League Of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard will host a candidates’ forum at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven on April 4. The forum will begin at 7 p.m.

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Wendy Jacobs changes people’s lives, one vividly described color at a time.

John T. Hughes, of Vineyard Haven, a long-time fixture on the waterfront, was honored last Friday by colleagues and friends for his years of work in marine resource conservation at the old Massachusetts State Lobster Hatchery. For his efforts, he received the much coveted Dr. David L. Belding Award, recognizing his spirit and enthusiasm in the work he did for lobster and aquaculture.

This is the second installment of the high school spring sports preview. A preview of the baseball team will appear in next week’s Gazette, along with game recaps from the first week of the sports season.

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Clarification

In the story March 23 about the South Wood Farms foreclosure, the Gazette referred to Corey Kupersmith’s former business partner, Keith Crocco, who is named as the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Mr. Kupersmith. Mr. Crocco died in a motorcycle accident in 2009.

Correction

In a March 16 story about prescription drugs, Jill De La Hunt, the New Paths Recovery Program coordinator, was referred to as Leslie De La Hunt. In a March 23 story about the Island’s Vision Fellowship, Philippe Jordi’s first name was spelled incorrectly. The Gazette regrets the errors.

Tisbury residents will vote on a number of housekeeping items in a special town meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Tisbury School Gymnasium.

Among the 15 articles, voters will be asked to borrow $200,000 for septic system upgrades, dispose of three town-owned automobiles and one boat, establish a trust fund for town employee retirement obligations, approve a sidewalk easement for the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s new locaiton, and establish a fish committee to regulate herring fishing at Chappaquonsett Pond and Creek,