Correcting the record

The Orono Farmers Market is held the second Saturday of every month, not the first Saturday as indicated in the article in Wednesday’s Lifestyle section. This means the next one will be held this Saturday.

A story that ran in some editions Thursday about the new SAD 3 school contract should have explained that Future MSAD 3, a nonprofit booster group raising funds for the new school, is aiming to raising $575,000. Of that amount, up to $500,000 will go toward building an auditorium above and beyond what the state will fund, including special lighting, sound, acoustic elements, curtains, a mezzanine and catwalk.

In a Feb. 5 story on Page B1 about an accident in Presque Isle, incorrect information was provided regarding the age of Peter Merz of Bangor, one of the drivers involved. He is 34 years old.

Wednesday’s page one story about the iBOT motorized wheelchair inaccurately stated the cost of the device. Though the price of the chair last year was $26,000, manufacturer Independence Technology is currently offering it at a promotional price of $23,900. Also, according to a company spokesman, the chair has three built-in computers, not four.