Business
From the parade to the Minnesingers, Christmas in Edgartown kept the holiday traditions humming all weekend long.
Faced with steep financial losses and the threat of closure at Windemere, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has made an offer on a 26-acre property in Edgartown for a new senior living community.
The lighting of the Edgartown Lighthouse kicked off the 38th annual Christmas in Edgartown Friday, followed by the parade Saturday morning. Weekend activities run through Sunday.
Chilmark Chocolates headed into its final weekend Thursday with a steady series of automobiles pulling up the driveway. After 33 years in business the store closes on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
An enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Labor has fined the United Parcel Service upwards of $400,000.
The town of Edgartown has the largest land mass on the Island, the second largest population, 26 government subgroups, 200 employees, and an annual budget of $45 million.