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Jim Nettles, a gentle, soft-spoken man with an immense talent who brought years of powerful and memorable performances to the stage of the Theatre Workshop, died at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Wednesday night, Aug. 8, 2007 after a brief illness. Mr. More ... The Rev. Dr. Warren W. Gritzke, an active community volunteer, pastor emeritus at the First Congregational Church and well-liked tour bus driver for 14 years, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, Aug 10 at Cape Cod Hospital. He was 82. More ... Eel Point Road will lose close to a mile of its rural, country lane feel as a condition of Planning Board approval to a new development. The board said Calm Waters Trust, which seeks to develop 9.5 acres at 135 Eel Point Road, must pave around .87 of a mile of the road. More ... The Nantucket Housing Authority, the overseer of the subsidized Miacomet Village units, has been approached by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency to consider taking over ownership of the Academy Hill senior citizen apartments. More ... Renovation and restoration of the Star of the Sea hostel wrapped up earlier this month, reopening the 53 economical shoreline beds to all travelers. More ... In about a week, the Airport Commission will receive a preliminary report on how much it will cost to build a bulk fuel storage compound on Bunker Road. More ... Ruth Grieder was honored by the Egan Maritime Foundation on August 9 with its prestigious lifetime achievement award for her dedication to Nantucket and its history and her work with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Twelve Grieder family members, including those who traveled to the island to celebrate Ruth's 80th birthday, attended the ceremony. More ... Conceding that they likely cannot stop See Terrier Farms Trust's Pippen's Way development off Gardner Road, yet hoping to lessen the impact of the development on their neighborhood, neighbors and abutters fired alternatives and cautions at the Planning Board on Monday night. More ... If you live on Nantucket, or visit it often, chances are you are well versed in the means of travel on and off the island. The first and fastest way is the airport. Fifteen minutes on a plane and you have arrived at your destination quickly and without much hassle. This mode of transportation, however, is around $50 a pop. More ... A ubrie Anne Artesani of Cranston, R.I. and Christopher Bernard Gardner of Nantucket, Mass. announce their engagement. Miss Artesani is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Artesani III formerly of Cranston. They now reside in Punta Gorda, Fla. More ... C orey Andrew McKinley Washington was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Aug. 7, 2007 weighing 6 pounds and 5 ounces. He is the son of Meghan Flaherty and Cedric Washington and brother of Kayleigh of Nantucket. His grandparents are Walter and Diane Flaherty of Nantucket, Clarice and Charlie Williams of Sago, Missouri and Larry Norton of Memphis, Tenn. More ... C hristopher Desmond-Roy Simpson, Jr. will celebrate his first birthday on August 21, 2007. He is the son of Rose Marie Samuels and Desmond Roy Simpson and brother of Adrian, Daron, and Lisa of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. His grandparents are Eugene Samuels and Susan Brown of Port Antonio, Jamaica and Esmerelda Simpson and Calvin Simpson of Clarendon, Jamaica. More ... Town Clerk Catherine Flanagan Stover recently completed a course in disaster preparedness at the New England Municipal Clerks Institute where she is enrolled at the academy, the highest year level. She has been Nantucket's Town Clerk for more than eight years and last year was nominated as the third vice-president of the New England Association of City and Town Clerks. More ... |
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