Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Building a place for Vets to call home Veterans seek longer lease to secure new post BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       With luck, the new Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8608 will open next year on Bunker Road in a 158-foot-long building that will be nearly three times the size of the former headquarters, complete with air conditioning, a sprinkler system and a commercial kitchen. More ... Noel, hurricane-turned-nor'easter, hammers island ConCom issues enforcement orders on imperiled Madaket homes BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       After morphing into a powerful nor'easter, the remnants of Hurricane Noel pounded and soaked Nantucket with 87-mph gusts and nearly four inches of rain on Saturday. More ... Bountiful scallop harvest greets island fishermen BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Scalloper Marty Mack said jokingly over the weekend as he collected storm-beached scallops off the shore along Hulbert Avenue that the bay scallop fishery is crashing - crashing into his dredges, that is. More ... LEADING LADIES AN INDEPENDENT SERIES • PART WOMEN IN BUSINESS BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Whether working at manual labor, selling goods or in the field of beauty, people doing business on Nantucket have to be adept at determining how to cover the demands of the summer season and weather the slow months of winter. More ...