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Stay-at-Home Order Transforms Island Centers to Ghost Towns

Plenty of parking places along Circuit avenue.
Jeanna Shepard
Plenty of parking places along Circuit avenue.
Jeanna Shepard
Healy Square is missing the usual bustle.
Jeanna Shepard
Healy Square is missing the usual bustle.
Jeanna Shepard
The only traffic congregates at the gas station.
Mark Alan Lovewell
The only traffic congregates at the gas station.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Oak Bluffs School playground is cordoned off.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Oak Bluffs School playground is cordoned off.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Comings and goings at the post office has dwindled.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Comings and goings at the post office has dwindled.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Vineyard Haven's Main street is empty of shoppers.
Jeanna Shepard
Vineyard Haven's Main street is empty of shoppers.
Jeanna Shepard
Owen Park.
Jeanna Shepard
Owen Park.
Jeanna Shepard
Like the sign at the Tisbury School says, we will get through this together.
Jeanna Shepard
Like the sign at the Tisbury School says, we will get through this together.
Jeanna Shepard
Businesses all closed on Edgartown's Main street.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Businesses all closed on Edgartown's Main street.
Mark Alan Lovewell
The scene inside the Edgartown Post Office.
Mark Alan Lovewell
The scene inside the Edgartown Post Office.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Alley's porch is empty of people.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Alley's porch is empty of people.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Aquinnah solitude more than ever.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Aquinnah solitude more than ever.
Mark Alan Lovewell

Across the Island, downtown streets and stores were empty and traffic was lighter as stay-at-home orders adopted Tuesday in Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury took effect.



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