The headline on an obituary published in the Friday Gazette for Marcia Mann Baker was inaccurate. It was Marcia’s husband, Bob, who came to the Vineyard during the war. The Gazette regrets the error.
The Farm and Field column in Tuesday’s Gazette gave the wrong location of Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm. The farm is in Virginia. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story in last week’s Gazette about Island voters registering to participate in the Feb. 5 primary incorrectly identified where Tisbury residents will vote. Voting will occur at the American Legion Hall. The story also misidentified the Tisbury town clerk. She is Marion Mudge.
A story in last Friday’s Gazette about West Tisbury resident Katie Mayhew performing last Wednesday with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston incorrectly reported the name of the former speaker of the state house of representatives. He is Thomas M. Finneran. The Gazette regrets the error.
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The West Tisbury town column in Friday’s Gazette incorrectly identified the director of the Field Gallery. She is Jennifer Pillsworth. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story in last week’s Gazette about a traffic fatality inaccurately described the collision impact between a car driven by Brandy Marie Gibson and a van driven by Francellyo C. Dias. The vehicle driven by Ms. Gibson, who died in the crash, struck the van driven by Mr. Francellyo. Also, due to incorrect information contained in the police press release, the story reported inaccurately on the direction Ms. Gisbon was traveling at the time of the accident. She was traveling east toward Edgartown. The Gazette regrets the errors.
In an interview in Tuesday’s Gazette with John Potter and Todd Alexander, there was a mention about the young sailors’ sailing technique as youths more than 30 years ago. Mr. Potter said after the interview that he used the word sheet to describe their sailing technique, not cheat. Mr. Potter said on Wednesday: “We won the races by sheeting.”
A story in last week’s Gazette about musician John Cruz, Heather Goff was incorrectly identified as the author of the song Missing You. Mr. Cruz wrote Missing You, while Ms. Goff wrote Dream Song on the album. The Gazette regrets the error.
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The obituary for Maria Esther Nunes that appeared in last Friday’s Gazette reported incorrectly on the location of death.
A story in Friday’s Gazette contained two errors. Jon Nelson Jr., owner of the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, has not yet sold his West Tisbury home. And Mr. Nelson’s father Jon Nelson is still living. The Gazette regrets the errors.
A news article that ran in the Feb. 29 edition of the Gazette and an editorial in last Friday’s edition inaccurately described services at the Aquinnah Public Library. The hours of operation have not been scaled back. The Gazette regrets the errors.
Contrary to an article in Tuesday’s edition, Rob Goldfarb, development director of the Farm Institute in Katama, is older than his brother, Matthew, executive director of the institute. The Gazette regrets the error.
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A photo caption in Tuesday’s edition misidentified a singer performing at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown for a benefit titled Still the Hunger. The singer was Lia Kahler. The Gazette regrets the error.
