Business
On an unseasonably chilly Friday evening in Vineyard Haven, Juliska on Main street is packed, though oddly quiet save for the occasional “yum... this is good” and a persistent scrape of silverware on plates. Odd sounds for a store devoted to tablewear.
Behind a table Chrissy Kinsman stands beaming. In front of her are the reasons for the night’s reverie. Pies, lots of them.
Ray (Scott) Santinello was five years old when he got his first haircut. It took place on the third floor of his family’s home in Springfield, and the barber was a young friend of the family. It was the 1950s and the barber, Benito Mancinone, had recently immigrated to the city from Molise, a small town located on a mountain in Italy.
Mr. Santinello is 61 now and Benny the Barber, long a mainstay of Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs, is still cutting his hair.
“He’s my barber. I just don’t change,” Mr. Santinello said on a recent Tuesday morning.
Our Island Club, a consumer savings program that raises money for local organizations, contributed more than $50,000 to Island charities last year.
Stephanie W. Roache has joined Sandpiper Realty, the agency announced this week. She will be working with her mother, Elaine T. Miller, one of Sandpiper’s top agents. Ms. Roache has a strong business background, having spent more than 25 years in sales management, selling business process outsourcing solutions to Fortune 500 companies. She also led a sales team responsible for new business development and customer service excellence.
Online clothing store Wasque Rip will now sell merchandise at Rainy Day gift shop in Vineyard Haven. The company, named for the Chappaquiddick fishing area, was a sponsor of the 2012 Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
For some, it was a business evening; for others, a chance to rub elbows with the who’s-who of the Island community. Whether they came to collect awards or simply enjoy the festivities, crowds packed Flatbread Monday night for the unveiling of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s Best of the Vineyard.