Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Meet Your Neighbor Chuck Gieg BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Date of birth Sept. 26, 1943 Likes best about Nantucket Its remoteness, the relatively slow pace of life, the sea air and running into people you know every day. Likes least about Nantucket Having to make the psychological adjustment to the insensitivity of people who come for the summer. More ... Dolphin suffered from respiratory infection Rescue team euthanized mammal BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER       Acommon dolphin that was euthanized on the grassy shore of Madaket Harbor last Tuesday was most likely suffering from a respiratory infection and was going to succumb to the illness on his own, according to a member of the Cape Cod Stranding Network. More ... No visas for foreign workers this summer Two-year H-2B fix not renewed; employers seek replacement help BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER       One sign of the approaching summer season is the return of foreign workers on H-2B visas. They normally arrive in March and stay through December. They work in restaurants and inns; as landscapers and in retail outlets. This year, however, is different. More ... Nantucket Court Report       Ramiro Jamie Amezcua, 45, of Fresno, Calif., was arraigned on March 2 charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and not having an inspection sticker. Amezcua had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf and was ordered back to court on March 31. More ... Town seeks grant to study land use BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER       Planning Director Andrew Vorce hopes Town Meeting voters will embrace a proactive permitting approach for three different plots of land. More ... Dewatering policy in works Flooding, contamination are issues BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Led by the Department of Public Works, several town departments are helping to write a dewatering policy that would apply to projects in the downtown area near the harbor. More ... AT ITS MEETING OF FEB. 27, AND CONVENING AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:       • Questioned more spending by Sheriff Richard Bretschneider, including $400 for detailing his new vehicle and nearly $2,000 for 25 pairs of safety glasses for the fire department. County Commission chair Brian Chadwick said he had spoken to someone at the fire department who knew nothing of ... More ... Nantucket Memorial Airport Terminal News       WEEKLY UPDATE: Terminal demolition begins and foundation work continues Concrete was poured this week for two walls of the east end addition. Inside the terminal, construction crews built a temporary wall in the old security screening area in preparation for demolition. More ... Cottage addition plans in 'Sconset to be modified BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Plans for a garage with what its owner is calling a loft on the second floor of 26 Broadway in 'Sconset have neighbors worried about the area's architectural integrity. William Moore's architect, Mickey Rowland of Milton Rowland & Associates, presented a 17-foot, nineinch high addition to Moore's... More ... etcetera 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends       ISLAND GREETS LEAP YEAR BABY Proud parents Maryia Nikulina and Yuri Nikulin admire their daughter and first child, Alexandra Nikulin, who was born on Feb. 29 at Nantucket Cottage Hospital weighing 9 pounds and 1 ounce. Alexandra, who will be called Sasha in the Russian tradition of nicknames, ... More ... Community Events Calendar Read the Story...