TWO THUMBS UP By a vote of 4-1, the Planning Board on Feb. 12 approved Bluefin, LLC, the 19-lot cluster development for 120 Miacomet Road.
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MILESTONES
      BIRTH J acob Matthew Holdgate was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Feb. 15, 2007 weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces. He is the son of James D. Holdgate and Nicole L. Wynne of Nantucket. His grandparents are Sarah Holdgate, Bruce Holdgate, and Christopher and Stacie Perry, all of Nantucket. His...
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Et Cetera
STOP & SHOP WORKERS IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS THIS WEEK
- Mary Lancaster
      Nantucket's Stop & Shop union employees joined their mainland colleagues on Sunday to vote unanimously for a worker walk-out if contract disputes do not reach acceptable agreements. Talks on issues regarding insurance costs, wage increases and the employee pension plan began a month and a-half ago...
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
      At Monday's presentation by the Town Government Study Committee ("TGSC"), committee member Nancy Sevrens commented that people need to realize that Nantucket isn't a village of 3000 people any more, but that it is much bigger and more complex.
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YACK on:
Consumerism
Grant Sanders
      Lately on YACKon.com we've been discussing how the island's shops and restaurants are letting us all down by closing in the cold, bleak and touristless months of Winter. One YACKer lamented that he tried to go in town and stimulate the island economy by buying local but none of the locals were sel...
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BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
      The extremely cold, windy and wintry conditions we have been experiencing lately have pet owners needing to think outside the box to keep their pets mentally and physically active.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
THITHLE THEED BIRDS
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      Recently I held one of these little wonders in my hand. Unfortunately it was recently deceased, having smacked into someone's window. Previously I had been showing the Sunday birders a White-throated Sparrow that had met a similar demise. The sparrow seemed as big as a horse in comparison to this w...
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