Well, it’s that time of year when the Island dies on a dime … in a not-bad way, mind you. The season of beachiness and sun letting gives way to post-season semi-solitude, as tourist traffic bows out and the trucks of builders take over the highways and Causeway. Now we get to see if it is, in fact, better in September. It can vary like crazy, mainly based on how the skies feel about it from year to year.
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