Customers wealthy and cordial, but the season shrinks
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
One of the biggest topics among the island's business community is the continually changing face of downtown. Stores are closing or moving, buildings are on the market and merchants once taken for granted as lasting indefinitely are disappearing. More...
It would be easy to mistake Bill Brown for a government employee since he spends as many hours in the town building as anyone on the payroll. Except for a lunch break, Brown can be found mornings and afternoons Monday through Friday at the Registry of Deeds where for nearly 20 years he has worked conducting title searches. More...
Last spring, as it appeared that Sankaty Lighthouse was indeed going to be moved to safer ground, kids in the Nantucket Elementary School were asked to draw pictures of how they imagined a lighthouse could (or should) be moved. More...
To the editor: We wish to correct a misunderstanding as reported in last week's Independent regarding our family's proposal before the Planning Board. Our family loves the Creeks, and we would never do anything to encroach upon or to damage that very fragile and important environment. More...
Some of the world's best sailors will be on island next week when the International One Design world championship comes to Nantucket. It is the first IOD world championship to be held here, and the first world championship of any kind since the Flying Dutchman world championships were held off Wauwinet in 1959. More...
It is true; we did go to Maine two weekends ago, and as noted here last week, looked for water towers. (To the cynics around, no, I did not take on the water tower exercise so I could deduct the cost of the trip, although, I must admit, the thought did cross my mind. More...
Windwalker Real Estate $5,300,000 A Crowning Achievement
I n the middle of Kite Hill Lane, in the Cliff area, sits a magnificent home, created with much care by one of the most respected builders and millwork crafters on the island. The home occupies the spot at the crown of the hill - as if on a pedestal - held up as one of the finest examples of the homebuilder's art. And deservedly so. More...
1. Vacant lots on 4.2 and 7.7 acres at 135 and 137 Eel Point Road, respectively, sold to Nantucket Lot 51, LLC, of Boston, Mass. from Samuel Sichko, Eric Frost and George Frost, Trustees, Calm Water Trust, of Nantucket, Mass. for $26,500,000. The properties are assessed at $8,106,400 and $11,348,500, respectively. The land bank fee is $530,000. More...
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