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May 16, 2007  RSS feed

baby boom!
NCH expecting June to be a record month for births
<!-- Page Number: 1--> Nantucket's growing population is about to increase as Nantucket Cottage Hospital prepares for a record-setting baby boom when 26 to 27 babies are expected to be born in its maternity unit next month. "It's going to be fun," Nancy Lucchini, the NCH maternity department manager said calmly - last week. More...
Glowacki, McLaughlin named Senior Citizens of the Year
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER

<!-- Page Number: 1--> At a special June luncheon, Nantucketers Mary Glowacki and John McLaughlin will be honored as the 2007 male and female Senior Citizens of the Year by the Nantucket Council on Aging. Mrs. Glowacki, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday, was born in Foxboro, Mass., and moved to the island with her family when she was in second grade. More...

 Other News
• Sarvis sues the town
<!-- Page Number: 2--> Amotions hearing in the civil case of Robert H. Sarvis vs. the Town of Nantucket et al. was held in Nantucket Superior Court on Monday afternoon with Judge Isaac Borenstein taking the matters under advisement and promising to deliver his decisions within a short period. More...
• Postal Service lambasted by Planning Board for not producing easement
• article has image Selectmen consider licensing utility trench diggers
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 The Arts
• article has image Get your glass, Nantucket
Nantucket Wine Festival's Denis Toner doesn't waste words and he's recommending events that are still available
<!-- Page Number: 22--> Aweek before the Nantucket Wine Festival (now on through Saturday), co-founder and president Denis Toner rested his glass of wine - Inman Family 2004 Pinot Noir - on a small stack of boxes. Some contained snifters and others, 'cutting-edge' oyster shuckers not yet available in the States. More...
• article has image "Detention" was never this much fun
• article has image Student artists, patrons >>>> Pay it Forward
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 Opinion
• LETTERS
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<!-- Page Number: 7--> ISLANDS URGE STATE - LEAVE SSA ALONE The following letter was originally sent to state Senator Steven A. Baddour and Rep. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Sailors rebound against Rogers
Women take 7th in NE championships
<!-- Page Number: 33--> After tough losses to Harwich and Martha's Vineyard, the NHS sailing team earned a 3-1 home victory Sunday over Rogers High School of Newport, R. I. The win was doubly sweet because Rogers had upset Nantucket earlier in the season. More...
• 11-0
• article has image Baseball team cruises to third straight win
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 Columns
• article has image YACK on: Help
<!-- 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. More...
• Field Notes
• The Lighthouse Keeper
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 Property Profile
• article has image History in the Details on Hussey Street
PROPERTY PROFILE Nantucket Real Estate $2,395,000
<!-- Page Number: 41--> Known as The William M. Andrews House, 22 Hussey Street is the first Nantucket home built by carpenter and house wright William Andrews in 1836, and is one of the early examples of a house built specifically for resale. Andrews' details and craftsmanship can be found in several historic homes within the core district. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
May 7, 2007 - May 11, 2007
<!-- Page Number: 42--> 1. A house on .19 of an acre at 6 Lincoln St., Siasconset sold to Kathleen Hoyt Ridder Crampton, Trustee, of Lake Geneva, Wis. from William Obremski and Audrey Obremski of Nantucket, Mass. for $1,647,250. The property is assessed at $1,463,200. The land bank fee is $32,945. More...
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