Main Street shops are betting on evening hours this summer
June 12 · 6 min read
Store owners along the waterfront say late-afternoon foot traffic has grown every year since the new ferry schedule began, and a handful of them plan to stay open until nine on weekdays through Labor Day.
“People come off the boat hungry and curious,” said the owner of a fictional bookshop on Commercial Street. “If we are closed, they walk right past.”
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