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A Bittersweet Thanksgiving for Hurricane Victims in the USVI

By Margie Smith Holt Posted on November 20, 2017 Posted in Bylines, In the News, St. John

Becky Ward will be home on St. John for Thanksgiving, but it’s a homecoming tinged with heartache. Though she, her partner, Patrick Rooney, and their two-year-old daughter, Hazel, are returning, Patrick’s 10-year-old son, Jack, is staying behind in Virginia where …

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We Are Here! We Are Here!

By Margie Smith Holt Posted on October 19, 2017 Posted in Bylines, In the News, St. John

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer October 12, 2017 Horton…heard it again! Just a very faint yelp As if some tiny person were calling for help. from Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss I can’t tell you what it …

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Hurricane Irma Relief for St. John

By Margie Smith Holt Posted on October 1, 2017 Posted in Bylines, In the News, St. John

Thanks to DJ Questlove (from The Roots and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) who presided over the music for six hours at the Brooklyn Bowl in NYC this weekend to raise money for Hurricane Irma relief on St. John. …

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A Bittersweet Thanksgiving for Hurricane Victims in the USVI

We Are Here! We Are Here!

Hurricane Irma Relief for St. John