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As with all celebrations this summer, July 4th 2020 will be a very different holiday than the Independence Day festivities Nantucket usually hosts. With games, face-painting, the famous water fight canceled and the fireworks postponed to New Year’s Eve, we have decided to share memories of the Fourth of July […]
The annual Race For Open Space will be returning this year in a virtual format from July 10- July 12, 2020. This race is put on annually by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation Associates. Proceeds from the race go to support the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Registrants can participate in the race […]
The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) is pleased to present NFF NOW: AT HOME, an online film and conversation series taking place from June 23 to 30. Due to the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, NFF is adapting in order to keep the island and its residents healthy and safe […]
After a successful fundraising campaign to build a community drive-in movie theater on Nantucket, The Dreamland has begun construction on a 21.5 x 40 foot screen at the 7 Nobadeer Farm Road athletic fields parking lot. “We couldn’t be more grateful to our partners at the Town of Nantucket, the […]
by Mackenzie Welch Whether you enjoy them as a delicacy, or use their shells for Christmas lights or wreaths, bay scallops are a symbol of Nantucket. The bay scallop population acts an important commercial and recreational fishery to the island. It is also one of the last remaining wild bay […]
by Mary Bergman I haven’t left Nantucket since February 25th. But last week, I was on a houseboat on the River Thames. Since late February, I have been to high rises in New York City and the suburbs of Philadelphia. I’ve been to a yellow house in New Orleans, the […]
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTUCKET… For decades, Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket (now celebrating our 50th year!) has challenged readers to add to the original Nantucket Limericks. You can read the original series of limericks, here https://yesterdaysisland.com/limerick-challenge/ along with more recent additions. During the difficult circumstances of the pandemic, we think that […]