MIACOMET POND CONCERNS
      To the editor: I’m perplexed as to the apparent bias exhibited in Peter Brace’s ongoing coverage of neighbors’ concerns over the proposed 19-unit (38-building) Bluefin development off Miacomet Road. On September 13 Brace wrote eloquently of the joys of kayaking Miacomet Pond, a seriously endange...
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CALLS MEASURES EXTREME
      To the editor: About Richard Ray’s proposed “Rental Occupancy Permit” system. Let’s suppose, as Richard sets forth, neighbors complain about a three-bedroom house next door with fifteen cars in the yard. And that thirty-odd people emerge from said house each morning. A reasonable person might sus...
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QUESTIONS DECISION
      The following letter was sent to Ben Lynch of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Waterways Regulations Program and is reprinted here at the author’s request To the editor: Issue: Location within the Filled and Flowed Tidelands of Nantucket Harbor, aka the creek area of Nantucket...
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HOUSING BANKS
      To the editor: The people of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard will try again to win state legislative approval of their community housing banks. This time, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors should stand down.
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