VOICES AWAY FROM THE BLUFF
AN INDEPENDENT SERIES Jen Eldridge 6B Yompasham Lane
      Editor's note: This week, The Nantucket Independent begins Voices Away from the Bluff, examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal.
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SHAB, Fronzuto agree to scallop seed sanctuary
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      When Marine Superintendent Dave Fronzuto and Town Biologist Keith Conant turned the waters of Second Bend into a nursery for scallop seed, it was unbeknownst to the Shellfish & Harbor Advisory Board (SHAB) which only warmed to the idea after Fronzuto explained his reasoning.
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Sand variation, dredge site impacts concern ConCom
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      It may seem trivial to haggle over sand grain size, or what happens to shoals when sand is taken away from them when one ponders the volume of sand under the ocean. But the Conservation Commission, and many Nantucketers, considers every grain of sand, and every shoal and species of sea life to be...
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GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN'
     Health Inspector Richard Ray leads the pack at the first Harpoon Run & Rally in the Alley that took place last Saturday. Over 30 island motorcycle enthusiasts rode to 'Sconset and back to benefit the Nantucket Charitable Riders Association Fund. The rally was initiated by Christy Kickham, Dennis Par...
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Meet Your Neighbor
Toby Greenberg
BY STEVE SHEPPARD 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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Small Friends breaks ground on new home
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Small Friends will break ground on its new, 6,938-square-foot building on Friday afternoon, signifying the success of a capital campaign that has generated more then half of the $3.1 million needed to raise a roof next to the Nantucket New School.
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I ON SELECTMEN
      AT ITS MEETING TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 26, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL: • Present 35 Years of Service Pins to Town Employees • Execute a Term Sheet with Siasconset Breach Preservation Fund regarding filing of Chapter 91 Waterways Permit Application
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1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends
      WATER TESTS REVEAL COLIFORM BACTERIA Wannacomet Water Company General Manager Bob Gardner announced last Friday that four out of 41 of Wannacomet's monthly water quality tests at two different locations revealed coliform bacteria in the town's sole source aquifer.
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