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
Nearly all of The Trustees of Reservations beaches on Chappaquiddick are now open to over-sand vehicles, including Norton Point.
Mother Nature has yet to move enough sand back to the very southeast corner of Chappaquiddick to make it possible for oversand vehicles to drive around Wasque Point.
Brad Woodger
Hello, it’s me again. Not much, how about you? What more is there to say really —
Sad news has reached us of the passing of Alexander Bass. A memorial service is scheduled for Oct. 1 in Peterborough, N.H.
Peter Wells
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.
Peter Wells
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.
Peter Wells
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.
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