FSTED.com received a long awaited facelift! You could say it's part of the "Frederiksted Revitalization Project".
Stay tuned and check back often as we'll be added some really great features.
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Global Warming - Fighting Against It, Living With It
Bill McKibben spoke about the current global warming paradox at Bates College in Lewiston ME
"Speaking in Maine" - a public radio show - features a talk by Bill McKibben, Environmental Journalist and Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. He spoke about the current global warming paradox at Bates College in Lewiston. Click here to listen to the full audio (right click and select save file to download the audiocast.) Originally aired April 14, 2009 on Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN.org)
This audiocast starts somewhat slow but please continue to listen to it's entirety as very interesting content follows.
This audiocast starts somewhat slow but please continue to listen to it's entirety as very interesting content follows.
The World Outside Frederiksted
Heading Off Island for the US Skiboard Open
A part time Frederiksted resident heads north to take part in this years only US skiboard event. A skiboard is best described as a really short ski (100cm) that is twice as wide as a nomal ski. Not to be confused with snowboards! Click read more link below to see videos of the event.
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In the Eyes of a Tourist
USVI in the eyes of tourist
A recent article written by Bill Dowd found in the "Examiner" gives a tourist point of view of Frederiksted and the USVI. Here is a quote from full article! 
"We're bumping along a rutted one-lane road, or what passes for one on an island with no particularly good roads of any kind and a lot of deserted shells of buildings. Typical of the other face of the Caribbean, the one the tourists aren't meant to see. The rundown homes, peeling paint, piles of rusted-out barrels and other metal debris; the scrawny goats and chickens that meander about, poking into corners for something to eat, and competing for walking space along the roads with uniformed school children looking bright-eyed despite the obvious poverty."
Maybe it's time to re-examine the USVI tourism product and make the necessary changes to ensure a future in this ailing industry.
"We're bumping along a rutted one-lane road, or what passes for one on an island with no particularly good roads of any kind and a lot of deserted shells of buildings. Typical of the other face of the Caribbean, the one the tourists aren't meant to see. The rundown homes, peeling paint, piles of rusted-out barrels and other metal debris; the scrawny goats and chickens that meander about, poking into corners for something to eat, and competing for walking space along the roads with uniformed school children looking bright-eyed despite the obvious poverty."
Maybe it's time to re-examine the USVI tourism product and make the necessary changes to ensure a future in this ailing industry.
Peanut Butter and Peanut Containing Products Recall List
Peanut Butter and other Peanut Containing Products Recall List
Second Lionfish Found off Frederiksted
Second Lionfish found off Frederiksted
From VI Daily News by MEGAN POINSKI.
(Photo by Wikipedia.org)
After removing a second lionfish from the waters off Frederiksted this week, scientists on St. Croix and elsewhere are working hard to determine where the fish are coming from and how they can be kept from devastating the ecosystems of the territory's coral reefs.
The fish was discovered by a pair of tourists scuba diving near the Rainbow Shallows mooring buoy last week, said William Coles, endangered species coordinator and chief of aquatic education from the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources Fish and Wildlife Division.
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(Photo by Wikipedia.org)
After removing a second lionfish from the waters off Frederiksted this week, scientists on St. Croix and elsewhere are working hard to determine where the fish are coming from and how they can be kept from devastating the ecosystems of the territory's coral reefs.The fish was discovered by a pair of tourists scuba diving near the Rainbow Shallows mooring buoy last week, said William Coles, endangered species coordinator and chief of aquatic education from the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources Fish and Wildlife Division.
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CZM Approves Williams and Punch Resort
St. Croix Coastal Zone Management Committee decides in favor of the $575 million Williams & Punch resort project.
VI Daily News, Thursday, January 15th 2009
By Fiona Stokes
ST. CROIX - Following a four-hour meeting and a roller coaster voting process Wednesday night, the St. Croix Coastal Zone Management Committee decided in favor of the $575 million resort, casino and marina project proposed for St. Croix a mile north of downtown Frederiksted.
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By Fiona Stokes
ST. CROIX - Following a four-hour meeting and a roller coaster voting process Wednesday night, the St. Croix Coastal Zone Management Committee decided in favor of the $575 million resort, casino and marina project proposed for St. Croix a mile north of downtown Frederiksted.
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Cruise Ships in Town
Cruise Ships in Town and ch. 8 covers the action
Cruise ships in town and XCh. 8 covers it.
Caribbean Wild TV Features St. Croix
Caribbean Wild TV Features Horseback riding and Carnival on St. Croix's west end.
CaribbeanWildTV Features Paul & Jill's Equestrian Stables and St. Croix Christmas Carnival. Noted as "the best and longest Christmas season in the world".
Having Fun at Frederiksted Pier
Vacationers find fun at the Frederiksted Pier in St. Croix
"The Pier @ Frederiksted is longer, bigger, deeper and full of sea life, night and day. Of all the spots in STX, this is the one we will miss the most" Submitted to youtube by lux4us.
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