Take it or Leave it
Mary works the Saturday morning shift
      Inow have a new appreciation for employees of the landfill's popular trading post, the Take It or Leave It, known as the "TILI," (say Tilly), flagship of the Madaket Mall. Having always been a customer and never a worker there, I chose spending part of Saturday morning as an attendant for my new l...
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THE DARKEST EVENING
      On the cover of the February Dog Fancy magazine, "Exclusive Excerpt - Dean Koontz's 'The Darkest Evening of the Year,'" grabs your attention. Interesting marketing; publicize a "dog" book in a publication read by dog people. On page 32, the stunning book jacket silhouettes a Golden Retriever ...
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for the ARTS record
      CHRIS MASON IS NAMED NHA PUBLIC PROGRAMS COORDINATOR Chris Mason has been hired as the public programs coordinator at the Nantucket Historical Association. The position reports to the NHA's education department.
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THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS . . . . FRIGHTFUL? I DON'T THINK SO!
      Iknow it's January, and I know this is New England, but someone forgot to tell Mother Nature! The weather outside is reminiscent of a cool fall day instead of a frigid winter nor'easter. As a southern girl, I'm not complaining. As a mother, I'm ecstatic.
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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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books
      Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street, 228-1080 "Great New England Storms of the 20th Century" by the Editors of The Boston Globe Harrowing, humorous and everything in between, the images, interviews and news reports assembled in this unique coffee table book remind us how insignificant we r...
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reeltoreel
Now playing on Nantucket
all movies at Starlight Theatre & Cafe • 1 N. Union St.
      "P.S. I Love You" (Rated PG-13 for sexual references and brief nudity; 126 min.) A"chick flick" on estrogen, "P.S. I Love You" is based on the Cecilia Ahearn novel of the same name. Hillary Swank plays Holly Kennedy, a woman fortunate enough to find, fall in love with and marry her soulmate,...
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