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Paul Bixby BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Date of birth June 24, 1947 Likes most about Nantucket Sunny summer days in 'Sconset with his family. In the winter, hunkering down in front of the fireplace with a Pats game on TV and a Manhattan in his hand. More ...
BUSINESS Jim's Haircutting opens June 15 BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Right now the rooms are empty, but when Jim Cochrane opens Jim's Haircutting on June 15, it will feature two of the three state-of-the-art barber chairs he has ordered, a waiting area in front of a wall-mounted high definition TV, cupboards full of environmentally friendly hair care products, a ch... More ...
O live "Oggy" Coolidge Butman, 88, of Lexington, Mass. and a long-time summer resident, died Friday, May 23, at Pine Knoll Nursing Center in Lexington. Born on January 26, 1920, in Medford, Mass., to Ruth Dame and Richard Bradford Coolidge, Oggy attended Medford High School and graduated from We... More ...
Future Wall Street Moguls: Cyrus Peirce 8th graders Ocean Kane, Shaun Stojak and Ben Parker (left to right) won first place in the Stock Market Game, beating 758 middle school teams in the New England region. More ... Kopko initiative from "left field" rattles the planning commission BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Should the Planning Department be its own town department and not share staff with the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission? More ... NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER Nantucket Police Blotter for the week ending Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. TUESDAY, MAY 27 10:17 a.m. More ... NP&EDC makes committee appointments "Have a heck of a lot of fun." After two years at the helm of the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission, those were outgoing chairman Barry Rector's parting words for newly elected chairman Nat Lowell. The Planning Commission also chose Brian Chadwick as its vice chairman at the Ju... More ...
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Red tide, the scourge of shellfish lovers up and down the Massachusetts coast, is looming on the horizon, yet for the time being, Nantucket's harbors are spared. More ...
OBITUARY BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Described by all who knew her as a caring, genuine person who loved children, her garden, reading and needlepoint, island native Susan Manchester died at home on Thursday, May 29 surrounded by family. She was 55. Born Susan Elizabeth Lynch on Aug. More ...
Approved a grant award for the Parks and Recreation Commission. Accepted a gift of a new boat engine for the Marine Department from Nantucket County Sheriff Richard Bretschneider. Heard a review of new proposed regulations for the Conservation Commission. More ... TOWN GOVERNMENT MEETING SCHEDULE Wednesday, June 4 • Commission on Disability, 4:30 p.m., Nantucket Cottage Hospital Conference Room • Board of Selectmen, 6 p.m., Court Room of The Town and County Building Thursday, June 5 • Energy Study Committee, 5 p.m. More ...
WEEKLY UPDATE Terminal addition steel frame strengthened Novell Steel of New Hampshire is continuing its shoring up of the steel frame of the addition to the east end of the airport terminal this week. That includes welding and securing the steep bar joists and the finish alignment and welds, a... More ... MILESTONES BIRTHS M arin Sophia Mooney was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on May 27, 2008 weighing 10 pounds and 5 ounces. She is the daughter of Erika and Rob Mooney and sister of Gannon Mooney of Nantucket. Her grandparents are Robert F. Mooney and Adriana Davidson of Nantucket. Her great-grandparen... More ...
On May 29, Kirk Davis, CEO of GateHouse Media New England, and Dan Drake, Publisher of The Nantucket Independent, hosted a reception for members of the Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) to introduce them to GateHouse New England's senior management and the firm. From left to right... More ...
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