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Robert Carl Delacey died on Nantucket at the Cottage Hospital on December 4th 2006 at the age of 79. The eldest of three, Robert was born July 6, 1927 in Chicago to Robert, a musician and Manya, a dancer. He moved to New York City after attending Dartmouth and Carnegie-Mellon. More ... The selectmen tonight will choose from three applicants vying to fill the seat on the nine-member Finance Committee left vacant by Lindsey Perry who moved off-island. The committee is charged with advisory oversight of municipal spending and makes recommendations on Town Meeting warrant articles. More ... Eight years after a 47-foot sperm whale washed up on Low Beach, a long-dead 23-and-a-half-foot humpback whale carcass is threatening to roll up on the beach near More ... The Finance Committee will take its first official crack at the FY08 town budget next Monday with its standard mission to trim as much as feasible without sacrificing essential services or expenditures. Although the selectmen last week adopted a proposed budget of just over $72 million, that amount is expected to diminish significantly, particularly the $2. More ... Remember the special Town Meeting last October in which voters adopted 10 zoning articles? Most of those 41-81D Master Plan articles that made it out of the high school auditorium in one night were just abstract concepts with no specifically targeted areas of the island where they would apply. More ... Arecent Land Court decision has issued in favor of the town and upholds a local zoning bylaw prohibiting owners of property containing primary and secondary dwellings from splitting off and selling the second home unless it is under an affordable Housing Needs Covenant. More ... Owning a home on Nantucket is, for many islanders, out of reach. Yet, many continue to throw their money down the black hole of rent, frustrated with their housing situation but too connected to the island community to purchase off island. More ... |
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