Kate Clarkson, Freya Cantwell, Della Bradt and Annabel Gould (from left to right) demonstrate their sailing proficiency during last Friday's Coffin Cup regatta in Polpis Harbor. More...
STRUGGLING WITH GROWING PAINS, OLD MADAKET SEEKS TO DEFINE ITSELF
BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER
Colonel Bat Guano's former roost on Maine Avenue is a worry for residents of Old Madaket. The low, elongated one-story summer shack known as the Eel Skin Inn is in the hands of new owners and is targeted for an addition that is proposed to go out and up, an otherwise benign project elsewhere on the island. More...
Here, on the west end of the island, the essence of sea, sand and salt air surrounds an unassuming village where the landscape, simple cottages and way of life still speak of simpler times. You can't help but get sand in your shoes in Madaket, and no one out here minds if a few grains cross the threshold. More...
The Steamship Authority's sleek new fast ferry Iyanough had to be cancelled for the first time since her spring launch when she lost power shortly after leaving Hyannis yesterday morning. SSA General Manager Wayne Lamson explained that the vessel is propelled by water thrust from its four water jets that each connect to an engine. More...
It is possible to say that Herman Melville, whether he meant it or not (probably not), was foreshadowing Nantucket's transition to a tourist economy when, in "Moby-Dick," he extolled: "Take out your map and look at it!" If you do as Melville suggested, you can observe, on Centre Street, the First Congregational Church. More...
HEAR THIS VOICE To the editor: I just read the interview published in the July 25 issue of The Nantucket Independent with Kyle Latshaw and Loretta Yoder (Voices From The Bluff ~ SBPF Speaks, Page 2). More...
They lined both foul lines, eager to see their favorite Red Sox players of old up close and personal. On a clear warm summer evening, islanders were able to converse, chat, hobnob and otherwise interact with the heroes of yesteryear as they took on a team of Nantucketers who were rounded up and coached by police detective Tom Clinger. More...
NRTA terminal approved at special Town Meeting Norwood Davis
Special Town Meeting voters Thursday did not support an initiative to acquire the Dreamland Theater, but by a narrow margin of just two votes, got on the bus with the selectmen to secure the former Island Spirits property for a downtown NRTA terminal. More...
The home that housed a legend