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December 20, 2006  RSS feed

State denies airport $12 million for new terminal
Expansion plans now in jeopardy
BY PETER B. BRACE

The state last week abruptly withdrew its commitment to begin a multiyear payout of $12 million to the Airport Commission, putting a serious crimp in terminal expansion plans. Airport Commission Chairman Foley Vaughan made the announcement late Friday morning at a special meeting of the commission. He said that on Monday, Dec. More...

All I want for Christmas is...
Townies reveal their Christmas wishes to The Independent
BY MARY LANCASTER

Local officials in good spirit revealed their personal gift lists and professional Christmas wishes this week, offering them in short and long form with some answers serious, others playful and the majority a mixture of both. More...

 Other News
• Falmouth Academy representatives visit NNS
Representatives from Falmouth Academy visited the Nantucket New School Wednesday to measure interest in future attendance at the private school by island children. While many students over the years have gone off island to board at private secondary schools, Falmouth Academy is a day school and does not have dormitories. More...
• article has image Surfside area plan gets rolling Tom Nevers’ plan well on its way
• Five-hour meeting leaves many applications without rulings
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 The Arts
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MARK WILSON & BEN SIMONS
Two young men at the Nantucket Historical Association will have a little something extra to toast as the clock reaches its two-armed pinnacle on New Year More...
• article has image Shadows of History UNDER THE EAVES
• article has image Identify This
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 Sports
• Swim teams victors over Oliver Ames
i s l Both Whalers swim teams were overall winners at Oliver Ames High School last Thursday, with the boys cruising to an 87-52 triumph and the girls taking a close one, 92-83. Justine Paradis returned to the team by breaking her own school record on the one-meter board by 11 points. Her total on the day was 176.55. More...
• article has image Lady Whalers employ a balanced attack to go 3-1
• article has image Boys earn holiday breather after three straight wins
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 Columns
• article has image I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS MEETING DEC. 13, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
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• article has image The Lighthouse Keeper
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 Property Profile
• article has image PROPERTY PROFILE
Congdon & Coleman Real Estate $2,395,000
Imagining Moby Way It More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
1. A house on .44 of an acre at 20 Baxter Road sold to Barry M. Cooper and Susanne D. Cooper of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Ira M. Starr, Trustee of the Peter V. and Linda E. Reid Charitable Remainder Trust of Roseland, N.J. for $2,875,000. The property is assessed at $2,086,300. The land bank fee is $57,500. More...
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