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- Outdoors: Fear-mongering and #8216;Jaws and #8217; obscures value of sharks against seals
Friday, July 30, 2010 Outdoors: Fear-mongering 'Jaws' obscures value of sharks against seals Mark Blazis Outdoors As water temperatures dipped this week, a striper blitz from Sandy Neck to the Fingers produced many huge bass. - Egan Maritime Institute Presents: Summer Speaker Series 2010
July 29, 2010 - August 16th - " Dr. Robert Ballard will be lecturing on Adventure in Deep Sea Exploration presented by the Egan Maritime Institute at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. - Roggeveen walks fine ethical line in dual roles
Balancing her roles as a member of Nantucket's Board of Selectmen and executive director of the Dreamland Foundation has required all of Patty Roggeveen's talents, but also placed the two-term selectman and mother of three in some ethically challenging territory, as the two jobs have often intersected and overlapped. - Boston-born comedy star finds respite in East Coast roots
You may have seen his face dozens of times on television over the past decade, but you may also have seen Mike O'Malley on the streets Nantucket as well. - Lightning strikes island 20 times in 30 days
Lightning has struck at least 20 different Nantucket buildings in the past month, and while no injuries or fires were reported, thunderstorm-related property damage has ranged from minor to significant, including a sunken boat and severely-damaged municipal water company pump-motor. "Within the last 30 days we have responded to 20 reported ... - Island gas prices among highest in the nation
Nantucket residents and visitors are paying more at the gas pump this summer than just about anywhere in the countryeven Hawaii. - Marine Department saves leatherback turtle
The massive leatherback turtle was tangled up in three lobster pots and struggling for breath when harbormaster Dave Fronzuto reached it 11 miles north of Nantucket on Tuesday afternoon after a distress call from a passenger ferry. - Cinematic call for marine awareness packs house
With high-definition images of creatures great and small, some seldom seen, and the backing of one of the world's largest and most powerful movie studios, Jake Eberts and more than 450 crew members spent $75 million making "Oceans," one of, if not the most, expensive documentaries ever made. - Working Nantucket: Combining surfboards and watch-making
One wouldn't think that surfboards and watches go together. Then again, most people don't think like Spyder Wright. - Accused bank robber fires lawyer during pretrial hearing
Bank robbery suspect Pamela Morgan continued her unusual courtroom behavior last Wednesday, demanding that she be allowed to fire her court-appointed attorney, and seeking to represent herself during a probable-cause hearing. - Maria Mitchell, Land Bank swap could open vistas
More public access to the downtown waterfront would follow the relocation and expansion of the Maria Mitchell Association aquarium at 28 Washington St., if a nearly $10 million deal involving the Nantucket Islands Land Bank, the Maria Mitchell Association and a private group holding four properties surrounding the aquarium comes to fruition. - Film Festival Season In New England
Nantucket. Provincetown. Martha's Vineyard. Memories of lobster rolls and beaches may pop into your mind. - Premium cocktail mixers stir interest
Spirits have gone premium. Bartenders have turned artisan. Even ice has become a little cooler. - Brian McGrory A party for Democrats
Weeks like this, you realize how much better things would be around here if the state had a real, live Republican Party that prevented Democrats from acting like a bunch of bronze-plated fools. - A star is born . . . at Rocca
Monkfish and shrimp sausage, served with a mustard-tinted mascarpone and giardiniera. - Jeff Jacoby Kerry going overboard
Senator Kerry's $7 million yacht, "Isabel". NO ONE IS ever likely to mistake me for the president of the John F. Kerry Fan Club. - Gov. Patrick hosts island Town Hall Meeting Aug. 6
Gov. Deval Patrick will host a Town Hall meeting Friday, Aug. 6 in the Unitarian Meeting House on Orange Street. - Cape Cod's power brands
Boston-based brand consultancy Protobrand has released a list of what it calls "New England's most powerful brands." The top 25 were chosen for being recognizable and unique, inciting customer loyalty and representing quality. - Merwin: A Compelling Tale of Bluewater Fishing
An old friend sent me an e-mail the other day that's one of the most compelling bluewater fishing tales I've heard in a long time. - Nantucket Comedy Festival to celebrate women in comedy
When Jerry Lewis was asked his opinion of women comics he replied: "I don't like any female comedians.