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Elections pool grows as deadline approaches
      Candidates for the April 3 elections have 20 days left to gather a minimum of 40 signatures from registered voters and return their nomination papers to the Town Clerk's office by 5 p.m. on Feb. 12.
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Jordan Associates passes to new ownership
BY MARY LANCASTER
      " New Year's crystalized it for me.    It was inevitable. I'm thrilled,                I'm delighted and I
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OUR VIEW
Nantucket School Committee
      SEND YOUR VIEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: INFO@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM As we move forward with the '08 Nantucket Public Schools budget process, the School Committee would like to highlight how we move forward from the district's mission statement to the bottom line that we recommend for the 2007...
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Land use planner's salary to pay for consultants
BY PETER B. BRACE
      Forced to operate without a land use planner in the midst of the genesis of the 41-81D Master Plan, Planning Director Andrew Vorce plans to hire consultants to complete the Open Space and Natural & Cultural Resources elements of the plan.
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Conant calls for off island scallop seed production and partial harbor closures
BY PETER B. BRACE
      Town Biologist Keith Conant is recommending that the Marine & Coastal Resources Department send Nantucket bay scallops to an offisland hatchery to produce one million scallop seed.
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MILESTONES
      ENGAGEMENT Patrick J. Sullivan, 32, of Nantucket, and Jennifer Holowecki, 32, of Plainview, N.Y., announce their engagement to be married in December 2007. Ms. Holowecki attended Providence College and is employed in Boston by Partners Healthcare. Mr. Sullivan attended Stonehill College and is...
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MR. GLIDDEN TURNS 90
      He may have turned 90 on Jan. 18, but James Glidden remains the epitome of a dapper gentleman, seen around town almost daily as he continues a tradition of walks from his Centre Street law office to get the mail and do his firm's banking business. Asked his secret to a long life he said, "Stay out...
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