🌱Bidder Offers $20 Million For Refinery + A Chicken Hijack

There is a legitimate offer on the table for Limetree Bay Refinery and the potential new owners want to get the facility back up and running. It's still early, but this could be good news given the considerable economic impact closing the refinery will have on the territory.

Meanwhile, it's Toddler Tuesday at the Children's Museum and there is a Harry Potter Trivia night on St. Croix. Oh, and don't mess with the wild chickens of Cost-U-Less.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 85 Low: 76.

Here are the top stories today in US Virgin Islands:

1. St. Croix Energy LLLP has made an offer of $20 million to buy the bankrupt Limetree Bay oil refinery. They say they intend to reopen operations once the refinery exits chapter 11 proceedings. Their bid of $20 million is a fraction of the roughly $4.1 billion that previous investors have already spent trying to make the refinery a viable business. (The Wall Street Journal)
2. Meanwhile, the current owners of Limetree Bay have suspended efforts to purge the refinery. Purging was part of the formal shut-down operation. The owners say they have run out of cash. (Virgin Islands Daily News)
3. My Brother’s Workshop will soon open the doors of its new campus in Donoe. The organization is also opening a new retail location in Paradise Point. The new properties will enable My Brother's Workshop to work with and train more at-risk young people of the Virgin Islands. (St. Thomas Source)

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Today in US Virgin Islands:

• Toddler Tuesday at the Virgin Islands Children's Museum (10:15 a.m.)
• VIDA Board Meeting (9:00 a.m.)
• Harry Potter Trivia Night at Sion Farm Distillery (6:00 p.m.)
• Tacos & Trivia Tuesday (6:00 p.m.)

Social chatter:

• Chicken Alert! A woman was caught off guard on Monday when she discovered a chicken had hijacked her car. Read all about it on...where else? (What's Going On St. Thomas?)
• There's been a spree of lost dog sightings on St. Croix. Missing yours? Check out handsome hounds who've been spotted out and about. (What's Going On. St. Croix?)
• Friends of Virgin Islands National Park: "Sea turtles have been swimming the world’s oceans for over 100 million years. Four of today’s seven recognized species (all of which are endangered) can be seen in the waters around the USVI..." (Facebook)

• Friends of Virgin Islands National Park: "Trail Crew volunteers! This week’s work locations and meeting times..." (Facebook)
• U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature: "NOTICE of POSTPONEMENT: Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services Hearing-Monday, November 22, 2021" (Facebook)

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— Ashleigh Baldwin

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