by Amy Jenness Nantucket had access to local telephone service beginning in 1887, but the ability to make long distance calls didn’t occur until 1916 after the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company laid down 550 miles of doublearmored steel—the longest submarine cable in the country—between Wood’s Hole, Martha’s Vineyard […]
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- AAN’s 20th Annual Spring Sweep Starts this Week on March 28, 2024
- Super Diamond Is Musical Guest at the Boston Pops on Nantucket this August & Elin Hilderbrand Hosts
- The Hive to Open This Summer on Nantucket Island
- When Snow Falls on Nantucket
- Special Delivery to Nantucket Hospital by Island Girl Scout Troup 64889
- Nantucket’s 2024 One Book One Island Selection Announced
- OBOI Organizers Are Seeking Suggestions for the 2024 Book Selection
- Festive December Events in the Nantucket Whaling Museum
- TWN Brings Beloved Books to the Stage
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In this Issue
- AAN’s 20th Annual Spring Sweep Starts this Week on March 28, 2024
- Super Diamond Is Musical Guest at the Boston Pops on Nantucket this August & Elin Hilderbrand Hosts
- The Hive to Open This Summer on Nantucket Island
- When Snow Falls on Nantucket
- Special Delivery to Nantucket Hospital by Island Girl Scout Troup 64889
- Nantucket’s 2024 One Book One Island Selection Announced
- OBOI Organizers Are Seeking Suggestions for the 2024 Book Selection
- Festive December Events in the Nantucket Whaling Museum
- TWN Brings Beloved Books to the Stage