The Maypole dance is not only a highlight, it is a right of passage for students at the Chilmark School. They practice for months, first without ribbons but always with eager anticipation of May Day.

I receive texts, emails and the occasional snail mail from friends pretty regularly.

I’m not totally mathematical, but what are the odds of four people in two families in the same town sharing two birthdays?

April 16 is the day Brooks makes that legal transition from boy to man.

We tend to use the term community with an assumption that it just exists and we adapt to find our niche within it almost as a matter of course.

Admittedly, I haven’t paid attention to the comings and goings of my fellow Chilmarkers these past few days.

While the saying most likely started as a reference to astronomy, referring to the position of the constellations Leo the lion and Aries the lamb in the night sky, the proverbial saying, “March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb” has stood the test of time.

If you were ever in Menemsha shortly after sunset on a summer evening you would likely have encountered Bill Shanok as he strolled with his pup, Beau.

He passed a few years at Station Menemsha. He made many friends and became a dad while he was here.

Whenever he was in town, Jeff Bezanson was busy.