Business
The Lego set was nowhere to be found.
There was neither ribbon nor cutting at Cronig’s in Vineyard Haven last Friday morning, but rather two parts uniting, as Paul Pimentel of Edgartown plugged his all-electric Nissan Leaf into a charging station beneath the solar canopies in the grocery store’s parking lot.
Pretty soon, ferry passengers and devotees will be able to show their Steamship Authority pride even while on dry land.
At their monthly meeting last week, Steamship Authority governors authorized the development of an online store to sell SSA merchandise starting late this fall.
According to notes from the board’s meeting in Hyannis, New York-based corporate gift firm Scarborough & Tweed will develop and launch an online merchandise store for the boat line for a start-up cost of $5,000, plus $25,000 for merchandise.
The Island has the second lowest seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in the state, according to recent data released by the state’s executive office of labor and workforce development. The office reports that the Tisbury labor market area, which includes all six Island towns, had a seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.8 per cent in July, while the state average was 6.6 per cent. Statewide, Nantucket had the lowest unemployment rate for July, calculated to be 2.9 per cent.
After a seven-month hiatus, Very Vineyard has re-opened with a brand-new, very transformed look. The first floor of the 30 South Summer street building, originally divided into four subunits, has now been opened up into one large, open space. The women’s clothing store is owned by Carol Lattmann; it has been in business for 27 years. For more information visit veryvineyard.com.
A few days after hanging the Port Hunter sign on Main street in Edgartown, new restaurateurs Patrick and Ted Courtney received a visit from an old-timer. The man showed the brothers numerous old photos of the space including one that featured the front of the brick building and a sign mounted on steel with white lettering which spelled out First National. The sign was almost identical to their new sign, down to the font size and style.
“It kind of came back around... It was nice,” Ted said. “We felt like we were doing the right thing.”