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The Nantucket Historical Association will hold an Acquisitions Evening tonight in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, 6-7 p.m. The evening is free for NHA members, $15 general public. More ... Seafood aficionados ordering their favorites such as Alaskan king crab, Chesapeake Bay oysters and Maine lobster know what to ask for when they go out to eat. Harvesters of these fish branded and popularized their catch through marketing campaigns. More ... Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Tuesday, August 11, 2009. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, August 5 12:56 a.m. More ... The 2009 Special Town Meeting will open at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium on Monday, Sept. 21 with 30 articles on the warrant. Five are citizen-sponsored articles, including one asking the town to continue funding the Adult Community Day Center and two to reduce the allocation for and size of the new police station. More ... Nearly two more acres of Tuckernuck Island went into conservation last week when the Board of Selectmen approved John Tristram Coffin Dammin's request to place a conservation restriction on 1.95 of 2.95 acres of his land on the north side of this island. More ... Boston Pops at Jetties Beach 2009 was this past Saturday. Over 8,500 people came to the beach to hear the Pops and to support the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, making it one of the largest, if not the largest audience in the 13-year history of the Pops on Nantucket. More ... Monohansett Road, Okorwaw Avenue, Lovers Lane and the Boulevarde are private roads that many Nantucketers use to commute to and from the airport to avoid heavily traveled Old South Road. More ... PHOTO BY MICHAEL GALVIN Puppeteer Joe Zito will be performing Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Children's Beach. Last Saturday, children were enchanted by Zito's humorous monsters. More ... Boston MedFlight has given many islanders a second chance at life. The nonprofit air ambulance, now in its 24th year, is often called the island's lifeline to Boston hospitals, especially when a person is critically injured and every second counts. More ... It took 45 years of coaching Whaler Football, but Vito Capizzo will have a football stadium named after him this September. "For 45 years, Vito played an important role and was a big part of young people's lives," said Chris Maury, athletic director for Nantucket Public Schools. More ... It's been decades since school was in session in downtown Nantucket, but under an agreement announced at last night's School Committee meeting, a new public-private partnership will be bringing school back to town. Nantucket Community School and ReMain Nantucket have announced a new public-private partnership to bring daytime adult education classes to the downtown. More ... PHOTOS BY ALICIA HULL Kevin Woram and Matt Ernst sail in the 420s race in Nantucket Harbor on Monday. More ... The Wind Energy Facilities Siting Reform Act is drawing opposition from both Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. House Bill 3065, proposed by Brian S. More ... Many will remember former island resident Hobson Woodward, who reported for The Inquirer and Mirror from 1986 to 1992 and was editor for Nantucket Magazine from 1993 to 1997. Woodward moved with his wife Beth to New Salem, Mass. in 1997 so she could pursue a degree in garden design at UMass. More ... The town's Roads and Right-of- Way Committee planted a monument at the head of Steps Beach last week. There are 12 new monuments that will mark public rights-of-way; some rightsof way are newly identified, others are well known. More ... She had been a champion winner at esteemed dog shows. Then, after Mattilda had her first and last litter of puppies she was to spend the rest of her days retired and in a kennel, far from the spotlight and attention she was used to receiving. More ... |
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