~ by Amy Jenness, author of On This Day in Nantucket History, available at Mitchell’s Book Corner ~ On August 21, 1901 the U.S. Weather Bureau sent electrical expert Reginald A. Fessenden to Nantucket to study and conduct experiments at the new ‘Sconset Marconi wireless station. The station, which communicated […]
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Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- A Language without Words
- First of 3 Sidewalk Art Shows for 2025
- “Bad Luck Billy”
- If You Build It, Purple Martins Will Come
- Take the Nantucket Limerick Challenge
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket July 10-12
- Family Activities & Night at the Museum
- Hilarious, Hopeful, & Achingly Human
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
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