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DECISION OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN ON APPEAL OF HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR GREAT HARBOR YACHT CLUB
-- Selectmen send GHYC appeal back to the HDC
(01-12-05)
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You can also download the decision.
"Quite frankly, we are somewhat surprised that the proponent has asserted that the project does not rise to the standard of requiring an EIR."
--Nantucket Civic League in a letter to the
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs(10-15-04)
-- You can also download this letter.
"Our Citizens Group does not believe that the
proposed GHYC plans conform with either the guidelines or the statutory
requirements"
--Read McCaffrey in a letter to the
Nantucket Planning Board(06-17-04)
"This... approach would be much more in keeping
with Nantucket's history and the neighborhood context"
-- A
letter to the Historic District Commission by Architect David Wiley,
(06-16-2004)
"Concerned Citizens' (CCFUSWSEN) List of
Objections and Concerns to the Latest Plans of GHYC"
--Read McCaffrey in a letter to the Nantucket
Planning Board, Conservation Commission and HDC (06-7-04)
"Problems with the GHYC
Application"
--Architect David Wiley in a letter to the HDC
(05-27-04)
"I am tired of hearing about how this Town
and these Boards don't have the power to do anything about this
"
--Jim Nettles in an address to the Nantucket
Planning Board (04-22-04)
"Any development of the Boatyard may be very harmful to
the environment and the entire community"
--John Penn to the Nantucket
Conservation Commission and to the Editor of the Inky Mirror (04-14-04)
"I implore you to withhold approval of a number of
docks"
--C.S. Lovelace to Conservation Commission (04-13-2004)
Architect David Wiley argues against HDC granting GHYC
demolition permits
-- A letter to the Historic District Commission (03-19-2004)
Architect David Wiley calculates GHYC parking
needs
-- A letter to the Nantucket Planning Board (03-17-2004)
VOTE IN FAVOR of ARTICLE 88
--Concerned Citizens and Friends to the People of
Nantucket (03-17-2004)
Nantucket needs to preserve its waterfront
boat yard
--Charles Sayle III to the Nantucket Conservation Commission and
Planning Board (02-22-2004)
HARBOR BOTTOM, MOORINGS, EEL GRASS, and PUBLIC ACCESS
--C.S. Lovelace to Conservation Commission, Marine Dept
and others (02-18-2004)
Existing "fuel line... was shortened... so that access
to the channel would not be compromised"
--From
Kenneth F. Aguiar (02-14-2004)
"I am opposed to the massive dredging that would be
necessary..."
-- A letter to the Conservation
Commission from Lionel J. Starr (02-13-2004)
From Virginia Andrews to Conservation Commission (02-11-2004)
--"Avian wildlife interests in the area of the Creeks."
CCFUSWSEN to Conservation Commission
--Issues related to the uplands application (02-09-2004)
From Carl Borchert to Conservation Commission
--Concern about Impact on the Creeks' Ecosystem (02-09-2004)
From Kenneth Kelley to Conservation Commission
--"I urge this Commission to reject this project in any
form." (02-08-2004)
Deny the petition for ANY series of docking slips
--C.S. Lovelace to Conservation Commission (02-07-2004)
Harbor should remain unchanged!
-- A letter from Reva and Mort Schleslinger (02-05-2004)
From CCFUSWSEN to Conservation Commission
-- Questions regarding steps in the approval process (02-04-2004)
GHYC Pier in direct conflict with our mooring locations
--From Kenneth F. Aguiar and Family (01-23-2004)
Traffic, Greed and Avarice
--A letter to the editor from Paul O. Longenecker (01-05-2004)
STOP NANTUCKET DISNEY WORLD
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Letter from Coleen Wheldon to the editor of the Inquirer & Mirror (12-24-2003)
The Canary in the Coal Mine
--A letter to the editor of the Inquirer & Mirror dealing with the lack of parking the developer contemplates supplying (12-24-2003)
Let's work together to make our beautiful Nantucket better, not worse.
--A letter to the editor of the Inquirer & Mirror from Joanne Marcoux (12-24-2003)
From Read McCaffery to the Inquirer & Mirror
--CCFUSWSEN responds to the developer's open letter advertisement in the Inquirer & Mirror (12-22-2003)
From Thomas Congdon to the Selectmen (12-13-2003)
--"Atmosphere is a vital public asset."
A letter to the editor of the Inquirer & Mirror(12-10-2003)
--Responding to an editorial.
Our Magic Island (12-04-2003)
--A letter to the editor of the Inquirer & Mirror from Paul O. Longenecker.
From C.S. Lovelace to NP&EDC (11-30-2003)
--About the original founders of the "South Beach Boatyard."
From CCFUSWSEN to Conservation Commission (11-28-2003)
--Concerns regarding GHYC Application.
From CCFUSWSEN to Nantucket Planning Board (11-26-2003)
--The developers do not own or control all of the land comprising the site of the proposed development. In fact, the Town and County own part of the site!
From CCFUSWSEN to Editor of Inquirer and Mirror (11-25-2003)
--Concessions are only a 'Band Aid'.
From Jeffrey Lovelace to ConComm
--"There once was a small marina..."
From Concerned Citizens to Nantucket Planning Board (11-18-2003)
--This letter advises the Town of the formation of CCFUSWEN and outlines the neighborhood's issues with the developer's proposal.
A major impact on our lives (11-12-2003)
--A letter to the Conservation Commission from Robert and Kelly Paterson.
No effort to work within the existing simple low key neighborhood or area. (11-12-03)
--A letter to Con Com From David and Donna Wiley.
From Virginia F. Andrews to Nantucket Planning Board (11-06-2003)
--"Send these folks back [to] the drawing board."
Questions regarding the GHYC MCD Application (11-4-2003)
--A letter to Planning Board from David and Donna Wiley.
From Moncure Chatfield-Taylor to Nantucket Planning Board (11-05-2003)
--A letter from an abutting neighbor outlining his objections to the project.
We have voiced our concerns a number of times (11-03-2003)
--A letter to the Planning Board from Robert and Kelly Patterson.
"I urge you to investigate the feasibility of the acquisition and the
preservation of public access to the harbor"
--A letter from Chip LaBonte (10-20-2003)