Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
Bookstore browsers and readers of all ages, rejoice: Edgartown Books, one of the Island’s two bookstores, will open today under new ownership.
The Main street store, which was put on the market earlier this year, was purchased last week by Jeffrey and Joyce Sudikoff, Los Angeles residents who own a home in Edgartown. The sale of the building and the business closed last Friday, May 18.
The building was sold for $1.525 million; the sale of the business was not included in the price.
The Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday voiced their support for the Edgartown National Bank’s plan to demolish the Oyster Bar restaurant on Circuit avenue and replace it with a new mixed-use building.
Architect William Christopher shared the plans for the two-story building, which will have a branch of the bank and one or two retail spaces on the ground floor and two residential units on the second floor.
Plans to install wireless cell phone equipment in silos at the Farm Institute hit a snag this week when members of the institute’s board expressed concerns about perceived safety issues from the installation.
For the first time in recent years, parts of Sengekontacket Pond will be open for shellfishing at least through June.
It’s the start of a new chapter for Edgartown Books, the Main street bookstore that will reopen next week under new ownership.
Jeffrey and Joyce Sudikoff, Los Angeles residents who own a home in Edgartown, are the new owners of the Main street building and the business. The sale closed on Friday. Purchase price was not disclosed.
Mr. Sudikoff was the founder and chief executive officer of IDB Communications Group Inc., and a former part owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team.
In Oak Bluffs, changes in a traffic pattern have a neighborhood physically divided, and some up in arms.
Last November, motivated by concerns about safety and lack of parking, the selectmen approved redirecting traffic on part of Dukes County avenue to flow one-way toward the harbor between Masonic avenue and Wing Road. Before, the narrow street had a two-way traffic flow as well as parking on one side of the street.