This weekend at the Anegada Kite & Paddle Festival, a 50- year-old woman from England who had learned to swim in August got on a paddleboard with trepidation and completed …
February 15, 2019
January 24, 2019
Anegada clinic named for nurse Romalia Smith
A clinic in Anegada that withstood the 2017 hurricanes has been renamed for Romalia Smith, who served as the island’s district nurse for 26 years and continued to make house …
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December 6, 2018
In their Words: Claudius Sam
Mr. Sam is a chef at Potter’s by the Sea in Anegada. The following are his words, condensed and edited by Claire Shefchik. I’m Claudius Sam, the man with the …
December 4, 2018
Lobster Fest attendance up from last year
At last, Bellanseta Creque could finally get creative. Unlike during last year’s Anegada Lobster Festival, which was held less than three months after Hurricane Irma, the owner of Cow Wreck …
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September 21, 2018
Anegada “pushing for bigger and better things” after Irma
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 6 “Irma Anniversary” edition. For the some 300 people living on Anegada, day-to-day life is punctuated by boat arrivals. Road Town-based passenger ferries pull …
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August 31, 2018
RDA names VG, Anegada contractors
The Recovery and Development Agency awarded three businesses contracts to collect and transport debris on Anegada and Virgin Gorda. Though work on the second portion of the territory-wide project began …
April 18, 2018
US lifts travel warning for VI
When the United States Department of State implemented a new travel warning system on Jan. 10, it placed the Virgin Islands on a list with countries like Honduras, Sudan and …
April 11, 2018
CDB $65.2m loan project launches
Douglas Fraser had just begun explaining the nuts and bolts of contract tendering: who is eligible, what constitutes a conflict of interest, what sets of rules dictate the selection process, …
April 6, 2018
5.2 earthquake strikes VI, no tsunami warning issued
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Virgin Islands at about 5:21 p.m. this evening, according to Sharleen DaBreo, the director of the Department of Disaster Management. The department received notification …
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