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by Katherine Brooks Maria Mitchell Association Among the historic gray-shingled houses of Vestal Street and hidden in the gardens of the Maria Mitchell Association’s Hinchman House Natural Science Museum, sits a whale skull found thirty years ago at Cisco Beach. The bone belongs to a right whale: an endangered species […]
by Corinne Muffly, Educator This is the first in a series of articles dedicated to helping parents find places and activities on Nantucket to enjoy with their children. In the age of technology, I believe it’s appropriate to begin our family excursions with geocaching. What exactly is geocaching? It is […]
Multi-platinum artist and two-time Grammy award winner Kenny Loggins will join the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra as the special musical guest for the 20th annual Boston Pops on Nantucket concert this summer to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Kenny Loggins’ remarkable four-decade-plus career has brought him from the top of the […]
This April, the daffodils all bloomed, and the wide swath of bright yellow, orange, and white blossoms near this busy corner put smiles on many faces of people walking and driving by. Schaefer’s friends are already calling it “Arthur’s Park.”
There are only a few establishments on Nantucket that have as long a history here or have been such an integral part of island life as Bartlett’s Farm. Starting with William Bartlett in the early 1800s, the Bartlett family has worked the land for well over a century. Over the […]
Three-time Academy Award winner and nineteen-time Academy Award Nominee Meryl Streep will appear at a special cabaret to benefit Theatre Workshop of Nantucket on Saturday, July 30 at the Nantucket Hotel and Resort. The evening will pay tribute to TWN’s 60 years of performing on the island. “On With The […]
Longtime Nantucket summer resident Joe Hale has been chosen as the new Executive Director of The Nantucket Dreamland, a nonprofit film and performing arts center on the island.