Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Scallopers frozen in Price steady at $17 BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       At $17 a pound, scalloping in Nantucket waters might be a lucrative way to spend the winter were it not for the freezing, melting and refreezing of the harbor, and the incessant howling winds. More ...      ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent The Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Theatre Troupe rehearses a scene from "The Enchanting Song of the Magical Bird," an adaptation of Nelson Mandela's children's story of the same name. Erin Martin (left) plays the Queen of a Tanzanian village, and Alyssa Randall (right) p... More ... Self help for climate changers Sixth in a Series BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Having stayed with this series on climate change, you, our faithful reader, should get something more out of these stories than newsprint on your fingers and creeping dread over unknown doomsday scenarios. More ... Golf Club awards MMA $50,000 grant       The Nantucket Golf Club has awarded $50,000 to the Maria Mitchell Association for the development and delivery of "Unique Nantucket," a series of hands-on, field-based science learning experiences for Nantucket school children in kindergarten through grade 12. The grant was awarded recently to MMA ... More ... Families move into newest Habitat house BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       There are two happy families on Saratoga Lane this month. At the beginning of February, Meredith Martin and her son, and Berta Scott and Bill Mogensen and their children moved into the island's second Habitat for Humanity house, technically considered the second and third because it is a duplex. More ...