Headlines from local publications, and links to the full story. Sources: Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket Independent, PlumTV, Yesterday’s Island, Cape Cod Times, and other pertinent sources.
ISLAND LIFE
Autism Speaks louder (Nantucket Independent)
Bulgarian democracy, island style (Inquirer and Mirror)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Employers see glut of applications as summer workers pound the pavement (Inquirer and Mirror)
Seven years later, GHYC opens its doors (Inquirer and Mirror)
Nantucket’s second yacht club opens (Nantucket Independent)
Point Breeze on the auction block Aug. 19 (Inquirer and Mirror)
Bank seizes Point Breeze (Nantucket Independent)
New elephant sculpture puts down roots on lawn of White Elephant residences (Inquirer and Mirror)
Karin Sheppard open shop on Old South Wharf (Nantucket Independent)
Made on Nantucket once again (Nantucket Independent)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Surging payroll costs consuming municipal budget (Inquirer and Mirror)
ENVIRONMENT
Raptors die of electrocution (Nantucket Independent)
Tanks & Fireworks: Bugs of Summer (Yesterday’s Island)
ARTS
NISDA offers continuing ed for the creative (Inquirer and Mirror)
Dreamland back-lot a hub of activity (Inquirer and Mirror)
Children’s Theater takes center stage (Inquirer and Mirror)
AAN rolls out more flexible schedule (Inquirer and Mirror)
TWN has “Captain Louie” at the helm (Inquirer and Mirror)
Buzz Williams In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
CUISINE
Tom Crawford – Boarding House (Nantucket Independent)
Dune: Welcome Back to Nantucket (Yesterday’s Island)