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This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 6 “Irma Anniversary” edition. Though Irma’s destruction is still visible throughout Road Town, the capital’s new culinary choices don’t reflect the spartan lifestyle often …
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Road Town was devastated by Hurricane Irma, but the capital is building back in leaps and bounds. Scroll down to compare scenes captured shortly after Hurricane Irma to the same …
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Lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously passed a motion establishing an expanded pilot project for a National Addressing System. The motion establishes names for dozens of roads in the greater Road Town …
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No new home has been chosen for the Road Town library, but its counterparts in East End and Anegada have seen an uptick in traffic after Hurricane Irma left them …
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Several bins full of trash removed from the streets were just the tangible benefits of the Road Town cleanup Saturday that included more than 200 volunteers working with Green VI, …
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More than 1,000 people marched from the Sunday Morning Well to the Governor’s Office on Thursday to protest the recent passage of a bill in the United Kingdom requiring the …
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The territory will celebrate the Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday with a parade on June 9, according to Government Information Services. The marching route is set to begin at 4 p.m. …
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The Road Town ferry terminal, which had been closed to the public since Hurricane Irma, reopened on Sunday. After divers and contractors helped survey the territory’s port facilities following the …
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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