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Employees Jennings and Voigt will operate Mitchell's
On Friday Mitchell's Book Corner employees Mary PAGE Jennings and Lucretia Voigt became its new proprietors in a two-pronged legal agreement that provides them with a transitional purchase arrangement and allows the landmark shop to continue at its location More...
Truckers support, Waste Options fights Reis initiative

The skyrocketing cost of taking construction trash to the landfill has driven three of the island's major haulers to truck materials to the mainland for disposal. More...

Jeremy Schneider swims the butterfly leg of the 200-yard medley relay event against visiting Coyle-Cassidy High School. Both the boys' and girls' teams were victorious at Saturday's meet. For coverage and more swim photos, see Sports, p. 21. More...

Charlie Hughes
Charlie Hughes may not be a native, but he is as dedicated to Nantucket and as fond of life here as if he had been born and raised on the island. Brought up in North St. Paul, Minn., after high school Hughes joined the Seabees, the construction arm of the U.S. Navy, and stayed in service from 1957 to 1966. More...
Ihave an obsession with authors' birthdays. I'm sure the first reason is that I look for any excuse to eat cake! After I've wiped the icing off my face, however, I know that there are other reasons besides cake eating. Introducing your child to new authors by way of birthday cake is sure to make an impression and create an instant bond. More...
THE NANTUCKET PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET The Development Process
January finds the school system nearly at the end of its budget preparation for the 2009 fiscal year. The Nantucket Public School budget planning process spans eight months and begins a year prior to its implementation in the system; it includes computers and fuel oil, text books and sheet music, to mention just a few items. More...
Ainsley Ellis and Beau Garufiturned in state tournament-qualifying times as both boys and girls Whalers squads prevailed over visiting Coyle-Cassidy Saturday afternoon. The girls took their meet, 98-78, and the boys theirs, 112-46. More...
It's that time of year again. And don't let a few unseasonably warm days this week, or Al Gore's reminders about global arming lull you into a false sense of hope for spring. It's the time when all sane people on Nantucket hunker down and do what high-paid marketing consultants call "nesting. More...
J Pepper Frazier Company $2,199,000
Some Nantucket houses grab you and pull you in with their feeling of warmth and livability. As such a home, 53 Tom Nevers Road will be very high on the list of places where you would like to live. More...
Dec. 24, 2007 ~ Jan. 4, 2008
7. A vacant lot, Lot 6, on Phillips Run Road sold to Phillips Run Open Space, LLC, of Nantucket, Mass. from Stephenie Coffin Andrew, Ted M. Andrew and Arthur Weinshank, Trustee of the Andrew Family Trust of New Milford, Conn. for $2,180,000. The property's assessed value in unavailable. The land bank fee is $43,600. More...