Picture this: you and three friends at a live concert or theatrical performance of your choice anywhere within the continental US, at any time during the year – airfare and hotel included. And the whole package for all four of you cost just a $100 raffle ticket! Seem too good […]
Today’s Nantucket
British Invasion on Jetties Beach in August: RAIN Is Special Musical Guest for Boston Pops on Nantucket
The British Invasion will land at Jetties Beach on Nantucket this summer when RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles joins the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra as the special musical guest for the 22nd annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital. RAIN performs the full range of The […]
AAN Annual Spring Sweep Auction set for Easter Weekend
A sign of springtime on Nantucket is the Artists Association of Nantucket’s (AAN) annual Spring Sweep, a fun and cultural take on “spring cleaning.” This year, the Spring Sweep Preview Party and Silent Auction will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31 at the Cecelia Joyce & […]
Louise Penny, Min Jin Lee, Richard Prum Among Featured Authors to Appear at the 2018 Nantucket Book Festival
Nantucketers and visitors will celebrate authors, readers, and the joy of reading with the seventh annual Nantucket Book Festival, held from June 15 to 17, 2018. The outstanding slate of award-winning authors along with local and regional talent includes Louise Penny, Min Jin Lee, and Richard Prum. These authors will be […]
The UPS Store Offers Solutions to Island Customers
He was half-way to Surfside when Mike Boylan realized his mistake. He had been driving “on autopilot,” heading to where he’d been operating Nantucket’s only UPS Store for 15 years. At the end of January, Boylan and his team moved The UPS Store to 61 Old South Road to become […]
Keep Heat From Escaping Your Nantucket Home This Winter
Who doesn’t love the feeling of stepping in from that all-too-familiar Nantucket winter blast to the cozy warmth of home? Unfortunately, keeping our homes warm all winter comes with a price: higher energy consumption. This is especially true for those who live in Nantucket’s older homes that are prone to […]
Getting Around Year-Round on Nantucket with the NRTA Busses
Nantucket has a rich transportation history. Whaling ships, steam powered ferries and the Nantucket Railroad in the 1800’s, and the first airplanes began landing just south of Commercial Wharf during the First World War. Fast forward to 1995 and the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (NRTA) began providing the island’s first […]