• After months of work, harbor improvement dock is nearly complete.
    Ray Ewing
  • The seagulls are already dropping lobster and crab claws on the docks, said Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll.
    Ray Ewing
  • Project included a new wooden fuel dock, handicap access ramps and work to the yacht dock.
    Ray Ewing
  • Yacht dock has fixed wooden pier for first 60 feet and floating concrete docks surfaced with wooden planks for remaining 80 feet.
    Ray Ewing
  • Project was funded by a $629,000 grant from the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council.
    Ray Ewing

News

In 2008 the company Airbnb started in San Francisco. The idea was basic but hardly simple. Create a conduit for travelers to vacation all across the globe in local homes and apartments. The internet...
Those interested in finding out about the fungus among us should head to the mushroom walk with mycologist Wesley Price on Sunday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at Menemsha Hills Reservation in...
A six-year-old public-private project that was aimed at creating affordable housing and an expanded area of conservation land in Chilmark has landed in Dukes County superior court. The project dates...

Celebrations

Elissa Turnbull and Eddie Stahl of Chilmark announce the birth of a daughter, Lucille Hazel Turnbull Stahl, born on April 28 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Lucille weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at...
Lindsay and David Wolff of Chilmark announce the birth of a son, Simon Ramer Wolff, born on April 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Simon weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
Andrew Larsen of Chilmark was named to the dean’s list at the New England Institute of Art in Brookline for the winter quarter. Andrew is a senior studying recording arts and audio engineering.

Obituaries

Carole Goldstein Cohen died peacefully at her home in Washington, D.C., in the early morning of April 23 after a short illness. She had turned 78 on April 9. A part-time resident of Chilmark, she was...
Michael Joseph Syslo of Chilmark died suddenly at Tobey Hospital in Wareham on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. He was 60 years old. He suffered a heart attack shortly after teaching a class to new state...