YACK on: Gut
Grant Sanders
     Ihave my eye on this piece of property. It's on a nice piece of land up on Sunset Hill. Set back. It's got a great upside-down horseshoe shape on the chimney. I love that. Maybe you've seen it? I think people call it "The Oldest House." It borders Coffin
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I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report
     In District Court on Monday, Ronaldo J. Alvarenga, 29,
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L E T T E R S
     OUTSTANDING TEACHER The following letter was originally sent to
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I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS MEETING ON JULY 19, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
     + Closed the public hearing on Madaket Road takings and continued the matters until a future unspecified date because the town received written and verbal objections to the takings action.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
     The dog days of summer are upon us. Admittedly, Nantucket's dog days are different from those of places like the southwest, where images of heat waves rising from the dusty streets have been seared into our psyches. In the cities of the northeast, the dog days are characterized by relentless humidit
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
     BARN OWLS RETURN Five barn owl chicks were discovered this month in a barn owl nesting box on the Medouie Creek on property owned by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.
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IN know THE
Boogie on Low Beach
     Nantucket-style Mardi Gras to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. 40 Low Beach Rd., 'Sconset. Friday, July 21, 6:15 p.m. midnight.
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Media Trust you can
The merchants make the picks
     BOOKS Brant Point Books 17 North Beach Street 228-5856
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DISH
Give me a break (fast)!
with Maribeth Maloney
     Ididn't want to pull into that Downyflake parking lot. Not on a summer Sunday morning. Just as I started to make the turn, I saw the masses waiting, some of them on lounge chairs. My internal New York voice screamed, "A line! Don't do it-get away-far away!" The voices in my car were louder ("Yes, Mo
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PTertacks
with Jan Jaeger
     PUT YOUR BEST PAW FORWARD Everybody knows Mason, the large, handsome fawn-colored dog with a soulful face accented by floppy black ears and black muzzle. Made famous by his housing predicament and lengthy stay at the Nantucket Shelter, Mason made the rounds thanks to the efforts of primo MSPCA volu
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TIGHT LINES
RALLYING FOR THE VICTORY
with Andrew Spencer
     I've gotten into something of a health regimen lately, a regimen that includes jogging out the Surfside
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e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t
KAYAKING COSKATA POND
with Peter B. Brace
     My sanctuary, my second home in the summer is Coskata Pond. Never heard of it?
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B I R D S O F N A N T U C K E T
SEWING MACHINE BIRD
BY KENNETH TURNER BLACKSHAW
     From the title you might think that this bird would be a singer - nudge, nudge -
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The Penalty Box
News from Nantucket Ice
     OVER 40 OPEN STICK Sundays at 7:30 p.m. there will be co-ed over-40 open stick. Full equipment required. $15 fee.
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