TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
bySenator Chris Dodd reflects on his father’s historic role in the Nuremberg Trials. Christopher J. Dodd was the longest serving senator in Connecticut history….
History
JUST HISTORY
byThe Museum of African American History champions critical chapters in Nantucket’s history. Most know about the island’s Quaker founders, its whaling fame, its abolitionists…
FRIST PLACE
bySummer resident Tracy Frist is on a mission to protect and preserve historic spaces. For Nantucket summer resident Tracy Frist, the importance of preservation…
BLADE RUNNER
byHow local blacksmith Keaton Goddard became a cut above the rest. Keaton Goddard—all six feet four inches—stood ramrod-straight behind an anvil on a dimly…
COLD CASE: The Disappearance of Margaret Kilcoyne, Nantucket’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery
byFew people on Nantucket remember her name now, all these years later. But for those that do, Margaret Kilcoyne is an enigma. She was…
WALTER’S WORLD
byMeet the man who made Nantucket what it is today. He was driven by both passion and profits. He was met with both praise…
SEEING THE LIGHT
byWhat makes Nantucket’s lighthouses really shine? At the end of this month, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin will be appearing at the Nantucket Whaling…
SPY GAMES
byRevealing the secret life of late summer resident, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. When Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt, Jr. was eulogized at Siasconset Union Chapel sixteen years…
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,…
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….