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Chris Tran

The spring 2021 issue of Nantucket Today was Chris Tran’s first time behind the lens for the magazine. He graduated from Lasell University during the pandemic year of 2020, and picked up his … more

6/21/22

Marianne Stanton

Marianne Stanton’s roots are deep on Nantucket and in the newspaper business. As editor and publisher of The Inquirer and Mirror , she took the newspaper into the digital world. When not at the … more

6/21/22

Kevin Stanton

Kevin Stanton writes our "Eat/Drink" column, as well as profiles on everybody from a well-known fish cutter to a collector of Chinese art. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art. His … more

6/21/22

Caroline Stanton

Caroline Stanton grew up on Nantucket before leaving to study at Vassar. She now lives in Oakland, California, where she is an elementary school teacher and high school lacrosse coach. more

6/21/22

Cary Hazlegrove

Cary Hazlegrove moved from southwest Virginia to Nantucket in the spring of 1978. Nantucket has been her home and central to her work for over 40 years. Her photographs illustrate several … more

6/20/22

Peter Halik

If you like the look of this magazine, you can thank our art director, Peter Halik. He studied graphic design in college, and worked for The Inquirer and Mirror when he first arrived on Nantucket. … more

6/20/22

Brian Bushard

Brian Bushard’s idea of a good time is a very long walk. He once walked 24 miles, from Wauwinet to Great Point, along Coatue, and back to Wauwinet. These were beach miles, across the sand. He … more

6/20/22

Aidan Feeney

Aidan Feeney grew up on Nantucket. He left to study sustainable agriculture at Sterling College in Vermont. In 2019, he came home and started Fog Town Farm. more

6/20/22

Cam Gammill

Cam Gammill has been chasing bluefish since he was a little boy. He is the co-owner of Bill Fisher Tackle and co-owner of Fisher Real Estate. He also fishes with Bill Fisher Outfitters, owned by his … more

6/20/22

Dean Geddes

Dean Geddes is a 10-year veteran of The Inquirer and Mirror. He grew up in Japan before moving to Delaware during his high-school years but always returned to Nantucket every summer. When not working … more

6/20/22

Ginger Andrews

Virginia Andrews comes by her love of birds through her late mother, ornithologist Edith Andrews. She likes to joke that barn owls were her siblings growing up on Nantucket. Ginger gives bird walks … more

6/20/22

Chris and Cheryl Emery’s iconic stilt house in Madaket was taken down three years ago after a winter storm pounded the beach, depositing tons of sand in a washover between the beach and Hither Creek.

Will town government be able to deal with the changes sea-level rise will bring?

You do not have to look any further than Sconset to get an idea of the political battle that’s coming when the town tries to figure out how best to protect the island from rising seas. … more

Brian Bushard | 11/10/21

Cold Toes, Hot Birds: The Joys of Winter Birding

Call birders intrepid or just foolhardy, when we are out in the cold, raw wind, shivering behind our telescopes. Call the weather we love invigorating, or even character-building. But the bird … more

Virginia Andrews | 11/10/21

The Best of Nantucket 2021

Every year readers of The Inquirer and Mirror vote on who is the best in multiple categories. Read on to see who this year’s winners are! To read the complete story, click here to … more

8/31/21

Fast Fish

Often it is a triangle but if you sit and watch the fish, it becomes predictable. As a result, when you see a small pod of fish pop onto the surface, you can start to predict where they are going … more

Cam Gammill | 8/31/21

The Gray Heron: A World-Class Find

It was an early Saturday morning, September 5, of last year, when Skyler Kardell saw a bird that was the very definition of rare. Kardell, then 18 years old, and the Tuckernuck Land Trust’s … more

Virginia Andrews | 8/31/21

Bonito

My very first memory of catching one of these speedsters stems back to when I was 10 years old and a total dock rat. Capt. Marc Genthner on the Just Do it Too snuck me, my brothers and a friend out … more

Cam Gammill | 7/31/21

Ruddy Turnstones

Watching bird activity is one of the delights of the beach. As August rolls around, shorebird migration heats up, and Nantucket’s beaches are known for their seasonally-changing birds. Whether … more

Ginger Andrews | 7/31/21

Bottom’s Up

When most people think about fishing on Nantucket, their minds immediately think of striped bass or bluefish. Striped bass offer the opportunity of catching a trophy-sized fish and have historically … more

Cam Gammill | 7/1/21

The Ups and Downs of Nantucket's Ospreys

Ospreys have a way of getting people’s attention. They are large, charismatic raptors with a wingspan a bit over five feet. As fish-hunters they make a big splash: literally. When the … more

Ginger Andrews | 7/1/21

The Brants of Brant Point

It is the front door to the island. Old-timers would sometimes say about somebody who had just moved to Nantucket, usually somebody who thought he had the answer to an island problem, “He only … more

Virginia Andrews | 6/1/21

The Bluebird of Happiness

E.H. Forbush posed that rhetorical question in 1929, the year his tome of bird lore, “Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States,” was published. In Forbush’s day, … more

Virginia Andrews | 4/26/21

Riding on The Edge

Chris Gordon grew up sailing Lasers and other small boats at the Nantucket Yacht Club. But as a young man he made the transition to ice-boating. The reason for the switch can be summed up in one … more

Dean Geddes | 11/3/20

The Joys of Winter Birding

Don’t birds go south for the winter? Yes, and for a whole host of species, Nantucket is their idea of south. To birders, winter means ducks: pond ducks, sea ducks and more. … more

Virginia Andrews | 11/3/20

The Best of Nantucket 2020

Every year readers of The Inquirer and Mirror vote on who is the best in multiple categories. Read on to see who this year’s winners are! Dining & Entertainment … more

9/3/20