HOLIDAY SHOPPING ON THE HIGH SEAS
byBack in the whaling days, many a Nantucketer did their holiday shopping on the open ocean or at exotic stops along the way. Undoubtedly,…
History & Politics
LEADING THE CHARGE
byCan Nantucket become 100 percent energy self-sufficient? Two hours off the coast of Denmark, the Danish island of Samso is reminiscent of Nantucket. Forty-square-miles…
RETURN OF THE JETTIES
byAn ambitious project to restore Nantucket’s Jetties begins this fall. More than a hundred years since their original construction, the jetties leading into Nantucket…
SHELL COLLECTOR
byNantucket summer resident Dr. Marc Garnick owns some of the world’s rarest rowing shells. For forty-six years, thousands have gathered on the banks of…
BERRY INTERESTING
byThe global reach of Nantucket’s native fruit. Every October, more than two million pounds of cranberries are harvested from the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s bogs….
VICTORIAN’S SECRET
byExploring the forgotten history of Nantucket’s rarest architecture. Scattered among Nantucket’s restrained and occasionally formal architecture are buildings that seem to scream for attention….
STOVE BY A WHALE
byShipwreck. Starvation. Murder. Cannibalism. Big Hollywood stars. What more could one hope for in a museum experience? Starting this spring, the Nantucket Historical Association…
NANTUCKET’S INTOXICATING HISTORY
byRollicking tales of rum-running, bootlegging, and legendary Nantucket parties You don’t need a Breathalyzer to prove that alcohol and Nantucket go together like gin…
NOT SO FAST: Bruce Miller
byA quick chat with Board of Selectman, Bruce Miller N MAGAZINE: What originally brought you to the island? MILLER: The glamour of washing dishes…
LYNX TO THE PAST
byOn the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Nantucket, a replica Baltimore Clipper of the privateer Lynx gives a fitting salute. Ask someone on…