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AN INDEPENDENT SERIES John Seidel Quidnet Editor's note: This week, The Nantucket Independent continues Voices Away from the Bluff, examining the ramifications of the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's beach nourishment proposal. More ...
This scene on Sunday may look like business as usual at Congdon's lunch counter and soda fountain, but it was actually a day filled with nostalgia as the pharmacy prepared to close for good at 1 p.m. More ...
The family and many friends of island native Drew Cook share in mourning the loss of the young man who died unexpectedly at the age of 20 on Friday, Sept. 28. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. today in the Prospect Hill Cemetery on Somerset Road (at the end of Friendship Lane). A receptio... More ... SBPF proposes 60-acre cobble mitigation site off Squam Head BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Sixty acres of artificial reef off Squam Head is what the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund will build to compensate island fishermen for the 105 acres of cobble bottom habitat the beach rebuilding project will disturb. More ... I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report Three potential days of jury trials were scheduled for District Court this week along with arraignments, status reviews and various hearings. Manuel Eduardo Baez-Pimentel, 22, of 33 Hooper Farm Road, had a status review on his Dec. 9, 2006 charges of cocaine distribution and conspiracy to violat... More ...
The people behind the move KENNETH BELL, 57 (photo not available) Expert House Movers, Sharpstown, Md. • Role: Working foreman • Lighthouse moving experience: Masonry lighthouses, including Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, R.I., the Cape Hatteras Light Station in North Carolina, the Highland Light Station... More ... Gibson stands firm on firing ZBA Administrator Williams responds with criticism and may pursue arbitration BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER There has been no resolution between Town Administrator Libby Gibson and former Zoning Board Administrator Linda Williams since Gibson terminated Williams' employment late last Tuesday afternoon. More ...
Kevin Dugan 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? More ...
FIRST BIRTHDAY C ecilia Rose Wendelken celebrates her first birthday today, Wednesday, October 3. She is the daughter of Maura Wendelken and Nigel Goss of Nantucket. She is the granddaughter of Megan and Erik Wendelken and Victoria Goss and Eric Shultz of Nantucket. More ...
AT ITS MEETING TONIGHT, OCT. 3, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL: • Hear an announcement that the 2008 Annual Town Meeting warrant is open for citizen article submissions from Oct. 12 through Nov. 23. Citizen articles require the signatures of at least 10 registered voters. More ...
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends ISLAND DEER HUNTING SEASONS 2007 Deer hunting season begins Oct. 15 with bow and arrow hunters taking to the scrub oak. That season lasts through Nov. 24, followed by shotgun season, which runs from Nov. 26 through Dec. 8, followed by primitive firearm season Dec. 10 through Dec. 31. More ...
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Waste Options Nantucket's president Whitney Hall last Wednesday told the selectmen that gasification technology at the landfill is a potential solution to space and disposal limitations as the island deals with a growing population's trash. More ... SHAB, harbormaster work on large vessel anchoring bylaw BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Aball and chain plaguing Nantucket Harbor is the anchoring of massive yachts in the vicinity of First Point and further east into the upper harbor. When the Nantucket Boat Basin is full, and all of Nantucket Moorings rental moorings are occupied, these super-sized vessels have little recourse but... More ...
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