Chilmark is facing midsummer with plenty of sunshine and warmth. The crowds seem bigger than ever and the usual breaks called changeover weekends seem not to be happening this season. We are hoping the of- site parking is helping folks to better enjoy Menemsha.

Chilmark is alive and well and having a good time! We had a huge weekend with summer pleasures being experienced all around us. I hope the beach folk took advantage of the beach bus shuttle. I heard a boat brought in a large haul of yellowfin tuna to Menemsha on the weekend.

Chilmark is ready to celebrate! Happy holiday to all and may the sand be in your shoes and not on your hot dogs! The crowds have been gathering all week and the students who were only recently released from school are enjoying their freedom. The activities are mostly outdoors and even the showers that seem always in our future aren’t discouraging the good times from being planned. Cheers to us all!

Chilmark is turning a deaf ear to my plea to slow things down a bit. June is already almost gone and I am not ready to move on yet. So many things undone, unreported, un-enjoyed . . . is that a word? Anyway, we are moving into summer at a rapid pace.

Chilmark enters the 21st century . . . again. This time it is with sidewalks. Tuesday was a rainy day but John Keene was busy in Menemsha preparing the edge of the parking lot for a sidewalk that will hopefully keep families and pets out of harm’s way as they make their way to and from the beach.

Chilmark is enjoying sunshine and warmth and the clear signs of a busy season on the way! If you are not here yet you have not missed any beach days because we have not been really warm until now. Beach stickers are on sale now at town hall every day beginning at 9 a.m.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark enjoyed a spectacular Memorial Day. The events of respect and memory were blessed with sunshine and attendance and the family reunions were many. The Chilmark school students continued a long tradition of casting flowers in Menemsha harbor in honor of those lost in wars.

Chilmark was saddened this week to learn of the death of Daniel Mayhew, who left us on Sunday last. He was the son of the late Paul and Priscilla Mayhew of Chilmark and brother of Paul Henry Mayhew. Dan was born on the Vineyard on Sept. 8, 1945. He attended Island schools and served in Viet Nam in the Seabees on two tours of duty in the 1960s.

Chilmark is in for some spring repairs this week. Please be alert for roadwork scheduled to begin on the 19th. There will be the repaving of sections of Tabor House, North and Middle Roads, in that order. It is hoped that the work will be completed by the week after the Memorial Day holiday. Just be prepared for delays on those roads. It will be nice to see the last of some of the potholes!