I ON THE COURT
Nantucket Court Report
      In another long District Court session on Monday most cases were continued, including the Sept. 5, 2006 case against William D. Ciarmataro, Jr., charged with driving with a suspended license. Ciarmataro, 22, of 28 Equator Drive, now has a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 26.
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L E T T E R S
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      HEAD SOUTH, JUDGE O'NEILL To the editor: That's it. That was the straw that broke the people's back. No more injustice in Nantucket District Court. Judge O'Neill, it's time to head south. You've slapped our faces for the last time but most of all, you've slapped your last Nantucket Police offic...
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      PADDLE YOUR OWN KAYAK ON MIACOMET POND If you want to ply the waters of Nantucket's great ponds in a kayak you'll have to do it in your own vessel or one rented from one of two downtown locations. In a 3-1 vote last week, the Board of Selectmen amended town regulations to prohibit all commercia...
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I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS JAN. 17 MEETING, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN: (Stover absent)
      + Heard an announcement about the Atheneum's "One book, one Island" program running from Jan. 22 through March 30 to promote reading, but also offering films, lectures and presentations. + Unanimously approved a Verizon request to relocate a joint pole on Hooper Farm Road.
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e t c e t e r a
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
      FREEDMAN'S 'EXPRESSIONS' AND CHOCOLATE...LINGERIE TO RELOCATE If anything can be viewed as a trend it is the on-going closures and relocation of local businesses. Adding to the list is the shutting of Weeds at 14 Centre St. which will be taken over by Expressions of Don Freedman and the closing ...
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE
      This is the third birthday of The Lighthouse Keeper, give or take a week. The column began one gray Sunday afternoon in January 2004 when it was too cold to go outside and apparently no football game was on television. I spent four or five hours on that first effort, the topic of which has been lon...
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YACK on: Mail Bag
Grant Sanders
      It's that time of year again. Time for me to answer the piles and piles of mail we get. I apologize to everyone who has waited so patiently for their questions to be answered. I've been very busy writing ads for insurance companies and major universities. And just this week I found the time to rea...
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Pet Tracks
Jan Jaeger
      FEAR OF FLYING This is the time of year when folks begin leaving the island for exotic destinations or warmer climates, and I will be among those taking to the skies during the next several weeks. While flying on a major carrier with all my personal pets is certainly problematic, I have flirted w...
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