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WTJX NEWSFEED: July 16, 2025

By Isabelle Teare

Published July 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM AST

A freshly painted handicap space in the Fort Christian Parking Lot, which is set to re-open on August 1.

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: the Fort Christian Parking Lot on St. Thomas will reopen on August 1, according to Public Works Commissioner Derek Gabriel who provided an update on road projects throughout the territory. A man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that used jet skis to move cocaine between Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. And the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services partners with AARP to address an issue that has gained urgency across the nation – elder abuse. 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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