Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition BREAKING NEWS Brush Fire off Somerset Road Contained      Nantucket fire and police departments, with the assistance of airport fire officials, are on the scene of a brush fire off Somerset Road. Six homes were evacuated, but no homes were damaged. The fire is now under control, but NFD will remain on scene to extinguish any hotspots. - by Peter A. Sutt... More ... Intercontinental to buy Marine Home Center BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER       By the end of May, Peter Palandjian, CEO of the investment and real estate megacompany Intercontinental and a founder of the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation, hopes to have a closing date set for his firm's acquisition of Marine Home Center. More ... An Uncertain Future Madaket Marine is forced to choose between houses or boats by Peter B. Brace Independent Writer       Island electrician Billy Ellis feels fortunate to have a mooring in Nantucket Harbor, and does not bother with the expenses of storing his two boats at a boatyard. Rather than languish on years-long waiting lists for yard storage on raised racks or ground boat stands, Ellis sets and pulls his own... More ...