
The loud crunch of a claw excavator cutting into a roof line was in the air Tuesday morning as demolition of the former Hinckley’s lumber yard began.
Hinckley’s Lumber, the landmark commercial property on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven, has been sold to an Aquinnah real estate investor for $2.3 million.
Sunday was the last day for Beadniks, the popular Vineyard Haven store that has been in operation for 24 years. Owner Sally Roesler will focus on her wholesale business in Virginia Beach, Va., and online.
From retail stores to gyms and inns on the Vineyard, 48 merchants participated in small business Saturday last week, the most the Island has seen since the shopping holiday was conceived by American Express in 2010, according to Nancy Gardella at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.