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Quality of Life - Who Knew It Involved the Vineyard?
The Lighthouse Keeper
      On Monday, Flint Ranney, who sends out more e-mails than anyone I know and more than most of the spammers I don't know, forwarded an article from the August 21 edition of the Vineyard Gazette which reported that the 2009 Nantucket-Martha's Vineyard football game had been cancelled.
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The Ovenbird
BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
      So much of what I first learned about birdwatching was from a book by Joseph J. Hickey called, surprisingly enough, "A Guide to Birdwatching." In 1953 a new edition of this book was hot off the presses, so by reading it I was very much attuned to the state of the art.
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Marcie Kalembkiewicz
Town
      Marcie Kalembk iewicz first visited the island while on a trip after graduating from college. Kalembkiewicz or "Marcie K.
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Fleeing the Fleas
      L ast night, Mr. Fish, the venerable Geronimo's retired store kitty, started scratching, then licking, then scratching again, a sure signal he has some fleas. Poor fella, fleas love his delicate and papery elderly skin, but he is also very allergic, so it's important to get control quickly.
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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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