The circumstances surrounding last week's appointment of Nancy Larrabee as the school district's director of athletics, health and physical education have prompted questions regarding the selection process and Larrabee's qualifications for the position. More...
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BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
After owning the lucrative Nantucket Boat Basin for eight years, with its 240 slips and services attracting world-class yachts and sailing vessels, owner Stephen Karp is on the brink of selling this piece of his island dynasty to another entity. More...
MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent Approximately 60 people turned out for Sunday afternoon's second annual 5K fundraising walk hosted by A Safe Place to support its programs and raise awareness about domestic violence. Of the total attendees, there were five teams represented. The walk, sponsored by Great Point Properties and organized by ACKtivities, began at the high school, wound through town to the rotary and ended at the school. A special t-shirt display from A Safe Place was hung by the school steps with each shirt containing words about people the authors know who have been victims of domestic abuse. Jack McGrady raised the most money as an individual and won a gift certificate to The Brotherhood. The team of Merritt and Dougan won gift certificates to Fooods for Here and There. More...
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FEARFUL OF COMPETITION To the editor: Nantucket, Massachusetts is a beautiful and quaint location that is steeped in history, one of America's true geographical treasures. But the town's vote to ban chain stores and franchised businesses in a supposed effort to retain the uniqueness and local cult More...
For the better part of a year, they have sweat and stretched and sprinted and scored in relative obscurity. Despite their consistency, our attention has been unfairly focused on other teams with marginal success at best. More...
nyone who has spent time on Nantucket will tell you that the island has a style vocabulary all its own. Yet no house we have seen epitomizes that style like the home at Three More...
1. A house on .12 of an acre at 4 Cottage Ave. sold to Dahlia Associates, LLC, of Boston, Mass. from John V. Shea of Siasconset, Mass. for $2,775,000. The property is assessed at $1,413,900. The land bank fee is $55,000. More...
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