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You read about islanders who are in the public eye all the time, but what do you know about your neighbors - those you see at the supermarket, the gas station, at school or just in passing on the street? More ... Nantucket High School math department head Michael Horton will leave the classroom next Monday to become an administrative intern at the elementary school and work towards certification as a principal. School committee chair Sue Genthner and schools superintendent Dr. Robert Pellicone said Horton will work with interim elementary school principal Dr. More ... Point Breeze Hotel owner Bob Matthews told the Planning Board Monday night about his intentions for phase two of his redevelopment plans, alarming those in attendance with its massive scale and plethora of amenities. More ... In one of the longest, single day dockets in the history of Nantucket District Court, on Monday cases for 83 people were heard during the session. Many of the cases were old and most of the charges involved driving while intoxicated, assault and battery and drugs. More ... Next month A Safe Place will hold a special party to honor its founders with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and wine toasts as the agency officially celebrates its 20th anniversary. More ... Editor's note: This concludes the first half of The Nantucket Independent's Voices series examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. In our Sept. More ... Labor Day has left us with noticeably fewer traffic jams and perhaps less stressful journeys to the grocery store. In many tourist towns, the end of summer often brings comparisons to previous years as to how 'busy' it was or how 'good' it was for local merchants. As for our real estate market, it is difficult to claim a 'good' summer as most sales take months to close. More ... BIRTHS M ercer Louis Benjamin Conley was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Aug. 31, 2007 weighing 6 pounds and 10 ounces. He is the son of Keith Conley and Danielle Duran of Nantucket. His grandparents are Nancy Duran Homik and the late Louis Duran of Muskegon, Mich., and Lynn Ryan and Benny Conley of Savannah, Ga. His great-grandparents are Willie C. More ... SCALLOP DEMOGRAPHICS To measure how well bay scallops are reproducing in Nantucket's harbors, Peter Boyce, working with the Maria Mitchell Association, set out five spat lines from June 15 to July 1 that were to be hauled in after two months. More ... |
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