• 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

The common room of the Chilmark School rustled with popcorn bags and whispers on Friday afternoon as the entire school, kindergarten through fifth grades, prepared to become the audience for their...
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...

Celebrations

Samuel Scott of Chilmark graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., on Saturday, May 11. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration in marketing. 
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.

Obituaries

Garth W. Edwards of Essex, Conn., and Chilmark died May 3 at his home in Essex Meadows. He was 97. His passing was peaceful and he was surrounded by his loving family.
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...