ALLEN REINHARD
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? "I favor having them appointed because I feel the appointment process encourages and draws stronger...
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Going, going ... gone
New auction business launched
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Roger Seitz was in his glory last Saturday as he banged the gavel to open bidding at his new auction event in the loft over Bartlett's Farm Market. Far from the rapid-fire'badabada, 60, badabada, SOLD at 75' calls made at livestock auctions, Seitz took a more sedate, "We have five...is there 10 an...
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I ON THE COURT
Nantucket Court Report
      Awarrant was issued at 4 p.m. on Monday for the arrest of Fernando S. Amaral, 22, of 27 Evergreen Way, who failed to appear in court and still owes $350. He was charged Feb. 11 with driving without a license. Warren H. Ard, 27, of 52 Hooper Farm Road, will have a Feb. 20 charge of driving with ...
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CORRECTION
      For our "Continued Most Eligible Singles" article (Feb. 14), an anonymous reader nominated Nantucket Bank's Neil Marttila. He is not single; in fact, he has been happily engaged to Andrea Russell, Job Supervisor at O'Connor Custom Builders, since September. Congrats, Neil and Andrea!
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OBITUARY
      Richard Walsh passed away unexpectedly on February 16 at the age of 51. What is the measure of a man? Beloved friends are the truest measure. Richard's loving, funny and genteel ways will remain in the hearts of those who knew him. A pure gentleman, Richard had an uncompromising generosity of spi...
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I ON SELECTMEN
      AT ITS MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, FIRST CONVENING AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH: (Kopko absent.) + Held a public hearing at which the board voted unanimously to accept proposed changes to the weights and measures fees. The change is the first since 1995 and reflects charges ...
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