Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Town Election 2008 Field of candidates for 14 open seats set; Bretschneider, Dooley, Zola will not run; Holdgate, Blount to run uncontested for SHAB BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER       Nantucket voters are set to have a full slate of options for the 14 open seats in town government when they head to the polls in April. Yesterday was the deadline for turning in nomination papers, and 20 people are vying for the chance to serve the island. More ... What grows, lives in 4,000 tons of rock? We will find out, as ConCom gives SBPF the green light to perform cobble mitigation study; Move seen as victory for beach nourishment project BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       By a vote of 4-1 on Feb. 13, the Conservation Commission closed the public hearing on the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund's request to undertake a 12- month cobble habitat mitigation study off Quidnet Village. More ... Town may seek an end to fuel storage license with Winthrop "They're making a serious amount of money off that land and there's going to be a hell of fight for them to walk away from that lease." - John Stackpole, Bulk Fuel Advisory Committee BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       In order to move the tank farm out of downtown, the Bulk Fuel Advisory Committee will advise the Board of Selectmen not to renew land owner First Winthrop's fuel storage license in 2010. More ... Land-based sites to be studied for wind power BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER       With a major wind farm in the works for Nantucket Sound, and as the town looks into ocean-based sites off Tuckernuck and elsewhere near the island, the Energy Study Committee is taking more of a landlubber's approach to wind power. More ...