Corrections
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.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
Clarification
A story in last week’s Gazette about Bridge Housing made reference to two letters written by the Island Affordable Housing Fund to Bridge Housing Corp. A September 2008 letter which was discussed by the housing fund board but never signed, contained contingency language for “the commitment of all other financing.” A March 2008 letter that was signed by former housing fund executive director Patrick Manning did not contain the language.
Correction
Due to an error in transmitting, the Gazette last week published a report on a Steamship Authority monthly meeting from the previous year.
The Gazette regrets the error. This month’s meeting is reported above.
Corrections
An interview in Friday’s Gazette with Rabbi Caryn Broitman reported incorrectly on the denomination of the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. It is reform, while Rabbi Broitman is reconstructionist.
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Schooner, the new book about the building of Rebecca, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway, not the 13th.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
Correction
The Colonial Inn property sold for $2,050,000 not $2,000,050 as stated in last Friday’s article. The Gazette regrets the error.
Clarification
In a story in last week’s Gazette about the invasion of tunicates in Island ponds, Mary Carman of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution blamed the importing of shellfish from the Sea of Japan for the introduction of the animal. She said further this week that the restaurant industry is responsible.
Correction
A story about The Birthday Club in the Tuesday Gazette incorrectly reported that the Island Food Pantry received government funds. The pantry does purchase more food than is donated, but without any government assistance.
Corrections
A town column in Friday’s Gazette characterized Peter and Cora Weiss as friends of the father of President Obama in the early 1960s. Mrs. Weiss was the executive director of the African American Students Foundation from 1959-63 which brought students from East Africa to the U.S. The President’s father, Barack Obama, came to the University of Hawaii independently, though the foundation awarded him three modest grants to help him buy books, pay for his tuition and personal needs.
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Correction
A story in the Tuesday Gazette about an event with the two Island bookstores incorrectly named the owner of Edgartown Books. The owners are David and Ann LeBreton; the manager is Susan Mercier. The Gazette regrets the error.
