Bunch of Grapes

2008

October 23, 2008
Dawn Braasch

Bunch of Grapes Bookstore is Sold

Lauren Martin
Bunch of Grapes

The Bunch of Grapes Bookstore will reopen next month in temporary quarters on Church street, after Vineyard Haven resident Dawn Braasch yesterday closed a deal to buy the business from Jon Nelson.

Ms. Braasch has run a multimillion dollar trucking firm, started a successful catering company, taught preschool in Chilmark and South Carolina, and worked for a year as the events coordinator at the Bunch of Grapes before the Fourth of July fire devastated the building and closed the business.

Purchase price for the business has not been disclosed.

July 10, 2008

Bunch of Grapes: Authors Lament Loss

Phyllis Meras
Bunch of Grapes
Fires

Island writers are expressing sympathy and sadness for the loss, they hope only temporarily, of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven that was devastated by fire on July 4.

July 7, 2008

Fourth of July Fire Cripples Vineyard Haven Over Holiday; But Town Vows to Rebuild Quickly

Mike Seccombe and Jim Hickey
Bunch of Grapes
Fires

A disastrous Independence Day fire completely destroyed the Café Moxie restaurant and left the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore badly damaged, shutting down Main street Vineyard Haven for the entire day and leaving the town, its business community and much of the Island in a state of shock at the outset of peak summer season.

But the owner of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore promised yesterday that it would reopen.

July 7, 2008
fire damage

Bunch of Grapes Owner Vows to Rebuild Beloved Bookstore

Jack Shea
Bunch of Grapes
Fires

Bookstore owner Jon C. Nelson Jr. said he will rebuild.

“Absolutely. I am committed to rebuilding the Bunch of Grapes,” said Mr. Nelson on Sunday afternoon.

That commitment was one of the few certainties Mr. Nelson had two days after the Fourth of July fire that heavily damaged the landmark Vineyard Haven bookstore.

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