Plans To Upgrade The Historic Woodbox Property Met With Concerns
byAn ambitious renovation and expansion plan for the historic Woodbox inn and restaurant property on Fair Street is facing pushback from neighbors and has…
Nantucket History
The Strange Tale Of Whale Oil Gus: Nantucket Native To Be Interred On Island After 82 Years In Limbo
byMore than 82 years after his death, a Nantucket man known as “Whale Oil Gus” will finally be laid to rest on the island…
SHOOTING A HUNDRED
bySankaty Head Golf Club commemorates its centennial this September. Sankaty Head Golf Club sits in the shadow of the 171-year-old Sankaty Head Lighthouse on…
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…
GIFT OF GAM
byEgan Maritime’s new podcast Time & Tide hits the airwaves. Back in the whaling days, ships would often meet in the middle of the…
MAKING OLD NEW AGAIN
byHow James Russell and his team at the NHA are breathing new life into the Whaling Museum. Bounding through the Nantucket Whaling Museum, James…
REIMAGINING REMAIN
byCecil Barron Jensen brings an artist’s touch to ReMain Nantucket as executive director. When Melissa Philbrick retired from her post as the longtime executive…
TOP SECRET AT TOM NEVERS
byNantucket’s old Navy Base was the site of a sophisticated surveillance operation. As a kid in 1955, Robert Young was hanging around his family’s…
THE NANTUCKET OF YESTERYEAR
byOur favorite photos from the Nantucket Historical Association over the years. From trains across the island to a bike ride downtown with almost no…
THE ISLAND’S INNER SANCTUMS
byStep inside some of the most exclusive clubs on the island. On an island where yacht clubs and golf clubs can fetch six figure…