News and Events for Nantucket Island
During the peak of Nantucket’s whaling days it was a normal occurrence for island youth to head out to sea aboard a ship. Indeed, some might even say for the young men of Nantucket, it was expected. Slowly as the industry dwindled and whale oil was no longer in high […]
by Carl Oscar Olson As you make your way down South Water Street toward the Whaling Museum, your feet might wander toward the music and laughter pouring out into the street. Wide open doors and windows reel you in, and it’s almost impossible not to turn your head to see. […]
We’ve all experienced the difficulty of finding reliable, locally owned taxi transportation on Nantucket. Doug Kruse, a seasonal island resident, was dining with friends in ‘Sconset one night during the summer of 2016. After a their meal, the group tried to find a taxi to get back home to their […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation Nantucket has been a hotspot of global transport since the whaling days of the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when most people never ventured further than a few miles from their hometown, […]
They say the world is your classroom, so let the island of Nantucket feed your brain all summer long. Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Nantucket Community Foundation’s ReMain Nantucket Fund, the Maria Mitchell Association is sending a Pop Up Science cart around the island all summer […]
by Maryjane Mojer Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm I haven’t really lived anywhere but Nantucket for any significant length of time. Not to say that I won’t. I have plans…oh, I have plans. I have no clue what they are but I’ve got ‘em. In the past few years, I find […]
by Suzanne Daub “I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.” White Heron Theatre has done it again with their production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives: they’ve brought New York to their Nantucket stage and mounted a production that is professional, entertaining, and […]
by Carl Oscar Olson Everyone loves the classics. Cars from the 1960s and 1970s have captured our attention and made our hearts race for nearly a decade, and rock and roll still makes us get up and dance. Nantucket is a classic American vacation spot, and The Downyflake is a […]
