The union that includes Island Stop & Shop employees voted on Sunday to authorize a strike as part of contract negotiations. Employees are still at work at the two stores on Island.
After months of lobbying from the Vineyard Conservation Society, both Vineyard Stop & Shop stores have discontinued the use of plastic bags.
A plastic bag ban was adopted on the Vineyard two years ago by every Island town. But reusable bags being handed out at Stop & Shop stores are causing confusion, and problems.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted Thursday night to approve plans for a large expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop.
Traffic, parking and neighborhood concerns took the stage last week at a hearing on the proposed expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop.
A public hearing about the proposed expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop store is slated to begin Thursday before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.