Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Schmidt buys 54 Main Employees Jennings and Voigt will operate Mitchell's BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       On Friday Mitchell's Book Corner employees Mary PAGE Jennings and Lucretia Voigt became its new proprietors in a two-pronged legal agreement that provides them with a transitional purchase arrangement and allows the landmark shop to continue at its location More ... Rising costs fuel demand for transfer station plan Truckers support, Waste Options fights Reis initiative BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       The skyrocketing cost of taking construction trash to the landfill has driven three of the island's major haulers to truck materials to the mainland for disposal. More ... flight to the finish       Jeremy Schneider swims the butterfly leg of the 200-yard medley relay event against visiting Coyle-Cassidy High School. Both the boys' and girls' teams were victorious at Saturday's meet. For coverage and more swim photos, see Sports, p. 21. More ... Kopko to run for Planning Board BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Selectman Michael Kopko filed papers at the Town Clerk's office on Monday, seeking the one open seat on the Planning Board now held by outgoing Chairman Frank Spriggs. More ... Community mourns passing of Alan Newhouse, 88       Alan Ingraham Newhouse, 88, passed away peacefully January 2 at home with his wife, friends and family at his side. Alan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Feb. 13, 1919 to Edgar and Elizabeth Fry Newhouse. His father was in charge of mining for the Guggenheims. More ...