Chilmark Town Column

June 18, 2015

Chilmark enters the 21st century . . . again. This time it is with sidewalks. Tuesday was a rainy day but John Keene was busy in Menemsha preparing the edge of the parking lot for a sidewalk that will hopefully keep families and pets out of harm’s way as they make their way to and from the beach.

June 10, 2015

Chilmark is enjoying sunshine and warmth and the clear signs of a busy season on the way! If you are not here yet you have not missed any beach days because we have not been really warm until now. Beach stickers are on sale now at town hall every day beginning at 9 a.m.

June 2, 2015

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

May 27, 2015

Chilmark enjoyed a spectacular Memorial Day. The events of respect and memory were blessed with sunshine and attendance and the family reunions were many. The Chilmark school students continued a long tradition of casting flowers in Menemsha harbor in honor of those lost in wars.

May 19, 2015

Chilmark was saddened this week to learn of the death of Daniel Mayhew, who left us on Sunday last. He was the son of the late Paul and Priscilla Mayhew of Chilmark and brother of Paul Henry Mayhew. Dan was born on the Vineyard on Sept. 8, 1945. He attended Island schools and served in Viet Nam in the Seabees on two tours of duty in the 1960s.

May 13, 2015

Chilmark is in for some spring repairs this week. Please be alert for roadwork scheduled to begin on the 19th. There will be the repaving of sections of Tabor House, North and Middle Roads, in that order. It is hoped that the work will be completed by the week after the Memorial Day holiday. Just be prepared for delays on those roads. It will be nice to see the last of some of the potholes!

May 7, 2015

Some up-Island residents are very much in appearance most late afternoons as the deer chow down on the new grass in many Chilmark fields.

April 29, 2015

Chilmark sends April on her way with few regrets . . . a wet, windy and generally unfriendly month this year. However, the early flowers persevered and we have high hopes for a friendly May.

April 22, 2015

Chilmark is celebrating Earth Day today as I write and with some extra gratitude this year ... we can now see the earth! And, as it always does at this time of year, earth is producing many blooms. Even the skunk cabbage growth is welcome to our eyes.

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