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Date of birth November 19, 1949 Likes most about Nantucket The beaches. The scenery. The people. Likes least about Nantucket The winter isolation and lack of restaurant and shopping options. Favorite TV shows NCIS, CSI, and Brothers and Sisters. More ... The first big storm of 2008 was a reversal of fortune for Nantucket, which often gets rain while the mainland gets buried in snow. Sunday's nor'easter dropped 5. More ... Polls at Nantucket High School open at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the Massachusetts Presidential primary, "Super Tuesday" in the Commonwealth and in 20 other states. The Bay State has 121 of nearly 1,700 delegates up for grabs by the Democrats and 48 of just over 1,000 for the Republicans. More ... Ronaldo J. Alvarenga, 31, of 5 Hull Lane, failed to appear in court on an Oct. 11, 2007 charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and was defaulted on, but due to the weather a warrant will not be issued until Monday. More ... Nearly all of the Minerals Management Service's recent Cape Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement gives the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound a mostly glowing review. More ... The Great Harbor Yacht Club will move the location of its clubhouse so that it can use a more movable Travelift to haul boats instead of a crane. More ... There is no Board of Selectmen meeting this Wednesday, because it is the fifth Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Feb 6. • Voted unamousouly approved three "tight tanks" -- self contained sewer holding tanks with no leech out - for homes at 34 and 45 Massachusetts Ave. and 289 Hummock Pond Road. More ... S tephanie M. Norris, daughter of Don & Kim Sparks of Nantucket, has earned a place on the Dean's List at Quinnipiac University's School of Business. Stephanie has also received membership in the Association of Information Technology Professionals. More ... BOARD OF HEALTH CLOSES PRODUCE MARKET The Board of Health denied a variance request from the owners of Island Fruit and Produce to operate with a floor that was in violation of the health code and shut the business down last Thursday. More ... WEEKLY UPDATE Addition foundation work starting This week, the excavation contractor Lawrence Lynch of Falmouth, Mass. finished digging the foundation and is continuing to prepare the site and set up the forms for the pouring of the east end addition on the airport terminal. More ... Should the town adopt revised shellfish regulations this winter or spring, the following rules may apply: •If you want to catch eels commercially, you can only do so from June 15 to Feb. 15. •Commercial quahoggers will not be able to use a hydro-dredge to haul Nantucket quahogs. More ... |
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