TIME OUT J. MLECZKO
      She remembers it vividly, the cheering throngs, the looks of wonder, the (is there a better word for it?) love. When A. J. Mleczko returned to Nantucket from the 1998 winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a member of the first U.S.
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Cait Murphy hits homer with "Crazy '08"
by Steve Sheppard Independent Sports Editor
      As any Red Sox fan will tell you, baseball has a rich history; heaped with such detail that basic facts are muddied, forgotten or obscured by the fog of time.
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PLAYING FOR CHARITY
      Rachel Harbert returns serve during last weekend's annual charity tennis tournament at the Nantucket Tennis and Swim Club.
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Nantucket baseball juniors sweep Barnstable
      Nantucket's Junior League baseball team played three games at home Saturday against Barnstable and took all three with complete game victories. Michael Molta struck out six and allowed just four hits in helping to turn back the Barnstable Red team in the first game, 16-4.
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FOA 'frustrated' by Miller's Builders
BY JOSH GALVIN INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Flawless defense and a seventh inning rally carried Don Miller's Builders over Future of America in last Friday's Rec League Softball game of the week in Tom Nevers. The two teams battled for much of the game deadlocked at 2 before Don Miller's Builders rallied for four runs in the top half of the...
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From the Sidelines
      KKSM VISITS ISLAND THIS SUNDAY An exhibition featuring professional skateboarders KKSM will be held this Sunday, July 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the outdoor skating rink at Tom Nevers, as part of KKSM's national tour. Prior to Sunday's exhibition there will be an "Identity Theft" video premier ...
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ONE FOR THE ROAD
      Spencer Miller of Dallas, Texas, finishes the July Fourth Firecracker 5K with 6-year-old Scout Hodges on his shoulders. Miller was one of over 500 runners and walkers who took part in the 17th annual race.
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TIGHT LINES
MARLI AND ME
with Andrew Spencer
      Friends and neighbors, I recently got picked to introduce The Nantucket Independent's very own arts editor, Marli Guzzetta, to the finer points of fishing in Nantucket. Apparently she's going to write an article about fishing, which is traditionally my turf, journalistically speaking.
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