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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 10, 2024

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM AST

A man stands next to his business destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in St. Vincent.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed, Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, chair of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance, calls the Bryan-Roach Administration’s request for $200,000 to aid islands affected by Hurricane Beryl irresponsible. After initially being vetoed by Governor Albert Bryan Jr., a bridge on St. Thomas has officially been named in honor of the late Wayne “Facts Man” Adams. And the famous northside bar and restaurant Sib’s celebrates their 100-year anniversary. Listen to these stories and more.

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Isabelle Teare

Isabelle Teare is the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of WTJX. She also serves as a multi-media journalist for the System – writing print stories, reporting for the radio NewsFeed, and hosting <i>Trial Watch</i>, a live online program that covers high-profile cases in the territory. Isabelle is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in radio broadcast and audio storytelling. Born in Brooklyn but raised on St. Thomas since the age of seven, she attended and graduated from Antilles School before moving to Washington, D.C., where she earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies. Originally planning to pursue a career in law, Isabelle worked as a paralegal on St. Thomas for several years before deciding to follow her passion for storytelling.

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