Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Controlled burn blazes out of control BY MARY LANACSTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Acontrolled burn on Nantucket Conservation Foundation property that was intended to eradicate 15 acres of scrub oak in the Altar Rock area raged out of the planned boundary on Sunday and spread over an additional 35 acres. The smoke was so intense it was easily visible in Madaket as firefighters sc... More ... Cape Wind scores victory with state endorsement BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Cape Wind Associates got the news last Thursday that its proposed wind farm of 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound met the requirements of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act. In issuing the certificate in response to Cape Wind's Final Environmental Impact Report, Ian A. More ... Family fighting airport's taking of home Shaw family, Airport Commission at loggerheads over land ownership BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Little did the Shaw family suspect when they bought their house in 2003 that just two years later they would be embroiled in a legal battle to keep that roof over their heads. The Shaws - Eric, an investment advisor to the energy industry, and his wife, Connie, both 40 - purchased a home at 58 M... More ... I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report       Monday's District Court spring jury session kicked off with a long docket and the need for 16 pre-trial discussions. A jury in the Carrie E. Bianchi case was not beginning to be selected until late afternoon with her trial expected to begin yesterday. Bianchi, 30, of 111 Hummock Pond Road, was ch... More ... Town Meeting '07 opens this Monday night BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Regardless of all the talk over the past year about changing the format of Town Meeting, the tradition of residents gathering in force to have their say in governmental spending and decisions remains intact. The 2007 Annual Town Meeting begins at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in the high school audito... More ... MILESTONES       Nantucket Bank is pleased to announce that Emmy Hamilton has returned to Nantucket Bank as Loan Operations Officer, reporting to Quint Waters. For the past 3 years, Emmy has been successfully managing loan operations for the First Brandon National Bank in Brandon, Vermont. Her prior position at N... More ... I ON SELECTMEN AT ITS MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN COVENING AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH       + The board unanimously approved variance requests for a tight tank septic at 1 Pimny's Point and a well replacement at 265 Madaket Road. + Heard an update on septic system inspections in the Nantucket and Madaket watershed areas. Health Inspector Richard Ray said of 1,616 properties in the Nantuc... More ... e t c e t e r a 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends       STATE TO REVIEW SPECIFIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS The state Department of Education will be conducting a coordinated program review of specific Nantucket school programs during the week of April 23. Nina Locario, the schools' director of special services, said the state conducts this review every seven yea... More ... OBITUARY CLARE H. REINHARD       Clare H. Reinhard, 87 years of age, and a resident of Oberlin, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2007 at New Life H o s p i c e R e s i d e n t i a l Center in Lorain following a brief illness. He was born January 11, 1920 in Amherst, Ohio. More ...