Taking a dip for the island's young readers
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     Some people say it is exhilarating, other people say it is downright cold, but when you are jumping into the ocean in late November for the island's children it makes perfect sense.
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Planning Board will review Frost subdivisions on Dec. 11
BY PETER B. BRACE
     Two subdivisions coming up for review at the Dec. 11 Planning Board meeting have the potential to put 100 lots on the south side of Madaket Road, just west of Crooked Lane.
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Committee proposes to make top boards appointed
BY PETER B. BRACE
     The Government Study Committee has submitted three citizen articles asking voters to make the Shellfish & Harbor Advisory Board, the Planning Board and the Historic District Commission appointed, rather than elected, boards.
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Island's Mid-Island Partnership dissolves
BY MARY LANCASTER
     Citing a lack of volunteer board members, the 11-year-old Mid- Island Partnership, which has represented more than 100 businesses in Nantucket's central area since its inception, has officially folded.
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Gail Ellis receives new Community School award
BY MARY LANCASTER
     At a gala brunch on Sunday at Bartlett's Farm, Our Island Home's nursing director Gail Ellis was honored with the Nantucket Community School's first Annual Community Advocate Award for her efforts to pioneer a nursing program allowing those interested in the career to study on the island.
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