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Massachusetts Environmental Police Director Aaron Gross said last week that he and the environmental police are here for the people of the state and Nantucket. Gross' comment was in response to recent rumors that Nantucket might be losing its environmental police offi cer, a statement he confirmed is not true. More ... An all-inclusive proposal for the sale and use of Sherburne Commons that was scheduled for presentation at tonight's selectmen's meeting has been postponed until the June 3 meeting or shortly thereafter, whenever the document is completed. More ... Nantucket Police blotter for the week ending May 26, 2009. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Monday, May 18 2:23 p.m. More ... After a brief period of concern, Sustainable Nantucket, founder of the Nantucket Farmers and Artisans Market, learned the event can open for its third season in the back lot of the Dreamland Theater where the market was held last year. More ... Nantucket Public School students will have a front row seat to the development of alternative energy as the planning stage to erect a 90 foot wind turbine "far out in right field" of the baseball field, was approved at last week's School Committee meeting. More ... Mary Byrne Bergman of Nantucket received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from Smith College on Sunday, May 17. Alex Consedine Clark of Nantucket was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education during Salve Regina University's 59th Commencement on Sunday, May 17. More ... Red Sox fans Finn and Kaya Malloy celebrated their first birthdays on April 8, 2009 at home in Miami, Fla. with their parents Giroldy and Steve Malloy, grandparents Atty Diapari of Miami, Fla. and Martha and Jack Malloy of Nantucket. More ... Of the changes to Nantucket's shellfish regulations that the Board of Selectmen unanimously ratified on May 20, the apprentice permit program is likely to draw the most attention. Nantucketers who plan to go commercial scalloping for the first time will be required to complete an apprentice program and be mentored by experienced commercial scallopers. More ... Tomorrow, members of the Downtown Revitalization Committee will be interviewing four design firms for the redevelopment of Wilkes Square. Wilkes Square is the 5.6 acre triangle that includes National Grid, the Grand Union grocery store, Harbor Fuel's fuel tank farm, retail shops and the Greenhound bus terminal. More ... This spring 30 students were each given a camera and asked to photograph an island landmark they would miss the most, should that landmark vanish. The results of this photographic safari will be shown in "Landmarks of Nantucket!" a student-curated photography exhibition that opens this Sunday, May 31 at 2 p.m. in the Candle Factory of the Whaling Museum. More ... |
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