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Selectmen amend shellfish bylaws with stricter penalties
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Penalties for harvesting bay scallop seed got tougher Oct. 18 when the Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 to amend the town's shellfish bylaw.
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OPEN WIDE
     With a standing permit from the Department of Environmental Protection that allows
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Complete Kitchen to close by end of year
Nantucket Island Resorts wins judgement on overdue rent
BY MARY LANCASTER
     She has been selling all manner of culinary ware at 25 Centre St. since 1990. But by the end of this year The Complete Kitchen, owned by Kim McLeod, will close its doors for good after her landlord, Nantucket Island Resorts, won a district court judgement regarding McLeod's rent default.
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Curmudgeon objects to Nobska's whistle
BY MARY LANCASTER
     When Flint Ranney, Nantucket's Steamship Authority representative, rescued the historic whistle from the Nobska before that last steam powered ferry was reduced to scrap metal this summer, local residents heralded the action and welcomed back the unique, deep sound they remembered from riding the bo
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Tonkin building back on market
Sale falls through just before closing
BY MARY LANCASTER
     The historic Tonkin building at the corner of Main and Federal streets has returned to the market after the anticipated closing on a $5.4 million sale fell through.
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Increase in expenses push up SSA rates for 2007
BY MARY LANCASTER
     Citing increases in fuel costs, liability insurance, employee health care and payroll spikes and property depreciation expenses projected to produce a $4.4 million jump in the Steamship Authority's operating budget for 2007, rates will be going up to help cover expenditures for service and debt repa
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Subdivision could sprout off Massasoit Bridge Road
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Larry Nathanson wants to subdivide his 7.6-acre lot at 10 Massasoit Bridge Road into four lots. Nathanson's four lots, which are in the LUG-2 zone, that would each be at least a half-acre in size, could all include secondary dwellings along with one for his own property, a fifth lot that would be cr
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DEP: Tuckernuck piers are unlicensed, must be removed
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Tuckernuck Island's two piers will likely be removed and replaced with a new one in deeper water because they are currently unlicensed by the Department of Environmental Protection.
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Selectmen to hear Beach Plum 40B marketing plan
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Beach Plum Village 40B Developer Josh Posner needs one more signature before he can begin marketing his 10 affordable units.
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MILESTONES
     BIRTHS A drey Thi Brannigan was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Oct. 24, 2006 weighing 7 pounds and 9 ounces. She is the daughter of Rich II and Shelly Brannigan and sister to Waverly and Treyce Brannigan of Nantucket. Her grandparents are Richard and Janet Brannigan of Nantucket and Robert
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BOAT BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
     Spectacular harbor views abound from Washington and Union
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Darcie Vallant hired as new MMA Director of Education
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Chosen out of a pool of 50 applicants from across the country, native New Englander Darcie E. Vallant has been named the new Director of Education for the Maria Mitchell Association. Though she only moved here on Oct. 21, Vallant hit the ground running last Wednesday, her first day on the job, and i
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Schism between Planning Board, alternates widens
BY PETER B. BRACE
     An Oct. 23 letter sent by the Planning Board to its three alternates alleges poor attendance and inappropriate behavior by the alternates at Planning Board meetings and around staff members.
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