I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report
     In a brief session of District Court on Monday, Lindsey Butler, 60,
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L E T T E R S
     OUT WITH A BANG To the editor: I would now like to take this time to thank all the individuals who helped me with this year's Fourth of July Fireworks. Although it is always hard to call them off on the actual night of the scheduled event, it is always better to be safe then sorry.
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My View
By Joe Hale
     I stepped into the shallow Polpis Harbor channel and immediately sank to my thigh in dark brown muck. Right away I knew that Day 3 of my walk around the complete perimeter of Nantucket would be just as challenging as the first two days. What I imagined as a Thoreau-like meditative exploration of thi
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Field Notes
by Peter B. Brace
     SUNNY SKIES, DIRTY AIR On Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) forecasted unhealthful air for all of eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod due to increases in ground-level ozone levels.
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I ON SELECTMEN AT ITS MEETING ON JULY 12 THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
     + Heard complaints during the public comment period from Fairgrounds Road resident Marcia Aguiar who said the soil along the new bikepath is contaminated with Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant, and she is concerned it will spread to residential yards. "I think this is a result of ignorance and ap
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YACK on: Clean
Grant Sanders
     This is the time of year when it seems that every other week there's some letter in the paper or a post on YACKon.com complaining about the trash on the side of the road or on the beaches of Nantucket. To me, these complainers are worse than
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REAL ESTATE REPORT
     Well, we made it through the first half of 2006 without an obvious bursting of the real estate bubble that we all seem to worry so much about, thanks to economic predictions. Perhaps, though, we are seeing a slow leak or a gradual deflating.
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I ON THE STATEHOUSE
HOW YOUR LAWMAKERS VOTED JUNE 26 ~ JUNE 30
     SEND UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL TO COMMITTEE The House and Senate sitting as a Constitutional Convention voted 11876 to send to a special committee a proposed constitutional amendment ensuring that universal health care is available to all Massachusetts residents. The proposal requires the Legi
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The Lighthouse Keeper
     Last week, Jay Nordlinger was the opening speaker in a series of programs being hosted by the Nantucket Atheneum over the summer which feature some of the current notables of print and electronic journalism. Rumor has it that Nordlinger, who is the Managing Editor of
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1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
     COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RECEIVES NON-PROFIT STATUS The Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation for Nantucket is pleased to announce an important milestone in the Foundation's development. At the end of June 2006, the Community Foundation for Nantucket was awarded 501(c) 3 status as a non-profit
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PTertacks
OUR SUMMER PLAYGROUND
Jan Jaeger
     When you work and live in a place where many people come just to play, you spend lots of hours keeping all the balls in the air and it is sometimes difficult to find the time or to mentally rearrange your priorities long enough to go play yourself. But when a day comes along with a bit of extra time
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DISH
with Maribeth Maloney
     MM: You and your brother, Geoffrey, are well-known as third generation owners of Galley Beach. What was your vision for Lo La 41?
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Media you can trust
The merchants make the picks
     BOOKS Brant Point Books 17 North Beach Street + 228-5856
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Puppet Q&A
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
     Nantucket puppeteer Joe Zito has over a dozen lively, fur-filled characters living in his home, including Larry and Lenny the Lobsters, Baxter Forward the Dog, Sid the Skunk, The Egg Man, Gruff (played by James Cennamo), Zeet from Zoltan (Bobby Lamb), Scratch Mo' Cat, Syd Ferocious (Eric Schultz), P
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IN the know
with Gene Mahon
     Event at the Tent Small Friends Folk Art & Artisan Show Preview Party Special preview of The Event Under the Tent with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Silent auction. Thursday, July 13, 6 8 p.m.
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TIGHT LINES
HIGH FIVE
with Andrew Spencer
     There are, according to all the scientific people "in the know," five senses. Those senses are, in
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e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t
PADDLING HITHER CREEK
with Peter B. Brace
     Sunday morning's fog was like a cooling blanket that swirled in from Madaket over Hither
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
A SOUND FROM THE DEEP SUMMER WOODS
BY KENNETH TURNER BLACKSHAW
     The whistled call caresses your ear and any tension you feel just evaporates from your
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The Penalty Box
News from Nantucket Ice
     OVER-40 OPEN STICK Sundays at 7:30 p.m. there will be coed over-40 open stick. Full equipment required. $15 fee.
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