Two Edgartown establishments that served beer and wine illegally over the holiday weekend will receive a reprimand from the town selectmen.
At their weekly meeting Tuesday selectmen reported that the Eisenhauer Gallery on North Water street served alcohol without a one-day permit at their weekend opening, and Edgartown Meat and Fish Market sold beer and wine on Memorial Day, against state law.
Police chief Tony Bettencourt said when police arrived at the market they immediately stopped sales.
“They [the business owners] get the picture now . . . they said they had no idea,” Mr. Bettencourt said. He said he gave the market owners a list of Massachusetts’s laws pertaining to serving alcohol. “There shouldn’t be any more excuses,” the chief said.
The selectmen also approved street sign location changes to include signs with parking regulations on South Summer, North Water, Winter, Morse and School streets. There will also new No Parking signs at Fuller Street Beach, and on Morse and South Water streets beyond Dunham Road.
The recommendations were made by the police chief and highway superintendent Stuart Fuller.
Selectman Michael Donaroma asked if other signs could be taken down, saying people “blank out” after seeing so many, and Mr. Fuller agreed.
“When you’re bombarded by sign after sign every 100 feet you stop looking at them,” Mr. Fuller said. Mr. Fuller and Mr. Bettencourt agreed to survey which signs could be removed.
Mr. Donaroma also asked if Chappaquiddick Ferry owner Peter Wells could come up with a more creative sign for the ferry on Dock street.
“It’s always been a sign that stands out but in my opinion it still is a sign on a sawhorse,” Mr. Donaroma said. “Maybe we could have a conversation with Peter if he’s interested in having a sign that stands out more, something more Edgartown and artistic.”
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