I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS MEETING DEC. 13, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
      • Heard an update on the new roundabout from Transportation Planner Mike Burns who said the project is on schedule except for uncontrollable weather delays. • Had a presentation from Rep. Eric Turkington to election workers Frank Psaradelis and Manny Dias giving them citations of appreciation for ...
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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
      NATIONAL GRID SEEKS RATE INCREASE National Grid has filed a request with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy for a new rate to cover the cost of the second cable system that serves Nantucket Island. The new 31-mile submarine cable system began operating in April 2006; the...
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE
      An off-island story this week caught our attention. It was about a deer; a deer with, broadly speaking, seven legs and other features not common to a single animal. According to the news reports, such a beast was discovered in the woods of Wisconsin.
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I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report
      Two of the local teenagers arrested Dec. 13 on multiple felony breaking and entering charges were back in District Court on Monday and had their cases continued to Jan. 8. Adam Jenkins, 17, of 51 Miacomet Avenue, has been held on probation detention since the daytime building break-ins and Monday...
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      CALLING ALL TOWNMEETING AND ZONING JUNKIES 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 the warrant of the 2007 Town Meeting in April.
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PTertacks
Jan Jaeger
      STREESING OUT? With the pressure on and the daily countdown to Christmas day now in the single digits, this is the week where the going gets tough and the tough get going. The light finally dawns for those of us who think time is infinite when it comes to holiday purchasing and preparing.
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DISH
with Maribeth Maloney
      Ahhh, Christmas. The tree is up, the gifts are wrapped and the stockings are hung by the chimney with care. It’s at this most special and magical time of year that my mind goes to thoughts of…prison. Face it people, this is Nantucket. The stores are selling off all their merchandise, the restauran...
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      My notes tell me I saw this bird on Nantucket in 1956. That would be my ‘life’ bird. The first time you see a species it goes on your ‘life’ list. I really can’t remember the instance. Sad to say 50 years later not everything has made a lasting impression, although this bird certainly should have. ...
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TIGHT LINES
with Andrew Spencer
      Dear Santa: Once upon a time, I had a full set of real teeth. Then, in what can only be called a day that will live forever in infamy, I broke a front tooth. It wasn’t a pretty sight and, truth be told, it pains me too much to recall that horrible incident. Suffice it to say that since that day, I...
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