IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
      To the editor: This publication on April 4, 2007, editorialized regarding our home on Madequecham Valley Road: "It is unfathomable that our local government continues to bully forward, waving its rifle of eminent domain to get, not what is best for the town and its people, but for themselves and...
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PROCESS FAR FROM OPEN
      The following letter was sent to the Nantucket Board of Selectmen and is reprinted here at the author's request. Gentlemen and Lady: The request of Westmoor Farms to pave West Chester Street was decided by a vote of 3 to 2.
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WITH ADMIRATION AND LOVE
      To the editor: Our paths crossed on the sand at Wauwinet beach. Jim and Margaretta were honeymooning in the cottage of our good friends the Klausmeyers, Ruth and Robert, who had asked us to introduce ourselves.
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FROM THE DIRT-ROAD HUGGER
      To the editor: I must apologize to Frank Spriggs for a misstatement I made in my column of two weeks ago with regard to a quote that I attributed to him. I had mixed up the chairman of the Planning Board with the Chairman of the Planning Commission. It was Barry Rector who reportedly said he wan...
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN
      Re: Grant Sanders' opinion piece of August 15, 2007. This is the corrected version of the letter published in last week's Independent. To the editor: As Chairman of the Planning Board, I want to give the public my personal feelings about the referenced article. During my nine plus years on...
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AHOY MATE!
      To the editor: To Grant Sanders and the Membership Committee. Whether it's Yacht Club by Stan or The Greywater Yacht Club, I want in. Please let me know where it winds up. Will there be a Commodore's Ball?
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HOW I GOT HERE?
By Tijana Vucinic
      Her name is Tijana and she is from Serbia. This is a story in sequels about her trip to America. Nobody knows how it is going to end - not even she.
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EDUCATIONAL HOMECOMING
By Lizbet Carroll Fuller
      The light has changed, the crickets are chirping, and there is a chill in the air… summer is on the wane. While the first day of school approaches, first we celebrate the opening of our new Lighthouse School!
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GREAT KIDS DESERVE GREAT SCHOOLS
By Bob Pellicone
      We begin this school year with tremendous pride in our school staff, our student body, and in the programs we have recently put in place to improve school performance.
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THE STUFF OF DREAMS
By David Provost
      Educators invariably have two kinds of dreams in the days leading up to the first day of school. The first is the type that occurs in sleep, and these are almost always terrifying.
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