Businesses

Nantucket Newspaper Returns to Local Ownership

After 30 years of corporate ownership, the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror will be sold to an island-based ownership group.

After Uneven Pandemic Summer, Businesses Eye Winter Ahead

Forced to delay opening this spring, many Island businesses are using an unusually busy fall as a springboard into the darker months.

For Main Street Businesses it Was the Summer of Survival

Despite a lost spring and an unprecedented shutdown that forced closures long into the summer, most main street businesses said July and August allowed them to catch up.

Loving Life at the Speed of Putt Putt

Island Cove Adventures opened in September of 1992. Now, it's time for a new owner.

Paycheck Protection Program Preserves Thousands of Jobs

More than 6,000 Island workers spanning nearly 900 small businesses, nonprofits and sole proprietorships had their jobs preserved through the PPP.

Phase Three Reopening Sees Mixed Response on the Vineyard

Two of the Island’s four cinemas will soon be showing movies again, as the third phase of pandemic reopening begins. But many businesses are taking a more gradual approach.

Hello Beautiful, the Pandemic Look Is Out

Maggie’s Salon, like many businesses on the Island, has been allowed to reopen its doors after months of pandemic-induced closure.

Busy Weekend Swamps Restaurants, Alarms Health Officials

An unexpected surge in visitors this weekend caught many Vineyard business owners and public health officials by surprise.

Pandemic Hits Vineyard Business Community Hard, Survey Finds

A survey of nearly 200 year-round and seasonal business owners on the Island found the Covid-19 outbreak has hit the Vineyard business community hard.

Edgartown Adopts Policy for Outdoor Dining Downtown

Edgartown restaurants can now officially apply to expand their outdoor dining capacity, after selectmen approved a policy Monday to allow seating areas on downtown sidewalks.

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