Author: Taryn McBryde

An Island Point of View, Insider Tips, Nantucket Voices

Fishing After the Storm

Hurricanes make for wonderful metaphors but lousy forecasts. Hurricane Erin came a’ creeping up the east coast and ruined a lot of late August plans. Number one on my list was the Derby Day fishing event, wisely cancelled out of an abundance of caution. High winds, rip currants, and huge ocean swells are not conducive to a great family beach day. On the bright side, some of the surfing pictures and videos that came from the southern shores of Nantucket are flatout amazing. The good with the bad, right?

Nantucket Events, Nantucket History & People

Arie L. Kopelman Honored by NHA

The Nantucket Historical Association is proud to honor Arie L. Kopelman with the official naming of the Whaling Museum’s Scrimshaw and Decorative Arts Gallery, Arie L. Kopelman Gallery, in his honor. Kopelman’s passion for decorative arts and Nantucket history, as well as his tremendous support of the Nantucket Historical Association […]

Nantucket Arts

Will You Win Fame & Glory?

There just 2 more weeks to win fame and glory in our annual Photo Contest — September 12 is the deadline to enter for the 2025 judging. For more than 30 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for residents and visitors to share their images of Nantucket […]

Nantucket Arts

Share Your Photos for Fame & Glory

September 12 is the deadline to enter the 2025 Yesterday’s Island Photo Contest. For more than 30 years, this popular contest has been a terrific way for residents and visitors to share their images of Nantucket Island. Any season, any view, any time period (we love the old photos) are […]

An Island Point of View

Note to the Blues: the Derby Is August 23

The signs are everywhere. Shorter days, football teams getting ready, the August Blues fishing tournament in full swing—yup, this summer is slipping away like a Don Henley song. So when I found myself with an open afternoon last week I decided to get out to the beach and see if maybe I could actually participate in the tournament by catching a bluefish. Seems reasonable, right?

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Island Science

Island Risks of Lone Star Ticks & Alpha Gal

I first encountered lone star ticks on Tuckernuck Island in 2015. I had one adult female hitchhike back to Nantucket on me. At the time, it was only the second report from Nantucket with many more known from Tuckernuck. Of course, it was just a matter of time before Nantucket, and all of its available habitat, became the next place for lone star ticks to populate. Since then, lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) have established and become dominant in parts of Nantucket starting in the western end and are now found throughout the island. And, yes, they are found all the way to the eastern end.

Nantucket Arts, Nantucket Events

Poetry Festival Returns

by Anna Popnikolova Without art, we are not Nantucket. But how could we understand that without poetry? Poetry shows us there is beauty in the mundane. We are making poetry, even if we aren’t writing anything. Poetry tells us there is so much more than what is in front of […]