With the Gay Head Light having completed its historic move last year, and long-term planning underway for Aquinnah Circle, shop owners have a new vision for their town’s commercial and cultural district.

The annual Best of the Vineyard winners were announced Thursday night during a packed event at the Loft in Oak Bluffs. More than 5,500 votes were cast in this year’s contest.

On a chilly, misty spring day Jackson and Mary Kenworth sit across from each other at Beach Road, their fourth Vineyard restaurant in the past 20 years, spooling out the memories and their story.

Grace Church in Vineyard Haven is serving lobster rolls again, beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday

With the sale of Flatbread, a musical era at the building that once housed The Hot Tin Roof comes to a close. New owner Brion McGroarty will open a restaurant named Tin Hangar.