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Kristin Worgess BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Date of birth: Feb. 8, 1978 Likes most about Nantucket: The community. "It's a great place to raise kids." Likes least about Nantucket: "Being away from family that lives on the mainland. Favorite TV show: "I don't watch too much TV. More ... Barnstable judge validates Cape Wind's MEPA Certificate BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Cape Wind Associates' certificate issued by Massachusetts Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles is valid, ruled Barnstable Superior Court Judge Robert Kane last Friday. Judge Kane's decision means Cape Wind can keep working toward building 130 3.6-megawatt wind turbines in 24-squa... More ...
The Flying Cloud was loaded onto the transport ship, the MV Singelgracht, on Sunday off Newport, R.I. and is headed for Venezuela. PHOTO WAYNE LAMSON More ... NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER Nantucket Police log for the week ending Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, June 18 6:42 p.m. Irma L. Anapol, 63, of 148 Main St., was charged after an accident ... More ... Town Government Meeting Schedule Wednesday, June 25 Maddaquet Advisory Board (HDC) 2 p.m., 37 Washington St., Conference Room Board of Selectmen, 6 p.m., Court Room, Town Building County Commissioners, 6 p.m., Court Room, Town Building Board of Health, 6 p.m. More ...
Mike Barnicle will kick of the 2008 Geschke Lecture series on July 7, 8 p.m., at the Nantucket High School auditorium. Barnicle will pay tribute to his good friend Tim Russert (who was originally scheduled to speak July 7), yet most of the lecture will address the theme of this year's series which... More ... Parkinson's Disease Support Group The Parkinson's Disease Support Group that meets monthly at Nantucket Cottage Hospital will meet Friday the 27th (a change from regular schedule due to a special visiting speaker.) There will be no group on June 20. On the 27th, Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD will speak on "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll: Clu... More ...
Alicia E. Hull received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Boston University this May. Miles Jaycob Palmieri was born at Cape Cod Hospital on June 20, 2008 weighing 7 pounds. He is the son of Christine Ann Palmieri and Peter Alexander Sutters, Jr. of Nantucket. More ...
June 23-27 WEEKLY UPDATE: All demolition work completed. Construction crews wrapped up the demolition of the old ticket counter area and finished the grading and installation of the rebar for the concrete ground level flooring that was poured earlier this week, allowing the next steps of construction to p... More ...
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER James Lansing is not having any trouble settling into his new life on Nantucket. Lansing, who began June 4 as the new Curator of Collections and Sites Management for the Egan Maritime Institute, had been planning on leaving Pennsylvania for some time and the island was just the type of place he so... More ...
The Lifesaving Museum opens next week with a new name, The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, and with a new mission - to tell the stories of the men behind the heroic rescues. More ... Museum Rescue On Wed., July 2, the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum will be open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Columbus Day. Admission is $5, $3 for students and free for members. July 6 is Family Day, with a book signing of "Marshall - A Nantucket Sea Rescue." On July 7 and July 8,... More ...
BY MARGARET CARROLL-BERGMAN INDEPENDENT EDITOR One 11 year old collected shoes for the poor, another volunteered at the MSPCA, a team of boys collected money to buy soccer balls for children in Africa, while another student organized a schoolwide beach clean-up. More ... Sustainable Nantucket greening up BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Thirty-nine island electric ratepayers get some or all of their power from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass generation through GreenUp, a program run by National Grid, Nantucket's power distributor. More ...
Joel Larocque, of Yankee Steeplejack Company, hoists a bucket of tools up to a scaffold at the First Congregational Church on Monday. The historic building is getting a thorough facelift, including restoration of the entire eastern facade and new copper sheeting on its spire. Work is expected ... More ...
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Home-made jams and jellies, sweet Nantucket honey, delicious local produce, bouquets of island-grown flowers an d ma ny cr afts, including pottery and jewelry will all be displayed and for sale at the second annual Farmers' and Artisans' Market opening for the summer on Saturday, June 28. More ...
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Harvard University's Buddhist chaplain, Lama Migmar Tseten, was 3 years old in 1956, when he fled hi s bi rthplace in Gy antse, th e central region of Tibet, and crossed the Himalayas by foot with 100,000 Tibetans, led by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. More ...
BY MARGARET CARROLL-BERGMAN INDEPENDENT EDITOR Nantucket's U-13 girl's soccer team took first place for the second year in a row at the South Coast Conference Division II tournament this Saturday. Action initially see-sawed back and forth, with Nantucket out-shooting Dartmouth in the first ha lf 17 -11. More ... Community Events Calendar Wednesday, June 25 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Yoga for Every Body Moderate Kripalu Style, with Annie Kay MS RD RYT. 508- 228-6961 or www.anniebkay. com. Building D, Macy Lane, same parking lot as AK Diamonds. Mondays and Wednesdays. More ... |
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