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Young landscaper drowns in Sesachacha Pond
The life of 21-year-old Wilber Pena, an El Salvadoran landscaper who had lived on Nantucket four months, was lost on Sunday when the small boat he and friends were fishing from on Sesachacha Pond capsized and he drowned. His companions, Rigoberto Chavez and Luis Medina, were able to swim to shore, but Pena could not. More...
Island Teen Dies of Apparent Suicide

Police say Benjamin Rives was was found Saturday morning in the State forest off Rugged Road and death appears to be consistent with a suicide More...

ReMain Nantucket promotes downtown sustainability
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Island Attorney Melissa Philbrick who lives on Silver Street, works downtown and raised her children in close proximity to the old historic district is changing her lifestyle in hopes of preserving a way of downtown life that she loves. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Alan Forster
Age: 68 Likes most about Nantucket: The wonderful friends he and his wife have made here. The physical beauty and the history. Likes least about Nantucket: That the economy is driven by tourism and although he understands that, it is hard to get around the island part of the year. More...
• NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER
• Films at The Atheneum
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 The Arts
• article has image "Grease is the Word"
Hit musical "Grease" opens tomorrow with a look back to the era of slicked-back hair, poodle skirts, Elvis and the Edsel.
The rolicking musical "Grease," about teens in love in the 1950s, opens as the latest Theatre Workshop of Nantucket main stage show tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 7 at 5 p.m. in Bennett Hall. More...
• "The Little Mermaid" opens on August 14
• TWN children's theatre brings "Pinocchio" to Bennett Hall on Aug. 11
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 Opinion
• Nantucket Cottage Hospital: Something to Celebrate
EDITORIAL
Life 30 miles at sea can be challenging, and there are some local institutions that quite literally make life possible here. Nantucket Cottage Hospital is at the very top of that list. Our geographical remoteness has required a combination of selfreliance among hearty island souls who care for one another along with financial support from friends here and afar. More...
• article has image Cartoon
• VIEWPOINT
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 Sports
• article has image Surfing the Ozone
S ponsored by Nantucket Nectars, the event raised over $40,000 for the following island charities: Nantucket Boys & Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Strong Wings, Salt Marsh Center and Elder Services/ Meals on Wheels. This year's Ozone had the largest turnout to date with approximately 100 competitors and over 1,500 spectators. More...
• article has image Wood Bat
• article has image Calling all celebrities, seasonal and year-round islanders: Race Week is here
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 Developments
• HDC
New Dwellings 28 Young's Way Nominee Trust, 28 Young's Way Garages Napoleon Landaverde, 11 Pinetree Road Town of Nantucket, 130 Tom Nevers Field Additions NHA Properties, Inc., 2 Clarendon St. More...
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 Columns
• article has image Fly or Die
"Hawkeye," I said to the red tail who alit early in the morning on the dead pine tree we keep in the yard for birds. I was watering the flowers. "Please do something about those young ospreys. They start screeching at the crack of dawn and keep it up all day. This has been going on for almost a week. I haven't been able to get any sleep. It's awful. More...
• article has image Bocce ball and BBQ
• article has image SUMMER HAZARDS
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 Property Profile
• article has image Oceanfront Heaven in Surfside
ISLAND PROPERTIES $5,950,000
A house directly on the ocean is a rare find these days. The property at 33 Nonantum Avenue appears to be the only one currently on the market in the entire Cisco-Miacomet-Surfside area. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
June 28, 2008 ~ August 1, 2008
2. A house on .06 of an acre at 54 Prospect St. sold to Paul M. O'Rourke and Elizabeth O. O'Rourke of Nantucket, Mass. from Deborah A. Lynch of New York City, N.Y. for $490,000. The property is assessed at $713,900. The land bank fee is $9,800. More...
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