The former head of the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank who left last year under circumstances that were never fully explained, has been permanently barred from banking by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
An “order of prohibition from further participation” was issued against Christopher Wells by the FDIC.
The order was issued in late February and publicly released by the FDIC last week. Mr. Wells signed a consent agreement with the FDIC in which he does not admit the claims against him.
The family of the late Edwin Newhall (Bob) Woods has gifted 500 acres of rare and unspoiled oak forest, freshwater wetlands and frost bottom in West Tisbury and Chilmark to The Nature Conservancy, the conservancy announced early this week. The gift creates permanent protection for the heart of one of the most significant natural areas on the Vineyard.
Few people will remember his plucky, colorful and completely hopeless campaigns for state senator and sheriff. The first one was in 1978. He designed great T-shirts for the campaign with a hand-silk-screened map of the Cape and Islands. We all wore them; we were youthful then and had a sense of fun and we knew John Miles McSweeney had little chance of being elected. But it didn’t matter. We loved John for his spirit and we were friends. And friends stuck together when we were all coming of age on the Vineyard some thirty-five years ago.
Ferry service to the Vineyard was set to resume early Sunday morning following a 24-hour battering from the prolonged blizzard that hit eastern and central Massachusetts with a vengeance this weekend.
The Steamship Authority announced Saturday evening that the 6 a.m. ferry between Vineyard Haven and Woods Hole was expected to run Sunday. Boat line service was suspended Friday afternoon and throughout the day Saturday. Most major transportation links were shut down, including air and bus travel on the mainland, during the storm.
The prolonged, powerful winter blizzard that pounded much of eastern Massachusetts this weekend had begun to ease but only slightly on the Vineyard Saturday afternoon. Ferry and air service to the Island remainded suspended following 24 hours of snow, ice, high winds and whiteout conditions. A travel ban in effect was set to be lifted at 4 p.m. as the storm slowly began to dissipate. But Vineyard roads remained snow-covered and treacherous and highway crews were hard at work clearing them; Islanders were advised to use caution when going out.
Linda Marinelli, a career Vineyard politician and former longtime Oak Bluffs selectman whose firebrand style and tireless, bruising crusades in the name of open government were legendary, died Jan. 31 in Falmouth. She was 81.
The Vineyard Haven home of Art Buchwald, the late humorist and columnist who summered on the Vineyard for more than 40 years, was sold last month for $1.395 million.
The buyers are Michael E. Sneed and Emily Ann Riddell. The seller was Joel Buchwald, representative for the estate of Arthur Buchwald. The sale took place on Jan. 22.
The Pit Stop, the music and performing arts space in Oak Bluffs with a gritty, coffee-house atmosphere that has attracted a large following in the past year, will go up for sale, the owner announced this week.
“We had a lot of fun. A lot of people were brought together. Many personal, musical, artistic and professional relationships were kindled. Some found people to share their art with and some found soul mates to share their lives with,” wrote owner Don Muckerheide in an email newsletter that went out on Tuesday to fans of the Pit Stop Workshop.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank got an early Christmas present last week when weekly revenues spiked to just over $1 million due to a flurry of real estate transactions at year’s end.
Total land bank revenues for the week ending Dec. 21 were $1.09 million. There were 117 total transactions for the week.
