Each Summer, Island businesses wait to hear if they’ve won the coveted Best of the Vineyard. Winners are announced at a party to celebrate the winners and the runner-ups, and of course, it’s a great reason to get together with businesses and their owners from all over Martha’s Vineyard. This year’s party was at Dreamland in Oa...

History is being made in Edgartown this week. The doors will open at Bad Martha Farmer’s Brewery — perhaps Edgartown’s first brewery. This new place is sure to delight beer enthusiasts from all over. And though there are currently only three varieties of Bad Martha’s beer available elsewhere, at the brewery, there will be...

For some reason this summer, I am all about donuts. Typically my husband’s bailiwick, these sweet, easy to carry, even easier to eat, sweet treats are my new obsession. So naturally, when I saw that Chef Nik (Nikolas Mastalerz) from the Harbor View Hotel was doing Nik’s Donuts on Sunday morning, I had to check it out. Designer Donu...

Last month I was lucky enough to meet Natalie Grewal, a young, enthusiastic coffee drinker who was working on opening her dream on Martha’s Vineyard, Nat’s Nook, a coffee house and creperie in Vineyard Haven. Well, the doors finally opened this past Monday, June 9th. It’s everything she could have hoped for it to be and m...

Last February, MVY radio went off the air. In a blink of an eye, decades of music were gone from the familiar 92.7 on the radio. But of course this iconic Vineyard station was not gone for good. For 15 months, you could stream MVY from the internet. You could still connect with your favorite DJ’s, and listen to your favorite music,...

The old A & P building on Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs has been many things. In the short time I’ve been here, it’s been Pomodoro’s and then Deon’s. A new chapter is beginning for the space. It’s now Beetlebung coffee house and lounge. When you step into Beetlebung, you won’t believe the changes they’ve made. The building has ...

Sometimes smaller is better, and that is definitely true for 20 By Nine — the newest bar to open in Oak Bluffs. 20 By Nine is a craft beer and whiskey bar located on Kennebec Avenue in the space where Sidecar restaurant was located. The concept of this new place is simple and just plain brilliant. It celebrates good, craft beers, a...

Last year you might remember my love affair with Behind the Bookstore  — the coffee bar behind Edgartown Books. With its cozy space off Main Street (behind Edgartown Books), its amazing coffee, and good vibes, it was one of my favorite places for a coffee break, and where I liked to write. Well, it reopened for the season Satu...

If the Memorial Day holiday weekend on Martha’s Vineyard is any indication of what’s to come, this is going to be one busy summer on the Vineyard. Saturday and Sunday indeed felt and looked like summer days, with lots of sun, and lots of people, from flag-lined Main Street in Edgartown to the crowded harbor front in Oak ...

Imagine how much change a person can make. In 1964, Island resident Anne Hale saw the need to create a space celebrating the wildlife of Martha’s Vineyard that was open to the public. There was no Land Bank, and much of the Island was privately owned. Anne Hale, along with a few other conservationists persuaded a friend, Georg...