YACK on: Where is it?
Grant Sanders
     On YACKon.com, the Nantucket Online Community, we often play a game called "Where is it?" in which a member will post a photo and the rest of us will have to guess where on Nantucket that image was taken. This can be very
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Field Notes
ANTI-CONGESTION MEASURES
by Peter B Brace
     Asection of the old rail bed used by the long defunct Nantucket Railroad is the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission's choice for part of the in-town bike path designed to get cyclists and pedestrians off the busiest road in and out of town on the island.
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I ON THE STATEHOUSE
HOW YOUR LAWMAKERS VOTED JUNE 26 ~ JUNE 30
     $25 billion fiscal 2007 state budget House 148-3 and 150-0, Senate 38-0 and 37-0, approved and sent to Gov. Mitt Romney the conference committee version of a $25.7 billion fiscal 2007 state budget. The package includes an increase of $158 million in Lottery Aid and $216.5 million in Chapter 70 Educ
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The Lighthouse Keeper
     Summer has arrived on Nantucket. As usual, spring came on June 16 with a short stretch of beautiful weather. Then summer found us a few days later, a bit early and with a vengeance. The fog came back, the heavens opened - although not nearly as much as in nearby America and the stories resumed about
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I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS MEETING ON JUNE 28 THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
     + Heard Board of Health concerns and informational updates. In response to Brant Point residents' complaints of mosquitoes being worse this year than ever, Health Inspector Richard Ray explained that the heavy rainfall early in the season fell at the same time the bugs were breeding. Since spraying
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DISH
Clammed-up
Maribeth Maloney
     Believe it or not, "clambake" means different things to different people. To some, it's a bad 1967 Elvis movie. To others, it's a pejorative slang term for Scientologists, derived from L. Ron Hubbard's assertion that humans evolved from clams. (?) To us on the island, it's a swinging beach party fe
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Media Trust you can
The merchants make the picks
     DVDS Camera Shop & Nantucket Video 32 Main Street 228-0101
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WILL FISH FOR WORK
     One of many mottos I've adopted over the years is that the worst day fishing is still
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e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t
PADDLING LONG POND AT NIGHT
with Peter B. Brace
     Ocean roaring. Fog swirling. Swans squeaking. Red-winged blackbirds calling and divebombing.
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B I R D S O F N A N T U C K E T
THE BUBBLING CAVE-DIVER
BY KENNETH TURNER BLACKSHAW
     If you are visiting here from the mainland, chances are you've been hearing this bird's
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PTertacks
HOMEGROWN DOGS
with Jan Jaeger
     The Fourth of July celebrates the patriot in all of us; even our canine companions have their roots dug deep into the American past. Eleven breeds are specifically recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC) as being All American. Three are uniquely American. The remaining
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