Month: August 2013

NHA
Nantucket Events

Threading the Past into the Present

This week, from Thursday, August 1 through Monday, August 5, the new Antiques & Design Show of Nantucket, formerly the August Antiques Show, will offer a celebration of antiques and design under the tent at Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road, Nantucket, MA. An exciting new approach to a treasured […]

Blueberries
Nantucket Essays

Missing Blueberries

• by Robert P. Barsanti • I missed the blueberries this season.  On a day in the middle of the week, I walked to a spot in the middle of the island and found the branches bare.  Rather, they only held small BB’s which could have been blueberries in a […]

Ghost Crab
Island Science

Ghost Crabs!

• by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station • The name of this week’s article sounds like an awesome indie horror film doesn’t it? Well ghost crabs are here and probably here to stay on Nantucket. Thanks to the eagle eyes of Manomet Center for […]