A last-ditch effort by Edgartown attorney Benjamin J. Hall to stop the expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop was dismissed this week by a Dukes County Superior Court judge.
For Islanders who have passed by or sought out groceries at Stop & Stop stores in Edgartown and Vineyard Haven in recent days, one thing is clear: Change is finally underway.
Christmas came early this year for employees at Cronig’s Market and the Vineyard Haven Stop & Shop when an anonymous customer gave every employee in both stores a $100 bill.
Stop & Shop wants to move it. The Tisbury Historic District wants to save it. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission doesn’t fully know what it wants to do with it.
The Vineyard Haven store has been shuttered since Friday. The Edgartown store is open for business with few customers and sparse shelves. The strike has affected both Island Stop & Shop stores.
The Stop & Shop store in Vineyard Haven is closed following the Thursday job walkoff by workers in New England and on the Vineyard. The Edgartown store is open. Striking workers are picketing.
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.
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.
