Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition The Green Building movement on Nantucket by Peter B. Brace Independent Writer       Windwalker Real Estate president Alan Worden received unanimous HDC approval last week to install solar panels and put up a wind turbine at a house on Esther Island. More ... HDC lambasts Point Breeze phase II plans BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       The Historic District Commission found preliminary plans for phase II of the Point Breeze Hotel so objectionable the architect agreed to a complete redesign. "I think the whole thing needs to be redesigned and with the massing and everything I've seen about it, it is inappropriate," said HDC Chai... More ... Island teens provided with a menu of activities Aside from school-based choices, community offers variety of alternatives BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Third in series It is a fact that cannot be ignored - for many children both parents need to work to make ends meet. Generally speaking, it is safe to say that the days when children were greeted at home after school by an aproned mother holding a pan of freshly baked cookies are over. More ...