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The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has made the difficult decision to close their Whaling Museum until further notice due to this week’s surge in COVID-19 cases on Nantucket. On Saturday, the NHA made this announcement:Out of an abundance of caution, the Whaling Museum closes Saturday 12/5 and until further notice, […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce a new “Study Hall” program at the Whaling Museum to provide community members with a safe, socially distanced space to read, surf the Web using the museum’s free wifi, attend a virtual class, or do school work. With the weather cooling […]
ReMain Nantucket announced that the next in a series of surveys studying the economic impacts of COVID-19 on local businesses and organizations has been released. With the summer season concluding and the remaining economic uncertainty, the Town of Nantucket and the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce are interested in learning […]
The show will go on! This year’s Boston Pops on Nantucket will be Boston Pops for Nantucket to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital has been reimagined to safely carry on this wonderful island tradition. For the past 23 years, the island community has come together on Jetties Beach to support Nantucket Cottage Hospital. This […]
Nantucket can be proud of its leaders for acting early and decisively to protect the community from the threat of coronavirus, and I am in awe of the collective actions of all island residents to physically distance, stay home, wash their hands diligently, and adhere to the emergency orders put […]
“Music has the power to bring people together…” Laura Cunningham knows this, and, along with her friend and fellow musician Lorna Dollery, she is using music via their #CoronaSongChallenge to raise the spirits of Nantucket residents sheltering in place. And in doing so, they are raising money for Nantucket Cottage […]
The Community Foundation has established The Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees has donated $100,000 from the Nantucket Fund to launch this initiative. In addition, late Thursday evening the Foundation received a pledge for a generous matching grant of $250,000 from ReMain Nantucket. The Foundation is […]