The Chappy Community Center spring clean-up is this coming Saturday, May 2 (with a rain date on May 3) starting at 9 a.m. We’ll provide lunch, snacks and drinks to keep everyone fueled and happy. There’s something for everyone, no matter your age or ability. Let’s roll up our sleeves, pick up some sticks, leaf blow, clean up the garden and some deck demolition. Whether you can spend the whole day with us or pop in for 30 minutes, your help would be so appreciated! And if physical work isn’t your thing, we’d love extra hands to help with lunch and other little tasks. For more information contact chappyccenter@gmail.com.
Your patience will be rewarded. Word has it that the CCC calendars will be coming from the publisher soon. Regardless that some of the months have already passed, the calendar is unique for its collection of Chappy images. Remember that the calendar is an important fundraiser for the center. Watch for a sign at the ferry when the calendars become available.
The Norton Point breach is now just over 500 feet wide, according to a reliable source. Videos of the breach taken from the vantage point of narrow Wasque avenue a few hundred feet back from the Katama Bay shore show “nothing but breakers and the broad Atlantic beyond,” according to the photographer. Videos of the ebbing tide rushing past mooring buoys in that area show those stationary objects creating a wake.
The Martha’s Vineyard Bee Club, based at the Agricultural Society, recently received a shipment of bees to replenish the losses suffered due to the bitter winter. Two dozen, three-pound packages were part of a tractor trailer load that came up from Georgia last weekend. The Plimoth Bee Club graciously organized the project. Now there are more than 300,000 more bees with 24 brand new queens on the Vineyard eager to help with the crucial function of pollination. The majority of our vegetables, fruits and flowers depend on these little critters to produce. Before you spray your yard for ticks and mosquitoes, make sure that the chemicals are as bee friendly as possible.
On Monday, May 11 at 4 p.m. the Edgartown selectboard will discuss transfer of the Chappy Ferry lease and license to the next owner/operator. It’s an intense responsibility. I feel very lucky that someone who is capable has stepped up to the challenge. I look forward to going home and leaving my pager in the ferry house.
This article appears in May 1, 2026.