Chilmark is all about town meeting this week. We convene at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23 for our annual spring town meeting. Voting by ballot will take place on Wednesday at the Community Center with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. It will provide us all with an opportunity to say thanks and farewell to our outgoing selectman, Frank Fenner Jr. who has served us for 10 and a half years. We will miss him around town hall and his contributions to town business.
Chilmark is glowing yellow this week as the yellow flowers persist with lots of green leaves adding themselves to the visual treats. So the seasons meld and move along in the county.
Chilmark finally felt the heat! The temperature went up dramatically on Wednesday this week. I didn’t hear too many complaining. The beaches were busy and so were the parking lots and the food places. All good signs of a summer well underway.
Chilmark, as I write, sits serene and warm under a beautiful full moon that is rising out of what, to me, is West Tisbury. Our town seems so lively now that the vacationers are returning and the sun has come out again with the promise of warmth. Don’t forget to change the clocks this weekend.
Chilmark has not been forgotten by the national news. ABC News carried an article by Genevieve Shaw Brown on Feb. 18 entitled Vacations of the Presidents. The lead picture was of Menemsha harbor; the article suggested the Clintons and Obamas were mainly interested in Martha’s Vineyard for the beaches, golf games and ice cream. Maybe she hasn’t been here. And what about President Grant? Oh, well, it is February and columnists here and beyond are hard-pressed for real news!
Chilmark continues to enjoy the mild winter weather. There is some unusual activity in the natural world — geese are making lots of noise in the mornings, the songbirds are loudly making themselves heard, lots of spring flowers are well above ground already, and there is some restlessness noticeable in humankind as well! What does it all foretell?
