~ 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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- Building Castles and Dining on the Harvest
- Toasting Basketmakers with Bubbly & Bourbon
- It’s a Family Tradition
- It’s a Love-Hate Relationship
- Honoring Juneteenth
- Looking Back to the Past & into the Future
- Limerick Challenge
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Secrets, Scandal, & Sidesplitting Fun
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
- Building Castles and Dining on the Harvest
- Toasting Basketmakers with Bubbly & Bourbon
- It’s a Family Tradition
- It’s a Love-Hate Relationship
- Honoring Juneteenth
- Looking Back to the Past & into the Future
- Limerick Challenge
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Secrets, Scandal, & Sidesplitting Fun
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