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A rare sight
ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent Hovering for a sugar fix is a way of life for all hummingbirds, but this one, photographed at a hummingbird feeder in the backyard of a Broadway cottage in 'Sconset, should be sipping sweet water down in Texas or out in California. This black-chinned hummingbird, often mistaken for female ruby-throated hummingbirds, was first spotted in this yard about three weeks ago, according to island bird expert Edie Ray. More...
Scallopers push for "fair shake" with buyers
Fishermen consider temporary closure of fishery on Fridays to boost wholesale price
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Market factors that include a strike of Alaskan king crab fishermen, a weak U.S. economy, poor harvests the last two seasons and an overabundance of scallops prompted island buyers to lower Nantucket's boat price to $9 a pound on Nov. 9. More...

Nantucket shares honor of highest gas price in nation
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER

As of yesterday, Nantucketers were paying as much to fuel up their cars as those in Big Sur, Calif., on Friday Harbor, an island off the coast of Washington state, and on Maui, Hawaii. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Thoai Tran
Date of birth: March 28, 1965 Hobbies: Playing guitar, family scalloping, clamming, soccer, being with family Likes best about Nantucket: The quiet wintertime Likes least about Nantucket: The craziness of summer Favorite TV show: More...
• article has image Fronzuto reorganizes to help town's Coastal Management Plan
• article has image Field Notes
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 The Arts
• article has image LIFTING SPIRITS THROUGH SONG
The NCMC/Nantucket School of Music Chorus, Barbara Elder, conductor, will perform Music to Lift the Spirits, this Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. in the Coffin School on Winter Street. It features selections from the choral repertoire that are inspiring and from a variety of traditions. More...
• article has image The Many Layers of Deborah Van der Wolk
• article has image LET'S HEAR IT!
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 Opinion
• MY VIEW
SEND YOUR VIEWS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM
The following My View is written in response to the "Voices Away from the Bluff" with Blair Perkins published in the Oct. 31 issue of The Nantucket Independent. I would like to address several of the generalizations Mr. Perkins makes, which are not supported by scientific evidence. More...
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• LETTERS
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 Sports
• article has image NANTUCKET vs. VINEYARD
A historic high school matchup
To think they used to play each other twice a year. That was before it became the rivalry it is today, back when Kennedy was president, and continuing through the flower power years until the last dual hookup in 1971 (when Nantucket, as was its wont, took both games: 8-0 and 28-6). More...
• article has image THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
• article has image Whalers rush to third straight win
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 Developments
• HDC gets peek at Fairgrounds public safety building plans
During a preliminary review, five of seven Historic District Commission members got their first look at what the town's public safety complex at 2 Fairgrounds Road should look like. More...
• HDC THIS WEEK
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 Columns
• article has image NANTUCKET BAY SCALLOPS AND SUCH
For most people who donned their waders and got their push rakes out of storage, the family scalloping season in October was very rewarding. Scallops were plentiful, and the weather was pretty good, making one of Nantucket's great fall pastimes an enjoyable experience. More...
• article has image YACK on: Fishing for ads
• article has image Mary Wawro
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 Property Profile
• article has image Worry-FreeOnTheWest End
PROPERTY PROFILE Coldwell Banket ~ Nantucket $479,000
As you drive out of town on the Madaket Road, the road curves gently. And then it turns the other way and then back again. You slow slightly as you enter these curves and instinctively speed up as you finish them. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Nov. 5, 2007 ~ Nov. 9, 2007
3. Ahouse on .46 of an acre at 15 Weweeder Ave. sold to Suzanne McMahon of Rathmines, Dublin 6, Ireland from Albert I. Dickerson, III and Sarah Dickerson of Huntington, N.Y. for $1,800,000. The property is assessed at $1,176,800. The land bank fee is $36,000. More...
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