BIRDING BY THE NUMBERS The Christmas Bird Count season is nearly upon us. Dec. 14 through Jan. 5, birding groups based in 35 towns around the state will canvass their areas looking for birds in what are called “circles” for the numbers of bird species and numbers of birds within each during the 106
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
     Ididn’t notice anything unusual as we approached the beach at North Cambridge Street on Saturday, taking advantage of one of the last days before the beginning of the shotgun season to take our usual exercise-thedog/ exercise-the-owners walk, and to work off some of the remaining vestiges of Thanksg
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YACK on: Nerds
Grant Sanders
     There’s been a whole lot of talk lately at www.yackon. com about kids and alcohol and drugs and parents and the police and the school. In case you missed it, there have been several alcohol and drug-related episodes on Nantucket recently that has focused the debate about how we as a community can be
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Pet Tracks
Jan Jaeger
     LET’S STROLL, LET’S SHOP This week is schizophrenic. We gear up for the holidays with the Festivals of Wreaths and Trees, upcoming Stroll Weekend and decorating for the season, with hay bales and pumpkins in window boxes and surrounding doorways. I still need to
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