Business
With the Covid-19 pandemic raging, the normally quiet down-Island Main streets have turned ghostly, as the off-season tests the Vineyard winter economy and social fabric.
The Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway has signed a purchase and sale agreement to buy the property it rents on the Vineyard Haven waterfront, owners confirmed Wednesday.
Covid-19 vaccinations for Islanders 75 and over are set to begin Monday, Feb. 1, hospital officials said, although widespread confusion remains around the state’s slow-moving vaccination rollout.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission aired its new energy policy in front of the Edgartown selectmen Monday.
The Edgartown farmstand will close Feb. 2, with plans to reopen in early April.
Hoping to galvanize the state’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Monday that phase two of the state’s plan would begin on Feb 1.