on all of St. John.”
“If you hike out there, you will agree how special it is,” said Garrison. “Thanks to Stanley’s vision and generosity, we’ve been able to preserve this piece of land.”
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 09:33 |
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After clearing construction debris, Caneel Bay Resort officals planted native flora on the property.
As part of Caneel Bay Resort’s scheduled program of repair and maintenance, work was undertaken on the area of the property adjoining the North Shore Road.
This involved the removal of rubble and building materials discarded from past building projects.
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Written by Tradewinds Staff
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Saturday, 14 August 2010 19:49 |
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Lloyd Morris
After being without a chief ranger for several years, V.I. National Park officials welcomed career ranger Lloyd Morris aboard in June.
Originally hailing from the small Louisiana town of Cloutierville, Morris, 51, first learned about the National Park Service as an undergraduate at Southern University in Baton Rouge.
After accepting an internship at Voyageurs National Park in International Falls, Minnesota, Morris grew intrigued with the government agency.
“One thing is that the NPS is all about preservation and I love that aspect of it,” said the VINP’s new chief ranger. “We like to preserve things for people to see not only from previous generations, but from future generations too. We are the leaders who try to preserve areas like the VINP and Coral Reef National Monument.”
“Often when I talk to my friends, they like the pay they receive for their jobs, but they despise their jobs,” said Morris. “They don’t enjoy what they do. Most of us who work for the NPS, tend to enjoy what we do because we’re preserving and protecting something that is considered a treasure.”
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