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Meet Your Neighbor
Molly Leinbergs
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      You read about islanders who are in the public eye all the time, but what do you know about your neighbors - those you see at the supermarket, the gas station, at school or just in passing on the street?
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Michael Horton named administrative intern at elementary school
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Nantucket High School math department head Michael Horton will leave the classroom next Monday to become an administrative intern at the elementary school and work towards certification as a principal. School committee chair Sue Genthner and schools superintendent Dr. Robert Pellicone said Horton...
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All shock and no awe colors neighbor reaction to Point Breeze phase II
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Point Breeze Hotel owner Bob Matthews told the Planning Board Monday night about his intentions for phase two of his redevelopment plans, alarming those in attendance with its massive scale and plethora of amenities.
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ON THE COURT
Nantucket Court Report
      In one of the longest, single day dockets in the history of Nantucket District Court, on Monday cases for 83 people were heard during the session. Many of the cases were old and most of the charges involved driving while intoxicated, assault and battery and drugs.
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A Safe Place to honor founders at 20th anniversary celebration
BY MARY LANCASTERE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Next month A Safe Place will hold a special party to honor its founders with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and wine toasts as the agency officially celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Voices From The Bluff SBPF Speaks An Independent Series
Jim Walker and family 104 Baxter Road
      Editor's note: This concludes the first half of The Nantucket Independent's Voices series examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. In our Sept.
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REAL ESTATE REPORT
with Robert Ranney
      Labor Day has left us with noticeably fewer traffic jams and perhaps less stressful journeys to the grocery store. In many tourist towns, the end of summer often brings comparisons to previous years as to how 'busy' it was or how 'good' it was for local merchants. As for our real estate market, it...
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MILESTONES
      BIRTHS M ercer Louis Benjamin Conley was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Aug. 31, 2007 weighing 6 pounds and 10 ounces. He is the son of Keith Conley and Danielle Duran of Nantucket. His grandparents are Nancy Duran Homik and the late Louis Duran of Muskegon, Mich., and Lynn Ryan and Benn...
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      SCALLOP DEMOGRAPHICS To measure how well bay scallops are reproducing in Nantucket's harbors, Peter Boyce, working with the Maria Mitchell Association, set out five spat lines from June 15 to July 1 that were to be hauled in after two months.
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