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Nantucket Headlines
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
Swine-flu vaccine in short supply despite government promises (Inquirer and Mirror)
Two early nor’easters pound Nantucket with gusts to 54 mph (Nantucket Independent)
Pumpkins plus at McGowans’ organic farm (Inquirer and Mirror)
Public access television coming soon (Inquirer and Mirror)
No sign on water tower (Nantucket Independent)
Sherburne Commons saga winding to a close (Inquirer and Mirror)
SSA and TSA to test new technology (Nantucket Independent)
ARTS
Annye’s natural-food store publishes cookbook for kids (Inquirer and Mirror)
With no winter stage for second year, Theatre Workshop struggles for space (Inquirer and Mirror)
Christine Sanford In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
David Lazarus In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
FOOD & WINE
LaScola illustrates nose to tail cooking with Hogtoberfest (Inquirer and Mirror)
ENVIRONMENT
State Rep. Tim Madden Joins Chorus of Critics Over Draft Oceans Plans (MV Gazette)
Vern Laux: October skies full of surprises (Cape Cod Times)
Septic runoff threatens Hummock Pond (Nantucket Independent)
Native Americans and FAA holding up Cape Wind (Nantucket Independent)
Town looking at 50-MW wind farm off Tuckernuck Island (Nantucket Independent)
November gales boon for birders (Cape Cod Times)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Scallops open at $8 to fisherman, $12 retail (Inquirer and Mirror)
Nina Hellman to close Centre Street store; space will become candy and antiques shop (Inquirer and Mirror)
AG slams proposed electricity rate hike (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Roggeveen will run for reelection to BOS in 2010 (Inquirer and Mirror)
Plum pulls the plug on filming Wed. night Selectmen’s meetings (Inquirer and Mirror)
Selectmen meetings to air on Ch. 17 (Nantucket Independent)
Jim Perelman says he will run for sheriff (Inquirer and Mirror)
Selectmen to discuss review of legal services (Nantucket Independent)
BOS postpone debate on access to documents (Inquirer and Mirror)
Landfill expenses hurting school budget (Inquirer and Mirror)
Nantucket asked to join offshore renewable energy team (Nantucket Independent)
Add comment November 3, 2009
Nantucket Headlines
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
Hospital projects $4 million deficit (Inquirer and Mirror)
Wilkes Square redevelopment open house (Nantucket Independent)
National Grid rate hike proposal shocks AG (Cape Cod Times)
PEOPLE
Tom Larrabee marks 50 years as island’s cranberry man (Inquirer and Mirror)
PERFORMING ARTS
ARTS
Something old: Pre-owned art on Old South Wharf (Inquirer and Mirror)
Malcom Brooks In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
Sandra Levy to lead scherensnitte class at 1800 House (Nantucket Independent)
FOOD & WINE
Police file charges against business employees serving minors (Nantucket Independent)
Denise Corson – Captain Tobey’s (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
Scallopers take to the water for sweet harvest (Inquirer and Mirror)
NP&EDC endorses erosion project (Inquirer and Mirror)
NP&EDC endorses Farrell’s reef plan (Nantucket Independent)
Tarantulas discovered on Tuckernuck (Nantucket Independent)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
September a strong month for real estate (Inquirer and Mirror)
Web site sees fewer vacation bookings in ‘09 (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Rice slams DeRensis in Sept. resignation letter; Town counsel fires back (Inquirer and Mirror)
Assistant Town Manager resigns over criticism of town counsel (Nantucket Independent)
SheriffÕs clashes with officials create big waves in Nantucket (Boston Globe)
Sherburne lease agreement reached (Inquirer and Mirror)
Sherburne Commons sale nears completion (Nantucket Independent)
IN MEMORIAM
Dick Gamble; soap heir championed reproductive choice (Boston Globe)
Add comment October 10, 2009
Nantucket Headlines 9.14.09
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
Milestone Road paving put off until spring (Inquirer and Mirror)
Island boy’s message in a bottle finds its way to the shores of France (Inquirer and Mirror)
Bartlett’s Farm: Farmers & Artisans Market (Plum TV)
PEOPLE
Community pours out to honor Vito (Inquirer and Mirror)
After 45 years, Coach Vito Capizzo gets his day (Nantucket Independent)
Kathie Lee Gifford: Iconic Television Personality & NBC’s Today Show Host (Plum TV)
PERFORMING ARTS
“Almost, Maine” back by popular demand (Nantucket Independent)
Pianist Judith Cohen (Plum TV)
VISUAL ARTS
Katie Trinkle Legge In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
Dr. Nancy Rappaport, Harvard psychiatry professor writes book on mother’s suicide (Nantucket Independent)
BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY
L’Ile de France, the French General Store, to close (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
Salvager Joe Farrell’s artificial reef idea draws interest
Catching Butterflies (Yesterday’s Island)
Sea Turtles (Yesterday’s Island)
NON-PROFITS
Children’s House, Maria Mitchell join forces for fall fundraiser (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Islander runs for Kennedy’s senate seat (Nantucket Independent)
CUISINE
Easy Street (Nantucket Independent)
A.K. Diamond’s (Yesterday’s Island)
Nantucket Arts Council BYO Wine Tasting Contest (Plum TV)
HISTROY
The Finest Hours: Author Interview with Michael Tougias (Plum TV)
Add comment September 16, 2009
Nantucket Headlines 9.5.09
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
On Nantucket, vehicle ban stirs battle over shore access (Boston Globe)
Surfside residents support road takings (Nantucket Independent)
Annual Lifesaver’s Recognition Day (Yesterday’s Island)
Pollen (Yesterday’s Island)
PEOPLE
Avellino pleads the Fifth on Madoff charges (Inquirer and Mirror)
Hospital House Call: Dr. Tim Lepore (Plum TV)
PERFORMING ARTS
John Buttrick (Nantucket Independent)
Nantucket Comedy Festival: Boston vs. NY Smackdown (Plum TV)
VISUAL ARTS
Lifesize bronze sculptures grace airport park (Inquirer and Mirror)
Neeltje Westerlund In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
Elizabeth Coffin to teach the art of chair caning and rush seats (Nantucket Independent)
CUISINE
West End Takeout (Nantucket Independent)
Arnos at 41 Main Street (Yesterday’s Island)
HISTORY & PRESERVATION
ÒThe CameraÕs Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New EnglandÓ (Inquirer and Mirror)
The Camera’s Coast (Yesterday’s Island)
Artifact of the Week: Iron Shackles (Plum TV)
Wendy Schmidt on the Dreamland Foundation Show (Plum TV)
ENVIRONMENT
Offshore energy plans scrutinized (Cape Cod Times)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
The Chicken Box: Not just a bar anymore (Nantucket Independent)
NON-PROFITS
ASAP receives $625,000 grant to combat substance abuse on-island (Inquirer and Mirror)
NHA Announces Board of Trustees (Nantucket Independent)
Artists Association Croquet Tournament and Wicked Wicket Party (Plum TV)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
On eve of new school year, Pellicone says he’s leaving (Inquirer and Mirror)
Sheriff decides to run again (Inquirer and Mirror)
Selectmen sued twice in span of one week (Inquirer and Mirror)
Town takeover of Sherburne Commons plan ripped (Inquirer and Mirror)
TOWN, SERVANT HEALTHCARE STALLED IN TALKS ON SHERBURNE COMMONS (Nantucket Independent)
IN MEMORIAM
Ted Kennedy remembered (Nantucket Independent)
Edward Kennedy: a powerhouse in politics (Nantucket Independent)
Add comment September 10, 2009
Nantucket Headlines 8.25.09
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.
SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY
End of an era: Sen. Edward Kennedy, gone at 77 (Inquirer and Mirror)
Ted Kennedy remembered (Nantucket Independent)
Rep. Bill Delahunt Statement (Boston.com)
ISLAND LIFE
Hurricane Bill leaves Nantucket unscathed (Inquirer and Mirror)
Smashing good time at Demolition (Inquirer and Mirror)
Crash! Bash! Smash! Demo Derby hits big (Nantucket Independent)
Nantucket Places and People: The Patriots of Union Lodge (Yesterday’s Island)
PEOPLE
Autism diagnosis turns Wrights into crusaders against a global health crisis (Inquirer and Mirror)
Senator Bill Frist & Bob Wright talk about Autism (Plum TV)
Kids Share their Hearts with Autism Speaks (Plum TV)
Andrey Stanev: A Master Of Swirl And Dip (Nantucket Independent)
David Gregory: Host of NBC’s Meet the Press (Plum TV)
Luke Russert: 2009 Summer Groove MC (Plum TV)
PERFORMING ARTS
First Nantucket Music Festival carries message of hope, strength (Inquirer and Mirror)
Child prodigy: Jun-Yi Wang (Inquirer and Mirror)
Island musicians get creative during hard times (Nantucket Independent)
Lend Me a Tenor (Yesterday’s Island)
VISUAL ARTS
“Hidden” Talents: Fraker, Frazier and Rudd explore the island’s elusive charm (Inquirer and Mirror)
Bierings’ art inspired by island respite (Inquirer and Mirror)
All night arts festival (Nantucket Independent)
Kasia Baker In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
CULINARY ARTS
The pick of Nantucket: Bartlett’s Farm sells growing array of crops, prepared foods and more (Boston Herald)
The Siasconset Market (Nantucket Independent)
The Jetties (Yesterday’s Island)
OCEAN & ENVIRONMENT
Sconset water tests positive for coliform bacteria (Inquirer and Mirror)
Bacteria found in Sconset water, but boiling not needed (Nantucket Independent)
Downtown tank farm license up for renewal (Inquirer and Mirror)
Catboat wins Opera House Cup (Inquirer and Mirror)
Kathleen bests the big boys in Opera House Cup (Inquirer and Mirror)
Insects take a bite out of life (Nantucket Independent)
Strange & Unusual Creatures (Yesterday’s Island)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Hatch’s, Henry Jr. expansion clears hurdle (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Sherburne Commons and Madaket zoning articles for STM (Nantucket Independent)
HISTORY
Artifact of the Week: Baleen & Wright Whale Carving (Plum TV)
Add comment August 25, 2009
Nantucket News Headlines
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
Mosquitoes at their worst since town cut funding for control (Inquirer and Mirror)
Tradition of 25 years comes to an end as sharpener booted from Federal Street (Inquirer and Mirror)
Community School at Greenhound (Nantucket Independent)
PEOPLE
Coach Capizzo’s name will live on as football stadium named after him (Inquirer and Mirror)
Vito Capizzo Football Stadium (Nantucket Independent)
Broder’s Brigade marches on in fight to fund autism research (Inquirer and Mirror)
Letter from Afghanistan: Rob Caron on the front lines fighting Taliban (Inquirer and Mirror)
Wind in Their Sails: The Yachts of Donald Tofias (Nantucket Today)
Former Ambassador & Special Representative for the Secretary of State: Elizabeth Bagley (Plum TV)
American Ireland Fund Benefit: Honoring Elizabeth Bagley (Plum TV)
An Olympic Experience with Dorothy Hamill (Plum TV)
PERFORMING ARTS
The hills are alive at Bennett Hall: Dreamland’s “Sound of Music” on stage (Inquirer and Mirror)
Concerts on the Dreamland lawn (Inquirer and Mirror)
“Lend Me a Tenor” opens Aug. 13 (Nantucket Independent)
NDF brings Song & Dance to Nantucket (Yesterday’s Island)
Nantucket Comedy Festival: Jim Gaffigan (Plum TV)
Nantucket Comedy Festival: Funny Money (Plum TV)
Nantucket Comedy Festival: Ladies Night (Plum TV)
Local Teen Comic, Owen Sanders (Plum TV)
VISUAL ARTS
Triple treat at Old Spouter Gallery (Inquirer and Mirror)
Mother and daughter show together at Harbor Gallery: Helen Sharp Potter and Kathy Kelliher (Nantucket Today)
Robert McKee In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
BOOKS
Life Guard Nantucket (N Magazine)
CULINARY ARTS
Classic Club Car (Nantucket Today)
Mark Daley – LoLa 41¼ (Nantucket Independent)
DeMarco (Yesterday’s Island)
Swept Away By Dune (N Magazine)
Favorite Wines: Orla Murphy-LaScola (N Magazine)
ENVIRONMENT
Dwarf sperm whale beached (Yesterday’s Island)
Nantucket Eco-Tourism (N Magazine)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Market bodes well for first-time homebuyers (Nantucket Independent)
Point Breeze auction on hold (Nantucket Independent)
Great Harbor Yacht Club (N Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Town will have option to take over Sherburne Commons if private sale falls through (Inquirer and Mirror)
Bender calls police station vote invalid (Inquirer and Mirror)
Beacon Hill passes bill to cut pay of Nantucket sheriff (Inquirer and Mirror)
Senate passes sheriff bill – Bretschneider’s salary cut 30 percent (Nantucket Independent)
HISTORY
The Old South Church Turns 200 (Nantucket Today)
Island historian Barbara White talks about integration (Nantucket Independent)
Unitarian Church’s iconic Goodrich organ (Yesterday’s Island)
350 years since their ancestors arrived on Nantucket (N Magazine)
Add comment August 11, 2009
Nantucket Headlines
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
Retired officer says “I’m no hero,” but fast action saves a life (Inquirer and Mirror)
Police help rescue baby from pool accident (Nantucket Independent)
PEOPLE
Dave Fronzuto: Covering waterfront much more than a one-man job (Nantucket Independent)
The Fragrance Bar’s John Harding (Nantucket Independent)
Former Abassador & Special Representative for the Secretary of State: Elizabeth Bagley (Plum TV)
An Olympic Experience with Dorothy Hamill (Plum TV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Bake Shop wins Pillsbury makeover (Inquirer and Mirror)
L’Ile de France closing up shop after 13 seasons (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Citizen petitions seek to cut size, cost of new police station (Inquirer and Mirror)
Joe Aguiar named NES interim principal (Inquirer and Mirror)
Senior Citizen of the Year appointed acting NES principal (Nantucket Independent)
Shorter school week for NES (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
Town closes Miacomet Pond to swimmers (Inquirer and Mirror)
TOWN CLOSES MIACOMET POND TO SWIMMING (Nantucket Independent)
Madaket residents question town water (Nantucket Independent)
Nantucket Water Resources Part 2 (Yesterday’s Island)
ARTS
Randy Hudson In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
The Dreamland Foundation presents summer musicals (Nantucket Independent)
Jeweler and goldsmith Susan Lister Locke (N Magazine)
Nantucket Film Festival: Late Night Storytelling (Plum TV)
ENTERTAINMENT
Nantucket Comedy Festival (Inquirer and Mirror)
FOOD & WINE
In a season of change, three restaurants with long traditions (Inquirer and Mirror)
The Summer House Beachside Bistro (Yesterday’s Island)
Nantucket Wine Festival 2009 (Plum TV)
HISTORY
Nantucket Artifact of the Week: 1920’s Scrimshaw (Plum TV)
Nantucket Artifact of the Week: Nantucket’s Shingles (Plum TV)
Nantucket Artifact of the Week: Coffin Family Tree (Plum TV)
NON-PROFIT NEWS
American Ireland Fund Benefit: Honoring Elizabeth Bagley (Plum TV)
Add comment August 1, 2009
Nantucket Headlines 7/7/09
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)
Add comment July 7, 2009
Nantucket Community News
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) summer Walking Tours of the Old Historic District begin Monday – Saturday at 4:30 P.M, July 1 through August 31 (no tour on July 4). Each tour lasts eighty-minutes and departs from the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. The tour is led by an NHA interpreter who discusses the timeline of Nantucket history from the glacial formation to the rise of whaling and its Golden Age (1830s), the Quaker religion, the women who owned and operated businesses on Centre Street (Petticoat Row), the island’s involvement in the abolitionist movement, the Great Fire of 1846, and Maria Mitchell and her discovery of a comet in 1847. The tour also addresses the rise and fall of the whaling industry – especially the way in which the island’s economy impacted the social and cultural development of Nantucket-the turn-of-the-century rise of tourism, and concludes with Nantucket’s current status as a world-class tourist destination. Free for NHA members, $10, adults, $4, children (ages 6-17), and available at the Whaling Museum admission desk. For more information, please call 508-228-1894, ext. 0.
From June 23 – June 27 and then again in late July, researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Center for Transportation and Urban Planning will fan out across the Island riding buses, traveling on bike paths, walking downtown streets, and riding the ferry to collect data about attitudes about public transportation on Nantucket.
The goal of the study is to better understand attitudes about the use of public transportation during the summer season, to identify and quantify the barriers that exist, and to develop a set of recommended strategies for increasing the use of public transit, with a particular focus on the bus system
The study is being funded by Greenhound, a transportation-focused project of ReMain Nantucket, the Island-based philanthropic organization dedicated to strengthening the lasting economic, environmental, and social vitality of downtown Nantucket.
Melissa Philbrick, Executive Director of ReMain Nantucket: “We want to understand what it will take to increase the use of public transportation. We hope to identify strategies to increase the visibility, viability and attractiveness of alternatives to cars, particularly in the summer when congestion and parking are a concern.”
Transit users, downtown business employees, and visitors will be surveyed, and date will be collected on the NRTA’s visibility, usability, comfort and safety.
Island residents can also fill out an online survey, sharing their thoughts, attitudes and recommendations about Nantucket transportation options later this summer. The final report will be available this fall.
Add comment July 6, 2009
Nantucket News Headlines
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
Six boats sunk in June nor’easter: More bad weather on the horizon (Inquirer and Mirror)
Madaket residents appeal Island Racquet Club approval (Nantucket Independent)
PEOPLE
Al Crosby honored as Pioneer in World History (Inquirer and Mirror)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Bank takes control of Point Breeze (Inquirer and Mirror)
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Selectmen reappoint veterans Vaughan, Egan to Airport Commission (Inquirer and Mirror)
Airport receives $6 million grant for new emergency response building (Nantucket Independent)
ENVIRONMENT
Great Point could open next week (Nantucket Independent)
Ticks are here to stay (Nantucket Independent)
VISUAL ARTS
Helen Sharp Potter: In The Studio (Nantucket Independent)
Architects Chart Their Future (N Magazine)
Sea of Tranquility: Designer Kathleen Hay (N Magazine)
Transformations: Constance Sturgis (N Magazine)
Coastal Cool: Donna Elle (N Magazine)
CUISINE
Figs at 29 Fair (Yesterday’s Island)
IN MEMORIAM
Sascha Illich (Nantucket Independent)
Add comment June 26, 2009
