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The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank announced this week that president and chief executive officer Christopher Wells had resigned abruptly.
Bank trustees announced the resignation on Wednesday in a brief press release, saying only that Mr. Wells had abruptly resigned effective immediately for personal reasons.
“We thank Chris for his service to the bank and wish him well in his future endeavors,” said board chairman Philip J. Norton Jr.
The Edgartown Lighthouse, the prominent beacon overlooking the outer Edgartown harbor that has long been a symbol of the town, is going to be put up to bid by the federal government, with the town and the Martha’s Vineyard Museum expressing interest in taking stewardship of the landmark.
Extra money to cover the cost of building a parking lot at the new town library and more fine tuning in the controversial rules for dogs on Lambert’s Cove Beach are the issues that top a special town meeting warrant in West Tisbury on Tuesday.
A new parking lot connecting the library and Howes House will cost $145,000 more than originally planned for the new $6 million library, and voters will be asked to pay $46,000, or one third of the bill.
The group may be small, but their impact is not.
Nine students from the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School will graduate Sunday, some headed to college, others embarking on adventures abroad. They’ll leave behind a legacy of community service, and carry with them memories of their tight-knit school community.
“This group really represents who we are at the charter school of Martha’s Vineyard,” school director Bob Moore said of the 11th graduating class.
The relationship between Network of Neighbors and Edgartown public relations specialist Danielle Pendergraft continued to unravel this week when Mrs. Pendergraft and her husband resigned from the nonprofit board hours before the remaining members voted to oust them.
They only come out at night, but their signature burrows can be seen along south-facing dunes on ocean beaches from Aquinnah to Edgartown. Given these habits, they have the perfect name: ghost crab.
Luanne Johnson, an Island biologist who wanders the beaches tracking coastal birds and other wildlife, has noticed a surge in ghost crab burrows along the south shore this spring.