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He gets at least 10 comments a day about his hair, which he got from his wavy-haired parents. "My dad has always had it, my mom had it and hers got curlier after I was born," said Bennett who takes 20 minutes to wash it and does lots of combing. More ... Bruce Murray, who works at Murray's Liquors and is a commercial scalloper, never seems to have the time to start an oyster farm in the four-acre plot located in the Head of the Harbor that he leases from the state. More ... Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Monday, November 3, 2008. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tuesday, October 28 7:10 p.m. More ... A former manager of the Nantucket Regional Transportation Authority was arraigned Tuesday in Barnstable Superior Court for allegedly stealing more than $8,000 from the fare boxes. Quoizel Wilson, age 30, of Nantucket, is charged with larceny over $250, and breaking into a depository. More ... Wednesday, Nov. 5 Audit Committee - 9 a.m., Town Building conference room Downtown Revitalization Committee 11 a.m., Land Bank Council on Aging - 1:30 p.m. More ... Native Nantucketer Steven Boyd loved to fish, drive the island's beaches, spend time with his sons, make jams, jellies and pickles and set off a few firecrackers from time to time. He was a good plumber, known for his sense of humor. More ... • Fernando Esequel Aguilar was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on October 22, 2008 weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces. He is the son of Ana Tejada and Santos Aguilar and brother of Jose I. Aguilar of Nantucket. His grandparents are Amelia Tejada and Alejandro Ramos and Angelica Aguilar and Jose Aguilar of El Salvador. More ... Thousands of Quakers are buried in two historic burial grounds - one at the south end of Maxey's Pond and the another, at the southwest corner of Madaket and Quaker roads. More ... Island attorney Jamie Ranney and Atlantic Aeolus owner Phil Marks have started Nantucket Energy, a propane company, with an eye towards giving islanders a choice in propane companies. In 2005, Tony Yates sold Yates Gas to Liberty Propane, an energy company based in Kansas. In 2007, Liberty also bought Nantucket Gas, which had been purchased from Ramos Gas by Harbor Fuel. More ... Great Harbor Yacht Club, the Nantucket Land Council and the town found few samples of eel grass and bay scallops within the 11,910.06-squarefoot dredge area for the club's new pier and docks. Since the 10-day public comment period for the club's permit from the Army Corps of Engineers ended on Oct. More ... Although the island does not have all night coffee shops and movie theaters, second hand book stores and cheap boutiques, Nantucket in the off season is a college campus this semester for 13 engineering students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, who are on island for seven weeks. More ... Last week a group of Nantucket High School students went into four of the island's liquor stores as part of the Red Ribbon week "Sticker Shock Campaign" sponsored by the Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention. More ... Is there a poet in the house? Pamela Alexander, the author of four collections of poetry, will be the featured poet at the Spoken Word Nantucket- Poetry Reading Series at the UMass Field Station on 180 Polpis Road from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. More ... Wednesday, November 5 1:30 p.m. Writing Workshop Under the direction of Judy Shure or Marta Allen. Discuss and reflect upon your work. Create a poem or write a short story. Saltmarsh Center. Wednesdays. 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen Courtroom. Wednesdays. Televised on Channel 22 beginning at 7 pm same night. Meetings are subject to change of time, venue and date. More ... |
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