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February 3, 2010  RSS feed

Selectmen, Land Bank sign off on land deal
Last week, the Board of Selectmen and the Land Bank Commission signed a memorandum of understanding enabling the selectmen and the Land Bank to orchestrate a land swap between the Land Bank and Myles Reis. Reis will relinquish his 4.5 acres at 80 Miacomet Ave. and move his sand, gravel and equipment to property that the Land Bank owns on Bunker Road. More...
Location of new airport control tower worries pilots and controllers

Air traffic controllers and pilots working Nantucket’s airspace want the Airport Commission to reconsider its chosen site for the airport’s new control tower because of landing and take-off safety issues. Nantucket’s air traffic controllers say the Airport Commission’s preferred location for the new tower – just south of the Snow Removal Equipment building on Bunker Road on the southeast side of the Nantucket Memorial Airport – is flawed because it limits their ability to monitor and guide flight activity on the runways. More...

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Harbormaster Dave Fronzuto pries open Quentin the Quahog at noon on Tuesday, Groundhog Day. Quentin squirted to the left, forecasting another six weeks of winter. PHOTO BY ROB BENCHLEY More...

 Other News
• article has image With minor population damage, crow hunt confounds birders
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...
• Around Island
• NANTUCKET POLICE BLOTTER
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 The Arts
• article has image Stephen Pitliuk
In The Studio
Some might view Stephen Pitliuk’s paintings as irreverent, but he truly loves the island and is simply poking fun at its occasional quirkiness in his tongue-in-cheek depictions of such things as “Nantucket Red” pants, navigating the Milestone rotary, ‘Sconset’s recommended speed limit, real estate and Bartlett Farm’s tomatoes. More...
• article has image “Bubbleknowledgist” Keith Johnson bringing show to island
• article has image Earth Got The Blues at Great Hall
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 Opinion
• Help for Haiti
EDITORIAL
We are impressed with the outpouring of local support for Haiti. More...
• article has image Cartoon
• Essential Services
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 Sports
• article has image Ice hockey, win one, lose one
What a difference 24 hours makes. After annihilating a visiting Avon varsity ice hockey team on Saturday night 11-0, Nantucket’s JV team welcomed a Cape Cod Tech varsity squad for a Sunday afternoon game that ended 3-1, for the fourth Nantucket loss of the season. More...
• One game away from clinching
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 Columns
• article has image SuperFoods for SuperBowl
NA N T U C K E T Life & Style
I admit, I don’t know much about football, but I do know food. For me the best part of watching the Superbowl on television is the halftime entertainment, the commercials and the food. If you’re hosting or attending a Superbowl gathering, avoid bringing foods straight out of snack bags. More...
• article has image Who’s a Winner?
• article has image “Hollywood Finches”
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