Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Sam and Ann Furrow 87 Baxter Road       Where is your house in relation to the bluff? "We are at the "dead center" of the current erosion." How long have you been a member of SBPF? "Three years." Why did you join? "We [Ann and I] saw it as a logical effort of well-meaning Nantucketers to do both self-interest and an island i... More ... I ON SELECTMEN       AT ITS MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL: • Hear a request for fee waivers from Nantucket Homes for People, tabled from last week's meeting. • Hear a request from the Planning Commission for support of an application to the Community Preservation Committee to... More ... Et Cetera       SSA BOARD ACCEPTS UNION CONTRACT The Steamship Authority board voted unanimously to approve a new union contract for its unlicensed deck hand employees in a special executive session last Friday. The two-year contract comes after four years of negotiations and delineates working conditions for ap... More ... Field Notes       SAND TIGER SHARK ALERT In addition to hooking seals, bluefish or striped bass at Great Point this summer, it's quite possible that you may sink your pearl bomber or ballistic missile into a sand tiger shark that hunts for food within casting distance of surf fishermen along the shores of the Cap... More ... SUMMER NOTES BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER       The third week in August, in the vernacular, might be called peak week. The season has peaked. We are passing over the hump of summer. In a few days, the siren call of school and college and real life will begin to draw people away. For those of us who live and work here the pace of life will begi... More ... YACK on: Paving Paradise Grant Sanders       The Planning Board voted on Monday evening, five to nil, to do the unthinkable - to pave Eel Point Road from the end of the current pavement all the way to 40th pole. I blame myself. I had to be off island for business and could not be at the meeting. More ... BEACH BABY BINGO       This week plan on dressing your children in their swimsuits and leaving them on because the beach is the place for activities! As long as you run your little sea urchins through the outdoor shower at least once a day, it should be okay. More ... THE RIGHT PET MATCH FOR YOU       My sister-in-law loves to clip articles for me to use as resource material for my weekly columns. It's been a while since I have gotten any from her, but she brought along the accumulated file on her visit to Nantucket this past week with her family. More ... 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... More ...