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Clockwise from top, left: Article 42 sponsor Wendy Hudson appears pleased that her article, which establishes a Formula Business Overlay District, was not called for further discussion. The projected image of a waving American flag reveals the shadows of Nantucket Girl Scouts at Monday%27s opening n More...
Kopko new selectman in close edge over Roggeveen
McLaughlin gets five more years on Planning Board Residents give thumbs down to wind farm; support island auto limits
by Mary Lancaster

Innkeeper Michael Kopko was named the victor last night in a tight race against Community School Director Patty Roggeveen for one open selectman More...

Nantucket voters take the wind out Cape Wind's sails
by Peter B. Brace

By a margin of 61 percent, Nantucket voters defiantly said no to Question 8 on the ballot, which asked whether islanders supported wind energy projects in Nantucket Sound. The vote of 2,156-1,054 pleased the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, which had its Assistant Director Audra Parker working Surfside Road in front of the high school all day, waving signs and talking with voters. More...

 Other News
• Scallopers bag 5,482 bushels in worst season on record
Scalloping in Nantucket waters over the last five months drove most of the fleet to shore for more consistent work during the worst commercial season since 1998/1999. More...
• article has image Hamiltons new owners of historic Veranda House
• article has image Brewery, distillery and winery growing to meet code
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 Opinion
• L E T T E R S
TAXI LICENSE TRANSFER WOULD SET A BAD PRECEDENT To the editor: More...
• E D I T O R I A L
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 Sports
• Lady Whalers outnumbered
Lax trailed Cohasset on scoreboard, sidelines
At the least the weather was pleasant. That was about the only positive sign that Nantucket head More...
• article has image SIGNS OF SPRING
• article has image Delayed reaction for lax
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 What's Up?
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E A S T E R E V E N T S Farm Talk Spring Series: Easter Treats More...
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 Columns
• article has image Field Notes
CAUTION! WET THINGS CROSSING Peepers have been heard in various quarters of the island. Red-wing blackbirds are already staking their soggy territory among patches of cattails and very soon turtles of different sizes and colors will be crossing roadways looking for places to lay their eggs. More...
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• The Lighthouse Keeper
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 Property Profile
• article has image New Heights in Shawkemo
t is wholly appropriate that this home, known as "Coatue in View" should be located at More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
March 27, 2006 - March 31, 2006
1. A vacant lot on .60 of an acre at 2 East Hallowell Lane sold to Jeffrey Dobrzynski of Rumson, N.J. from Judith M. Norris, Susan Reed and Patricia M. Dolyak of Nantucket, Mass. for $3,850,000. The property is assessed at $2,043,300. The land bank fee is $77,000. More...
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