Thursday, March 06, 1997

US Virgin Islands

[singlepic id=4817 w=180 h=40 mode=web20 float=left]Good morning! This is Alex Randall with Good News Headlines


 

We’re Getting our own Consumer Price Index

The University’s Eastern Caribbean Center is going to conduct a major study of consumer expenditures on a market basket of goods and services. The Center will conduct in-depth surveys of 4,000 randomly selected households on how much they spend for food, beverages, construction , repairs, housing, rent, medical, transportation and other goods and services. The data will form the baseline of the Virgin Islands Consumer Price Index. This CPI is used to calculate cost of living increases in wages. 03/06/97 7:33 AM

Raphune Hill going to Four Lanes

Dept. of Public Works is beginning a series of major highway projects. The section of road from Wheatley Shopping Center to the top of Raphune Hill is going to get widened to a four lane highway. The corner of Long Bay, Lovers Lane and Veterans Drive is getting a traffic light. Fort Mylner traffic coming from Nadir is going to be routed to a new four way intersection at the entrance to the Mall. 03/06/97 7:30 AM

Pissarro Exhibit Nears Close

You are about to miss the Pissarro Exhibit, it is coming to a close. Everyone who has gone to see the sketches by Pissarro has come out raving about the show. it closes March 14th so there are only a few days left to see this remarkable exhibit. 03/06/97 7:37 AM

Secret Harborview Villas and The Anchorage – Special marketing

Secret Harborview and the Anchorage are doing some special new marketing. The Secret Harborview is telling everyone they are offering special deals with 7th day free. The Anchorage is advertising their pristine conditions and proximity to the Yacht Club. Cheryl Andrews in Coral Gables is spreading the word about these two resorts. Call 809-874-7897.

Post Office has new Service

The Post Office Announced that they are going to put a new mobile Post Office Van in the Subbase area to give residents more options for getting postal service. The new mobile van will be across from island laundry from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday through Friday. 03/06/97 8:42 AM

Solid Waste Emergency – Governor Schneider

Governor Schneider announced a state of emergency regarding solid waste in the Virgin Islands. The state of emergency allows Public Works to contract immediately for a full-service recovery program for solid waste. In related news Alicia Barnes James said the process creating the new landfill has to go through the CZM permit process with full public hearings. Nothing is being hidden. 03/05/97 8:42 AM

Cramer’s Park Getting Refit.

Cramer’s Park is getting a clean up. The St. Croix East End park is going to be refurbished, The beach is getting cleaned up and there will be repairs of the bathrooms and landscaping. 03/06/97 8:46 AM

Festival Bill Paid

The St. Croix Festival Committee has a $100,000 dollar check from the Dept. of Tourism to cover the cost of Festival. The check too time because the Committee was late sending in their accounting. 03/06/97 7:38 AM

Meet the Artists

You can meet some other Artists at the Ft Christian Museum from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM with the art work of Phebe Schwartz and Edney Freeman. Both artists are showing variations on the theme of shields and express many ideas on shields. The show runs all through the month of March at Ft Christian Museum from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Mon. through Saturday and Sunday 10 to 3:00 PM

IRB has Forms – It this Good News?

Is this good news or not? Joanne Bozutto said the forms the Bureau of Internal Revenue had been waiting for are finally here. If you need form 1099 Misc. or form W-3SS they are in the Bureau of Internal Revenue offices in Long Bay by Pueblo. 03/05/97 3:08 PM

Secret Harborview Villas and The Anchorage – Special marketing

Secret Harborview and the Anchorage are doing some special new marketing. The Secret Harborview is telling everyone they are offering special deals with 7th day free. The Anchorage is advertising their pristine conditions and proximity to the Yacht Club. Cheryl Andrews in Coral Gables is spreading the word about these two resorts. Call 809-874-7897.

Good News for Mark Anthony Nelthroupp

Mark Anthony Nelthroupp has a new position wokring as the local representative of the Consulting Group of Connecticut who work for our Public Services Commission. This will give Mark nelthroupp a chance to develop local expertise in a highly specialized area and work with the top consultants in the field. That’s Mark Anthony Nelthroup’s Good news. 03/06/97 9:48 AM