(Photo By Sherry Aske)
Local artisans who take up shop in the Loyalist Plaza during the cruise ship season are being kicked out of their spot despite a signed contract.
Lisa Mourade is one of many vendors who signed a contract with the Hardman Group and paid them $250 so she could sell handcrafted items in the brick circle by the Volley Ball Courts.
She says it was only the second day of the season when a security guard came on behalf of the Hardman Group and told them they couldn't be there.
But Mourade and a few other vendors chose to stay, saying they had paid for a spot and signed a contract that allowed them to be there.
More than half of the vendors packed up and left, despite the cruise ship passengers in town.
