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All But Two Beaches Are Safe This Weekend

ST. CROIX -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced on Friday that all the territory's beaches, except Water Bay in St. Thomas and Great Cruz Bay in St. John, were safe for swimming and fishing this weekend. D.P.R.N., after experiencing what was described to The Consortium as some procurement issues with its lab, which were recently resolved, resumed testing of the territory's beaches in both districts this week. In St. Croix, the safe beaches are: Stoney Ground, Protestant Cay, Buccaneer, Cramer Park, New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta), Dorsch, Frederiksted Public Beach, Pelican Cove (Comorant), Shoy’s, Rainbow, Cane Bay, Chenay Bay, Princess (Condo Row), A – Mill Harbour, Halfpenny, Princess (Condo Row) and B – Breezez Grapetree Bay. The safe beaches in St. Thomas are: Lindquist, Coki Point, Vessup Bay, Brewer’s Bay, Bluebeards, Secret Harbor, Bolongo Bay, Sapphire, Frenchman’s Bay, Hull Bay, Lindbergh Bay and Magen’s Bay. And in St. John, they are: Oppenhiem...