A scaled-down BVI Emancipation Festival finally hit its stride Wednesday on what was to be its final day. With its opening activities delayed as Tropical Storm Isaias approached, Wednesday's Festival of Culture and Praise was the event's first full-day, non-musical event. The festival still …
Each year in July, the St. George Village Botanical Garden on St. Croix hosts the Mango Melee. The fundraiser combines educational workshops, the Mango Dis, Mango Dat food competition and fun activities for children — including an ever popular mango eating contest. As this year's event was f…
On Sept. 15, 1995, Hurricane Marilyn crossed St. Thomas at near its peak intensity with winds of 110 mph and gusts to 129 mph. While not the strongest storm to strike the territory, it was among the most destructive damaging or destroying 21,000 homes.
When the United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1918 the colony was still recovering from a devastating Hurricane less than two years before in 1916.
With Festival season disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, The Daily News is taking a dip into our archives to bring our readers memories of Festivals past.
