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December 12, 2007  RSS feed

Town, Electric Co. weigh options on Candle Street
National Grid considers subdivision alternative; Town mulls $30-$50 million purchase
At a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Commission yesterday morning, town officials discussed the concept of purchasing National Grid's 2.2-acre Candle Street property for between $30 and $50 million to build a 200- to 300- space parking garage. More...
Board gets first look at proposed sportsmen's club
Partners field opposition to plan, which includes a two-lane bowling alley
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Madaket's only restaurant will be converted into a sportsmen's club for 300 members if the Planning Board grants it a major commercial development special permit. But members of three Madaket area associations are expressing opposition to the plan. More...

Air Time

PHOTO BY R. KURT JAMES Kate Daniels, Nora MacLellan and Brooke Holdgate jump for joy during Saturday's seventh annual Yuletide Fair at the Lighthouse School. The fair helps raise funds for the private school that serves children aged 31/2 to 11 and featured handcrafted items, holiday treats and entertainment. This year the Yuletide Fair was held for the first time in the Lighthouse School's new building on Rugged Road. "Attendance this year was better than ever," said Cheryl Evans, administrative director of the school. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Carol Walsh
For a quarter of a century she served up your steaming scrambled eggs and buttery pancakes at The Downyflake, starting at its original location on South Water Street, then at its summer quarters at Children's Beach and on to the next and current spot on Sparks Avenue. More...
• article has image Three officers promoted at Police Department
• article has image Nantucket Court Report
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 The Arts
• article has image How The Grinch Stole Our Hearts
Fifty years ago, a man from Springfield, Mass. wrote a simple Christmas tale about a curmudgeon who wanted to spread Christmas misery to everyone in Who-ville, enlisting his poor little dog Max into his army of ill will. First published in 1957, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. More...
• article has image Painting for Children
• article has image Giving the gift of wine
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 Opinion
• LETTERS
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TICK QUESTIONS To the editor: I read with interest the article in the Dec. 5 Nantucket Independent - "Ticks, Lyme disease still major concern" by Mary Lancaster. I found several statements in this article that cause me to question the credibility of Dr. Telford. Dr. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
• BULLISH ON ARTIFICIAL TURF
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 Sports
• Boys fall short in opener at Mashpee
The boys basketball team traveled to Mashpee for the season opener last Friday in what coach Beau Almodobar called a "learning lesson." Although the final score was 69-58, the Whalers fought hard in the second half. "We got off to a slow start," Almodobar said. "They came out and scored 11 points and that's what we lost by. More...
• article has image New season, new coach for Whalers hockey team
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 Developments
• HDC THIS WEEK
NEW DWELLINGS B. Baeuchle, 7 Enterprise Circle ACK Building Works, 13 Quaker Road Chris Loftus, 20 Appleton Road ADDITIONS Susan and Harry Rein, 1 Henry St. Patience O'Connor, 4B Back St. James Houghton, 7 Farmer St. More...
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 Columns
• article has image TO BE … OR NOT TO BE
In its finite wisdom, the Board of Selectmen has agreed to a citizen's petition to include two non-binding questions on the ballot for the April 15 town election. More...
• article has image YACK on: Ballot Questions
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 Property Profile
• article has image At Home In Any Era
Michael Angelastro Coffin Real Estate $1,395,000
Naushop is a neighborhood designed to echo the Old Historic District of Nantucket. Here, the homes are close to the street. There is a grandness of presentation. The architecture is varied, yet consistent in massing, height and tone. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image Dec. 3, 2007 ~ Dec. 7, 2007
8. A house on .27 of an acre at 35 Tashama Lane sold to Lawrence E. Belka, Jr. and Maebh F. Brown of Nantucket, Mass. from Valerie R. D'Ambrosio and Michael Young of Nantucket, Mass. for $825,000. The property is assessed at $844,000. The land bank fee is $16,500. More...
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