Businesses Adjust to a Quiet Winter
Less cars than usual line Circuit avenue this January.
Less cars than usual line Circuit avenue this January.
Offshore Ale is open for take out.
Offshore Ale is open for take out.
Welcoming lights are on at Basics to come in from the cold.
Welcoming lights are on at Basics to come in from the cold.
The Ritz anchors Circuit avenue with live music, but not this year.
The Ritz anchors Circuit avenue with live music, but not this year.
Reliable Market is reliably open.
Reliable Market is reliably open.
Vineyard Havens Main street welcomes shoppers.
Vineyard Havens Main street welcomes shoppers.
Looking for tenants.
Looking for tenants.
Normally bustling sidewalks are less so.
Normally bustling sidewalks are less so.
A sign of the times.
A sign of the times.
Brickman's has been a year-round institution for decades.
Brickman's has been a year-round institution for decades.
Lower Main street restaurants have closed for the season in Edgartown.
Lower Main street restaurants have closed for the season in Edgartown.
Active wear sales have kept Lululemon open.
Active wear sales have kept Lululemon open.
Keeping the lights on at Sea Legs, gift store on Dock street in Edgartown.
Keeping the lights on at Sea Legs, gift store on Dock street in Edgartown.
This year with the pandemic, the normally quiet down-Island main streets have turned ghostly, as the off-season tests the Vineyard winter economy and social fabric and in a way it has never been tested before.