PIPING PLOVER NUMBERS DOWN 3 PERCENT One of the state’s most precious birds, the piping plover, declined in population this year.
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YACK on: Uniqueness
Grant Sanders
     There aren’t all that many things in the world that can lay claim to being truly unique. One of a kind. Singular. Without equal.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
     On Monday, the Nantucket Civic League held a forum on the Planning Board’s current master planning effort. A panel of lawyers, real estate brokers and others discussed the various issues facing the community as it struggles with the current inefficacy of zoning rules adopted more than 30 years ago.
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Pet Tracks
Jan Jaeger
     PET PEDICURES Imiss my picnic bench. This sturdy table was fashioned by my husband in a burst of practical creativity one weekend, and for years it was behind Geronimo’s, on the grassy area I rather grandly think of as “the lawn.” I don’t miss it for conventional reasons; I never enjoyed a summer s
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