Residents and visitors alike welcomed the New Year last week with fireworks, music, carnival rides and more across the territory. Major celebrations included parties at Foxy’s Tamarind Bar on Jost …
January 10, 2025
December 13, 2024
Welcome centre opens at Trellis Bay
If there was an overarching theme at the ribbon-cutting ceremony last Thursday, it was that the Recovery and Development Agency gets things done. At a podium set up in front …
November 3, 2024
Trellis Bay centre to be ready soon
Government ministers provided updates on hurricane recovery projects, Jost Van Dyke public works, the Belle Vue gym and other efforts in response to questions from the opposition during the Oct. …
October 31, 2024
COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, part 25
In his memoirs published in 1990, Howard Reynold Penn (1903-1994), who in 1956 was a member of the Virgin Islands government, recalled then-governor Sir Kenneth Blackburne seeking funding for “H.R. …
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February 2, 2024
Rally honours Polish sailor who helped build Trellis Bay
Trellis Bay in Beef Island bustled with yachts, sailors, and the spirit of shared cultural heritage as Polish visitors and Virgin Islands residents came together last Thursday for a ceremony …
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January 11, 2024
New events boost first post-pandemic New Year
As residents rang in the New Year across the territory, new celebrations were hosted at the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour and the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, joining the …
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July 10, 2023
Marina Cay opens for first time since Irma
For the first time since Hurricane Irma devastated Marina Cay in 2017, the eight-acre island near Trellis Bay reopened on June 30 with a bar and grill that will be …
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December 30, 2022
BVI Tourist Board, businesses partner for cleanup
Bags of sargassum, debris and other trash lined the shores of Trellis Bay after two dozen people from six yachts spent about two hours cleaning the area last Thursday. Visiting …
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January 7, 2022
A warm welcome for an uncertain year
With encouragement from radio host and emcee HBH Da Don, a woman stood at the edge of the stage, held out her arms, and fell back into the crowd. Capping …
April 28, 2021
Humane society hosts first beach cleanup
With dog leashes in one hand and blue and black trash bags in the other, community members patrolled the Beef Island shoreline recently, picking up bits of boat debris, glass …
January 9, 2020
NRLI Ministry clears Trellis Bay of derelict boats
With the apparently underfunded Recovery and Development Agency sidelining its plan to clear the territory’s waters and shorelines of derelict boats, government has stepped in to begin the process. A …
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November 29, 2019
Trellis Bay boating lane sparks concern
In July, the Recovery and Development Agency awarded a contract worth more than $300,000 to Sand Dollar Marine Consultants to install sea markers that would help boats safely navigate the …
July 19, 2018
Destroyed plane salvaged from sea after fatal crash
About two hours after a fatal plane crash on Wednesday evening, salvagers began the tricky process of recovering the wrecked aircraft, a two-seat Cessna 150 that had sunk in about …
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June 4, 2018
Trees planted at Josiahs, Trellis
Forty coconut palms were planted at Trellis Bay and 30 were planted at Josiahs Bay on Sunday as part of a community project spearheaded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in …
May 25, 2018
Sailors and residents launch Trellis Bay cleanup
Live-aboard sailor Mark Lavezzi misses the old Trellis Bay. And on Sunday, with the help of a truck, a few wheelbarrows and lots of friends, he began the process of …
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