This Week's Paper
Tiny walnut caterpillars that don’t get eaten and appear in the late summer are ravenous.
10:33 pm, September 28, 2016
Yay we finally got rain. I am sorry for those on vacation, but we needed this rain, plus we need more. The ponds need to be filled and the ground is so dry. But on the bright side, it was a beautiful weekend with cool weather and the sky was pretty.
5:59 pm, September 28, 2016
Chilmark is watching the sky this week as we hope for some of the promised drizzle to become real rain. It has been a dry summer and we need some soakers to get our gardens and our landscape ready for winter.
5:48 pm, September 28, 2016
The next Chappy Community Center potluck dinner will be hosted by Judy Buss and Paul Cardello on Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. Potlucks are held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Hosts are needed for upcoming potlucks
5:34 pm, September 28, 2016
Dr. Marvin H. Kendrick Jr. of Stow and Martha’s Vineyard, formerly of Weston, died peacefully on Sept. 26, surrounded by his family.
5:18 pm, September 28, 2016
The weather has remained rather pleasant over the past week, other than a couple of much-needed rainy days. Still great fishing weather for the derby. September has been the best weather for Vineyard weddings over the past few weekends in each and every town.
5:04 pm, September 28, 2016
September has slipped away as quick as a wink and we are now in the fall season. The Derby is in full swing and automobile traffic is definitely slower during the week as we approach the last full week of the “shoulder season.”
4:50 pm, September 28, 2016
Sunday, Sept. 25 was a beautiful day for a walk. It was also my Dad’s 100th birthday. Dad passed 18 years ago. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s. I usually participate in the Cape and Islands walk to end Alzheimer’s. But here I was, in my Old Country, on Dad’s birthday, and nothing would do but for me to walk in White Plains in the Hudson Valley Alzheimer’s fundraiser.
4:35 pm, September 28, 2016
In his memoir, Knocking Down Barriers, Truman R. Gibson Jr. drops several interesting names associated with his visits to Oak Bluffs in the 1940s and 1950s.
3:55 pm, September 28, 2016