A story in the August 12 Tuesday Gazette about the 12-metre regatta was unclear about next year’s racing schedule. Next year’s 15th annual Edgartown Yacht Club 12-metre regatta will be held in Edgartown on the weekend of August 7, 8 and 9. The Worlds 12-metre sailboat races will take place next year in Newport in September.
A story in last week’s Gazette reported incorrectly on the school where the Rev. Judith Campbell completed her post-doctoral work. Her degree is from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Gazette regrets the error.
A caption beneath a photograph accompanying coverage in last Friday’s Gazette of the Chilmark annual town meeting misidentified a man listening to debate over a proposed Coast Guard tower on Peaked Hill. The man pictured in the photograph was Andy Goldman.
A story in the Gazette last week reported incorrectly on the tax increase percentage in West Tisbury. Resident homeowner tax bills in 2008 will increase 2.7 per cent over 2007. 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.
