Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Planning alternates walk out of hearing BY PETER B. BRACE       On Monday night, Nantucket Planning Board alternates Charity Benz, Jason Flanagan and John Wagley walked out of a public hearing that was intended to afford them the opportunity to respond to charges leveled against them by the Planning Board. More ... It's official: NLC gets Loring land Land Council raises $14 million for Linda Loring's 270 acres BY PETER B. BRACE       Linda Loring's 270 acres is now safe forever from development. The Nantucket Land Council announced last Thursday that it had successfully raised all of the $14 million it needs to purchase a conservation restriction on Loring's property. Although it does not have all the cash in hand, the Land C... More ... NHS music students honored at district conference BY MARLI GUZZETTA       Nantucket High School earned recognition four times over at the Southeast District Music Festival in Duxbury, Mass., last Saturday. Seventy-five schools from the Southeast public school districts attended the festival, which offered for the first year a musical composition competition. More ... "Nobby" Noblit passes away at 83 BY MARY LANCASTER       His eyes had a perpetual twinkle and his sincere and ready smile brought cheer to all he greeted. The community is mourning the passing last week of Charles Noblit, known affectionately as "Nobby," who died at 83 on Thursday, Jan. 4. "He seemed young for 83. We traveled all over this world - aren... More ...