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Cold
Grant Sanders
      Our yackon.com resident meteorological expert, Captain Blair Perkins, has been predicting it for some time. Cold. And it's here. Chilly winds that swoop down from Canada and dump dense, cold oppressive air upon us. I've been spending a good amount of time off-island lately and many of the people ...
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Field Notes
by Peter B Brace
      HARBOR PLAN MEETING At about an inch thick, the current version of the 2007 Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Action Plan is a hefty tome in hard copy form and a big download online. Understandably, getting comfortable with its contents is taking the town and its harbor-concerned citizens longer than ...
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I ON THE COURT
Nantucket Court Report
      At the start of the February District Court jury session on Monday most of the trials planned for this week were put off until April. Robert M. Agnew, 30, formerly of Nantucket, had his case continued to March 5. He was charged July 27, 2006 with cocaine distribution.
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MY VIEW
by Steve Axelrod
      THE LONG WAY HOME Iremember visiting Nantucket in 1979, walking down Main Street. Cool, interesting-looking people greeted each other in the crosswalks, or chatted by the Gardiner's Corner sign on Washington Street.
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I ON SELECTMEN
AT ITS REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL:
      + Hear a request from the Town Clerk for reappointment of the Registrars of Voters. + Hear a citizen request for acceptance of a sewer easement amendment on premises at Dolphin Court. + Hear a Traffic Safety Workgroup proposal not to make changes to the downtown traffic flow until a study and rec...
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Et Cetera
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
      BEE RESCHEDULED The Friends of Nantucket Public Schools' Spelling Bee has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. at the Nantucket High School auditorium. Because Nantucket High School Culinary students were still able to conduct their dinner last Saturday evening, the rescheduled spel...
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE
      "It's very cold," Hawkeye said from his perch high in the pine tree by the back door. "I don't like this weather. It's hard to find dinner. Everything hunkers down when it's this cold." "You are right," I said. "Good morning to you, too. It's not so much that they hunker down.
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Bargain Bin
To place listings, email: sharon@nantucketindependent.com, or call Sharon at 508-228-1654
      8 matching contemporary dining room chairs, brass frames with cushioned seats. Custom-made slip covers included. Good condition. $250. 508- 228-9146. 19" CRT Monitor, Sony/Dell, Great Condition, Free - you pick up, 508-325-4388.
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