News
Corrections
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.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
Receives Degree
Parthenia H. Kiersted of Edgartown received a degree in English in May at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. She minored in film studies.
Vineyard Gazette editor Julia Wells announced this week that Lauren Martin has been named managing editor of the weekly newspaper. Ms. Martin, who is 41, came to the Gazette two and a half years ago from Canberra, Australia, where she was a reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Originally from Ohio, Ms. Martin received her degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989.
She began her career as a Washington-based political correspondent for Institutional Investor publications before heading off to sail into Australia.
In its management of Norton Point Beach, which is owned by Dukes County, the Trustees of Reservations produced a net surplus of $16,785 in the last fiscal year.
The county will receive more than $3,000 of that money through an agreement with the conservation group. Two years ago, the county enlisted the help of the Trustees to manage Norton Point beach with an agreement that the county would receive 20 per cent of what the group earned at the public beach.
Saving the sea from overfishing begins with paying attention to the forage fish. Tomorrow afternoon at 5:30, the author of an important environmental story will speak at the Chilmark Public Library as part of an ongoing series on fisheries and fishermen.
Author Bruce Franklin will give a free talk on the value of menhaden in America. Last year his book The Most Important Fish in the Sea was published and received high praise along the waterfront and amid fisheries managers along the coast.
Edgartown Jewels
CB Stark Jewelers will be having a John Hardy Trunk show in Edgartown all day on Saturday, August 2, featuring one-of-a-kind designs along with a large selection of classic styles, at the shop at 27 North Water street. For details, call 508-627-1260.