A story in Tuesday’s Gazette about changes on the board of directors for the Quansoo Beach Association did not make clear that longtime association treasurer Bonnie George’s decision to step down was unrelated to pressure over the legal dispute with the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. Mrs. George was asked to stay on the board.
A photograph in Friday’s Gazette that accompanied a story about the forum organized by Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. incorrectly identified the person in the picture as R. Dwayne Betts; the picture was of Bob Herbert.
The name listed under a picture of a regional high school cross-country runner in last Friday’s Gazette was incorrect. The picture was of Chris Serpa, not Sam Cerna. The Gazette regrets the error.
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A story in last Friday’s Gazette about the West Tisbury firemen’s pig roast incorrectly named a partner in the enterprise Local Smoke; it is Everett Whiting.
A story in the Sept. 24 Gazette about the Edgartown Library building project incorrectly named the chairman of the Edgartown Library Foundation; it is Gwyneth (Baba) Smith. Also, due to incorrect information provided by the foundation, the story inaccurately reported the amount of cash raised by the foundation to date. The correct number is $430,000. The Gazette regrets the errors.
A story in the Tuesday Gazette about a single-car accident in West Tisbury on Monday morning contained incorrect information. Laura Stone was driving a 1997 Jeep when she swerved to avoid a deer. The vehicle went through a split rail fence off Old County Road. The driver was transported to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital by Tri-Town Ambulance as a precaution, and sustained only minor injuries. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story in Friday’s Gazette about Sail Martha’s Vineyard reported inaccurately on the origins of the program. The program was founded by the late Nancy Haskell and Nancy Hoffman.
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A story in Friday’s Gazette about commercial fishermen affected by the Menemsha Coast Guard fire contained errors. Stanley Larsen’s blue mussel work has no connection to the experimental offshore blue mussel farm. And Wayne Iacono’s lobster pots cost $65 apiece.
The Vineyard Gazette Wedding Planner, published on May 14, contained incorrect attribution for a photographer in the pictures that accompanied a story about a couple who were married in Menemsha. Credit for the pictures should have gone to Our Labor of Love photography. The credit has been corrected in the version of the Wedding Planner that appears on the Gazette Web site. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story in the Tuesday Gazette about the newly named assistant principal at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School misspelled Matt Malowski’s last name. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story last Friday’s Gazette about the centennial of the grounding of the schooner Mertie B. Crowley misspelled Levi Jackson’s first name.
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An interview in last Friday’s Gazette with the Rev. Vincent G. (Chip) Seadale, the new rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, reported incorrectly on where his wife Colleen works. She is a bereavement counselor and therapist for Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.
A story in Friday’s Gazette about the Edgartown selectmen’s action on an application from a summer tour operator contained errors. Ron Minkin’s application is for a 14-passenger van, and it was the third meeting Mr. Minkin had with the selectmen.