Headlines from local publications, and links to the full story. Sources: Inquirer and Mirror, PlumTV, Yesterday’s Island, Cape Cod Times, NAREB, and others.
ISLAND LIFE
Fisherman Joe Dooley refuses to leave grounded boat (Inquirer and Mirror)
Storm arrives, knocks out power, beaches Miss China (Inquirer and Mirror)
Gale-force winds howl as storm wallops island (Inquirer and Mirror)
Coast Guard safety team boards Miss China (Inquirer and Mirror)
NHS Interact Club goes global with military care packages (Inquirer and Mirror)
2010: This is the year that was on Nantucket (Inquirer and Mirror)
Reis Trucking land swap with town gets go-ahead (Inquirer and Mirror)
Plum Daily Nantucket: December 25, 2010
Plum Daily Nantucket: December 18, 2010
PEOPLE
Paul Waggoner released from Haitian prison (Inquirer and Mirror)
Nantucket Bank chief Bill Hourihan retiring (Inquirer and Mirror)
Haitian judge frees Nantucket aid worker Paul Waggoner (Boston.com)
Andy Ries, Program Director At The Nantucket Emergency Food Pantry (Plum)
Jesse Glidden (NAREB Online)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Massachusetts home sales tank 30% in November: The Warren Group
ENVIRONMENT
Seed moved to deeper water as cold keeps scallopers on land (Inquirer and Mirror)
New offshore wind farm leases in sight (Cape Cod Times)
More Sconset bluff walk access proposed by subcommittee (Inquirer and Mirror)
Christmas Bird Count Saturday (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Selectmen make it official: Kopelman hired as counsel (Inquirer and Mirror)
DeRensis: No regrets after 24 years as town counsel (Inquirer and Mirror)
Nantucket Salaries Hit Hardest During The Recession (Worcester Business Journal)
Police chief: Summer officer program still a work in progress (Inquirer and Mirror)
Dispute over flaggers delays Cliff Road bike path work (Inquirer and Mirror)
Brown tops U.S. Senators in popularity (Boston Herald)