The Chilmark School Class of 2014 included Brooks Carroll, Noah Glasgow, Menasha Leport, Kiera McCarthy, Fynn Monahan, Imogen Taylor and Bella Thorpe.

Their last in-person visit was Christmas 2019, but after a year and a half brother and sister were reunited.

The Maypole dance is not only a highlight, it is a right of passage for students at the Chilmark School. They practice for months, first without ribbons but always with eager anticipation of May Day.

I receive texts, emails and the occasional snail mail from friends pretty regularly.

I’m not totally mathematical, but what are the odds of four people in two families in the same town sharing two birthdays?

April 16 is the day Brooks makes that legal transition from boy to man.

We tend to use the term community with an assumption that it just exists and we adapt to find our niche within it almost as a matter of course.

Admittedly, I haven’t paid attention to the comings and goings of my fellow Chilmarkers these past few days.