News and Events for Nantucket Island
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present Nantucket Legends: Foggy Facts and Fictions, the major 2013 exhibition examining some of the most curious stories of Nantucket’s past. Legends such as the first Nantucket Tea Party, R. H. Macy’s red star tattoo, Tony Sarg’s sea serpent hoax, the origin […]
With nearly two weeks to go, The Starlight Theatre & Cafe on Nantucket Island has met and exceeded their Kickstarter pledge drive goal of $92,500.00. As of Saturday, March 16, they are well on their way to $100,000.00 with more than 685 backers! Mark Watson and Jeff Weiner sat down […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • After the storm, we sat outside at the brewery. Cribbage was being played, the dogs were scampering and the sky had more rain in it. Heavy waves ground up the south shore and the overcast skittered. “He doesn’t talk to me.” “Why is that?” […]
Dr. Richard Koehler, an experienced laparoscopic surgeon, joined the Nantucket Cottage Hospital staff in 2012 as the first additional surgeon in nearly three decades. Dr. Koehler is a fulltime general surgeon who has 20 years of experience in advanced laparoscopic surgery, the modern technique in which operations in the abdomen […]
• by Robert P. Barsanti • By now, most of the snow has melted. Frozen, dirty, icy clumps and ridges remain hidden deep in the brown thicket of dead vines and holly bushes out back, but the rest of the snow disappeared in a warm rain. Even snow forts built […]
