Peter Haycraft, who migrated to the Virgin Islands as a young sailor and founded a small wholesale company that would become the territory’s largest supermarket chain, died in the early hours of Saturday. He was 88.
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Old Government House to reopen soon
The first floor of the Old Government House Museum is ready to reopen to the public following three years of renovations carried out after the building sustained extensive damage in …
Governor Gus Jaspert tours the renovated first floor of the Old Government House Museum last week during a small ceremony to celebrate its upcoming reopening. (Photo: RONIELLE FRAZER/GIS)
The first floor of the Old Government House Museum is ready to reopen to the public following three years of renovations carried out after the building sustained extensive damage in Hurricane Irma, the Governorâs Office announced Tuesday.
Ten boats registered for the 2020 O Neal & Mundy Commodore s Race on Saturday, December 19, 2020, with ‘Odyssey & Whoop Whoop’ taking the win in two categories. Photo: RBVIYC NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI - Ten boats registered for the 2020 O Neal & Mundy Commodore s Race on Saturday, December 19, 2020, with ‘Odyssey & Whoop Whoop’ taking the win in two categories.
It was a day of shifty winds and rain squalls but a cracking day for a yacht race as the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club (RBVIYC) held its final race for the 2020 calendar year.
Cruising fleet out first
In the first category that starting off from Road Harbour, the Cruising fleet were away first to sail away racing to Hog Valley Green, around Pelican and the Indians before returning to Road Harbour for the finish.