The Chappy Community Center annual community fair will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 15.

The Chappy Community Center continues Foreign Film Fridays with the Finnish film The Man Without A Past July 7 at 7 p.m.

The Fourth of July is on a Tuesday this year. It will be interesting to see how this will affect the size of the crowds.

School ends this week and the Chappaquiddick Community Center gets into full swing with summer activities. Sailing classes begin on Monday, June 26.

Put this number in your cell phone — 508-627-8390 — and label it TTOR (The Trustees Of Reservations) beach information hotline.

When I was a kid, my family attended services at the Federated Church on South Summer street. Sometimes the young folks were released from Sunday school class in the parish house in order to experience the more mature side of religion by getting to sit quietly in the church itself. Actually, I think that the Sunday school teacher would just give up on trying to control us let alone trying to teach us something about our faith.

Did you ever wonder if the shorebird known as an oystercatcher actually catches oysters? In my experience, oysters aren’t very swift and they tend to prefer deep water.

Two more Chappaquiddick Community Center potlucks are scheduled and we need hosts for both.

Annie Heywood was many things. She was generous, kind, funny, creative and persistent. What she was not was quiet. She was Chappy’s self-appointed town crier.

Remember that there is a household hazardous waste collection scheduled at the Edgartown transfer station on May 20 from 9 a.m. to noon.