Date of birth Sept. 13, 1957 Likes most about Nantucket The summers, the history, architecture and preservation of downtown, the public accessibility to conservation land, the beaches and the abundant activities offered for all ages. More...

Creating a quality piece of art is a deeply soul-satisfying experience, one that is spiritual and difficult to articulate. More...

Rape and sexual abuse are men's issues. It's not something you hear very often - violence against women, including rape, is generally thought to be a women's issue. I've certainly thought so, and until it was pointed out to me I never really realized how much time I and other women spend on "risk reduction. More...

We all talk about our weekly trips to the dump, but when Dr. Bob Kennedy makes a dump run he literally does just that. "It's 6.6 miles from my house to the dump and back," he said last week. "That's my dump run." Dr. Kennedy, the director of Natural Sciences for the Maria Mitchell Association, has been running quite a bit since he ran in his first marathon in 2001. More...

NEW DWELLINGS Ben Champoux, 8 Upper Tawpawshaw Road Bill Hancock, 29 Jefferson Ave. Jeff Heller, 7 East Lincoln GARAGES Ben Champoux, 8 Upper Tawpawshaw Road Ralph Keith, 153 Main St. More...

Idon't know about you, but I truly love Annual Town Meeting. I look forward to it all year. I love Town Meetings so much that sometimes I dream up reasons to hold special Town Meetings in the summer and I try to get my friends to sign a petition to hold one. Which rarely works. More...

If you're a fan of geology, you probably know that the Tom Nevers area owes its flat expanse to the great glacial outwash plain that was formed when the glaciers which created the island of Nantucket receded. If you're a student of Nantucket history, you likely know that this area was also one of the last areas to be settled and built upon. More...

4. A timeshare on .87 of an acre at 30 Centre St. sold to Denise Gorham of Bethesda, Md. from Alan A. Mallanda of Lake Luzerne, N.Y. for $4,000. The property's assessed value is unavailable. The land bank fee is $80. 5. A house on 1.02 of an acre at 1 Jonathan Way sold to One Jonathan Way Realty Trust, Kent Seibert and Karen Pinkham, Trustees, of York, Pa. More...