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November 21, 2007  RSS feed

Hoarding becomes a health, safety issue
It is known as hoarding - stacks of newspapers, magazines, bags of clothing and unpacked groceries that create corridors inside the home; yards cluttered with old toys, boxes, crates, rotting vehicles and decrepit boats, salvaged building materials, tires, bottles and cans, animals or myriad other items. More...
Over 200 expected to take plunge
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT WRITER

With showers in the forecast and air temperatures expected to be in the low 50s, Thanksgiving morning looks to be as mild as can be expected. More...

Roggeveen Resigns
Will leave Community School post to become director of the Dreamland Foundation
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER

Patricia Roggeveen has resigned from her position as executive director of the Nantucket Community School to become executive director of the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation. She is expected to meet with Schools Superintendant Dr. Robert Pellicone on Monday to discuss her transition. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Miguel Sandoval
Date of birth: July 16, 1965 Hobbies: Working in the house and yard, being with family Likes best about Nantucket: The close community Likes least about Nantucket: Nothing. More...
• article has image NEW BLOOMS FOR HOPE
• LIVELIHOODS
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 The Arts
• article has image The Soulful Music of Anne Sutherland's Art
Anne Sutherland conducts a symphony of reds, browns and greens when she paints. Her brushstrokes evoke the lyricism of a classic Bach concerto joined with the haunting jazz of Charlie "Bird" Parker. More...
• article has image AMELIA'S VOICE
• article has image small gifts BIG INSPIRATION
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 Opinion
• LETTERS
SEND YOUR LETERS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM In the form of letters to the Nantucket Planning Board, many Nantucketers have expressed their concern over Bob Matthews' redevelopment of the Point Breeze Hotel on Easton and North Beach streets - in particular Phase Two of that project. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
• article has image MY VIEW
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 Sports
• article has image IS THE RIVALRY HISTORY?
The 30th Island Cup game is now history - and the rivalry between Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard may be as well. "I think it's come to a point in time where we're not going to be able to compete with the Vineyard anymore because of the numbers," Whalers coach Vito Capizzo said this week. "I don't want to be putting our kids in harm's way. More...
• Coach Capizzo hurt in third quarter pileup
• article has image Vineyard harpoons Whalers, 48-6
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 Developments
• Coffin sand pit developer considers abutter concerns
Concerns about site stability and the potential expansion of the island's aquifer protection zone colored the Planning Board's first look at WB Holdings, LLC's 65-lot industrial subdivision on Nov. 15. The plan, which calls for the filling in of Kenneth C. Coffin's 9. More...
• HDC THIS WEEK
• article has image I ON DEVELOPMENT
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 Columns
• article has image VOICES AWAY FROM THE BLUFF
AN INDEPENDENT SERIES Jay Starr 9A Hussey Farm Rd.
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...
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 Property Profile
• article has image GATHER AROUND
PROPERTY PROFILE Great Point Properties $5,950,000
Any prospective home buyer who likes having family and friends around need look no further than the home at Five Deacon's Way. Aptly displaying a quarterboard which reads "The Gathering," this house is designed around the idea of coming together. Of sharing. Of being with family and friends. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Nov. 12, 2007 ~ Nov. 16, 2007
1. A house and two vacant lots on .34 of an acre, .12 of an acre and .14 of an acre at 3 Poplar St., 3.5 Poplar St. and 13 Nonantum Ave, respectively, sold to Gerald W. Schwartz of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from James P. Kelley and Marlys E. Kelley of Royalston, Mass. for $3,200,000. The properties are assessed at $966,500, $72,200 and $72,800, respectively. More...
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