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A pair of island hunters, Terry Sutherberg and Lewis Kelsey, were the winners of this year’s Al Silva Golden Crow Award. The pair shot 51 crows during the two-day derby on Jan. 20 and 21, a new record in the Nantucket Hunting Association’s unique contest. In 2009, the winning number and new record was 39. More ... Nantucket police blotter for the week ending Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Information provided by the Nantucket Police Department. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, Jan. 27 8:57 a.m. More ... Nantucket is a long way from his boyhood home of the Missouri Ozarks, but Rev. Gary Klingsporn, the new minister at the First Congregational Church in Nantucket is up for the adventure. Klingsporn and his wife Debra moved into the parsonage on Centre Street last week and are already settling into island life. More ... Brokers consider Nantucket Real Estate a buyer’s market, in terms of purchase prices as well as the fact that 30-year fixed mortgage rates are at a historic low of five percent and an $8,000 first-time buyer tax refund incentive remains in place. More ... On Nantucket, the outpouring of community support for Haiti is still ongoing. Last week the second grade at the Nantucket Elementary School raised over $4,000 with special events that included crazy hat day and pajama day, topped off with a bake sale on Friday. More ... Michael Kopko, chairman of the Human Services Collaborative Study Workgroup, stressed that there may be public misconceptions about the group’s position to hire a coordinator, particularly in the proposed elimination of the town’s Department of Human Services. More ... Ever wonder what Jefferson said about spermaceti candles, or how Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to the island. Curious about the Kennedy bunker in Tom Nevers? The Nantucket Historical Association is pleased to announce that the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St., will be open on Monday, February 15, in recognition of the Presidents Day holiday weekend. More ... One of the best ways to learn a new home improvement skill is to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity Nantucket is now constructing a house at 46 Okorwaw Street. It is the fourth Habitat house on island, and so far, the house raising is drawing more volunteers than any one of the other three island projects. More ... The island’s sweeping Prospect Hill Cemetery, founded 200 years ago, holds a number of esteemed persons including acclaimed astronomer Maria Mitchell, Barker Burnell, a member of the nation’s 27th Congress who died in 1843 and is buried here with his wife Judith and daughter-in-law Lydia, Nobel Prize winner Dr. More ... |
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