Chilmark survived a bit of unfortunate excitement on Tuesday last with minimum impact on its citizens. You will read all the details elsewhere in this paper, but I just want to reassure those of you who are not here that all is well and we are well taken care of by our police force and others in authority.
Chilmark is ready for the turkey . . . in fact, many live turkeys are wandering around our roads and yards. They are unaware of the fate of their fatter kin. Just as well. By the time you read this you will be down to the sandwich and the pot pie.
Chilmark is moving into the holiday season with little regard to the weather. Mild and sunny days continue . . . the cold is only a slight hint of what is usual for this time of year.
Chilmark experienced the first snowfall of the season on Tuesday. Not much of it remains as I write on Tuesday evening but it came down long enough for some to accumulate in dark corners of yards and roadsides.
Chilmark will sport some new stripes on Wednesday when lines are to be painted on the newly paved sections of Tabor House Road and D.H.’s Hill. Hopefully, they will not be covered with snow too soon.
Chilmark is enjoying being haunted this week as we prepare for the annual Halloween celebrations around the Island. The Chilmark Volunteer Firefighters hosted their annual Halloween party for the young and not so young ghosts and goblins at the Chilmark Community Center on Thursday evening.
Chilmark enjoyed the wonderful light of the full moon for several nights this week past. The light, among other things, made hunting for a meal easier for the night feeders as I learned when I viewed the mums at my cellar door in daylight.
Chilmark is working its way through a mild and pretty October. There is a lot going on and everything seems to be under control. The town is having the North Road repaired in places. This last week the Tabor House stretch was paved and now the D.H.’s Hill will be done beginning this Friday and continuing Monday if weather permits.
Chilmark mourns the death of another of its senior citizens. Marguerite Cottle died at her Menemsha home on Oct. 7. Her long life allowed her to see many transformations of Chilmark.
