Chilmark News

When their old house was blown down in a storm, one family rebuilt with a new focus -- sustainable living.

Five suspects are facing charges after the police recovered a safe stolen two years ago from a lumber yard.

Two years ago on the night of June 2 thieves broke into the office of the family owned E.C. Cottle lumberyard on Lambert's Cove Road in West Tisbury and removed a safe said to contain more than $10,000. Kristen K. Brown After two years of sleepless nights, Kristen K. Brown, 22, of Chilmark decided she could no longer bear the guilt for her role in ...

After five years, five town meeting votes, and several unexpected twists and turns, Chilmark voters will decide Monday whether to spend $2,000,000 to complete the Middle Line Road affordable housing project.

Hannah Kahl, daughter of Robin Smith, our fabulous Chilmark School K/1 teacher, along with friend Kate Hubbell, have successfully pedaled 3,600 miles through 12 states and a million flat tires later have reached their destination of El Paso, Texas.

Thomas D. Brown Real Estate Extensive listings of homes for sale throughout the lower and outer Cape Cod area.

School spending accounts for the largest share of taxpayer expenditures in town budgets.

A recent dog hearing in Chilmark illustrates the complex and very personal issues town officials face in making decisions about heartbreaking incidents involving beloved family pets.

The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center hosts a free night of Klezmer, traditional eastern European Jewish music, this Sunday, Nov.

For most of us, it is hard to imagine life without television, without cable to clue us in to pop culture and the latest trends, and the scores of specialty channels that show us how to cook or play poker, or learn about health issues, nature, or exotic destinations.

Congratulations to the 4/5 class at the Chilmark School. With the assistance of their families, friends, and educators, they had a well-run UNICEF fair.

Two men were arrested Tuesday morning as they brought heroin and cocaine to the Island for street distribution, according to police.

The month of November at the coast has everything, in terms of weather, that can be experienced in what always seems to be a brief 30 days.

With only 1,200 doses available for the seasonal flu clinic at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Wednesday, by 10:30 am vaccination seekers were turned away.

Chris Murphy and Jim Newman are organizing a get-together potluck this Saturday, Nov.

A thief or thieves entered the Turtle Cove, Chilmark home of Janice and Robert Brown yesterday afternoon and stole a fireproof safe containing personal papers, family jewelry, and cash.

Illness presumed to be swine flu has resulted in the absence of an average of more than 100 students each day of the past week from the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

Once again, the Chilmark Volunteer Firefighter's Association hosted a mildly spooky Halloween event at the Chilmark Community Center.

The milkweed pods are breaking, And the bits of silken down Float off upon the autumn breeze Across the meadows brown.

The All-Island School Committee deferred a vote on the superintendent's budget last week, because several of its members preferred handing off budget-cutting decisions to voters at spring town meetings.