It's October and our favorite convenience store that's open 24 hours a day in season, has cut back their hours off season, from 6am to 8pm. Prior years off season was 6am to 10pm. How about that shoulder season? No boutique hotel is going to bring more people to Avalon off season - the Canada Goose knows it. Can't figure out why the Avalon planning/zoning board doesn't know it....follow the money.