Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition NEWS UPDATE: Williams and Town Reach Agreement Former ZBA Administrator "Very Happy" with agreement, details not released. Read the Story... Mussels could stall SBPF's plan Fishermen say dredge site should be marine sanctuary BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       Charter boat captains Pete Kaizer and Bobby DeCosta believe there are enough blue mussels and juvenile sea clams on the ocean floor where the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund wants to dredge to warrant reconsideration of the site. More ... Dreamland hires new architect Foundation hires Boston architectural firm CBT; Schedule of summer events planned for parking lot BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER       With plans to reopen the Dreamland Theater in 2010, the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation hired CBT of Boston to compose architectural and engineering plans for review by island permitting boards this May. More ... THE POWER OF WORDS      THE POWER OF WORDS ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent To the sound of a dropped pin, 8th graders Zach Almodobar, Damek Rubie and Maria Arce participate in a first annual Read-a-Thon fundraiser at Cyrus Peirce Middle School. During the three-hour pledge challenge last Friday, 282 students (as well as teach... More ... Parker to compete in state bee BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT WRITER       Adam Parker, a sixth-grade student at the Cyrus Peirce School, and the son of Mary and Matthew Parker, will represent Nantucket at the National Geographic Massachusetts Geographic Bee in Worcester on April 4. Parker won the Cyrus Peirce segment of the Geographic Bee on Jan. More ... Real estate firms lending helping hand Island real estate offices make long-term commitment to elder meals program BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       Without fanfare, Nantucket's 42 real estate offices made a unanimous commitment last spring to volunteer to do weekly deliveries for the Meals on Wheels program sponsored by Elder Services of the Cape and Islands, a commitment they agreed in December to extend through the entire year. More ...