🌱 Weekend Events Calendar, Dangerous Surf Conditions + More

Good morning and let's get going with the latest headlines, weather and a weekend-full of events.

First, today's weather: A shower and thunderstorm. High: 82 Low: 73.

Plus, the weekend weather forecast.

Top Stories:

1. Check out all the events happening across the territory this weekend. Patch has the full line-up. (Patch USVI)
2. "Governor approves 'sluxing down' this Thanksgiving" (Virgin Islands Daily News)
3. "Dangerous Surf Conditions Forecast to be Worst on Western and Northern STT Shore Thursday" (The Source)
4. The V.I. Legislature’s Education and Workforce Committee voted to subpoena Education Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin and key members of her staff to attend the committee’s next meeting. Senators say they have no details regarding the return to in-person learning scheduled for Jan. 10. (Virgin Islands Daily News)
   According to senators, while the department announced the return of all students to in-person learning on Jan. 10, they are in the dark as to what the plan entails.

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Events:

• Get Trashed - GREEN Friday (10:00 a.m.)
• Full line-up of weekend events on Patch USVI

As seen on social:

• Virgin Islands Department of Education: "The Virgin Islands Department of Education wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!" (Facebook)
• U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Public Works: "Happy Thanksgiving from the Department of Public Works. "𝐵𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙."⁣ -𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑢 #usvidpw #dpwonthemove #usvirginislands #intheworksvi #buildbackbetteru..." (Facebook)
• Virgin Islands Department of Health: "Essential workers may be at a higher risk of being exposed to flu and Covid-19. Protect yourself and your community from flu by getting a flu vaccine. The more people vaccinated; the more protected." (Facebook)

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— Ashleigh Baldwin

About me: I'm the Patch Community News Editor for the U.S. Virgin Islands. I'm here to provide news you can use. Do you have a news tip, question or feedback? Please contact me at ashleigh.baldwin@patch.com.