Chappaquiddick (Edgartown)
Derived from a Native American word meaning “separated island,” Chappy, as it is called, is located off the eastern end of Edgartown and accessed by a three-car ferry. There are about 100 year-round residents and many more seasonal homeowners. With more than 800 acres of public beach and conservation land, it draws saltwater fishermen, kayakers, and bird watchers. There is no commercial zoning.
Chappaquiddick in the News
On Time for Summer, Chappy Ferry Book Carries Stellar Load
An Elegy for Wasque, Eroded and Closed
Sheriff's Meadow Acquires Land on Chappaquiddick
Assessors in Edgartown Flooded with Requests for Property Tax Relief
As Severe Erosion Takes Its Toll, Summer Closure Planned for Wasque Point
Chappy Landowners File Formal Appeal to State Tax Board
Beachgoers to Face Prospect of a Summer Without Wasque
Geology of Vineyard Coastline Written in Cliffs and Boulders, From Lucy Vincent to Katama
Chappaquiddick's Space Fund, Land Bank Buy Island Trail Link
Edgartown Planning Board Faces Dilemma on Size of Mansions
Chappy Land Gets Management Plan
On Time Two Gets Body and Face Lift
Trustees Outline Chappaquiddick Plans
This Saturday, July 17, is the hazard waste collection day at the Martha's Vineyard Refuse District in Edgartown.
The Fourth came and went with little of the pageantry and fuss of Fourths past. It was still more celebratory than 2020s, though that bar wasn't set particularly high.
Rumor has it that Chappy Ferry Capt. Brock Callen will be teaching a U.S. Coast Guard licensing course this winter through ACEMV, the adult and continuing education institution on Martha's Vineyard.
Traffic on the Chappy Ferry continues to be unpredictable. Here we are in mid-June and some parts of the day look like July and August. At other times, you would think that it's still April.
I suspect that for many people Chappy is much about the water and its surrounding pleasures: boating, fishing, beaching, and swimming. For others like myself, Chappy is about the land.
Martha's Vineyard Hospital will sponsor a Covid-19 vaccination clinic at the Chappaquiddick Community Center on Tuesday June 22 from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. There is no charge.
I was mowing the grass on a cloudless Sunday, when a cloud darkened the ground below me. That’s odd, I thought. Rogue cloud?
The Chappy Community Center is starting off the summer season with an open house/work party on the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
I have returned to the Chappy column roost from a long hiatus, or whatever it is called when a chicken steps out for a while, to alternate weeks with Peter.
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