Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Zahavi reneges on $1 million mortgage BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Dreamland Theater owner Haim Zahavi has reneged on a $1 million mortgage agreement with Parker and Bonnie Gray of Nantucket. More ... Hospital hires new president BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       On September 27, Sylvia Sather Getman will become the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. She will replace current President Lucille Giddings who is retiring after 11 years to spend more time with her family on the mainland. More ... Going back and Moving Forward New Teachers, principals, classrooms and, in one case, a new building greet students BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT WRITER       Summer is fleeting, which is something island students don't need to be reminded of as the last days of vacation wind down. Island schools open for a new year next week with all the promise new beginnings hold. More ... Loring foundation hires renowned naturalist E. Vernon Laux to be resident naturalist BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       During her first two weeks on the job as executive director of the Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Kitty Pochman did what many islanders will see as a stroke of genius: she hired E. More ...