Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Making The Cut On Nantucket, landscaping has become a mult-million dollar industry, it also has become more than just making the cut. By Peter B. Brace Independent Writer       If you could afford to hire someone to cut your lawn, trim your privet hedges and fluff up your flower beds in 1980, at $8 an hour you might have chosen Nicholas Ferrantella and his lone employee. More ... Court prepares for Toolan murder trial By Mary Lancaster Independent Writer       Just 12 days from today, on Monday June 4, Nantucket Superior Court will be overflowing with potential jurors, photographers, reporters, lawyers, family members and witnesses as it becomes the scene of the first island murder trial since 1983. Thomas Toolan, III, formerly of Manhattan, will be tri... More ... The Big Man meets The Buddha by Peter B. Brace Independent Writer       We are, as the instructor tells us, sitting for a very good reason with our legs crossed and our knees pointing down below our hips to straighten our spines. Some of us are perched on padded rectangular blocks, others on firm round pillows and even one maverick on his own homemade bench. More ...