The winners of the 2016 Best of the Vineyard awards will be announced Thursday, June 9 by Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.

Thanks to a new system that allows harbor bookings online, Edgartown harbor master Charlie Blair said summer bookings on the harbor are all smooth sailing this year.

The Katama General Store may be headed into its final summer as the familiar red outpost on the road to South Beach. Owners Jackie and Doug Korell hope to replace the 1958 building in the fall.

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.

Martha’s Vineyard is showing signs of recovery after the recession, including in construction and real estate. But a seasonal economy and lack of affordable housing continue to pose challenges.

Roughly 200 commuters take the early morning ferry to Martha’s Vineyard each day, many of them construction workers who hail from all over southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.