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Chris Van der Wolk BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Date of birth March 14, 1955 Likes most about Nantucket The sense of community. Likes least about Nantucket The cost of living. Favorite TV show "Law and Order" It was fitting to talk with Chris Van der Wolk at the Maddequet Admiralty Club since most of his life he has been involved with m... More ...
TOWN BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER Nantucket Visitor Services and the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority are teaming up with the philanthropic Schmidt Family Foundation in the hopes of promoting "sustainable tourism" on the island this summer. Visitor Services was granted approval by the Board of Selectmen last week to have a sa... More ... Planning Board approves pilates studio for 1 North Beach Street BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Perceiving no real spike in intensity of use, the Planning Board has unanimously approved Courtney L. McKechnie's pilates studio for Unit 1B at 1 North Beach St. McKechnie's CLM Training will use half of the 780 square feet of her space for fitness training, and the other half for retail sales o... More ...
German Ayala, 37, of Goshen, Utah, was arraigned on May 11, 2008 charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and was ordered to return to court on May 27. Amyra Ashley Chase, 22, of Cohasset, Mass. More ... Town seeks lower fees for construction, demolition trash TOWN BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER No specific numbers are listed, but the town has sent a letter to Waste Options Nantucket, operator of the landfill, notifying the company that the town believes it is entitled to lower tipping fees for construction and demolition debris and a reduced charge for the construction and demolition pro... More ...
COMMUNITY BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER It was the fifth largest investment bank in the nation, but after 85 years it took only one week for Bear Stearns to become absorbed by J.P. Morgan. Amidst a devastating sub-prime mortgage crisis, the only other alternative for Bear Stearns was bankruptcy. More ... Births E lissa May Holdgate was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on May 6, 2008 weighing 5 pounds and 15 ounces. She is the daughter of Dawn E. Hill Holdgate and Michael K. Holdgate and sister of Kenneth Chase Holdgate of Nantucket. Her grandparents are Cynthia and Michael Phillips, Warren (Sam) Hill,... More ...
Devon Francis officially became the new proprietor of the Rotary restaurant on Monday, May 5 and hopes to be open by this weekend. The 14-year-long island resident, who has two young children and whose wife is a nurse, is owner of alloCAKEsions and will make his pastries at the Rotary and offer some... More ... Community unites to introduce career options to students MIT program is model for one-day event BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Not everyone knows in their youth what interests them and where their aptitude lies, considerations that are important when thinking about a career. Taking a cue from the longstanding Massachusetts Institute of Technology's annual "SPLASH!" program introducing students to a variety of ideas, next ... More ...
TRAVELER IMPACT The additional two temporary trailers that the airport is using for summer airline offices, six more ticket counters and to house the Transportation Safety Administration baggage screening equipment are now in place with the original three temporary trailers on the tarmac in front... More ...
• Approved an application for a common victualer license for Fish Stix, LLC, doing business as Fresh, for 3 Salem Street • Accepted the surrender of all alcoholic beverages seasonal inn holders license held by Nantucket Island Management, LLC, doing business as the Harbor House Villag... More ... etcetera 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends SOMETHING NATURAL HOLDS SIXTH NONPROFIT DAY On June 10, Something Natural will hold its sixth annual Nonprofit Day. From now until the end of May, stop by Something Natural at 50 Cliff Road and cast your vote for your favorite island charitable organization. More ...
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Choices to consider in recovering furniture BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER There are numerous reasons why people recover their furniture. If pieces are in good structural condition they do not need to be tossed out, and can be made to look like new or even better than new either by reupholstering them, having custom slipcovers made, or if a budget takes precedence, by bu... More ... |
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