Black River market vendors in limbo

Black River market vendors in limbo

WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa approached the island a year ago, Francis Bartlett and fellow vendors in the Black River Market in St Elizabeth purchased extra stock, in case fields were wiped out and produce became scarce. That gamble yielded no good results, as their stalls were destroyed. Bartlett recalled that the Category 5 system wiped out the business she had spent years building.