Times Travel: Derby fever (slideshow)
The 71st Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby kicks off this Sunday, Sept. 11. Over the years the Derby has provided both avid and novice fishermen the opportunity to get big fish, even...
Cooper Gilkes of Coop’s Bait and Tackle
Our Meet Your Merchant series goes behind the scenes of the Island businesses that keep our rock running. From our hard-working shopkeepers to our friendly tradesmen and service providers, we celebrate all the people...
Times travel
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been celebrating local businesses for almost as long as we’ve been around ourselves. We looked back through some old photos, and stumbled upon these moments from local sports and...
Meet Your Merchant: Connie McHugh of Airport Fitness & Tennis
Our Meet Your Merchant series goes behind the scenes of the Island businesses that keep our rock running. From our hard-working shopkeepers to our friendly tradesmen and service providers, we celebrate all the people...
Meet Your Merchant: MV Mosquito & Tick and Working Earth Organic Gardening and Landscaping
Our Meet Your Merchant series goes behind the scenes of the Island businesses that keep our rock running. From our hard-working shopkeepers to our friendly tradesmen and service providers, we celebrate all the people...
The Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust
Last year the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust celebrated its 40th birthday. President Chris Scott has been with the organization for 24 of those 40 years. The Times recently talked to Mr. Scott about his...
Meet Your Merchant: South Mountain Company
Our Meet Your Merchant series goes behind the scenes of Island businesses, but we focus on more than just our local shopkeepers: We celebrate all of the organizations, and the people, that the Island...
Meet Your Merchant: Vera & Alex
Our Meet Your Merchant series goes behind the scenes of the Island businesses that keep our rock running. Vera & Alex in Oak Bluffs is the latest addition to the Circuit Avenue shopping scene. Recently opened in mid-May, the childrenswear store is poised to become the go-to place for clothing and gifts for the under-12 segment.
Slideshow: Times Travel
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been celebrating local businesses for almost as long as we’ve been around ourselves. We looked back through some old “Meet Your Merchant” photos, and stumbled upon these gems from...
Meet Your Merchant: Eileen Reilly of Vineyard Electrology
Updated Wednesday June 22
The Times recently spoke with Island electrologist Eileen Reilly, who recently returned to the Vineyard after some time away. Ms. Reilly started her electrology business in Vineyard Haven on March 6, 1996, and...
Time Travel
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been celebrating local businesses for almost as long as we’ve been around ourselves. We looked back through some old Meet Your Merchant photos from the 1990s, and stumbled upon...
Slideshow: Vineyard ads from 20 years ago
Sometimes it’s fun to go back in time and take a look at who was advertising in The Times, and what they were advertising. Twenty years ago we ran an ad to “See the...
Jeff and Peter Hodgson of Martha’s Vineyard Sound and Security
The Times recently spoke with Jeff Hodgson, who with his son Peter owns and operates Martha’s Vineyard Sound and Security, the newest storefront on State Road in Vineyard Haven. Mr. Hodgson shared what it’s...
Slideshow: May old acquaintances…
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been featuring stories about Island merchants for almost as long as we’ve been in business ourselves. The reasoning has always been that most of us year-rounders have been merchants...
Sharon and John Kelly of the Secret Garden
John and Sharon Kelly opened the Secret Garden on Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs in time for Memorial Day weekend in 1981. Over the past 34 years, the couple has collected almost as many...
Jonathan Blum of Bad Martha Beer
Jonathan Blum, co-owner of Bad Martha Beer in Edgartown, tells us how he became a beer lover and what makes Martha’s Vineyard the ideal place for their brew.
Have you always been a beer lover?...
Todd Christy of Chilmark Coffee
When Chilmark Coffee founder Todd Christy was growing up, the coffee he was most familiar with was Maxwell House — it was what his parents percolated at home. Little did he realize that coffee...
Chrissy Kinsman of Pie Chicks
If you’ve ever had a slice of great pie on-Island, it might have been baked with love by Chrissy Kinsman of Pie Chicks. She recently shared how her dream of pie began, and the...
Revive by Sarka
Seventeen years after coming to the Vineyard from the Czech Republic, Sarka Havlatkova owns a holistic spa and natural beauty apothecary in Vineyard Haven that focuses on blending organic and natural products and services...
Treat Yourself
Fourteen years ago Julie Huot and her sister Isabelle Morley opened a tanning salon on Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs. Today the multi-service spa offers much more, and still has tanning, too.
So you first...