Aquinnah selectperson, tribal leader and founder of Orange Peel Bakery, Juli Vanderhoop has been selected for this year's Creative Living Award by the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation.

Recognized by his brown, leather hat, worn smooth by decades of fishing in salt air on Island shores, Mike Cassidy is an anchor of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.

Jim (Brooksie) Brooks opened his hat store in Oak Bluffs 48 years ago. His sales style is fast paced — filled with motion, enthusiasm and profanity.

Fashion designer Stina Sayre, long known for her elegantly-draped, easy to wear women’s clothing, is preparing to close her Vineyard Haven showroom and studio later this fall.

At 100 years old, Bob Penney likes to spend his days relaxing , listening to audiobooks at the East Chop home he bought in 1952.

Priscilla Sims Brown, a seasonal Vineyard resident, is the chief executive officer of Amalgamated Bank, the largest union-owned bank in the country. She is one of few women of color leaders in the financial sector.