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She Moves!
Sankaty Light travels more than 200 feet on Monday and Tuesday
At 8:36 a.m. on Oct. 1, three minutes after International Chimney site superintendent Skellie Hunt christened the lighthouse with a bottle of champagne, Sankaty began its 405-foot crawl away from the edge of the bluff. On the first day of moving the 500- ton, 70-foot lighthouse, Expert House Movers of Sharpstown, Md. More...
Is this way a right of way?
Right-of-way plan to show islanders what is theirs for the walking
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Before the island is completely built out, selectman Allen Reinhard, chairman of the Roads and Right of Way Committee, wants to identify and map out every road on Nantucket to which the public has access. More...

Family scallop season begins today
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

If you are any kind of a recreational scalloper worth your salt, you purchased your family license back in April when they first went on sale and you've been driving around the island for the last week with your pushrake proudly strapped onto the roof of your vehicle. More...

 Other News
• article has image VOICES AWAY FROM THE BLUFF
AN INDEPENDENT SERIES John Seidel Quidnet
Editor's note: This week, The Nantucket Independent continues Voices Away from the Bluff, examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. More...
• article has image ONE LAST FRAPPE
• article has image Island native Drew Cook, 20, is laid to rest today
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 The Arts
• article has image Da Nang and back
Islander finds passion, purpose in Vietnam
It was the Nantucket winter that sent Kerry Flynn searching. A year ago, on the island that has been her home for nearly three decades, Flynn felt a restlessness stirring inside and a need to question the trajectory of her life to that point. Existential questions sprouted from the quiet of the island's off-season. Existential answers arrived half a world away. More...
• article has image PLAY ON!
• article has image CRANBERRY TURNS 150
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 Opinion
• My View
Response to September 19, 2007 Nantucket Independent article "Voices Away from the Bluff" featuring Edie Ray. I would like to respond to several of the issues raised by Ms. Ray in her interview with The Nantucket Independent. More...
• My View
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
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 Sports
• article has image Samantha Lockley selected for Olympic program
Most people do not know what they want to do when they graduate from high school. However, Samantha "Sam" Lockley, a Nantucket freshman varsity soccer player, realized her passion by the time she was in second grade - "Soccer, soccer and more soccer. More...
• article has image Craftsmen in control, 22-0
• article has image Moran, Field hockey squad anticipate road ahead
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 Columns
• article has image The Lighthouse Keeper
REST PEACEFULLY
First a word of caution to the obituary readers out there - and we know you are there - who might have had their interest piqued by the headline. This is not an obituary. It is a cheerful celebration of the passing of a presence. More...
• article has image YACK on: Christine
• HDC THIS WEEK
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 Property Profile
• article has image PROPERTY PROFILE
Monomoy Masterpiece Craig Hawkins/Gary Winn Maury People $7,995,000
Picture the ideal place to relax, decompress, escape from the real world and be with friends and family. The new home at 17 Monomoy Road is that place - the perfect summer retreat for anyone whose needs and desires never go unfulfilled. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Sept. 24, 2007 ~ Sept. 28, 2007
1. A house on 3 acres at 39 Eel Point Road sold to EPR, LLC, of Woburn, Mass. from Patricia A. Halsted, Trustee, Thirty-Nine Eel Point Road Trust of Nantucket, Mass. for $10,700,000. The property is assessed at $7,187,400. The land bank fee is $214,000. More...
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