Opinion
Town Responds To Letter On Surfside Crossing
Town Of Nantucket Communications Department •
To the editor: The claims in (the April 7th) letter are incorrect. At the request of the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Select Board has unanimously authorized an appeal of the Housing Appeals
Time To Celebrate Nantucket's Dark Skies
Gail Walker •
To the editor: International Dark Sky Week, April 13-20 this year, is a time to join people all over the world in celebrating the beauty and wonder of starry nights — and to reflect on how light
Why Didn't The Town Object To the State Decision On Surfside Crossing?
Meghan Perry •
To the editor: Why has the Town of Nantucket declined to object to the proposed HAC decision? This raises serious concerns as to whether the Select Board intends, once again, to undermine the ZBA’s
Chris Perry Column: I Know The Time And The Place
Chris Perry •
Much of this could have been avoided if the chair of the Nantucket Board of Health had simply heeded the words from three different Select Board members.First, there was Tom Dixon, the Select Board
Will The Turf Field Come With A Warning?
Meghan Perry •
To the editor: Just like a box of cigarettes has a warning label stating “WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical" and "SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes
Current Nature: Nature's Calendar On Nantucket
Saoirse McCarthy, Linda Loring Nature Foundation •
On Nantucket, the turning of a new season isn’t written on a calendar but can instead be seen from changes in the landscape. The sprouting of daffodils, tree swallows returning to the island, and a
Imagine A Line Of Dump Trucks 35 Miles Long
Burton Balkind •
To the editor: One negative impact of the proposed expansion of the geotubes has not yet received appropriate public attention: the trucking of 312,000 tons of sand across the island. While traffic
A Broken Process Cannot Produce A Legitimate Outcome
Graham Veysey, et al •
To the editor: We write as concerned members of the Nantucket community in response to the March 19th Board of Health meeting. What occurred during that meeting was not only troubling from a
Goodbye To The Isle Of Summer
Charles Dundee •
To the editor: Ever since I first heard the name Nantucket at age 14 — nearly 20 years before I actually set foot on its sacred ground — I have thought of Nantucket not just as an island but as