CHILMARK, Mass. — To the slamming screen door, happy vacation chatter and other noises at the Chilmark General Store, add a less expected one this month: ringing cellphones.
Chilmark, a town of gentle hills and wandering stone walls in the outer reaches of Martha’s Vineyard, has spotty cellular service, at best, for most of the year. But when President Obama and his family arrive for what has become a yearly August vacation, something magical happens.
“Suddenly my phone starts ringing,” said Rachel Fox, an entertainment lawyer from Manhattan whose family has a home here. “There are people for whom this is a very big deal — not just that the president comes, but that their cellphones work while he’s here.”
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