Town Columns

The benefit for Rick Vanderhoop this past Saturday was unbelievable! The Aquinnah Shop was packed inside and out.

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

For those of you who use email to give me news, note that I have a new email address.

Hats off to the Class of 2012, who walked the Tabernacle stage on Sunday like so many before.

Smoke wafted out of chimneys as woodstoves were heated up once again for a few cold, damp nights at the beginning of the week.

Everything is so green after all the rain we have had.

Belated birthday greetings go out to Pearl Issokson who enjoyed her 90th birthday last Sunday.

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.

How beautiful and different the town looks from just a few weeks ago.

I have to say, I'm not all that disappointed with the wet forecast this week.

I don't mean to lecture or accuse anyone of reckless behavior, but there have been a couple of gnarly car accidents recently.

"Annie" in a ballet performance is yours to enjoy at the Performing Arts Center on Sunday at 4 pm.

As of last Sunday, it looked like we were going to be fortunate weather-wise for the first long weekend holiday of the season.

All right, we made it through Memorial Day.

The sun certainly came out for Memorial Day weekend, and quite unexpectedly, according to all weather reports.

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.

West Tisbury sparkled in the after-rain sunshine for a perfect Memorial Day weekend.

It must be gremlins in my computer.

With Memorial Day weekend, looming everything is open and ready at the Cliffs.

High season has arrived.