{"id":8016,"date":"2014-08-31T23:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T23:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2014-08-31T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T23:38:09","slug":"labor-day-virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=8016","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day: VI Businesses, Government Offices Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Virgin Islanders get ready to celebrate the Labor Day holiday with camping, BBQ, beach parties and the like, major business are also taking Monday off along with Government agencies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mammoth firms like Innovative will be closed &#8212; including its cable TV, Internet and Telephone divisions on St. Thomas and St. Croix.<\/p>\n<p>Choice Communications will also be closed tomorrow, however its call centers will remain open to serve customers who may need assistance. The communications company will reopen its doors on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Other places closed on Labor Day include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banks<\/li>\n<li>Post Offices<\/li>\n<li>Schools<\/li>\n<li>Courts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have garbage to dispose of, the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix will be open until 1 p.m. tomorrow, the Bovoni Landfill on St. Thomas will remain open until 2 p.m. and the Susannaberg transfer station on St. John shut its doors at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are many private businesses that will be closed on Monday, but for some, including restaurant workers and others in the hospitality industry, the work \u00a0not only continues; it&#8217;s amplified.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to enjoy the holiday with family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Virgin Islanders get ready to celebrate the Labor Day holiday with camping, BBQ, beach parties and the like, major business are also taking Monday off along with Government agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Labor Day: VI Businesses, Government Offices Closed - V.I. 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