MARGARET KNIGHT508 627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)With all the cold and rainy weather it’s as if the seasons have been trying to go backwards. No doubt we’ll be complaining about the...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)In this typically tardy Vineyard spring, the Chappaquiddick trees are finally decked out in all their finery — delicate leaves, dangling...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)Spring came this past week, finally, with all its interest for the senses. Chappaquiddick’s many late-leafing oaks still give the woods a...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)On a small island, everything that goes on seems to have a greater effect than in a place less circumscribed. We’ve certainly seen the...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)After extensive public input last summer, the transportation committee working on redesign of the Chappaquiddick Point has come up with a final...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)Despite all the cold, rainy, windy weather, we’ve crossed the line, first, into Daylight Saving Time and now, with the vernal equinox on...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)It’s been a quiet week on Chappaquiddick — in fact, the quietest week of the year. School vacation, February, and living on an island...

MARGARET KNIGHT508 627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)The peacocks are back at Pimpneymouse Farm after a long winter of wandering the wilds of Chappaquiddick. The pair of birds, known as the Peabodys,...

MARGARET KNIGHT508-627-8894(margaret02539@yahoo.com)The rain, sun and warm temperatures of this past week helped Chappaquiddick return to normal after last Friday and Saturday’s blizzard. The...

Chappaquiddick has had more snowy days recently than we’ve seen in several winters put together. The snow hasn’t amounted to much, though. Last weekend a perfectly dry fluffy snow was...