The calendar says it’s technically late spring, but it sure felt like early summer yesterday. It was spectacularly sunny all day long, and downright hot in the early afternoon. Its suitability as a beach day was not lost on the five dozen 4×4 drivers that lined 40th Pole with friends, […]
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Free, Active Fun for Families
Parents of kids aged eight and under, are you looking for a fun, free and educational activity on Nantucket? Nantucket Community School has you covered. From now until June 8, you can enjoy the StoryWalk, a casual stroll through downtown Nantucket that allows kids to read the book My Garden, […]
What’s New on Nantucket: Boozy Beans
Nantucket Coffee Roasters greets the season with new rum and whiskey barrel coffees. This past winter, owner Wes van Cott was hanging out at Cisco Brewery when he noticed an old rum barrel sitting around. When he found out that the barrels are often discarded after their life as a […]
Memorial Day on Nantucket
Nantucket’s 2014 Memorial Day parade took place on Sunday, May 25. It began at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Washington Street; continued to the Civil War Monument on upper Main St., and on to Prospect Hill Cemetery, and finally, back to the Legion for a reception. Here […]
5 Things to Love About Wine Fest
1. Meeting winemakers. Unlike many wine festivals, the Nantucket Wine Festival welcomes mostly winemakers rather than distributors. And it only takes an instant to tell the difference. A winemaker’s aura may be larger than life like Roberto Damonte of Malvirà, or subdued yet earnest like Joe Donelan of Donelan Family […]
We Asked Nantucketers What They Appreciate about Their Mothers
What do you appreciate most about your mom? “Her sensitivity and the way she taught me that it’s okay to be different.” -Jim Sulzer, author of The Voice at the Door and teacher at Nantucket New School “My mom is still with us at 91, and just as sweet and […]
A Honey of a Hobby
Giddily we break out our picnic baskets, yellow hats and antique cars. We hug friends we haven’t seen in months, and the sun offers its first bashful smiles to us. But we aren’t the only ones dizzy over daffodil season. Our least obtrusive and most important island neighbors rely on […]