Valerie Sonnenthal
Chilmark: Carrots are coming this week
Carrots are coming this week. That's what I learned when I ran into Amy Shepard at Beetlebung Farm. The best part of running into...
Chilmark: Open shops and farmstands
It felt like a short week before getting that nice long weekend, besides seeing more media acknowledging Monday as Indigineous Peoples Day. Although only...
Chilmark: Menemsha Hills
Fall is official. The last ice cream was enjoyed at the Galley so we'll just have to begin the wait for spring. I am...
Chilmark: Farm school and trail walks
Sunday on the beach, Lucy Vincent, with Island families, Islanders getting their first beach day since the summer began and many, many dogs in...
Chilmark: Menemsha Hills story walk
It's felt a little like July, though Menemsha businesses know it's wedding season which translates as not so much business for them despite the...
Chilmark: Peaked Hill Pastures
The Road Race finish line has not yet faded from Middle Road, school has started, and nary a parking space was to be had...
Chilmark: Outdoor multi-arts event
School is back in session. I wonder how full the Island will feel off-season this fall? So many to thank for their time this...
Chilmark: Final softball game
Another moped accident and another tragic death in Chilmark. Perhaps mopeds should be banned from Island roads that lack shoulders. My heart goes out...
Chilmark: Local award winners
The storm was coming but so was my oldest son and his girlfriend. We took the dogs to the beach, he got his annual...
Chilmark: Fishermen’s Preservation Trust
A few days before the official Chilmark Road Race, perhaps you witnessed the goat run down Middle Road? Seems close to 30 goats got...
Chilmark: Tour and Tasting at Grey Barn
Besides some great storm surf, packed Menemsha sunsets and bounteous farm stands, everyone now knows “an incident” involving 8 and 9-year-old boys took place...
Chilmark: Aerial image of algal bloom
Ndume Olatushani's “Disrupt Death Row: Art & Justice” exhibition at Kara Taylor's Gallery was not to be missed. Kara Taylor donated 25 percent of...
Chilmark: Art fundraisers
It seems we are slipping too soon into August. Our farmstands are full of plants, vegetables and more. This week North Tabor Farm began...
Chilmark: Flea market and jazz concert
Foggy days bode well for our markets, though go early to beat the crowds, especially for Maple Mehndi at the Chilmark Flea. One cool...
Chilmark: Magical trail and book festival
My son and I took our dogs to Island Folk Pottery's Magical Trail for our first walk. We immediately met three generations of the...
Chilmark: Outdoor concerts
I've lived on the Vineyard 16 years and have never seen the likes of last weekend's traffic. Lines snaking in every direction while backed...
Chilmark plays ball after tribute to Tony
On Saturday night, Chilmark Softball co-commissioner Sig Van Raan sent out a group email to players while sitting home in the pouring rain. Opening...
Chilmark: Kate Taylor concert
School's out and summer's in; farmers markets twice weekly, flea market twice weekly, farm stands filled with seasonal bounty, flower stands bursting with color....
Gardens of Love: Steven Auerbach
I wanted to visit an Oak Bluffs garden and asked Shelley Christiansen if she might recommend someone, which is how I connected with Steven...
Chilmark: Community events
I like to walk my dogs in Menemsha and have watched what was a rental house slowly morph into a year-round home being completed...