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A woman spoken with some time ago had her arm badly broken when she was assaulted by her husband after he lured her home through a lie about dealing with family matters. That was the end of the line for her after experiencing previous abuses, and by pressing charges her assailant went to jail for years. More ... Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind Associates communication director, describes his employer's plans to build an offshore wind farm in Horseshoe Shoals as an eight-year process. The project now hinges on two unresolved issues that are being hammered out by the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of Interior and the Federal Aviation Administration. More ... A crew from Atlantic Aeolus uses a crane to lift a cottage out of harm's way at 97 Baxter Road yesterday morning. More ... Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tuesday, Oct.13 4:58 p.m. More ... The Nantucket Historical Association will feature a presentation on "Bee Keeping on Nantucket" hosted by David Berry at the Food for Thought series on Thursday, October 29, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St., at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch. More ... Two nor'easters struck Nantucket last weekend, dumping nearly two inches of rain on the island and pounding it with wind gusts up to 54 miles per hour. More ... Samantha Grace Barrett was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on October 15, 2009 weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces. She is the daughter of Chester Barrett III and Jennifer Decker and sister of Jacob Addison of Nantucket. Her grandparents are Sally and Ken Decker of Nantucket, Whitney Mauser of Morrill, Maine and Chester Barrett of Nantucket. More ... Jane Carroll Mullen of Holland, Pa. and Nantucket, Mass. died Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at Chandler Hall in Newtown, Pa. at the age of 90. She was born Jane Colette Carroll in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. in 1919 to James E. and Cecilia Carroll. More ... Seth W. Gottlieb of Nantucket, Mass. joined Washington Trust's Home Loan Center in Sharon, Mass. as a mortgage loan officer and is responsible for the origination of mortgage financing on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Mass. More ... What do England, France, Japan, Boston, Trinidad, Tobago, Finland, New York, Australia, Delaware, Ireland and Brazil have in common with the Nantucket Historical Association? More ... After meeting with the town's Energy Study Committee recently, Police Chief William Pittman said that fitting the new police station with Solar Photovoltaic panels that would generate enough electricity to operate the building was a "public statement" and "worth doing. More ... Edgartown is already deep into its tidal energy generation project in the Muskeget Channel south of Tuckernuck Island, and now Nantucket is testing the waters for its own wind energy conversion proposal in the same area. More ... The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce Annual Chowder Contest was held on Saturday, October 17, in the Grand Union Parking Lot at the foot of Main Street. This annual event challenged island restaurants to compete for the title "Best Nantucket Chowder" as voted by the tasting public. More ... The Transportation Security Administration and the Steamship Authority started testing advanced explosives detection technology last Friday as part of TSA's Security Enhancement and Capabilities Augmentation Program, according to a TSA press release. More ... |
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