~ by Amy Jenness ~ In 1913 an Edgartown fisherman named Sam Jackson was dragging for flounder around Tuckernuck Shoal when he discovered a massive bed of quahogs and forever changed the island’s shellfish industry. For centuries local fishermen had harvested large clams, also known as quahogs, as well as […]
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In this Issue
- A Mix of Imagination and Craftsmanship
- Time to Catch a Striper
- Call of the Osprey
- An Island Collaboration to Ignite Curiosity and Inspire Learning
- What’s New on Nantucket
- Celebrating 80 Years
- Limerick Challenge
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Uniting Community with New Exhibit & Project
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket
Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- A Mix of Imagination and Craftsmanship
- Time to Catch a Striper
- Call of the Osprey
- An Island Collaboration to Ignite Curiosity and Inspire Learning
- What’s New on Nantucket
- Celebrating 80 Years
- Limerick Challenge
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Uniting Community with New Exhibit & Project
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket