RICK ATHERTON
Candidate for Board of Selectmen
      1. Do you favor or oppose the idea of the selectmen appointing Planning Board, Historic District Commission and Shellfish and Harbor Advisory Board members rather than having them elected? "The Finance Committee is currently receiving information on these issues to make recommendations...
More ...

NES "shop" an educational approach to fundraising
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT WRITER
      If it's Wednesday it must be the red cluster, and by 7:45 a.m. students are already lining up behind a cart that looks curiously like Lucy's psychiatrist stand. Every morning students from Mr.
More ...

Police chief offers ideas for Muse license conditions
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      In response to a request from the Board of Selectmen, Police Chief William Pittman recently compiled a list of suggestions on conditions that might be placed on the Muse nightclub's license. The request was made following complaints from the bar's neighbors who were disturbed by noise, violence and...
More ...

Citizens encouraged to offer input on zoning changes
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Tomorrow night, Nantucketers will get their first chance to tell the Planning Board what they think of this year's zoning articles that are up for consideration at Town Meeting.
More ...

Nantucket climate change solutions
- Peter B. Brace
      Environmental activist David Brower coined the phrase "think globally, act locally" when he founded Friends of the Earth in 1969. In light of global warming, Brower's words still echo providence and urgency, but actuating their meaning into positive change can be a daunting task for would-be earth...
More ...

I ON SELECTMEN
      AT ITS MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, FIRST CONVENING AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH: (Bennett absent) + Unanimously approved Health Inspector Richard Ray's request to discuss the issue of failed septic systems in harbor watershed districts and how to address the matter with the ...
More ...

Plenty of input extends the harbor plan comment period
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Because of the flood of comments from island citizens and nonprofits, the Harbor Plan Review Committee extended the public comment period on the 163-page harbor plan to at least March 21.
More ...

JetBlue announces service to New York's JFK
      JetBlue announced last week that it will begin seasonal service to Nantucket from JFK airport in New York on May 24. A daily flight in each direction will be augmented by an additional flight on Fridays and Mondays. The service will use recently-introduced Embraer 190 aircraft with a capacity of 1...
More ...