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Fireworks
The Lighthouse Keeper
      On Saturday aftern oon, I was packing the car with a stroller, chairs and tote bags to go to the Boston Pops. The mosquitoes were finding me and I wanted to get back in the house, but then I looked up and saw a couple of red tails perching in the dead pine trees. One of them screeched down at me, "Hey, we haven't talked in a while.
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Sean Graves - Brant Point Grille
      How did a young man from Kansas end up bartending in one of Nantucket's posh hotels? Completely by chance. "I went to the University of Kansas and was working at a hotel in Kansas City. There just wasn't a lot of opportunity for advancement, so I put my resume online.
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Personalized Pizza
      W ith many types of pizza on Nantucket, it's difficult to choose a favorite. In addition to the pizza by the slice available along "The Strip" on Broad Street, there are a few outstanding pizzas worthy of attention on island and of course, making your own at home is the ultimate pizza.
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Some Names Stick
BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
      Y ou may remember our Boston Brahmin, Dr. Samuel Cabot, whose bird became the Sandwich Tern. This week's bird namesake had more stickto it-ness. He is the one remembered even though the bird he named was described by an Italian scientist more than 100 years before.
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PETS ONBOARD
      A t this point in the summer, it seems everyone is on the move. Families with school-age children are trying to squeeze in a quick vacation before the school routine dominates their schedule, college kids are returning to school and our seasonal summer residents are planning to phase into their other lives. When people move around, pets often go along.
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Identify This
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about, or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for viewing and identification at www.nha.org.
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