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Mother’s Day is right around the corner. If you haven’t highlighted, circled, and set yourself a digital calendar reminder for next Sunday, May 9, we recommend doing that right now. We know that shopping for Mom may not always be the easiest mission, so we have put together a list of ten […]
by Sam Kefferstan Now in its second year, Mass Audubon Nantucket Sanctuaries’ Youth Environmental Stewardship Program puts island youth out on the trails, fields, and beaches of our Nantucket properties, including Lost Farm, Sesachacha Heathlands, and Smith’s Point. Youth stewards will work alongside sanctuary staff to steward land including maintaining […]
The White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket today announced its 2021 Nantucket summer season program, which will feature in-person performances for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The season will include the Tony Award-winning Peter and the Starcatcher performed outdoors at the Oldest House, along with two entertaining solo performance pieces […]
Pandemic restrictions on in-person gatherings have caused the cancellation of the 2021 Nantucket Daffodil Festival events, but COVID-19 can’t stop the tens of thousands of daffodils here from blooming. With the cheery yellow, white, and orange flowers adding pops of color to nearly every street on The Gray Lady, we […]
The Nantucket Book Foundation celebrates its 10th year with a lively and inspiring lineup of author events and school programs throughout 2021, engaging readers on-island and beyond. Despite having to cancel its annual Book Festival for a second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nantucket Book Foundation (NBF) is excited […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through programs, collections, and properties, to promote the island’s significance and foster an appreciation of it. In the spirit of this mission, during the past five months, the NHA has been in discussion with the Nantucket Lightship Basket […]
Affordable housing has long been difficult to find on Nantucket, and an island organization known for preserving the architectural heritage here is getting closer to offering options. The Nantucket Preservation Trust (NPT) has been awarded a $15,000 historic properties redevelopment program planning grant from the 1772 Foundation to conduct a […]