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October 10, 2007  RSS feed

Light & Smoke
a new beginning
ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent A trail of smoke traces a loop as Bill McGrath flies his Stearman bi-plane over Sankaty Light yesterday afternoon. The fly-by was in clebration of the light's final move to safer ground. See story, page 16. More...
Restaurant, condos and parking lot out of Dreamland plan
New Dreamland Theatre owners discuss the future
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Saying it is committed to restoring the Dreamland Theatre to its movie house glory, the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation purchased the 177-year-old theater on Oct. 3 for $9.8 million from Dreamland Theatre ZMG, LLC. More...

Low Beach dune fields on the market for $30 million
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Former Barker Gallery owner James Hunt Barker and his friend Kenneth White Douglas Jr. are selling nearly 10 acres of open land off Low Beach Road for $30 million. The coastal dune fields at 90 Low Beach Road are in two parcels, 7.1 acres and 2.4 acres, and in the Land-Use- General-3 (LUG-3) zoning district, denoting three-acre zoning. More...

 Other News
• article has image VOICES AWAY FROM THE BLUFF
AN INDEPENDENT SERIES Doug Smith 9 Lily St.
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 New playing fields challenged by neighbors, selectmen
• Sub-prime mortgage crisis has little effect on island
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 The Arts
• article has image LIFE through a child's eyes
Nantucket Atheneum warms up fall with three-part series featuring award-winning documentaries focused on life as seen through the eyes of children in Calcutta, New York City and Whitwell, Tennessee
The Nantucket Atheneum's Amy Jenness loves documentaries. "Last year we ran some documentaries with Sustainable Nantucket, and I fell in love with the format. I started looking into some possibilities about grouping together documentaries that have a common theme. More...
• article has image Sonnonstine named NAC director of development
• article has image Remembering David Halberstam
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 Opinion
• My View
Iwould like to respond to several of the points raised by Jen Eldridge in the Sept. 26, 2006 Nantucket Independent's "Voices From the Bluff." 1. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
• A CALL FOR ACTION
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 Sports
• article has image Kate MacLellan
Gifted soccer player; daughter, sister, friend
How should this story begin when it is really about an end to a life of promise? What words could be used to convey the intense sense of loss and sadness felt by the community, whether one knew Kate MacLellan or not? Sometimes words are just not enough. More...
• article has image BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
• THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
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 Columns
• article has image The Lighthouse Keeper
EXTREMES
While Labor Day may be the end of the summer, Columbus Day weekend has long been considered the end of the season on Nantucket. It is the time when, traditionally, summer homeowners have returned to savor one last weekend and to put their houses to "bed" for the winter. More...
• article has image YACK on: Quiz
• HDC THIS WEEK
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 Property Profile
• article has image SURFSIDE SUN
PROPERTY PROFILE J Pepper Frazier Co. $3,195,000
Drive south from town heading out on Surfside Road and continue until you cannot go any further. At that point, the Surfside Beach parking lot is on your left. Today, in the crisp fall air, it is quiet with only a few cars belonging to beach walkers. Just seeing it, however, conjures up the image of people enjoying everything that fabulous beach has to offer. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Oct. 1, 2007 ~ Oct. 5, 2007
1. A vacant lot and a business at 18 Easy St. and 17 South Water St. on .14 of an acre and .15 of an acre, respectively, sold to the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation of Boston, Mass. from Dreamland Theater ZMG, LLC of Allston, Mass. for $9,800,000. The properties are assessed at $1,960,300 and $3,840,500, respectively. The land bank fee is $196,000. More...
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