MARGARET KNIGHT

508-627-8894

(margaret02539@yahoo.com)

This past Monday I started to hear occasional little animal scrambling sounds from inside our chimney. I couldn’t, or didn’t want to, imagine what kind of critter it could be, and I hoped it would go away on its own.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark’s weather remains summery and dry in spite of some threats of rainy days . . . still no real amount of rainfall. One day of showers can’t make up for the long dry summer. However, the derby fishermen are hard at work and the late vacationers are enjoying the sunshine.

Announcing Anina

Ninon and David Garvin of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Anina Marie Garvin, born on Sept. 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital.

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kcase1@verizon.net)

We welcomed the rain on Tuesday, even if it was not enough. It actually felt good having the rain running on your face. Now we are into the chilly weather that everyone loves.

Receives Degree

Brittany Andelin-Baker of Edgartown earned her associate degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., on June 15. Ms. Andelin-Baker is a 2005 graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.

50 Years Ago

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1957:

The town of Chilmark has a birthday today, but it will pass quietly with no fanfare. Thirteen years ago, when the town marked its tricentennial, it was a different story. A town picnic at the Allen Farm and a parade were part of the celebration.

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, Islanders are reclaiming Circuit avenue parking spots, swimming at Squibnocket and finally savoring the Menemsha sunset. Brad Tucker, front man for the Island band Ballyhoo, the sleeper hit of the summer music scene, is thrilled Vineyarders are taking back the Island. Mr. Tucker and his band mates have spent Sunday evenings since June playing free music down at the docks in Menemsha. The seasonal slowdown allows them to get back to what they really love doing — playing low-key music for their friends and family, the Islanders.

For the second time this week, Chilmark residents confronted increasing demands to reduce personal energy usage when the first proposal for a residential wind turbine in town came on Tuesday before the zoning board of appeals.

Chilmark resident Robert Green appeared before the regular monthly meeting of the board with his proposed contractor, Gary Harcourt, to request a permit to build a 114-foot turbine on his Old Farm road property.

Local pool builders, contractors and Chilmark selectmen showed up to a public hearing of the planning board Monday afternoon to discuss a proposed amendment to town zoning bylaws.

The amendment would require heated swimming pools built in the town to use solar thermal heating systems as the primary source of energy to heat that pool. The planning board hopes to put the amendment on the warrant for an Oct. 29 special town meeting.