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A story in Friday’s Gazette about Sail Martha’s Vineyard reported inaccurately on the origins of the program. The program was founded by the late Nancy Haskell and Nancy Hoffman.
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A story in Friday’s Gazette about commercial fishermen affected by the Menemsha Coast Guard fire contained errors. Stanley Larsen’s blue mussel work has no connection to the experimental offshore blue mussel farm. And Wayne Iacono’s lobster pots cost $65 apiece.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
Oak Bluffs police arrested a 35-year-old Oak Bluffs man last Thursday morning after he reportedly broke into an apartment on Uncas avenue and threatened to kill a man and woman living there while brandishing a handgun.
According to a press release from police, Richard J. Brymer kicked in the door to the apartment while wearing a bandanna over his face. He pistol-whipped the man and put the gun to the side of his head and told him he was going to kill him, police said.
History buffs and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered at the Katama Airfield in Edgartown on Saturday afternoon for a chance to see restored World War II airplanes in action. The planes — two trainer aircraft and a transport plane — were flown in as a spinoff event to the Those Who Serve exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
History buffs and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered at the Katama Airfield in Edgartown on Saturday afternoon for a chance to see restored World War II airplanes in action. The planes — two trainer aircraft and a transport plane — were flown in as a spinoff event to the Those Who Serve exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
By PETER BRANNEN
As the charred remains of the drive-on dock at Menemsha stand as a reminder of last Monday’s fire, the unselfish actions of a few individuals during the frenzied confusion of the blaze have come into sharp relief.
One such individual is Menemsha bass fisherman Casey Elliston, who salvaged a number of boats from the inferno as flames raced down the ill-fated pier. For his part, Mr. Elliston refuses to acknowledge that he did anything special the day Menemsha burned.
A Coast Guard captain assisting with the investigation into the fire that destroyed the Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha last Monday said the fire may not have started in the boathouse.
A Coast Guard captain supervising the investigation into the Menemsha boathouse fire said preliminary information shows the fire may not have started in the boathouse. “My conclusion, although this is unofficial . . . I don’t think the statements that were made Monday, which is that the fire originated in the boathouse, would be made today,” said Capt. Verne Gifford out of Coast Guard Station Woods Hole.