I ON SELECTMEN
      AT ITS MEETING NOV. 29, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: (Newly elected member Catherine Stover present for her maiden session) • Heard an announcement from Transportation Planner Mike Burns that the new mid-island round-about under construction will have to be closed to through traffic sporadicall...
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e t c e t e r a
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
      DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CLARIFIES PURPOSE OF JANUARY TOOLAN HEARING On Nov. 27 and 28, motions hearings were held in Barnstable Superior Court in the case against Thomas Toolan III, accused of murdering Elizabeth "Beth" Lochtefeld on Oct. 25, 2004.
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YACK on: Nice
Grant Sanders
      There's been a lot of anger and meanness and angst on YACKon.com lately. Some from me, some from others. Some in reaction to events in the news. And, well, it's weighing heavily on my soul. (If I still have one. I am in the ad business, after all.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
      "Hey, there! Did you go strolling over the weekend?" Hawkeye's familiar voice pierced the cold afternoon air. Squinting to see him against the sky in his perch in the tall dead pine tree, I replied, "How could you not? It was a day for sitting on a bench in the sun whether you needed to or not.
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Pet Tracks
with Jan Jaeger
      HOLIDAY ETIQUETTE One thing about the days ahead; regardless of your holiday traditions, they will be busy. You will either be going to parties, or having friends and family over, or doing both. You could be either a visitor or hosting visitors.
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      ARTICLES OF FUN Not being ones to shy away from meetings, the Planning Board gets right back to work after the holidays with a special meeting on zoning articles that could possibly appear on April's 2007 Town Meeting warrant. On the docket for the Jan.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      FOXY Afew weeks ago we talked about the 'aristocrat' of sparrows, the White-crowned. This week we have most everyone's 'favorite' sparrow. Edith Andrews normally has at least one that winters at her feeder and she simply calls it 'Foxy.' The common name is the Fox Sparrow, sonamed for its lovely...
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I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report
      Monday marked the start of the District Court winter six-man jury session with one trial for John W. Breshnahan, 47, of Northampton, Mass., set for the start of jury selection that afternoon. Breshnahan is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
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