Business
A South Shore bank executive has been named president and chief executive officer of the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank, trustees announced on Thursday.
Paul Falvey, 48, is a resident of Hingham and currently president and chief executive officer of the Holbrook Cooperative Bank. His 25-year career in banking began at the Bank of New England and includes experience in restructuring and working closely with bank regulators, a press release issued by the bank said.
After the last hurrah of Columbus Day weekend, many of the Main street business owners in Vineyard Haven hang signs on their doors saying “Closed” or “See You Next Season.”
On the corner of Main and Centre streets, the long-awaited Cafe Moxie is finally open.On Tuesday morning couples were seated at tables in the cafe with steaming cups of coffee.
The Edgartown Board of Trade appointed new directors and officers at its annual meeting this week at the Harbor View Hotel. Stephanie Burke of MV Seacoast Properties, Christina Cook of the Christina Gallery, Annie Cooke-Ennis and Patrick Courtney, both of of Backwater Trading Company, Delos Lander of the Edgartown National Bank, Sydney Mullen of The Boathouse, Melanie Prescott Rankow of Colonial Reproductions and Elizabeth Rothwell of the Harbor View Hotel were voted in as directors. Ms. Cook was named president of the board of trade. Ms. Cooke-Ennis was named vice president and Ms. Prescott-Rankow was named treasurer. Erin Broadhurst Ready was appointed administrator.
The Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network is hosting an event entitled Island-Grown Businesses. The event will be held at the Harbor View Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and offers an opportunity to get real world advice and hear tales from the front lines from women who have started their own Island businesses.
The presenters are Bennett Coffey and Kyleen Keenan of Not Your Sugar Mamas, Holly Bellebuono of Vineyard Herbs Teas and Apothecary and Jackie Korell of Katama General Store and Lobster Tales Catering.
In most people’s lives, glass has become so transparent as to be almost invisible. We drink from glasses, store food in glass jars and look out of glass windows. But a customer walking into the main building of Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks can’t help but consider the artistic process of making glass, too.
Inside the welcoming cedar-shingled building located on State Road in West Tisbury, the glassblowing studio is separated from the gallery by just a wraparound countertop. Within one building, the before, during and after takes place.
Cafe Moxie is set to open its doors today on the corner of Main and Centre streets in Vineyard Haven.