Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Special Town Meeting begins tomorrow BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       This is the time of year when people want to spend as many hours as possible outside after work, but officials are hoping residents will set aside their grille mitts and fishing poles for one evening to attend tomorrow night's Special Town Meeting with a three-article warrant. More ... ARTICLE 1       Voters at tomorrow night's special Town Meeting will be asked to vote pro or con on making the Dreamland their own. More ... ARTICLE 2       The replacement of the intersection of Hooper Farm Road, Pleasant Street and Sparks Avenue with a roundabout did not happen overnight. It required an intricate dance of town protocols and voter approvals that gave Nantucket, many believe, a smoother-flowing traffic junction. More ... ARTICLE 3       This proposal would move shuttle buses onto the former Island Spirits property across from Force Five and open up about 10 citizen parking spots on Washington Street where the buses park now. The selling price is $3.5 million, compared to the assessed value of $3. More ... COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WARRANT FOR JULY 26, 2007 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING       Nantucket, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Nantucket: GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble themselves at the Nantucket High Schoo... More ... Ulmer ends quest to buy the Dreamland BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Last Friday afternoon, Rose & Crown and Foood for Here and There owner Rick Ulmer announced that he is no longer trying to buy the Dreamland. More ... 42-acres on Cliff Road to be subdivided, developed BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       What looks like an ordinary preliminary plan that the Planning Board approved at its meeting on Monday night is actually an early development proposal from a long-time summer family that would rather not sell any of its land. More ... OPEN WIDE      ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent Weighing in at four tons, Dondi the Thai elephant has a bite to eat in her trailer after arriving on Nantucket on Sunday. She's here with her "family" (also pictured is Phil Schacht, holding the food pail) for this coming weekend's Circus Flora performances at Tom Nevers... More ...