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The Steamship Authority's sleek new fast ferry Iyanough had to be cancelled for the first time since her spring launch when she lost power shortly after leaving Hyannis yesterday morning. SSA General Manager Wayne Lamson explained that the vessel is propelled by water thrust from its four water jets that each connect to an engine. More ... Next to his family, Wayne Pratt's life revolved around antiques. He bought his first Windsor chair at the age of seven, sold his first piece when he was 15 and went on to become one of the country's most renowned dealers of 18th and early 19th century American furniture. More ... As a measure of its success in receiving and distributing donations to island nonprofits, the year-old Community Foundation for Nantucket recently named Jacqueline McGrady as its first Foundation Manager. More ... Last Thursday's 96th annual meeting of Nantucket Cottage Hospital was somewhat of an emotional swan song for president Lucille Giddings, who is retiring at the end of September. More ... For Hummock Pond and its disappearing yellow perch and American eel populations, no news is bad news. Since being alerted to the potential overfishing of yellow perch and American eel stocks in Hummock Pond, Sgt. More ... At first blush, the Planning Board is not excited about Hans Dalgaard's proposal for a major commercial development at 65 Surfside Road. That proposal includes duplexes, a bike shop and underground parking. More ... Nantucket Town Manager C. Elizabeth Gibson completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government on July 27, 2007. More ... Sally M. Colletti, of Spring Hill, Fla. and Nantucket, died Wednesday July 25, 2007 in Fountain Hills, Ariz. following a brief illness. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Colletti was born June 9, 1917 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and spent most of her early years in New York. She met her future husband, Joseph Colletti, in a Wall Street restaurant and married him July 30, 1949. More ... Emma Lea Currie, co-owner of Cliffside Beach Club, died suddenly in her home at Cliffside on July 24, 2007. She was 90. She was born to Frank and Elva Fries and raised three brothers - Frank, Jack and Dan, and one sister, Genevieve, in Ellerslie, Md. Emma Lea graduated from Boston University in 1938. More ... Avery Bonita Bell was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on July 25, 2007 weighing 7 pounds and 1 ounce. She is the daughter of Dominic and Shannon Bell of Nantucket. Her grandparents are George and Maeve Harrington of Nantucket, Allan Bell and the late Bonnie Bell of Nantucket and Marilyn Hughes of Dennis, Mass. More ... G abriel Roka Gould will celebrate his first birthday on Aug. 6, 2007. He is the son of Brandt and Gabrielle Gould and brother of Jonathan, Annabel and Samuel Gould of Nantucket. His grandparents are Stephanie Ford of Carmel, Calif. and John and Mary Gould of Bonita Springs, Fla. His great-grandmother is Rosemary Zurmuhlen of New York City and Nantucket. More ... Nantucketer Doug Bennett will marry Kathleen Ann Galligan of Weston, Mass. in Kennebunkport, Maine on August 4, 2007. Doug served as selectman and county commissioner for Nantucket for the last three years, retiring this past April 2007. Bennett, a former U.S. More ... An article in the July 18 issue ("Are you a basket case?") mistakenly stated the identity of a Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum founder. Raphael Osona spearheaded the museum's development. Last week's article on the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts ("NISDA soaked with talent") misidentified Morgan Beryl as NISDA's Kinder Arts teacher. More ... |
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