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Civil Rights lawsuit filed against police and town
A Civil Rights lawsuit was filed in United States District Court in Boston on Monday against members of the Nantucket Police Department and the Town of Nantucket by an attorney representing a group of black youths who were the victims of admitted excessive force by the NPD during a 2007 incident, which took place on Broad Street. More...
Town orders Muskeget shanty to be moved
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER

Jason Briggs' house on Muskeget Island, now safely inland from the rapidly eroding shores on this 296-acre island's western end, is the subject of an eviction by the town, which claims ownership of the land where the house currently sits. More...

Love triangle ends in brutal assault at the Bamboo
BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER

What started as a quarrel between two women Saturday night over a man, ended up with one of the women being attacked with a pint glass and a high-heeled shoe - resulting in an eye-to-mouth gash, and a husband and a wife under arrest. More...

 Other News
• article has image Meet Your Neighbor
Leah Bayer
Age: 61 Likes most about Nantucket: That she considers most people living here as extended family and nearly everyone calls her Aunt Leah. Likes least about Nantucket: That the off-season is too long and the summer too short when she is too busy to be with friends. She also hates the ticks. More...
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• NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER
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 The Arts
• article has image 16th Annual Nantucket Arts Festival opens August 29
Nearly the entire island will be the venue for a far-ranging number of exhibits, music, literary arts, handcrafts and other events spread over a week in many locations to celebrate the 16th Annual Nantucket Arts Festival sponsored by the Nantucket Arts Council. More...
• article has image Ballet star Stiefel to dance for Atheneum Benefit
• article has image Poet Gregory Orr to speak and teach at Atheneum
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 Opinion
• Muskeget Land Grab
EDITORIAL
The development boom is over on Muskeget. It happened in the mid- to late 1800s and today, of the 30 or so buildings once clustered at the eastern end of this 296-acre island northwest of Nantucket, only two remain. More...
• article has image GREY MATTER by James Cennamo
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Developments
• HDC This Week
New Dwellings Harald Stavnes, 258 Polpis Road Ronald Kokot, 1 Hampshire Road 4 MVR, LLC, 4 Middle Valley Road Additions Bea Gonnella, 14 South Valley Road Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect St. Sheds P. MacDonald, 5 Coon St. More...
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 Columns
• article has image A Bird's Eye View
Next to our house, we keep a bird tree. It is the last pine standing out of a small grove that died mostly in the '90s. This one outlived its peers but died seven or eight years ago. Now, it is just a bare trunk with a few stubs of branches. Human visitors think we are nuts to keep it, but the birds love it. More...
• article has image Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award
• article has image Pests We Live With: TICKS
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 Property Profile
• article has image Gracious Living on Orange Street
MAURY PEOPLE - GARY WINN $6,945,000
One of the most appealing aspects of Nantucket's historic architecture is that its grand houses were built in a variety of styles. Clustered primarily along Main and upper Orange streets, these homes provide a fascinating panorama of people's tastes in the heyday of whaling. More...
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 Property Transfers
• article has image PROPERTY TRANSFERS
August 18, 2008 ~ August 22, 2008
4.A house on .48 of an acre at 21 Columbus Ave. sold to Jennifer Smith Boylan, David A. Smith and Brett A. Smith of Barrington, R.I. from Robert S. Smith Realty Trust and Sheila Smith Realty Trust of Barrington, R.I. for $100. The property is assessed at $1,085,300. The Land Bank exemption is D. More...
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