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Ticks, Lyme Disease still major concern
When it comes to ticks and the diseases they transmit there really is no safe season for humans on Nantucket, but experts say that when the weather is dry and as it turns colder there is less worry about being bitten and infected than when the nasty bloodsucking arachnids thrive during More...
Whelan "thrilled" to assume director post at Sustainable
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Sustainable Nantucket has hired Nantucketer Michelle Whelan as its new executive director. Whelan fills the position vacated by founding director Christine Silverstein, who left the nonprofit on Sept. 28. More...

In Harmony On Main

MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent A sampling of Nantucket's Victorian Carolers, from left: Jen Ahlborn, Nancy Martin, Linda Williams, Craig Spery and William Martling, entertain on Main Street during Saturday's 34th annual Christmas Stroll. "It was a great success," said Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce executive director Tracy Bakalar. "Both visitors and businesses alike were happy and that makes us happy." Although transportation statistics were not available as of press time, the chamber believes more people than last year visited the island for this year's Stroll. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Scotty Thompson
She is the lean, mean muscle machine who has become a familiar sight rollerblading with speed and grace down the Milestone bike path. Known to all as Scotty, Scott Clauss Thompson is a body builder and personal trainer, but inside her steel-like frame is a creative softie who enjoys gathering shells, greens and colorful berries and spending time with her daughter, Marlee. More...
• article has image New director welcomed at the Adult Community Day Center
• article has image AT ITS MEETING TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL:
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 The Arts
• article has image The Whimsical World of Barbara Toole's Pottery
When you enter Barbara Toole's Clay Art Studio at 50 Liberty Street, multicolored fish swim to greet you. Ablue giraffe lolls around, a lion watches you warily, and a porcupine ambles on its way. Have you gone on safari or a deep sea diving trip? No, you are visiting the whimsical world of Barbara Toole's pottery family. More...
• article has image the Village
• article has image The Spirit of the Story
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 Opinion
• MY VIEW
SEND YOUR VIEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM
The following My View is written in response to "Voices Away from the Bluff," featuring Jay Starr, published in the November 21 issue of The Nantucket Independent. Mr. Starr's interview contained several observations and misstatements I would like to clarify. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
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 Sports
• article has image Whaler boys build on record setting season
They netted a school-best record 16 games and made it to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament. They also captured their third league title in four years, and the defending Lighthouse Conference champs hope to ride their experience deeper into the postseason this year. More...
• article has image Best record ever in the books, Lady Whalers look to extend winning ways in new season
• article has image TIME OUT
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 Developments
• article has image Three businesses express interest in leasing former post office building
Town agrees to let Viera family court tenants
Although it claims ownership of the half-acre lot that Leroy Viera has paid taxes on for decades, the town recently signed a non-disturbance agreement with the Viera family that allows them to lease the property free of any impingements by the town. More...
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 Columns
• article has image STEEPER AND DEEPER
None of the island's boatyards had any issues when launching their customers' boats at the Children's Beach boat ramp last summer after the Marine & Coastal Resources Department spent $700,000 last winter to widen the ramp to two lanes, realign it with Harbor View Way and rebuild the finger piers. More...
• article has image The Lighthouse Keeper
• article has image YACK on: Fish Bowl
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 Property Profile
• article has image Wondrous Water Views
PROPERTY PROFILE Island Properties $14,950,000
Touring a house under construction is sort of like sitting in the back of a rehearsal space as a conductor puts a symphony orchestra through its paces. You don't experience the entire piece, but you certainly get a good feeling for how the work will be, once completed. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
6. Avacant lot on 14 acres on Tuckernuck Island sold to H. Crowell Freeman, Jr. and Rachael S. Freeman, Trustees of Whimbrel Nominee Trust of Boston, Mass. from Diane S. Walker, John D. Walker and Joseph W. Walker, Trustees of Salt Box Nominee Trust of Leesburg, Va. for $840,000. The property is assessed at $3,198,200. The land bank fee is $16,800. More...
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