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 […]
Today’s Nantucket
Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum Partners with the NHA
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 […]
Nantucket Preservation Trust Strives to Increase Island’s Workforce Housing
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 […]
ReMain Nantucket Purchases Annye’s Whole Foods Building to Continue Healthy Food Vision for Island
Annye Camara, proprietor and namesake of Annye’s Whole Foods, has long believed that better food leads to better health for all on Nantucket. That concept will continue and expand, following the sale of her mid-island storefront to ReMain Ventures. With the purchase of 14 Amelia Drive, ReMain Ventures will continue […]
More than 20 Unique Nantucket Experiences and Items to Bid On in NHA Auction
Go to gaol on Nantucket (or send someone else), stay overnight in the historic Thomas Macy House, be Nantucket’s miller for a day at the Old Mill, give your favorite youngster a whale of a birthday party. These fun experiences and a dozen others are up for auction in the […]
Nantucket One Book One Island 2021 Events Have Begun
One Book One Island is an annual collaborative project of community partners and sponsors on Nantucket that seeks to promote reading and community by encouraging the entire population of Nantucket Island to read, discuss, and reflect on the same book. Organizers hope to instill the importance of life-long learning for youth and […]
One Year after Lockdown, a Beloved Landmark Returns to Nantucket Island
Today, March 11, we are all looking back over a year of pain, loss, stress, and uncertainty that came with the pandemic and the lockdown that officially began March 11, 2020. In the midst of today’s reflections, a beloved historic landmark was returned to Nantucket Island, bringing with it the […]