I hope our community will rally for Jeff and Becca LaMarche, former Chappy ferry captains, who need our support during a heartbreaking and challenging time.

The Chappy Community Center will host a Thanksgiving open house and crafts fair Saturday, Nov. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Two nights of freezing temperatures last week finally brought a hard frost to Chappaquiddick.

The ferryboat On Time 3 returned to service on Tuesday, Nov. 5 after only two weeks and two days away.

As I sit and write this, it is early afternoon out here on Chappy, but the sun is already low in the sky, casting its golden light across our leaf-littered lawn.

The next potluck dinner at the Chappaquiddick Community Center is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 6.

My family and I left Chappy early last Sunday morning to visit a very different island a bit further north: Mount Desert Island in Maine.

The winter schedule on the Chappy Ferry begins on Sunday, Oct. 20 with an increase in service hours. That is, weather permitting, the ferry will begin operation at 6:30 a.m. and operate continuously until 10 p.m., then again from 11 to 11:15 p.m.

Also, beginning on Sunday, Oct. 20, only one ferryboat will be in service. Expect the vehicle waiting line to be longer during the normally busy times. If you remove your trailer hitch there may be just enough additional room on the ferry for your neighbor to get aboard.

Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 20 the use of the Chappy Ferry vehicle “cut line” on Dock street will be temporarily suspended.