St. John Tradewinds News
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:44 |
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Commuters riding a barge to St. John early Monday morning, June 21, started their week off with a bang.
The 87-foot car barge General II and a 25-foot fiberglass motor boat collided about 100 yards off Red Hook dock on General II’s way to St. John just after 7 a.m. on June 21, according to U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Ricardo Castrodad.
The 25-foot power boat was carrying seven passengers en route to work on St. James Island when it was struck by the General II, sending the men overboard and at least two to the hospital.
The incident was reported to USCG officials around 7:15 a.m. who initiated a search and rescue mission until word came shortly after 7:20 a.m. from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol that all of the men had been recovered from the water by Good Samaritans, according to Castrodad.
“Around 7:15 a.m. we received a report that there had been a boat collision in Pillsbury Sound and that one boat was carrying seven male passengers who were thrown into the water,” Castrodad said. “We initiated our search and rescue, but stood down once we corroborated with
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:41 |
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Parents check their children for the first day of school at Guy H. Benjamin School in Coral Bay.
Public and private schools across St. John and the territory finally opened on Thursday, September 2, three days later than planned.
Hurricane Earl forced the Department of Education and private school administrations to delay the planned opening of schools on Monday, August 30. Instead, teachers and faculty reported to their respective schools that day, but not for class. They helped prepare the buildings for the storm.
All students and faculty got the year underway on three days later, on September 2.
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 20:06 |
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Runoff at Maho Bay, above, eroded the beach and sent sediment into the bay.
With waterfalls gushing, guts overflowing and rockslides wiping out entire lanes on several St. John roadways, Love City looked more like Soggy City last week.
As of Friday morning, July 23, 12.46 inches of rain had accumulated at Trunk Bay during the month of July alone, according to Rafe Boulon’s rain data.
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Written by Jaime Elliott
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Friday, 27 August 2010 07:58 |
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Department of Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Louis Petersen, Lt. Gov. Greg Francis, DPW Commissioner Darryl Small, Senator at Large Craig Barshinger and Property and Procurement Assistant Commissioner Steven Jones help Coral Bay farmers with the official groundbreaking of an organic garden on Dept. of Agriculture property.
After three years of work, officials from several government agencies officially broke ground on the Coral Bay Organic Garden Community Project on Thursday morning, August 26.
Lieutenant Governor Greg Francis was on hand to celebrate the historic day with Department of Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Louis Petersen, Department of Public Works Commissioner Darryl Smalls and Department of Property and Procurement assistant commissioner Steven Jones. Senator at Large Craig Barshinger and Barbara Dalmida Thompson, representing St. John Administrator Leona Smith, also joined in the festivities.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 18:03 |
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Written by Tradewinds Staff
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Monday, 28 June 2010 20:35 |
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Throngs of visitors line up for local dishes like dove pork, conch in butter sauce, shrimp and rice and kallaloo, above. Joyce Sprauved served up a hearty plate of food for a customer. Food Fair honoree Emily Bratton thanked the Festival Committee. Sights, sounds and tastes of food fair were evident as visitors sampled local drinks like homemade ginger beer and delicious native fare. Love City Pan Dragons entertained the crowd.
Food Fair Honoree Emily Bratton
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