Winning Ferry Name to Be Revealed Monday

After reviewing more than 305 suggested names for the new ferry soon to be traversing Pillsbury Sound, the Public Works Department plans to reveal the winning entry Monday, officials said Tuesday afternoon.

The department’s ferry naming committee fielded hundreds of email suggestions and even combed through social media posts to ensure nothing good was missed, said Public Information Officer Markida Scotland.

The committee narrowed the field to three finalists at the end of March. Initial plans to put the names out for a popular vote were scrapped, she said, in favor of a simple in-house decision. The top three names were tentatively scheduled to be announced at the end of April but the department’s other duties — including vast road work projects on St. Croix — seemed to have gotten in the way.