Varsity boys soccer squad falls just short of top spot
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     It was 6:38 p.m. Thursday night in Brockton when the final whistle blew and Cinderella's
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Football team rolls over Diman, 68-12
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     In a tuneup for this weekend's season finale against you know who, the Whalers ran over, around and through visiting Diman High School Saturday for their sixth win of the year and fourth in a row. Nantucket was a heavy favorite in this contest against the first-year entrant in the Mayflower small di
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Thanksgiving comes early when Vineyard visits
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     Throw out the records and forget about who has played whom. There will be two games of note in the sporting world this Saturday afternoon: Harvard/Yale and our own epic contest, Nantucket versus the Vineyard.
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Nantucket teams victorious in 11th annual Seaside Bowl
     In what has evolved into an anticipated football weekend, the Boys and Girls Club played host to the visiting contingent from Wells, Maine Saturday and won all three of its contests.
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FROM THE HEART
     Island photographer Frederick G. S. Clow was the lucky winner of a
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Cheerleaders compete in regionals
     The Nantucket High School cheerleaders were one of six squads that competed in the
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
     THE YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER What an unfortunate moniker! Imagine your name being often picked as the ultimate insult. Most people using the term have no idea there is a real bird - actually four species - that go by the name "sapsucker." The one we have here in the east is the Yellow-bellied vari
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From the s i d e l i n e s
     DO IT UP BLUE The Booster Club is asking island businesses, particularly those downtown, to decorate their shop windows in blue and white to celebrate Saturday's Island Cup game. parade will be held prior to the game, so show your support for the Whalers.
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TIGHT LINES
with Andrew Spencer
     ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL So another election season is come and gone, and I, for one, am glad that the air waves won't be cluttered with any more advertisements about which candidate did what to whom for how much. I've never been one for politics, despite family roots that are buried pretty deeply in
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e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t
with Peter B. Brace
     WALK FREE ON YOUR OWN...FOR NOW Hold on. Before you put on your hiking boots and strap on your Camelback, I have something I want tell you.
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