Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      BARTLETT ROAD BECOMING Gary Winn scored unanimous Planning Board approval for his Finback Lane cluster development off of Bartlett Road. The 5-0-decision allows Winn to develop 15 lots, 5,000 to 6,000 square feet in size with one dwelling on each. Secondary dwellings and studios will be prohibite...
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ON SELECTMEN AT ITS MEETING ON JAN. 10, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
      + Voted 3 - 1 (Bennett opposed) to install two additional stop signs at the intersection of Surfside and Fairgrounds roads to create a four-way stop as recommended by the Traffic Safety Workgroup.
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e t c e t e r a
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
      STUDENTS RAISE $6,000 FOR LORING CAMPAIGN Nantucket Lighthouse School students donated days of their summer last year to trek out into the fields of Nantucket to document some of the island's most rare flowers and plants.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE
      "So go downtown, things will be great when you're Downtown - no finer place for sure Downtown - everything's waiting for you." To give him his due, maybe the lyricist had a sense of humor, but it seems unlikely that Petula Clark was referring to Nantucket when she sang her paean to u...
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TIGHT LINES
SHOCK AND AWE
with Andrew Spencer
      People who read my column are no doubt by now familiar with my neighbor, Bea Leger. On the 30th of December, Bea celebrated her 94th birthday.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
HOW DO YOU GET DOWN FROM AN ELEPHANT?
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      This is an old riddle and I'll leave the answer for later in the column. Just keep that question in mind. This week's bird was the second most numerous on the recent Christmas Bird Count with 119,938 individuals. It's also the northern hemisphere's largest duck. I bet you're thinking, "I must have ...
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YACK on: Leaders
Grant Sanders
      It has come to my attention that Nantucket is in desperate need of new blood with regard to its leadership. We talk about it all the time on YACKon.com. What kind of person would make a good, say, selectman, for example? What are the qualities that such a person needs to govern?
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