Today is the funeral of Milo Frances. Housing Parks and Recreation offices are closed for the funeral and will remain closed until Monday. Non-essential Government workers have administrative leave today from noon to 5 o'clock. The banks have half day schedules today the same at government offices. The post office will be open today, The mall and the major food stores are also open.
Tomorrow is New Year's Day.
On Friday, banks and government offices will be closed on St. Croix for Festival. The West Indian Company Limited says we had more passengers this year than ever before. WICO also said that cruise ship traffic to St. Croix was also way up over last year. The family of the late Claude Milligan of St. Croix has decided to honor the man's life and 30 years of dedicated service to the Claude O. Markoe school by creating an award to be given annually to the student who demonstrates service and commitment to the school. The Council will have 500 students in a special educational program about the history of the event and to teach them about art and history.