I ON THE COURT
Nantucket Court Report
      District Court had a few arraignments and a couple of cases to dismiss on Monday morning before the trial for Thomas Toolan resumed in Superior Court. Bryan C. Cressey, 57, of Barrington, Ill., will have his case dismissed with $200 court costs. He was charged June 16 with disorderly conduct.
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Field Notes
      TRUSTEES CLOSE GREAT POINT FOR PIPING PLOVERS At 11:45 a.m. last Friday, Trustees of Reservations Property Manager Steve Nicolle closed Great Point to all vehicle traffic from the southern end of the Galls at Marker #3 up because a nest of three piping plover eggs hatched.
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The Lighthouse Keeper
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
      As I desultorily swept the pine needles on the deck early this Tuesday morning, Hawkeye swooped down and perched on the top of the fence. I was reveling in the warmth of the rising sun as I pushed my broom this way and that, and I wasn't sure that I was ready for anything which would require me to...
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Etcetera
Queen Kalman
      CAPE AIR UP AND FLYING AGAIN After grounding all of its 49 Cessna 402 passenger planes last week because of the abnormally fast wear of crankshaft counterweights, Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines is back flying all of its scheduled flights.
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YACK on:
Parking garage
Grant Sanders
      What amazes me about my 17- year experience with this island is that the people here constantly fall all over each other in tear-filled convulsions complaining about the utter tragedy of how the island has changed, and yet, when the opportunity arises to say "no" to change,
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Your Wine
The Seduction of Malbec
By Leslie-Ann Sheppard
      Ten years ago, you'd have been hard pressed to find a decent Argentinean wine on the shelves of any wine shop, let alone a selection of them. Fortunately, times have changed.
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JUST FOR KIDS
SUMMER SOLSTICE
by Lucretia Voigt
      Thursday is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, and the beginning of summer. Traditionally, the Summer Solstice has been a time of fertility and magic. Since most of the people reading this article already have children, we'll skip the fertility part.
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for v...
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Pet Tracks
THE VIRTUAL PET
      Our grandaughter, Angela, has to take care of six pets: Buttercup the pug, white poodle Lee, petite Maltese Crystal, Moo-Moo the cow and kittens Anabella and Isabella. That's a lot of responsibility for a 7 year old. These animals all require feeding and care, which can be very time consuming and...
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      ARCTIC TERN - THE DAYLIGHT BIRD This bird knows 24 hours of daylight in summer and then 24 more in its 'other' summer. One text says they live eight months each year in areas where the sun doesn't set at all. You'd think they would get sunburned! But then, they are mostly white, so most of that...
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