Author: Taryn McBryde

Nantucket quahogging adventure in Madaket harbor by Steve Tuna Tornovish
An Island Point of View, Nantucket Essays, Nantucket Voices

Scratch Up the Quahogs

Well would you look at that: Memorial Day weekend was a few days ago and Nantucket is insta-busy. Not surprising, of course, but it does feel often sudden this year. Perhaps it’s due to the lack of any real warm weather. Or maybe it’s that this national holiday was celebrated a week earlier than usual this year. Whatever it may be, it’s busy! Joggers, bikers, e-bikers, rental cars, Ubers, summer neighbors, people riding scooters or those crazy big wheel skateboard thingies – the island is very people-y all at once.

Restoration work underway at Nantucket Old Mill historic windmill
Nantucket History & People

Next Phase for the Mill

The Nantucket Historical Association is beginning the next phase of restoration work on Nantucket’s iconic Old Mill, built in 1746. The NHA purchased the mill in 1897. In 1992, it was designated as a historic mechanical engineering landmark and is believed to be the oldest working windmill in the United […]

Nantucket Shadbush blooming along island coastal habitat
Exploring Nantucket, Island Science

A Special Plant with a Great Name

by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois, PhDDirector of Research & Conservation at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation Nantucket is home to many rare plant species, but few bear its name. Nantucket Shadbush (Amelanchier nantucketensis) is a globally-rare shrub that was once thought to be limited to our island. This small shrub […]