Sailors qualify for New England Championship
      On Saturday the Whalers traveled to Wolfeboro, N.H. to compete in the Brewster Academy Qualifier for the New England Scholastic Sailing Association (NESSA) Fleet Racing Championships.The Whalers placed second overall in the qualifier, and are one of three teams that advance to the finals to be held in Bristol, R.I. next Sunday at Bristol Yacht Club.
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NSSA SOCCER April 26 & 27
      It was a light week for the Nantucket Student Soccer Association spring travel teams this past week, with no games played the first weekend of school vacation week and only three this past weekend. The U13 girls got an easy tick in the win column due to a forfeit from Mariner.
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DRESS CODE
      Pity poor Darwin. And no, I don't mean the scientist. I'm talking about Darwin the yellow lab. His father, about whom I know nothing, aside from the fact that he drives an antique Toyota Land Cruiser and has a great dog named Darwin, explained Darwin's dour expression thusly: "He's depressed because I dressed him up like a fool.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
GOING, GOING... GONE!
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      No, we're not talking about a long fly ball hit by Manny Ramirez. We're talking about a very charming bird that will be with us just another week or ten days as you read this column - and then gone! Some people are sensitive to bird songs. I'll be out hitting balls on the paddle court and another player will say, "What is that singing?
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