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Talks stalled on Sherburne Commons
While the clock is ticking to find a buyer for Sherburne Commons, a letter sent by the Board of Selectmen to Servant Healthcare, the only company that has made an offer to purchase the bankrupted senior residential community, may sink the deal. More...
After 45 years, Coach Vito Capizzo gets his day
BY LINDA WILLIAMS INDEPENDENT SPECIAL WRITER

Cheers were heard coming from Nantucket's Burnham N. Dell Jr. Field Sunday, September 6, 2009, a day the Board of Selectmen proclaimed "Coach Vito Capizzo Day". For 45 years, retired Coach Vito Capizzo, a teacher, coach and mentor to thousands of Nantucket's youth, showed prowess on the gridiron. More...

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Michael Horton, part of the new administrative team at Nantucket Elementary School, greets fifth grade student Savannah Haddon on Tuesday, the first day of school. For more on the island schools, see p. 7. More...

 Other News
• NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER
Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. More...
• article has image Islander runs for Kennedy's senate seat
• Tradesmen, residents sound off on new HDC green building guidelines
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 The Arts
• article has image "Almost, Maine" back by popular demand
The sometimes ironic, often funny and occasionally touching relationships among a group of characters living in a remote town in Maine so enthusiastically captured the hearts of island theater-goers in March, the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket is restaging the play this month. More...
• article has image Katie Trinkle Legge
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 Opinion
• Negotiate, Negotiate, Negotiate
EDITORIAL
Among the issues facing Town Meeting voters at the Special Town Meeting on September 21 are two significant, although different, issues that need to have similar strategic approaches on part of the Town and its Board of Selectmen. The first is the future of Sherburne Commons and the other is One Big Beach at Surfside. More...
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• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Columns
• article has image Don't Save Us From Our Selves
The Lighthouse Keeper
W hat happens at local beaches when a tropical storm comes by? These days, they are closed by order of the town manager which means that people are prohibited from going in the water anywhere on the island. Or does it? More...
• NA N T U C K E T Life & Style
• article has image Cat Quiz
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