For several months, Egan Maritime has explored island responses to the many sailing ship-era shipwrecks near Nantucket. Virtually all these disasters happened during one of New England’s infamous nor’easters or other seasonal storms. Even the US Lifesaving Service (USLSS) on Nantucket took the summer off: they only worked from September 1 until the end of April. We, too, can pause now and reflect on why Nantucketers successfully rescued mariners facing the dangers of the sea.
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In this Issue
- Generations of Farming Island Fresh Flavors
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket
- Going Out after Togs
- Seth Meyers to Perform
- Secrets of the Ditch
- Million Dollar Quartet on TWN Stage
- 50,000 More for the 50th Anniversary
- Nantucket by Design Public Pop-Ups
- 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
Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- Generations of Farming Island Fresh Flavors
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket
- Going Out after Togs
- Seth Meyers to Perform
- Secrets of the Ditch
- Million Dollar Quartet on TWN Stage
- 50,000 More for the 50th Anniversary
- Nantucket by Design Public Pop-Ups
- 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