Nantucket

NANTUCKET, Mass. -- Now that the summer crowds and traffic are gone, people here can get back to worrying about another major threat to this island's quaint tranquillity: the proposed supermarket. The one that would have an outdoor herb garden, fruit trees, brick walkways and a play ground, as well as five additional stores."People are getting tension headaches and waking up in the middle of the night," said Teena Loftin, who moved to Nantucket nine years ago from the Boston area with her husband, Richard, a lawyer.

Mildred H. Boynton, a homemaker who enjoyed vacationing on Nantucket, Mass., died Jan. 17 of pneumonia at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. She was 91. Mildred Childs Hostetter was born in York, Pa., and raised in Oakwood, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. She was a graduate of Oakwood High School. She was married in 1940 to John A. Boynton Sr., a businessman who died in 2006. Mrs. Boynton was an active member of the Gunpowder Quaker Meeting. "She was passionate about Nantucket Island, bird-watching, sports, peace and celebrating the blessings of this earth," said a son, John A. Boynton Jr. of Allison Park, Pa. Mrs. Boynton and her husband established the John Boynton Scholarship Assistance Fund for Broadmead employees.

NANTUCKET, Mass. - Legend has it that when the Wampanoag Indians sold this island to white settlers about 350 years ago for 30 pounds sterling and two beaver hats, the parties agreed on one very important thing - the sandy white beaches would remain open to everyone. The Indians died, and Nantucket went from a booming whaling town to a tourist magnet, but the beaches remained communal. Now, that public access is in jeopardy as a growing invasion of sport utility vehicles has sparked a battle over who controls the beaches.

She has an island fantasy camp to run this week, a fall wedding - her own - to plan, an Olympic hopeful to mentor and a televised holiday show to prep for. Yet Dorothy Hamill, the figure skater crowned "America's Sweetheart" after her gold-medal performance at the 1976 Winter Olympics, still finds time to stop for a phone call to her summer home on Nantucket to catch up. Although she wasn't a summer camper growing up, Hamill started to get the bug...

She has an island fantasy camp to run this week, a fall wedding - her own - to plan, an Olympic hopeful to mentor and a televised holiday show to prep for. Yet Dorothy Hamill, the figure skater crowned "America's Sweetheart" after her gold-medal performance at the 1976 Winter Olympics, still finds time to stop for a phone call to her summer home on Nantucket to catch up. Although she wasn't a summer camper growing up, Hamill started to get the bug...

On September 4, 2007 Oliver A. Lothrop, A Memorial Service will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday September 8th at 11:00am. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church 120 Allegheny Ave. Towson, Md. 21204 or the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect St., Nantucket, Mass. 02554

Nancy Elisabet Soderberg, daughter of Nancy M. Soderberg and Lars O. Soderberg of Nantucket, MA, was married on June 5, 2004 to Richard Todd Bistrong, son of Susan Strong of New York City and Walter Bistrong of Long Island. The Rev. Jennifer Brooks and Cantor Avi Teken performed the ceremony at the Second Congressional Meeting House in Nantucket, MA. Following the five o'clock wedding, a reception and dinner were held at the Nantucket Yacht Club. The bride is Vice-President of the International Crisis Group in New York City.

Christmas in Nantucket starts on the day after ThanksgivingA Nantucket Noel will take you back to the finest traditions of New England's holiday season.The monthlong celebration begins the day after Thanksgiving, with the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. At dusk, everyone gathers to watch as more than 200 trees lining the streets of historic Nantucket Town become illuminated with color. Caroling follows, filling the air with the sounds of an old-fashioned Christmas. Nantucket Noel continues through New Year's Eve.On Dec. 3, you can join the Annual Christmas Stroll.

Allan G. Kenzie, a retired senior vice president and Merrill Lynch branch manager who was active in conservation efforts, died of Alzheimer's disease Friday at Chesapeake Woods Center Genesis Eldercare in Cambridge. The former Ruxton resident was 73. Mr. Kenzie was born in Prattsburgh, N.Y., and raised in Hemlock, N.Y., and Livonia, N.Y., where he graduated from high school in 1952. He attended North Carolina State University for a year, then transferred to Bucknell University, where he played varsity basketball and football.

On March 15, 1821, in the port of Valparaiso, Chile, the U.S. Frigate Constellation took on board three bone-thin, desicated seamen barely clinging to life after three months at sea in a 25-foot whale boat. "Their appearance -- bones working through their skins, their legs and feet much smaller and the whole surface of their bodies one entire ulcer -- was truly distressing," the Baltimore-born captain of the Constellation, Commodore Charles Goodwin Ridgely, wrote in his journal. "I took them on board my ship, supplied them with every article they required and by the attention of my surgeon they entirely recovered."

Those curious about what cutting-edge education looks like should take a look at Nantucket Elementary School in Crofton. The $24.6 million school, which opens Wednesday, is one of the most technologically advanced in Anne Arundel County. Every teacher will have a wearable microphone that broadcasts his or her voice around the classroom. Students will be able to ask questions, talk-show style, with a portable microphone. Each classroom is outfitted with an interactive whiteboard, a modern-day overhead projector that displays images from the teacher's computer on a large touch screen.

On September 4, 2007 Oliver A. Lothrop, A Memorial Service will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday September 8th at 11:00am. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church 120 Allegheny Ave. Towson, Md. 21204 or the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect St., Nantucket, Mass. 02554

Allan G. Kenzie, a retired senior vice president and Merrill Lynch branch manager who was active in conservation efforts, died of Alzheimer's disease Friday at Chesapeake Woods Center Genesis Eldercare in Cambridge. The former Ruxton resident was 73. Mr. Kenzie was born in Prattsburgh, N.Y., and raised in Hemlock, N.Y., and Livonia, N.Y., where he graduated from high school in 1952. He attended North Carolina State University for a year, then transferred to Bucknell University, where he played varsity basketball and football.

A large envelope of newspaper clippings arrived this week from Baltimore friends vacationing on Nantucket who are aware of my interest in shipwrecks. Inside were special sections, both excellent, produced by the island's two weekly newspapers, The Inquirer and Mirror and The Nantucket Independent. The sections recall the loss of the Andrea Doria, which sank 50 years ago when it collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm about 50 miles southeast of the island. Late on the evening of July 24, 1956, first-class passengers aboard the Italian Line's 697-foot-long Andrea Doria, were sipping nightcaps and slowly dancing to another rendition of "Arriverderci, Roma" by the ship's orchestra before they retired for the evening.

Furniture looking a little out-of-date? Window treatments begging for a redo? And what were you thinking when you chose that paint color? Don't despair. Decorating solutions are as close as the nearest designer show house. And there's one right here in Anne Arundel County. The 2005 Decorators & Landscape Designers Home & Garden Showcase, in the 27-acre community of Nantucket on the Severn in Severna Park, opens tomorrow and will be open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. until June 26. The showcase not only offers an close look at the newest and brightest ideas from professional builders, designers and landscape architects, but your purchase of a ticket will help to support the Community Foundation of the Chesapeake, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Hospice of the Chesapeake and the DeCesaris Cancer Institute.

Nancy Elisabet Soderberg, daughter of Nancy M. Soderberg and Lars O. Soderberg of Nantucket, MA, was married on June 5, 2004 to Richard Todd Bistrong, son of Susan Strong of New York City and Walter Bistrong of Long Island. The Rev. Jennifer Brooks and Cantor Avi Teken performed the ceremony at the Second Congressional Meeting House in Nantucket, MA. Following the five o'clock wedding, a reception and dinner were held at the Nantucket Yacht Club. The bride is Vice-President of the International Crisis Group in New York City.

Sometimes it takes higher tech to get you to appreciate lower tech.Several years ago, I bought a Newton 100 for taking notes and keeping my life organized (fat chance). Some people get their ideas while they're in the shower; I get mine in front of the TV set. I wanted something that would allow me to take notes and to write things I heard while channel-surfing, and then off-load those notes and grow them into articles, books, plans for world domination, etc.In all fairness, several people said the Newton probably wouldn't be good for this purpose.

Martha's Vineyard, Mass. -- JUST WHEN everyone had been reconciled to the fact that President and Mrs. Clinton had decided to come back to the Vineyard for their vacation, word got out that Princess Di was already on the island. We discovered this only by accident when 14 DC-10 airplanes and 25 Huey helicopters started to buzz the beaches, and a fleet of landing craft, loaded with paparazzi and reporters from all the English newspapers, sailed into the port of Vineyard Haven, their binoculars searching the houses on shore.

NANTUCKET, Mass. - Legend has it that when the Wampanoag Indians sold this island to white settlers about 350 years ago for 30 pounds sterling and two beaver hats, the parties agreed on one very important thing - the sandy white beaches would remain open to everyone. The Indians died, and Nantucket went from a booming whaling town to a tourist magnet, but the beaches remained communal. Now, that public access is in jeopardy as a growing invasion of sport utility vehicles has sparked a battle over who controls the beaches.