by Maryjane Mojer Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm The day before my day off is my favorite day of the week. I enjoy the potential as much as the day itself. On that most joyful day of the week, I clean my house as soon as I get home from work; […]
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Free Family Day on August 7
The fun family program presented by Egan Maritime will be free to all on Tuesday, August 7 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum located at 158 Polpis Road. Family Day has been an annual family program during July and August since the museum […]
Maria Mitchell: A Starlit Legacy
by Carl Oscar Olson The night sky above Nantucket is not like most places. Celestial bodies seem to shine differently here, thirty miles out to sea and surrounded by the dark waters of the Atlantic. We are far enough away from big city light pollution, and the air is clearer. […]
Playful and Wildly Energetic
by Suzanne Daub I’ve never seen the movie Footloose, so I didn’t know what to expect from the current Theatre Workshop’s stage adaptation. What I got was an entertaining evening and a story with more substance than many musicals I’ve seen. Thanks to a talented and charismatic cast, skilled directing […]
NHA Event Brings Renowned Designers to the Island
Limited tickets are still available at press time for the Nantucket Historical Association’s Nantucket by Design events that continue through this Saturday, August 4. This exciting event of design-related programming is the NHA’s major summer fundraiser and celebrates creative and inspirational design across many fields and disciplines with a design […]
Unwind & Enjoy at a New Island Favorite
by Carl Oscar Olson We all have one of those goto spots. Maybe it’s down the street or around the corner, in your hometown or vacation destination. It doesn’t matter who you are, regulars and first-timers alike feel right at home right away, and that’s why they keep coming back. […]
So Much Depends on a Yellow Pickup
by Robert P. Barsanti Sunday broke into a red sky at morning. At five in the morning, the sun poked through a hole in the fog over Monomoy and lit up the Pacific Bank on Main Street. I thought I was alone on Main Street for this singular sight, but […]
“Style Is Who You Are”
by Suzanne Daub There seem to be few fashion rules that cannot be broken these days, but how do you make a statement and still dress well? Ray Maurice at Haberdashery of New England has the answer. As Ray puts it “Fashion is what you chase; style is who you […]
Native Habitats
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation For people and plants, Nantucket can be a formidable place to call home. Only the hardiest souls can endure the wind, salt spray, and isolation all year, but those that can are rewarded with […]
