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Downyflake closes for first winter since 1993
BY MARY LANCASTER
      The comfortable Downyflake, a family style restaurant on Sparks Avenue, has been a welcomed offseason destination for residents for 13 years.
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Polveres leave Congdon’s
BY MARY LANCASTER
      The lunch counter at Congdon’s Pharmacy is empty now, with the last soup and sandwiches served over Christmas Stroll weekend. Though Tiina and Don Polvere, Jr.’s threeyear lease on the counter does not expire until Dec.
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NHA hires new manager, promotes two from within
BY MARY LANCASTER
      This coming February, Virginia resident Kimberly H. McCray will move to the island to become the first Manager of Interpretation and Education for the Nantucket Historical Association.
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Nine-lot Pippen’s Way angers neighbors
BY PETER B. BRACE
      Residents of Gardner Road and the Shimmo area turned out in force at Monday night’s planning board meeting to protest the nine-lot subdivision proposed for 20.9 acres off the west side of Gardner Road and called Pippen’s Way.
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Developers reconfigure Ellen’s Way, abutters not pleased
BY PETER B. BRACE
      The developers of a 19-lot subdivision at 120 Miacomet Road have reconfigured their plans in answer to abutter complaints, but have received little appreciation for the effort. At the Dec.
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Second underground garage proposed for Point Breeze
BY PETER B. BRACE
      Point Breeze Hotel owner Bob Matthews is now proposing to build another underground parking garage, this one behind the hotel, for 49 vehicles with three tennis courts above. To do this, he is temporarily moving five of his cottages on 69, 71, 73 and 75 Easton St. out of the way.
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Mehringers receive outpouring of support at benefit
BY MARY LANCASTER
      At a benefit for the Mehringer family held Saturday night at the Rose & Crown, more than $110,000 was raised to help defray the family’s living expenses for the upcoming months as they cope with a health issue. “Speaking for all of us, we are so touched we don’t know the words for the gratitude we...
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