Sunday, May 18, 2008

Tuckernuck Owners Oppose Nantucket Land Bank Purchase of Bartlett Property

“Tuckernuck Owners Oppose Land Bank Buy of Bartlett Land”
The Inquirer & Mirror, May 16, 2008
By Jason Graziadei

NANTUCKET -- The Land Bank is in negotiations to acquire 12 acres on Tuckernuck, the small island immediately to the west of Nantucket, in a deal which would net the town the first public access to the exclusive island, and protect the land from further development.

Yet the potential deal has already raised concerns and criticism from Tuckernuck property owners ...

Tuckernuck contains about 70 different privately owned lots with about 35 houses, but no year-round residents. ... and much of the land is in conservation through the Tuckernuck Land Trust, the Nantucket Land Council, the Trustees of Reservations, and the Nature Conservancy. ... ©

Read the full article in The Inquirer & Mirror.

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