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The Arts January 9, 2008
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NANTUCKET AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
      Ihave an obsession with authors' birthdays. I'm sure the first reason is that I look for any excuse to eat cake! After I've wiped the icing off my face, however, I know that there are other reasons besides cake eating. Introducing your child to new authors by way of birthday cake is sure to make ...
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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 for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for v...
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athrets BENEFIT SCREENING OF THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN THIS WEEK
      Nantucket Midwife, Sybille Andersen, is pleased to announce a special sneak preview of "The Business of Being Born," a documentary film directed by Abby Epstein and executive produced by Ricki Lake. In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child with the assistance of a midwife in her...
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The continuing evolution of 54 Main St.
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
      The following article was originally published in The Nantucket Independent on March 1, 2006. From the time it was built following The Great Fire of 1846 to when Henry Mitchell and Mary Allen Havemeyer bought it in 1967, the modest brick structure at 54 Main St. held many different businesse...
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
      Ted Anderson will host "The Unitarian Church at 200 Years" at the Nantucket Historical Association's Food for Thought Series on Thursday, Jan. 10, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch.
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STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT
      In the retail business, taking inventory is an integral part of the life cycle. Most of us in small business assign this task to the first few days of January so that the stock on hand is accounted for in line with the new calendar year.
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