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
Declining water use, enrollment reveal off-island migration (Inquirer and Mirror)
HSAB unanimously votes to extend scallop season 2 weeks (Nantucket Independent)
ARTS
Christopher Bonelli In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Cape and Islands foreclosure activity spikes (Cape Cod Online)
Bartlett’s suing windmill manufacturer; Alleges turbine unsafe (Inquirer and Mirror)
DriftAwaySoaps: keeping Nantucketers clean . . . naturally (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
Birding: March means change in the air (Cape Cod Online)
Waters alive with migrant birds (Cape Cod Online)
Council testing waters for eelgrass restoration (Nantucket Independent)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Cape Air president enters state Senate race (Inquirer and Mirror)
Delahunt not seeking reelection; O’Leary looking to step up to D.C. (Inquirer and Mirror)
O’Leary preps for Congress (Nantucket Independent)
Midnight hour Fin Com votes favor keeping Human Services Dept. (Nantucket Independent)
Nantucket educators learn hard lesson (Cape Cod Online)
FinCom approves Human Services funding (Nantucket Independent)
IN MEMORIAM
Barbara van Winkelen (Hartford Courant)
Theodore Cross, 86, publisher and civil rights advocate (Boston Globe)
Civil Rights Activist Ted Cross, dead at 86 (Nantucket Independent)
