Remy Tumin
Chilmark voters will decide next month whether or not to endorse a state-funded harbor improvement plan in Menemsha.
At their regular meeting Tuesday, the Chilmark selectmen approved a two-article warrant for a special town meeting on August 6. The first article will ask for approval of a new dock system in Menemsha; the second is for $75,000 to go toward year-round housing assistance.
Bill and Margot Moomaw, two of the world’s major movers and shakers in the field of climate change, are bringing their own personal message to Vineyarders about how to take small steps to make a big impact in combatting global warming:
Live deliberately, make real choices about how you live and what you do.
It’s the motto the couple has lived by for years, and it’s a message they hope to instill in others to find meaningful ways to act locally and think globally when it comes climate change.
Neighbors to a large house that is now nearly built on Nashaquitsa Pond in Chilmark have asked the town zoning board of appeals to enforce what they claim are zoning violations on the property.
The 8,200-square-foot house being built by Adam Zoia on the former Harrison property has been the subject of widespread discussion in Chilmark during the last year, including at the town planning board over whether more rules need to be developed to regulate very large houses in town.
Follow the light thud of a bass drum and the trill of a trumpet and you can fall in step with the annual Fourth of July parade in Edgartown. For outgoing parade grand marshal Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr., a marching band is the heartbeat of any parade.
“Without a band we’re lost,” Mr. Morgan said.
A group of middle school girls cautiously approached a pile of Dutch belted calves at the Farm Institute one morning last week, dodging large piles of dung and tiptoeing their way closer.
“They’re big,” one girl said of the seven-week-old calves.
“They’re cute,” said another.
“This one is especially friendly,” farm educator Emily Palena said. “The worst thing she’ll do is lick you.”
Andrew Woodruff emerged from a tangle of tomato vines in the Thimble Farm greenhouse last Sunday morning, carrying the first ripe tomato of the season.
“I don’t know who to give it to,” Mr. Woodruff smiled. Standing in front of him were Sarah McKay, president of the Island Grown Initiative, Eric Grubman, the former owner of the property and Allan and Shelley Holt, who recently donated money to help IGI buy the farm and keep it in active food production for future generations.
Mr. Woodruff placed the red fruit in Mr. Holt’s hand.