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ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent Anna Steadman, Sarah Lombardi and Samantha Trattle lead their troop along Broad Street in Sunday's annual Memorial Day Parade. Stops along the route to pay tribute to America's fallen soldiers included Steamship Wharf, the Town and County Building, the Civil War monument and Prospect Hill Cemetery. More...
Can we afford it?
Voters to consider $36.8 million in capital spending Tuesday
BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER

Nantucket voters will decide at the polls next Tuesday on three override questions, which total $36.8 million in capital spending. While the $27.5 million Public Safety Facility, $3.6 million Sports Complex and $5. More...

Affordable dilemma in Badlands
Citing a saturation of affordable housing in the area, residents want Abrem Quary II to go elsewhere
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

No one at the special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on May 19 said that affordable housing is a bad thing, but many attendees, most of them residents of the Badlands area, said they do not want to cram all of it into their part of the island. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Desarae Medeiros
Date of birth April 6, 1984 Likes most about Nantucket The sunsets and beaches. Likes least about Nantucket The cost of living and the spiders. Favorite TV show "Two and A Half Men" All of Nantucket Bank's employees are pleasant to do business with, and Desarae Medeiros at the bank's Amelia Drive branch is no exception. More...
• Loring Nature Foundation's duck blinds and nature trails receive ConCom approval
• Board of Selectmen approve taxi fare rate increase
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 The Arts
• article has image Town clock ticks into 127th year
For 35 years, Reggie Reed climbed 55 steps once a week to wind or reset the town clock in the tower of the Unitarian Church. For the last three years, Manny Sylvia of the Nantucket Historical Association's grounds and maintenance department, has had a far shorter ascent to wind the clock now on display in the central tower of the Whaling Museum. More...
• article has image Travels with Charley
• article has image Artists form new cooperative Sar.Z gallery
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 Sports
• article has image Chris Maury named new athletic director
It is as if the job were tailor made for him, blending experience from both his professional and personal lives. For Chris Maury, island builder and unabashed sports enthusiast, it represents many years of dedication to craft and sport, which culminate in this new chapter of his life: Athletic Director of Nantucket High School. More...
• article has image A FEW BAD APPLES
• article has image BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
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 Developments
• HDC THIS WEEK
ADDITIONS BFP Properties, 13 Easton St. Joan Bunting, 3 Pine Tree Road Sarah Carey, 39 Long Pond Drive John Salmanowitz, 2 Hinckley Lane Kyle Snell, 5 Pine Crest Drive SHEDS Jay and Michelle Connor, More...
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 Columns
• article has image EGGS IN MAY
The Trustees of Reservations and the Nantucket Conservation Foundation opened the Wauwinet gatehouse last weekend for the season, although there are three piping plover nests, each packed with four eggs. Steve Nicolle, property superintendent for the Trustees of Reservations said beach drivers will be able for the time being to access all parts of the refuge. More...
• article has image THE NANTUCKET WAY
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 Property Profile
• article has image Easy living by Hummock Pond
AtlanticEast Real Estate $2,295,000
If you love Nantucket's ocean beaches and views across the moors, the Hummock Pond/Cisco area is one of the best spots on the island. Add to that a house which invites casual living, and you have a classic beach house in a sought-after location. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
May 19 ~ May 23, 2008
3. A co-op dwelling on .11 of an acre at 11B Daffodil Lane sold to Donald A. Burns of Palm Beach, Fla. from Brook Damian and Dylan Damian Irrevocable Trust of Nantucket, Mass. for $710,000. The property's assessed value is unavailable. The land bank fee is $14,200. More...
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