A story in Friday’s Gazette misreported the amount of money raised last year during the first annual Housing on the Tube telethon. The correct figure is $526,000.
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An story in last Tuesday’s Gazette mistakenly reported the type of tick which carries tularemia. It is the dog tick.
A caption under a photograph of a boat lift published in Friday’s Gazette misidentified the location. The picture was taken at the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard in Vineyard Haven. The Gazette regrets the error.
A story on Island recycling in Friday’s Gazette incorrectly reported on the role of Allied Waste. The company does offer residential recycling and since May has offered single stream recycling, which co-mingles all recyclables, including paper.
The service now operates everywhere except Chappaquiddick, and will begin collections there starting Sept. 4.
A story in the Dec. 28 Gazette about news stories in 2007 misidentified the town in which Chickie the rooster and his owner reside. They live in Vineyard Haven.
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In a story in last week’s edition on David Belcher, the first name of Foster Silva, the original superintendent at Cape Pogue and Wasque for The Trustees of Reservations, was misspelled. Also, Route 28 in Falmouth was misidentified.
A story in last Friday’s Gazette incorrectly reported the number of votes received in the Edgartown town election by Susan Mercier, who was elected to the school committee. She received 707 votes. The Gazette regrets the error.
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A story in last Friday’s Gazette incorrectly sited the author of History of Martha’s Vineyard. The correct author is Charles Edward Banks. The Gazette regrets the error.
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.
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.