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Nantucket Court Report
      An outstanding warrant for the arrest of Jose Alarcon, 24, of 28 Appleton Road, on Nov. 25, 2007 charges of malicious destruction of property under $200 was inactivated because he could not be located. Sara Kay Ashelford, 33, of 4 Swazy Drive, was arraigned on a Feb. 10 charge of larceny over $250 and was ordered back to court on March 3.
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Det. Adams fills in for D.A. at judge's request
CRIME
      Last week, as the jury session in Nantucket District Court was wrapping up, there was one more matter that needed to be settled. A bench trial for Nicole LeBlanc, who was facing charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, speeding and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
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Independent earns six first-place awards from New England Press Association
      The Nantucket Independent garnered six first place awards, including top honors for Advertising General Excellence, in the New England Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. The awards were announced Saturday night at the New England Press Association's annual dinner held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel.
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AT ITS MEETING ON FEB 6, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
      • Voted 4-0, Brian Chadwick recused, to waive the $500 user fee and noise by law from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for the junior class so they may hold their prom at Jetties Beach. • Voted 5-0 to approve a waiver to open a section of Westcreek Road so that the Bamboo Supper Club may connect to a water main for its sprinkler system.
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ENGAGEMENT
      Kip and Lou Arsenault of Nantucket, Mass. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Bonnie Arsenault to John Thaler, the son of Gail Marie Thaler of Stony Brook, N.Y. The bride to be graduated from Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H. and Simmons College in Boston, Mass. She is currently employed as a senior account executive with Harrison & Star in New York, N.
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BIRTHS
      A driana Anefer Graham was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Feb. 2, 2008 weighing 8 pounds and 1 ounce. She is the daughter of Jennifer Daure and Conroy Graham and sister of twin brothers Kemar and Omar Barrett of Nantucket and Atlanta, Ga. Her grandmother is Mary Skeen of Atlanta, Ga.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GETS NEW HOME IN MARCH On Monday morning, March 3, the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce will open for business in its new location upstairs at Zero Main Street. The chamber has been on the second floor of 48 Main St. for more than a dozen years, but circumstances surrounding the proposed sale of the building prompted the office to move.
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