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The Explorer, the first cruise ship of 2009 and the first of three this week, arrived in Frederiksted Monday morning, a welcome and unusual site in a town that has seen few cruise ships for the past several years.
Family members and well-wishers Monday filled the Fritz E. Lawaetz Conference Room in Frederiksted to see the Legislature formally commend and present the V.I. Gold Medal of Honor to nine notable Crucians, some living, some passed.
St. John has the dubious honor of the territory's first murder of the year: Juan Ayala, owner of Cap's Place in Cruz Bay and the Pony Bar on St. Thomas, was found dead Monday at his home in Pastory.
Updated at 6:15 p.m.
Local poet and author Richard Schrader has worked hard to share what he has seen and felt about St. Croix, filling 20 self-published books with poetry and prose inspired by life on the big island.
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Reichhold Center co-Director Denise Humphrey loves theater work -- as long as she gets to stay behind the scenes.
Stephen Hiss made a quick transition from cutting brush at Cinnamon Bay Campground to his new job as development director at the Friends of V.I. National Park.
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