Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Technology boom has bred isolation Core issues remain unchanged, but greater demands challenge ability to cope BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       First in a Series It has never been easy to be a teenager. Adolescence is a period when sensitivities and hormones run high. It is a time when youth are trying to find their own individuality while also needing to fit in with their peers. More ... Madaket Marine plans 66 new slips and three new boat storage racks BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Madaket Marine has filed plans with the Planning Board and Conservation Commission that include adding 66 slips to its existing 60, and adding three rack systems to store an additional 127 boats. More ... Great Point Properties and Sanford Real Estate merge BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Two well-established island real estate firms will become one when Sanford Real Estate and Great Point Properties merge into a single business. Edward Sanford, whose company opened in April 2003, said the combined firm will retain the Great Point Properties name and is in the process of buying 1 ... More ... Interim ministers ease transition at island churches New clergy search underway at Episcopal, Congregational churches BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       There are similarities in the search processes to find new clergy at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the First Congregational Church; the primary difference being that one search may be finalized by the end of the summer, while the other is just beginning. More ...