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Several people recently have used the word “nuance” in discussions with me about issues with which they wanted help. In discussing another way of approaching these issues, they said it was “nuanced.

WEST BARNSTABLE — The 17-year-old has a girlfriend, plays guitar, and loves to draw and take photographs.

Those who wish to vote in the Nov. 4 election must register to do so by 8 p.m. on Wednesday. New voters may register by mail, in person at voting locations or at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Yet another mailer has gone out to addresses in the 2nd Barnstable District, this time in support of freshman state Rep. Brian Mannal.

Because of a reporting error, a story on Page A1 of Monday's Times about Martha's Vineyard students commuting to Falmouth Academy did not have the correct first name of one student. Sam Wallace makes the daily ferry trip to school.

Because of a reporting error, a story on the cod crisis on Page A1 of Sunday's Times misrepresented a statement by National Marine Fisheries Service scientist Michael Palmer.

ORLEANS — A presentation in advance of a special town meeting will be held by the Orleans Taxpayers Association from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Orleans Historical Society at Main Street and River Road.

CHATHAM — Over 60 years ago, what is known as the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history occurred off the shore of this seaside town, when waves from a severe nor'easter snapped a 503-foot tanker in two.

MASHPEE — Mashpee will try to become the latest Cape Cod town to regulate use of nitrogen-based fertilizers within its borders.

Divers have retrieved tableware, parts of a ship, a 2-yard-long ornamental bronze spear, and other artifacts scattered over 330 yards of the seafloor off the Greek isle of Antikythera, the site of a nearly 2,100-year-old shipwreck.