Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition STEEPER AND DEEPER       None of the island's boatyards had any issues when launching their customers' boats at the Children's Beach boat ramp last summer after the Marine & Coastal Resources Department spent $700,000 last winter to widen the ramp to two lanes, realign it with Harbor View Way and rebuild the finger piers. More ... The Lighthouse Keeper NO CHANGE BY DANIEL W. DRAKE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER       The other day I was out resurveying the damage done in the woods by tropical storm Noel when, with great commotion, my favorite red tail made his way down through the pines and perched on the fallen dead tree that had missed my brother's wellhead by less than an inch. More ... YACK on: Fish Bowl Grant Sanders       When I was a kid, I had a hobby. It was a hobby that a number of other kids had. Maybe you were one of them. But I dare say no one was as serious and fervent a hobbyist as I was when it came to this particular pastime. My hobby: I grew Sea Monkeys. More ...