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PTertacks AKC/EUKANUBA CHAMPIONSHIP Jan Jaeger Dog shows are fascinating entertainment, informative and glamorous, but the new kid on the block, the AKC(American Kennel Club)/Eukanuba National Championship, which took place on Stroll Weekend, was pretty much eclipsed by the festive activities here on Nantucket. More ...
The merchants make the picks BOOKS Mitchell’s Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080 Virgil’s “Aeneid,” translated by Robert Fagles Little did you think that Virgil’s “Aeneid” would make a good read, but Robert Fagless’ new translation of the classic is just that — a modern interpretation of a beautiful tome ($40). More ...
Eggs of Significance with Maribeth Maloney Woof. I feel like a mutt. Not because I’m a total dog (hope not!), but because I have a hazy, rootless ethnic background. Part and parcel of that is my being devoid of any defined cultural food heritage. Although that’s always been an accepted fact of my life, I started worrying recently when my k... More ...
by Peter B Brace ROUNDABOUT ALMOST DONE FOR WINTER If “agony” is a word you include among the many expletives you use while driving around or near the island’s first roundabout being built at the apex of Hooper Farm Road, Pleasant Street and Sparks Avenue these days, your cursing should subside by the end of th... More ...
AT ITS MEETING DEC. 6, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: • Heard an announcement that Department of Public Works director Jeff Willett received the 2006 James J. Courchaine Collection Systems award from the New England Water Environment Association for outstanding efforts in the operation, maintenance and management or design of a wastewater collection s... More ... e t c e t e r a 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends ELECTION RECOUNT THIS SATURDAY The recount of the ballots from the Nov. 21 special election happens this Saturday in the high school cafeteria starting at 8 a.m. The public may attend to observe the process and learn the outcome first hand, but may not challenge the recount tally. More ...
LOON IS A LOON — IS A LOON? by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw What the heck is a loon anyway? Is it some sort of a nutty person? Does it all tie back to the full moon? Do people act loony near the end of the lunar cycle? Heck — this is a bird column. So we must be talking about a bird. And yes — this one is a loon. Turns out the word goes back to the old Sco... More ...
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE Like those discussing the Iraqi situation these days, holiday shoppers can be divided essentially into two camps. There are those whose style is to get all their shopping done early. Then there is everyone else. The early birds bought or ordered what they wanted, when they wanted, for the price t... More ...
Grant Sanders Very few subjects that we have discussed on YACKon.com have generated quite so much buzz and fervor and gnashing of teeth as the ‘Sconset Beach Preservation Fund project. As of this writing, there have been several discussion threads on the subject, one of which has garnered 475 comments over 32 ... More ... L E T T E R S SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: INFO@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM MADAKET SPEAKS The following letter was originally sent to West End Restaurant and Market owner Ande Grennan and is reprinted here at the author’s request. Dear Andrew: I was surprised and chagrined to read in the 12/6 Independent that you favor expansion of the West End Market. More ... |
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