Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition NEWS ALERT DEP says Great Harbor is water dependent      The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that Great Harbor Yacht Club's proposed facilities at 96 Washington St. Ext. are water dependent. The DEP, according Great Harbor Yacht Club Developer Gary McCarthy, agrees with club officials that its proposed clubhouse, piers, ramps, a... More ... Arbitrator favors Waste Options in decision Town appeals $1.2 million in awards BY MARY LANCASTER      Town Counsel's office filed an appeal in Nantucket Superior Court on Nov. 22 fighting approximately $1.2 million in awards to landfill operator Waste Options More ... WORLDS APART, YET CONNECTED      Nantucket's Jay McCarthy, above, with Iraqi children wearing T-shirts from Nantucket sent More ... Council closes in on $14 million for Loring land BY PETER B. BRACE      Donors have pledged $13.5 million to the Nantucket Land Council to buy a conservation restriction on Linda Loring's 270 acres on nine lots off Eel Point Road. More ... coofcafé A tree hugger? We l l , not really by Steve Sheppard      Stacey St. Peter is Santa's helper on Nantucket. I know this because I accompanied her around town two weeks ago as she inspected the newly placed Christmas trees for the upcoming holiday season. Stacey, you see, orders all the trees that grace the island's sidewalks and rotaries, and organizes who More ...