Chilmark Town Column

October 19, 2016

Chilmark was a busy place under the remarkable full harvest moon and with the accompanying high tides...the annual fishing derby came to an exciting close on Saturday evening with the awards on Sunday.

October 12, 2016

Chilmark is facing up to the inevitability of the upcoming national election. Town clerk Jennifer Christy has posted the early voting hours and dates for Chilmark.

October 6, 2016

Chilmark is turning to the fall and winter mode these days with fewer people on the roads and in the houses. I notice no cars in driveways that have been busy all summer; no lights in the houses I can see across the pond and no whir of the air conditioners in the neighboring house.

September 28, 2016

Chilmark is watching the sky this week as we hope for some of the promised drizzle to become real rain. It has been a dry summer and we need some soakers to get our gardens and our landscape ready for winter.

September 21, 2016

Chilmark is alive and well. I am enjoying the foggy morning with sunshine breaking through the light mist...a promise of another nice day that we can enjoy without guilt because of the heavy rains just past. I realize how appreciated that rain was as I watch a flock of little birds drinking from a hole in the old tree outside my window.

September 15, 2016

Chilmark is enjoying some most welcome fall days with temperatures and sunshine at acceptable levels...so nice. Many fishermen have arrived and are eagerly fishing their favorite spots for the ever-elusive winning fish in the annual Martha’s Vineyard fishing derby. Good luck to all!

September 8, 2016

Chilmark did not provide us with the beautiful weekend that I promised you at the end of last week’s column. So much for writing a column almost a week ahead of time. The tropical storm rolled in for the weekend and provided many with an extra day or two of vacation.

August 31, 2016

Chilmark is slowing down just a bit and the speed and intensity of most activities has slowed just a bit. There is still plenty going on and not many parking places available. The sunsets are just as lovely and the water is warm for swimming so we are far from done with summer, just catching our breath.

August 24, 2016

Chilmark heads into the last days of August. They are often believed to be the hardest days of summer to survive. I will go on record and tell you that Chilmark is still in vacation mode with smiles more in abundance than otherwise. I visited both Chilmark Store and Menemsha Market and found folks still upbeat and cheerful.

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