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May 13, 2009  RSS feed

Ryan indicted on murder charge
Thomas E. Ryan, accused in the March 5 stabbing death of Scott M. Bernard, was indicted by a Nantucket Grand Jury on Monday, May 18 on charges of first degree murder, armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Ryan, of 69 Cato Lane, remains held without bail in the Barnstable House of Correction. His case will be transferred to superior court, however the Cape and Islands District Attorney More...
Albertson and Morris receive Excellence in Teaching Award

Nantucket (May 19, 2009) More...

CHARGE!

Boys lacrosse dominated the field on Saturday to beat Maritime League opponent Bourne 8-6. For more on sports, see page 9. More...

 Other News
• article has image RISING STAR
Jeff Mercer
Jeff Mercer's official title is "town shellfish biologist," yet Mercer's municipal identity does not capture his youth nor his breadth of knowledge. During his two years on the job, Mercer, a young man of 27, has achieved much for Nantucket's harbors, ponds and the creatures living within those water bodies. More...
• article has image Six entrepreneurs form Petticoat Row organization
• NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER
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 Opinion
• Tripping the Light Fantastic
EDITORIAL
It seems a bit odd for the Historic District Commission, a commission whose original mission was to regulate the appearance of island homes, to want to regulate that old and crumbling brick be used on the sidewalk outside the pharmacy, a place where people who are ill enter to pick up their prescriptions. More...
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• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Sports
• Varsity baseball clinches playoff berth
The varsity baseball team played and won five games last week for a 9-2 record and secured a berth in post-season. After Nantucket wiped out Provincetown last Wednesday 16-7, with Eric Lowell on the mound throwing for eight strike outs, and then driving in six runs from the plate, the team hosted Sturgis on Thursday with Mike Molta getting the call. More...
• article has image Softball improves record
• Laxmen rack up two more
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 Columns
• They Called the Swallow Hirundo
BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
W ho are "they" anyway? I'll let you wonder about that as we talk about this week's bird. I'll give you a clue though. It has nothing to do with the musical "Paint Your Wagon!" On Nantucket we can expect to see six species of swallows during the year and this is the second most common, behind the Tree Swallow. More...
• article has image Spring cleaning
• article has image A Morning Visit
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