UNOBSCURED BY CARS AND CROWDS IS A MIRROR INTO THE PAST. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE NANTUCKET, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE TO BE HERE 200 YEARS AGO IN THE WINTER TIME. THEY DON’T ...

Women on Nantucket voted for the first time in February 1880. The Massachusetts legislature passed a law allowing women to ...

OCTOBER. A LOCAL TRADESMAN, WONG MIGHTY, DIED IN AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. WONG WAS A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE ISLAND COMMUNITY WHO SHARED HIS STORY WITH US LAST WINTER. WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU IN A MOMENT.

Final story of a series of profiles during Black History Month highlighting unsung African American figures from New England. Seneca Boston, a formerly enslaved weaver, built his home in Nantucket’s ...

On March 9, 1774, a tornado or waterspout moved ashore in Nantucket Harbor and destroyed a lighthouse along with several barns and shops. The US National Weather Service Boston has shared the ...