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While stores and shoppers brace for Black Friday, the day when crowds clamor for “door-buster” deals and shops open to crowds at midnight, some Vineyard businesses are embracing the ideals behind a day better suited to the Island: Small Business Saturday.
This weekend marks the second annual Small Business Saturday, a movement sponsored by American Express to promote small businesses on the busy shopping weekend.
The passage of a bill that legalizes gambling casinos in Massachusetts has renewed hopes among the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) for a casino of their own.
With the flourish of a pen on Tuesday morning, Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a bill legalizing casino gambling in the commonwealth. One day earlier the two members of the Cape and Islands legislative delegation blasted the move as both socially irresponsible and economically corrosive for the region.
“To me it’s indicative of a rudderless ship,” said state Sen. Dan Wolf. “I look at it as not being good for the district; we both voted against it,” said state Rep. Timothy Madden.
At her Vineyard Haven art gallery, Louisa Gould hurriedly unwrapped a framed acrylic painting of cherries in a bowl by artist Maya Farber.
“Isn’t that sweet?” she said, admiring the $200 painting. Unwrapping artwork makes her feel “like it’s Christmastime, almost,” she said, as she gets a close look at the art for the first time.
Open the doors to the Agricultural Hall on a Winter Farmers’ Market Saturday and the warm atmosphere immediately embraces you. A few steps in, familiar faces gather fireside on benches sharing stories and hearty food, while Kevin Keady and Don Groover provide the background music in the great room filled with local goods.
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