Hundreds of shoppers waiting in line to go to the Shop Bop pop-up shop in Edgartown last week were met with a group of protesters who urged them to shop at locally-owned businesses.
Long-simmering tensions over the future of retail shopping in downtown Edgartown boiled over this week after an Amazon subsidiary applied to host a pop-up event later this month.
With last night’s approval from the Oak Bluffs select board, the multilevel restaurant and entertainment venue from former television personality AJ Calloway will change its name from Inkwell Beach House to Inkwell Beach Club.
Kahina Van Dyke filed a complaint in U.S. District Court last week alleging that Inkwell Beach House, a planned restaurant and event venue, is infringing on her hotel, which has the same name.
Operations are moving forward at the UPS store in Vineyard Haven after weeks of technological issues and a high volume of packages caused the business to grind to a halt, leaving customers unable to receive or send packages.
Owner Lori Katsounakis is seeing customers by appointment at the 52 Circuit avenue clothing and gift store, which sustained significant damage to its facade in the Nov. 22 crash.
A rising number of vacancies and a shift toward more seasonal businesses on Circuit avenue have business owners and town officials looking at ways to keep the street vital all year long.
