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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 ... By the end of this month airport manager Al Peterson hopes to learn that Nantucket Airport will be receiving grant funding to study enhanced service between the island and Logan Airport in Boston and T.F. Green in Providence. More ... Rather than have a water main erupt through the pavement of Cliff Road or Centre Street on a busy summer weekend, Wannacomet Water Company is replacing these 128-year-old pipes. More ... The spring two-week session of Nantucket Superior Court began on Monday with the arraignments of three defendants who were indicted by a grand jury and had their cases transferred from district court. More ... Last week, the town opened Hummock and Sesachacha ponds to the ocean, continuing an ecological practice Nantucketers have employed for hundreds of years. More ... MARINE TRADES ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The Nantucket Marine Trades Association has elected new officers. They are President Rusty Campbell (Nantucket Marine); Vice President Laura Raimo (Hy-Line Cruises); Treasurer Patti Stolte (Glynn's Marine); Secretary George Bassett (Nantucket Boat Basin More ... The message was clear: When it comes to the problem of underage drinking, parents are the most effective tool to discourage and stop teen alcohol use followed directly by the impact of community involvement. More ... Losing a local election usually produces one of two results: the candidates either throw up their hands in frustration or retool for another campaign the following year. More ... $25.3 BILLION FISCAL 2007 STATE BUDGET House 153-0, unanimously approved and sent to the Senate an estimated $25.3 billion fiscal 2007 state budget. The price tag grew by some $190 million during five days of debate. Most of the work was done behind the scenes and only a handful of controversial am More ... + Voted to accept a Land Court registration petition for 75 Hulbert Ave. regarding the delineation of the road layout after the 1975 county taking of highway property abutting land belonging to Anne Claflin Allen. More ... Alan Worden, president of Nantucket's Windwalker Real Estate, has founded an affiliate company in Bermuda and become owner of Southampton Beach Resort, Ltd. Worden intends to develop the Southampton site, currently the location of the Wyndham Bermuda Resort and Spa, into a luxury fivestar destinatio More ... Impassioned discussion led the selectmen last Wednesday to save two town committees it was considering for dissolution and revamp another to make it an administrative workgroup. The board also named its representatives to 11 other committees. More ... Workers frame the new roof of Cisco Brewers' and Nantucket Vineyards' new distillery, which will contain more barrels, two new stills and three new retail areas. More ... We had not even ushered in the month of May when local gas prices soared last Friday to heights islanders were seeing in the middle of last summer. The cheapest gallon of regular spiked from $2.89 to $3.41 at On-Island Gas on Friday morning, and Harbor Fuel president John Stackpole anticipates motor More ... |
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