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Just 7 miles by 14 miles, Nantucket Island is known to be very accessible for walkers and cyclists. Downtown Nantucket and the Village of Siasconset are both filled with charming lanes, beautiful gardens, and historic buildings, so walking and biking are the best ways to explore and to discover hidden […]
On Nantucket whose voice gets heard? What would an accurate portrait of the island’s population tell us about ourselves? These are core questions of the U.S. Census, the constitutionally-mandated federal population count currently underway. The island’s people have always been a little hard to reach during a U.S. Census canvas, […]
It only costs $1 to cast your vote, though you must cast at least five votes, and it doesn’t matter whether you are registered Republican, Democrat, or Independent, but it will help if you love pets and books. And don’t wait until November to vote: this contest for the most […]
Each summer hundreds of swimmers dive into Nantucket Sound to raise money to support cancer care with the Swim Across America Nantucket annual swim. This is no ordinary summer. This year because of the pandemic, Swim Across America has taken a different tack to raise much-needed funds for cancer care. […]
by C. Oscar Olson Nantucket is a land shrouded in much more than just fog. For hundreds of years, various peoples have populated this tiny isle, and each of them brought with them their own set of stories, folklore, and fears. The past has a way of hanging on thirty […]
By now we are all used to postponements and cancellations of our favorite island events, but these six Nantucket organizations are taking new approaches, keeping the interest alive with galas and events that are streamed, held online, offered on the radio, or shown on television. Many of them are combinations […]
Nantucket has been an oasis for artists of all kinds for nearly 100 years. The island’s art colony bloomed throughout the 1920s, grew in the 1930s, and faced a crisis in 1943 when the only exhibition gallery closed. Then, the transformation of an abandoned warehouse on Straight Wharf into a […]