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LEADING LADIES AN INDEPENDENT SERIES • PART 8
WOMEN IN NONPROFITS
They are the caregivers. They are the watchdogs for the community, ensuring as best they can that the needs of residents of all ages are met. The women leaders of Nantucket's nonprofit organizations are a group of highly dedicated individuals who come to their roles with differing interests but with equal energy and a commitment to improving the quality of island life. More...
PROPOSED FOR USE ON NEW PLAYING FIELDS ALONG MILESTONE ROAD, ARTIFICIAL TURF IS GETTING A BAD RAP THESE DAYS. YET, THERE MAY BE GOOD REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ...
TAKING SYNTHETIC TURF TO TASK
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Toxic chemical-laden shredded tires that are planned for use in two synthetic turf playing fields at 81 Milestone Road forced the cancellation of a similar project in Fairfield, Conn. earlier this month. More...

SBPF, parking garage topics of ballot question
As deadline passes, citizen articles range from a new Board of Health to paving with cobbles, to energy self-sufficiency
BY PETER B. BRACE & MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITERS

Apetition filed by Town Clerk Catherine Stover asks the selectmen to place two non-binding questions on the next election ballot. The questions are whether the town should allow the 'Sconset Beach Preservation Fund to build upon and nourish the island's east side coastal beaches, and if the town should build, or allow to be built, a municipal parking garage. More...

 Other News
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Eileen McGrath
Once Ed the cat decided whether he wanted to stay in or go out, Eileen McGrath was able to sit down at her dining room table in the snug house where she was raised and talk about her life. An island native born at the original Nantucket Cottage Hospital on West Chester Street, McGrath graduated from Nantucket High School with the class of 1941. More...
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• MILESTONES
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 The Arts
• article has image Family & friends take center stage
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Playing a part in the Christmas pageant has been a right of passage for many years. Bathrobes for shepherd's robes, tinsel for halos, and dishtowels as headdresses - the annual Christmas pageant is typically a photo opportunity for proud grandmothers and grandfathers. More...
• article has image Kasia Baker
• article has image STROLL INTO THE HOLIDAYS WITH RED WINE
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 Opinion
• My View
Beach implementation provides no long-term solution. It will not only be a very costly shortterm amelioration for the affected sections but, unfortunately, it will also be very, very shortsighted as to the rest of the island. True and agreed that the project will provide some brief respite to the area that will be replenished. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
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 Sports
• article has image Of the Whalers, Red Sox and Ireland, too
Some thoughts while riding out the post-tryptophan haze and anticipating the start of winter sports
So the football season has ended for Nantucket, with West Bridgewater and its 9-1 regular season record poised to represent the Mayflower Small in the Super Bowl for the second straight year - depending how they performed in yesterday's playoff against Pope John of Everett, of course. How times have changed. More...
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• article has image BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
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 Developments
• REAL ESTATE REPORT
2007 SHAPING UP LIKE 2006
Thanksgiving has come and gone, the Christmas holiday season is gearing up and Christmas Stroll (which seems to come earlier and earlier every year) has arrived. As we approach the end of the year, with national credit worries and financial doom and gloom making nearly constant headlines, how is our local real estate market doing? More...
• Coffin sand pit developer considers abutter concerns
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 Columns
• article has image David Roby 85 Squam Road
Editor's note: This week, The Nantucket Independent presents the final installment of Voices Away from the Bluff, examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. More...
• article has image BOARD DIRECTING SCHOOL
• article has image SANKATY IS BACK
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 Property Profile
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PROPERTY PROFILE
Gary Winn/Brian Sullivan The Maury People $7,595,000 O n a quiet winding lane, amid the tupelos and oaks of the lower Pocomo area is a property of distinction. The home at 28 Medouie Creek Road sits on a rise above the creek below and provides stunning views of Medouie Creek, the harbor and the skyline of Town beyond. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Nov. 19, 2007 ~ Nov. 23, 2007
6. A vacant lot, Lot 1, at 14 Hinckley Lane sold to Marcia York Butman and Bradford Butman, Trustees of the Butman Family Realty Trust of Falmouth, Mass. from Douglas Abbey and Nancy Abbey, Trustees of Ishamael Trust of San Francisco, Calif. The property's assessed value is unavailable. The land bank fee is $6,160. More...
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