William Welch joins Barbara Kauffmann Locke's gallery in 'Sconset
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      H e left for four years, but now popular artist William Welch is back on Nantucket and sharing Barbara Kauffmann Locke's 1 New St. gallery in 'Sconset. Welch's is a working gallery, meaning he will be painting there and it will be open for business.
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Island author Nancy Thayer publishes 18th novel
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      N ancy Thayer has no foreseeable plans to stop writing novels, but if she does, maybe she should consider teaching conflict resolution - something she has been adept at accomplishing in her 18 books about relationships between men and women and women and women and about family dynamics.
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for the Arts record
      Dates from hell The dating game can be elating or pure misery, as many know. This is especially true if you find yourself on an outing with someone who is clearly incompatible with your personality, leaving you to check your watch and wish you could go home and write your grocery list. On Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m.
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New School students to jury film festival's short features
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      Eight students from the Nantucket New School will judge the 2008 Nantucket Film Festival's short films this week and choose one short to win the "Teen View on the Nantucket Film Festival Award.
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Media you can Trust
      Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "All About Lulu" by Jonathan Evison Debut novels always intrigue me. It takes a Herculean spirit to weather the rejections and bureaucracy that meet an unknown author. Those first babies must be worth it! Jonathan Evison's debut novel, "All About Lulu" is one such diamond.
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections and may be one we cannot identify, wish to have more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for viewing and identification at www.nha.
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Nantucket Cat Rescue
      "S he's the best kitty I've ever had," says Karen Murphy. "She is very cuddly and she even sits on the dog's back. She's just so friendly and smart!
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Cooking up a new look for your kitchen
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      The kitchen is one of the favorite rooms in a home. Not just a place where meals are prepared, the kitchen is also a gathering place, a room where people gravitate to talk as well as to eat. There are several simple things homeowners can do to provide a new, inviting look to their kitchens or to make space more efficient without giving the room a complete renovation.
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Photo
     PHOTO ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent Holding the other end of the 40 foot pole to which the mirror is attached, Dr. Bob Kennedy of the Maria Mitchell Association checks Saturday on the baby ospreys in a nest in Madaket, while the mother flies unhappily overhead. Kennedy and his team, who are checking all of the island's nests, found three young birds in this one.
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