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Paul Koulouris hired as new elementary school principal
     At the July 18 meeting of the School Committee, Nantucket Public Schools superintendent Dr. Robert Pellicone announced that the district had hired its new elementary school principal. The hiring fills the position left by Nancy Larrabee, who became the district's director of health, athletics and ph
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19-lot cluster proposed for 120 Miacomet Rd.
Neighbors, abutters angry over potential traffic and way-of-life impacts
     Miacomet Road, fear property owners in the area, is going to become more dangerous if the Planning Board approves Bluefin Partners, LLC's 19-lot cluster development at 120 Miacomet Rd.
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Selectmen to review 15 draft zoning articles tonight
     Planning Director Andrew Vorce and the Planning Board are proposing 15 zoning district changes tied to the 41-81D Master Plan for the fall Special Town Meeting.
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Maria Mitchell calls on the community to shape future of nature library
     In a widely collaborative effort to bring as many concepts to the table as possible, Janet Schulte, executive director of the Maria Mitchell Association, has organized a steering committee and is inviting community members to participate with them in planning the ultimate future use of the associati
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MMA director Schulte enjoying island and job
     Janet Schulte has kept count. She moved to the island exactly three months and nine days ago to become executive director of the Maria Mitchell Association. And being a true nature lover, she has marked the calendar by the profuse succession of flowers blooming in fields, gardens and windowboxes, so
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Star of the Sea youth hostel to renovate its dorm
     Still the cheapest bed on the island at $22 a night, the Star of the Sea youth hostel in the former Surfside Lifesaving Station is making those beachside accommodations even more comfortable.
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Aturd by any other name...
Landfill's sewer sludge/garbage compost safe for all uses
     The thought of combining human excrement with decaying garbage to make yard fertilizer might be unattractive, to put it mildly.
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Residents work to organize island Breast Cancer Walk
     By this fall, Jana Duarte and Lisa Eldridge hope they have hundreds of women pledging to walk with them in the fight against breast cancer.
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MEMORIAM
EDYTHE M. TRAVELSTEAD
     On June 11, 2006 the world lost a brilliant, accomplished, courageous, dynamic person with a zest for life and a commitment to her community. Edythe M. Travelstead, a woman of valor lost her valiant fight with breast cancer in her 64th year. Edythe was a survivor and she will continue to survive in
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M I L E S T O N E S
     BIRTH W illannia Shalamar Thompson was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on July 17, 2006 weighing 7 pounds and 1 ounce. She is the daughter of William and Michelle Thompson of Nantucket. Her grandmother is Blanche Finegan of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Her great-grandparents are Beryl Lawrence of S
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Star of the Sea youth hostel to renovate its dorm
     Still the cheapest bed on the island at $22 a night, the Star of the Sea youth hostel in the former Surfside Lifesaving Station is making those beachside accommodations even more comfortable.
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SS Andrea Doria The sinking of the July 26, 1956
The Tragedy and theAftermath
     At 10:09 a.m. on Thursday, July 26, 1956, the waters
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