One of Florida’s most charming and relatively unexplored treasures can be found outside the Sun Belt in the far northeastern corner of the state.
Nantucketers are notorious snow birds and can …
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Terry Pommett
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7/12/11
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The Nantucket waterfront will lose one of its most dedicated guardians May 4 with the retirement of Coast Guard Station Brant Point Senior Chief Sheila Lucey. Her five-year assignment as head of the …
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Terry Pommett
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7/12/11
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Anna Lynn Bender opened the Weaving Room in 1984 when all an enterprising artist needed to start a cottage industry was a nail, a sign and a front door.
“I put a sign up, people came …
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Margaret Carroll-Bergman
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7/12/11
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Under an ominous morning sky, Cormac Collier, executive director of the Nantucket Land Council, cruises down Eel Point Road in his Isuzu Trooper. He slows whenever passing new construction, carefully …
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Elizabeth Stanek
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7/12/11
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While the Sconset Trust will undoubtedly focus most of its attention over the next year on moving Sankaty Light to safer ground, the conservation organization does still plan to move forward on …
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Joshua Balling
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7/12/11
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On Feb. 1, 1850, the beacon atop Sankaty Light blazed through the dark night for the first time, warning whalers and seafarers away from the treacherous waters off the island’s eastern shore. …
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Joshua Balling
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7/12/11
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The Pacific Club is a survivor. The historic brick building at the foot of Main Street that began life in 1772 as the counting house of prosperous whaling merchant William Rotch fought the Great Fire …
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Joshua Balling
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7/11/11
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the winners:
Airline
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
Antique Store
Tonkin of Nantucket
Art Gallery
Artists’ Association of Nantucket
Auto …
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