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Betsy Tyler and Barbara While were recently named Research Fellows for the Nantucket Historical Association. More ... Members from the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket will discuss "The Past, Present and Future of Nantucket Theater" at the Food for Thought series on Thursday, November 12, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St., at noon. Free admission; bring your lunch. More ... Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, Nov. More ... U.S. Navy Cmdr. James Kelley addresses a gathering at last year's observance of Veterans Day. In the background are Colleen McLaughlin and Paul Kosciuk. Veterans and the public are invited to meet on Wednesday, Nov. More ... Deval Patrick has nominated a Fall River attorney to fill a vacancy in the Nantucket Probate and Family Court. Currently serving the State Department in Iraq as Rule of Law Advisor in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Col. George F. Phelan is being nominated to fill the role opened by the nomination of Judge Angela M. Ordonez to the Norfolk Probate and Family Court. More ... At the end of October, Massey Energy of Richmond, Va. began blasting off the top of Coal River Mountain in its mountain top removal surface coal-mining job in the Coal River Mountain range of West Virginia. During this time, Massey pulverized the first section of the 1,100-acre Bee Tree Branch section of a proposed 6,000- acre area. More ... Stephanie Young Kaydus died Saturday, November 7, at home in Yacolt, Wash. at the age of 54. Stephanie was born in Boston, Mass. on May 3, 1955 the fourth child, third daughter of Roger and Cynthia (Nesmith) Young of Nantucket. Growing up on Nantucket, Stephanie attended Cyrus Peirce School before going off island to attend Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass. More ... Did you know that one third of the human diet would disappear without honeybee pollination? Or, that bees fly approximately 12 to 20 miles an hour and forager bees must collect nectar from 2 million flowers to produce a single pound of honey? More ... There are nine young women this year who will all compete on one night, but the race for the 2010 Nantucket Junior Miss crown is no less challenging than in previous years when the contestant field was much larger. More ... Ingrid Francis and Robbie Francis, wife and son of the late Robert Francis, have made a significant donation to the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum — a silver medal and a copy of the commendation letter from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for a heroic rescue in 1879. The items will be on display in the museum's permanent collection. More ... PHOTO BY ROB BENCHLEY PHOTOS BY JEFFREY ALLEN On Nantucket, a damp fall is a harbinger of the cold winter ahead. For many, the expense of turning up the heat to 80 or 90 degrees is not an option, but turning up one's body heat is. With saunas and hot tubs, one can get warm quickly and inexpensively, for an extra $1 to $2 a day. More ... |
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