Chilmark

Whoa Nellie, this town is a hoppin' place.

Our sailors are back.

They're all back in school.

I have the first day of school blues.

GO TO THE FAIR.

Where is Flanders Field? It's a question that Sunday softball commissioner Bill Edison hears a lot.

August is here.

Julie Coleman shares that she is raring to go for her first organized women's walking group expedition at Great Rock Bight on Friday at 9:30.

Welcome home, great-grandma Bette Carroll.

A memorial service for Phyllis Conway will take place at the Chilmark Church on Saturday, July 14, at 11 am.

In the headlines this week are a few family get-togethers, a birthday or two, some local events and a mention of who's in town.

Okay, folks, somehow there was a mix-up and a column I wrote in 2011 was printed last week.

Well, somehow or other Katie sent last year's town column to The Times and it was published.

Last night was the Chilmark School's end of the year concert and theater production.

Each spring the students in the 4/5 class have a fundraising event to offset the costs of their September week at school aboard the Alabama.

Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, but has left behind a few telltale signs — sunburned shoulders from a few too many hours at the beach; ketchup stained tee-shirts from that cookout in your uncle's backyard; red itchy welts from the mosquitoes that enjoyed you while you were enjoying your burger and your hot dog; towels laced with fine grains of sand that deposit themselves at the bottom of your dryer; and so much more.

I returned mid-afternoon on Sunday from a whirlwind 24 hours in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester where I attended my 20th reunion at Clark University.

On Saturday, May 12, Zachary Robert Coutinho graduated from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire. His graduation was attended by his parents, Linda and Robert, his brother, Cody, his grandmother, Margaret Maida, and...

Who thought it would ever happen? The tried and true, stand-up-to-the weather, functional fixture at Bliss Pond Farm has been replaced.

Tom Dresser has a new book out.