Rainy Day, the year-round gift shop in Vineyard Haven, changed hands last month. Melissa and Bob Scammell take the reins.

It was a busy summer season for Mark Chung and Eric Coles, who opened their store in May.

New policies on the Peter Pan Bus Line requiring passengers to buy their tickets and book bus seats in advance are causing confusion and some grumbling among Islanders and other travelers.

With summer at the halfway point, Island businesses have begun to tally the numbers.

Back Door Donuts pastry chef Raffi Jabri doesn’t get much sleep. His typical night shift at the bakery ends at 1:30 a.m.

Before the sun rises, they wipe the dew off bike seats and trudge out to bus stops on Island roadsides. They are among the earliest commuters to summer jobs. But for these summer workers, the trip didn’t start there in the predawn hours. The journey began when they left their home countries to travel to Martha’s Vineyard.

Though the names of the players keep changing, banking remains a healthy business on Martha’s Vineyard.

After 25 years the Edgartown tackle shop that has been the go-to place to get equipment, bait and catch up with Capt. Porky and his wife Carol, is changing hands.

Kate and Alex Salop of West Tisbury are the new owners of the Toy Box in Vineyard Haven.

The summer labor shortage on the Vineyard is nothing new, but this year many business owners feel it is worse than ever.