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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.
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Surfside area plan gets rolling Tom Nevers’ plan well on its way
      Surfside and South Shore Road area residents caught the planning bug this year and are just starting the process of gathering information to write a long-range planning document for their neighborhoods.
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Five-hour meeting leaves many applications without rulings
      At one point during the Dec. 11 Planning Board meeting, there were around 65 people filling all the seats with the unlucky ones standing around, waiting for their applications to be heard. The Planning Board waded through 16 public hearings, which took more than three hours to review.
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Committee proposes “soft” cap on vehicles
      Tonight the selectmen will receive recommendations from the Auto Limitations Study Committee, charged with coming up with solutions to the island
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Selectmen hope to question Muse owner tonight
Board holds off on renewal of license because of problems at Surfside Road nightclub
      For the second consecutive week, the selectmen last Wednesday withheld approval for renewal of the liquor and entertainment licenses for The Muse.
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Islanders critique Great Harbor at DEP hearing
      The state Department of Environmental Protection wants to issue a decision on Great Harbor Yacht Club
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MILESTONES
      BIRTHS J ake Darragh Johnson was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Dec. 6, 2006 weighing 8 pounds and 2 ounces. He is the son of Brian and Fiona Johnson and brother of Kevin Johnson of Nantucket. His grandparents are Anne and Eamonn Wisemay of Bantry, Ireland and Kevin and Delia Johnson of Lisburn, North Ireland. His great-grandmother is Bridgid McKenna of Lisburn, North Ireland.
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NP&EDC looking at alternate wind farm sites
Draft environmental impact statement is due out in March 2007
      Although one of Governor-elect Deval Patrick
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