Kit MacAvoy

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Photojournalist at Freelance

Reporter at St Thomas Source

Reporter @VIDailyNews, former 📸 for @Vicadvocate

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Articles

Law Enforcement Agencies Dispute Jurisdiction in Heavy Vehicle Thefts

4 days ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Two heavy vehicles and a trailer were stolen nearly three months ago on St. Croix, and it’s not clear which, if any, law enforcement agency has taken the lead in investigating the theft. Company representative Marian Prescod said thieves absconded with a Mack dump truck, a Mack tractor head, and a “lowboy” trailer owned by Rendco by driving through the gate on the property in the middle of the night on March 6.
Executive Branch Skips Senate Meeting on Raises for Top Officials

4 days ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Lawmakers lined up behind a measure to “prevent or rescind” the implementation of raises for top government officials during a Committee of the Whole meeting Monday, despite the absence of any testifiers from the central government.
Landlord Seeks to Evict St. Thomas Social, Restaurant Calls Lawsuit ‘Fake News’

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Yacht Haven Grande is seeking to evict the bar and restaurant St. Thomas Social over nearly two hundred thousand dollars in unpaid rent and other fees, according to a lawsuit filed in V.I. Superior Court this week. According to the civil complaint, Yacht Haven Grande entered into a five-year lease beginning in December 2022, requiring the bar and restaurant to pay base rent and percentage rent calculated from gross receipts on a monthly basis.
VITEMA Urges Hurricane Season Prep During Weekly Briefing

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Days before its official start on June 1, the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency asked Virgin Islanders to get ready for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season during a Government House briefing Monday.
Student Athletes Shine at V.I. Sports and Athletics Awards Ceremony

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Diana Dias |Kit MacAvoy

The Virgin Islands Education Department’s Division of Sports and Athletics hosted its territorial Sports and Athletics Awards Ceremony Friday evening at the St. Croix Educational Complex. The event, held annually, celebrates the achievements of student athletes across the territory and honors the most valuable players from the highest-ranked teams from public schools on St. Croix.
St. Croix Honors Those Who Gave All in Memorial Day Ceremony

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Service members, veterans, government officials, and supporters gathered Monday morning at Government House on St. Croix to honor the fallen in one of the territory’s three concurrent Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremonies.
Bill Capping Retirement Annuity for Governor, Lieutenant Governor Passes Senate Committee

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

A measure limiting retirement payments to future governors and lieutenant governors passed the Senate Budget, Appropriations and Finance Committee Friday despite pushback from testifiers. Senate Majority Leader Kurt Vialet, who sponsored the bill, said the existing law entitles those who have held the territory’s highest offices in the executive branch to 40 percent of their annual salary if they served one term and 80 percent if they served two.
WAPA Board Tables AMI Contract Vote, Approves Two STT Waterline Replacements

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

The V.I. Water and Power Authority Governing Board decided Thursday that a project management contract overseeing the utility’s advanced metering infrastructure replacement needed more consideration. WAPA customers have repeatedly complained of inaccurate and irregular energy bills, which the utility has attributed to old or malfunctioning meters. In February, the board approved a four-year, $30 million contract with Itron to replace the territory’s AMI system.
Health and Wellness Fair, Measles Addressed During Inaugural Bi-Monthly Health and Human Services Briefing

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

Thursday marked the launch of a new, twice-monthly news briefing, which Government House Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. said the briefings will include updates from the departments of Health and Human Services.
Trial of Accused Detective Killer Set for October

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Kit MacAvoy

The trial of Richardson Dangleben Jr., who was arrested in July 2023 and charged with murdering V.I. Police Detective Delberth Phipps Jr., is scheduled to start Oct. 6 on St. Thomas. The scheduling came less than a week after Chief District Judge Robert Molloy denied the U.S. Justice Department’s eleventh-hour request for a 120-day stay to review its decision not to seek the death penalty.