Opinion
would like to publicly apologize to Susan Desmarais for the offense and hurt caused by my remarks during her statement at the March 31 Oak Bluffs planning board meeting.
As a recently retired, Oak Bluffs-born and raised community banker since the age of 15, I am keenly aware of the trajectory of our housing crisis.
I first met John Phillips when he stepped off the Steamship Authority ferry in Oak Bluffs almost three decades ago.
So it is April at last. The daffodils are up, but not all in bloom yet.
Leaders of faith communities on Martha’s Vineyard are in the forefront of affordable housing concerns on the Island.
Our dad Richard Leonard was promoted to president and CEO of the Martha’s Vineyard Cooperative Bank in 1989 — a big job for an Island boy freshly graduated from University of Massachusetts.