Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition 2007 Nantucket Summer Beach Guide by Peter B. Brace Independent Writer       On Nantucket's beaches, you can find your calm again, decompress, catch a tan, learn to surf, dig quahogs, watch rare and endangered shorebirds, see amazing sunsets, surfcast for bluefish and striped bass, or barbeque among myriad other summer pastimes. More ... MEMBERS OF THE JURY REFLECT ON THE TRIAL BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       On Friday, Augie Ramos, one of 12 jurors who sat on the nearly threeweek long murder trial for Thomas Toolan, III, sounded a little weary after the experience. For him and his peers, the importance of the trial and extraordinarily disturbing sights they witnessed will not disappear from memory any... More ... Toolan is sentenced to life in prison BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       John and Judy Lochtefeld tightly held hands as they entered Superior Court last Thursday just before noon, knowing that the jury in the trial of Thomas Toolan, III, had reached a decision on his charge of murdering their daughter, Elizabeth "Beth" Lochtefeld. More ... Oberg in the Tetons for helping city kids BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       After Strong Wings Instructor Megan Oberg raised $3,500 so five inner city teenagers could go backwoods hiking and canoeing, she carried a heavy backpack up and down Nantucket's beaches this spring. More ...