A graveside service for William B. Parry will be held on Saturday, May 18, at 1 pm at Abel’s Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A reception will follow at the Chilmark Community Center. William was a longtime resident of Chilmark. He passed away on March 14, 2024. For online guestbook and more information, please visit chapmanfuneral.com.
Jeffrey Maida was elected to the Chilmark select board Wednesday night by just 45 votes, a few hours after a partial rainbow was visible past the south side of the Island. Maida and William Meegan were competing for one seat on the town’s select board. Maida takes William Rossi’s seat, whose term expired this year […]
It’s been quite a week in the news. The U.S. House of Representatives finally put aside its deep divisions to sign an aid package that will save untold thousands of lives in the grinding war in Ukraine, and to provide military support for Israel amid threats from Iran, and desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians […]
On Tuesday, April 23, Chilmark voters will decide the fate of 33 warrant articles at the annual town meeting. Questions before voters will cover funding for more than a dozen Community Preservation funding opportunities, the purchase of new electric vehicles for the town, and a much-anticipated bylaw amendment to change the management of town-owned tennis […]
Friday night the rain stopped, the clouds cleared, and the sun threw out beautiful colors while it set. It was a Good Friday, a time when I am reminded to transform terrible into good. Easter is a time filled with the cultural warmth of communality and ritual. A time of beauty in the service of […]