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Grant Sanders
      <!-- Page Number: 6--> We are fortunate to live on Nantucket. Not just because of the ocean all around us. Or the ample and overflowing trough of money at which many of us feed. Or the amazing beauty of this place. Or the free theatrical entertainment in the form of government board and committee meetings. No, we are lucky to be here because of, well, us. The people. The community.
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      <!-- Page Number: 15--> SMALL FRIENDS MAKING NEW FRIENDS Small Friends' new best buddies are the five members of the Historic District Commission who voted unanimously in favor of granting the pre-school a certificate of appropriateness at the commission's May 7 meeting.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
      <!-- Page Number: 20--> SERVICE NEAR AND FAR As the season approaches, the "tip tax" becomes more visible in Nantucket. In many stores, front and center, near the cash register, is a container with some sort of label on it that requests either directly or indirectly, that the patron ante up for service.
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Pet tracks
with Jan Jaeger
      <!-- Page Number: 26--> THE NEW ARRIVAL Saturday was my kind of day at the shop. Before the noon whistle blew, we had seen, smelled, petted and cuddled several lovable puppies just arrived on island. Owners ran the gamut: practiced dog people, previous owners who had not had a puppy for years and brand new, inexperienced puppy parents.
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