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Stories by Jane N. Slater

Chilmark Town Column: June 16

June 15, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark is enjoying the first real thunderstorm of the season with some loud thunder over Menemsha on Tuesday evening that had produced a pretty but cloudy sunset earlier. The storm caps two really...

Chilmark Town Column: June 9

June 8, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark . . . a great place to be if you are a landscaper. The buzz of lawnmowers can be heard between every shower. The greenery is thriving and in some places gaining...

Chilmark Town Column: June 2

June 1, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark will be happy to see the sun. We have grown tired of saying we need the rain...of course we do but so much for too much of a good thing. Chilmark school honored those gone before us with...

Chilmark Town Column: May 26

May 25, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark’s town hall now houses the town’s historic weights and measures cabinet of 1913. The wardrobe sized cabinet has been stored by the town in several locations and the condition of...

Chilmark Town Column: May 19

May 17, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark warmed up a bit today as the temperatures climbed into the comfortable numbers we look forward to in May. At last. The oak leaves are unfurling, the shadbushes are in full bloom and the...

Chilmark Town Column: May 12

May 10, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark is in free fall already. The large number of weekend visitors that were in Menemsha last weekend was the clue. The weather was much more spring than summer but it didn’t seem to matter...

Chilmark Town Column: May 5

May 3, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark has literally been in a fog all week, with some heavy showers along the way. All our open spaces are very green now, with turkeys on display in most fields and deer everywhere even during...

Chilmark Town Column: April 28

April 26, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark’s annual spring town meeting drew a crowd on Monday last with approximately 250 voters turning out for a long night of discussion and voting on town government. Our able town moderator...

Chilmark Town Column: April 21

April 20, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark looked good to me last week when Dianne Smith and I returned from a mind-blowing trip to Budapest and back. We enjoyed a river cruise on the Danube from Passau, Germany, to Budapest, Hungary...

Chilmark Town Column: March 24

March 22, 2017
Jane N. Slater

Chilmark is looking springlike in spite of the temperatures; fields are green and daffodils are blooming.We send condolences to the many friends and family of Marjorie Good, who died on March 4 at...

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