July 2024 Issue

BRODY MULLINS

LOBBYING ’ S OVERSIZED IMPACT

SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE

THREAT TO OUR FORESTS

Brant Point Waterfront

47 Hulbert Avenue

Brant Point | 6 Bedrooms | 5 Full, 1 Half Bathrooms | $15,995,000

The beach is your backyard. This Brant Point waterfront property has private beach access and outstanding water views. A calm water beach is yours to enjoy swimming, boating or just gazing at the mesmerizing views. An inviting and comfortable home with classic style. Gracious entry into large foyer with beautiful formal staircase. To the left is a lovely office and den with comfortable seating area and fireplace. The living room at the rear of the home has a fireplace surrounded by built-ins and access to a furnished sun porch and the private deck beyond. Adjacent is the beautiful dining room with French doors to the deck facing the harbor. The kitchen has a breakfast nook with built in seating, granite countertops and high-end appliances. There is access from the kitchen to a private covered porch with shaded seating al fresco. The first floor also has a side entrance that leads to a single bedroom that doubles as the laundry room and has a full bath. The second floor has a large stairway landing providing access to four bedrooms. The third floor is a twin bedroom, private balcony, and private bath. One step off the back deck and your toes are in the sand.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO FLY. It is flying that is an extension of what you value not an interruption of it.

Less harrowing than flying commercial. More intimate than flying private. IT’S FLYING PERSONAL. And once you’ve done it, you’ll never want to fly any other way.

SCHEDULED SERVICE TO NANTUCKET FROM THE NEW YORK AREA.

Jamie Foster Executive Director, Nantucket Boys & Girls Club

“The generous $1 million NGCF grant enabled the Club to renovate and expand the Clubhouse. This allowed the Club to serve more children and households annually and increase offerings to the wider Nantucket community like Toddler Time and Senior Walk. Furthermore, the annual grants from NGCF have bolstered Club programs, making them more resilient and responsive to community needs.”

36 Nantucket Scholars since 2006

42 Professional Workforce Scholarship recipients since 2018

52 institutions of higher education attended Grants to 92 Island organizations

784 grant requests – 691 grants funded Largest grant of $1M

Through the generous support of the members of the Nantucket Golf Club, their guests, and others, the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation has raised over $45 million over the last 21 years for the benefit of Nantucket youth.

LAUREN MARTTILA

LUXURY SUPERYACHT EXPERTS

Founded in 1945, Allied Marine is one of the largest yacht brokerage and yacht charter companies in the world. Exclusive dealer for new Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Riva and Itama and authorized dealer for CRN and Custom Line yachts. Allied Marine is a global leader in both preowned and new yacht sales.

This flybridge yacht, with its streamlined design, sleek lines and sharp styling, satisfies the owner’s every wish in terms of comfort, style, seaworthiness and safety at sea. After the recent major restyling, Ferretti Yachts 780 features extensive glazed surfaces in the hull, giving the sleek and streamlined profile a sportier look, new furnishings, with an enlarged bar in a central position in the standard layout, and redesigned interiors.

WATERFRONT LIVING REDEFINED

Introducing Pier 4 Residences: Experience luxury living in the heart of the Seaport. Modern finishes, breathtaking harbor views, and exclusive outdoor spaces. Spectacular private rooftop terraces with outdoor kitchens and fire pits. valet and self-parking, concierge services, fitness center, virtual golf, a dog spa, and a private lounge with catering kitchen. Enjoy Seaport’s lively dining, vibrant nightlife, shopping, and marina.

Brigitte Petrocelli | 617.803.5249

Jeanine Cort | 617.335.2818

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INTERIORS

LIFE IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL

EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE JOYS OF YACHT OWNERSHIP WITH NONE OF THE COMMITMENT.

With an exclusive fleet of private yachts both locally and around the world, Nantucket Mermaids will curate your experience to fit any occasion. From 3 hour sunset cruises to 3 week Mediterranean adventures, we will create what are sure to be your favorite vacation memories!

NANTUCKET • PALM BEACH • WORLDWIDE

Pendleton Avenue Offered at $14,200,000 236PendletonAvenue.com Renovated North End Offered at $10,995,000 1435NorthOcean.com Renovated Seabreeze Ocean Block Offered at $12,995,000 142SeabreezeAvenue.com

Beyond Compare Lincoln Circle

Located in Nantucket’s prestigious Cliff neighborhood, 14 Lincoln Circle is one of the most thoughtfully and meticulously restored homes on the island. Highlights include amazing water views, ten-foot ceilings, built-in cabinetry, rich wood paneling, a modern kitchen, and a 900+ square foot rooftop deck that is believed to be the largest of any residential property on the island from which the panoramic views are spectacular. There are several living areas and many amenities including a formal dining room, an exercise studio, a sauna, and a climate-controlled wine room to name a few. The primary bedroom occupies a private wing on the main level and features a marble-tiled bath. Also on the main level is an additional bedroom suite which opens to the back patio. On the second floor, there are two bedrooms, each with en-suite baths. The newly constructed second dwelling includes two bedrooms, a kitchen, 1.5 bathrooms, a bunk room/office, laundry, a living area, and a two-bay garage. There is HDC approval for a swimming pool on this property.

T R U E L U X U R Y

I S I N TH E D E T AIL S

New Custom Homes Starting From $2M+

Photo: Wendy Mills

THE NANTUCKET CLUB

SOCIAL, FITNESS & FAMILY FUN BY THE WEEK OR FOR THE SEASON

Situated just steps from downtown, The Nantucket Club features all the amenities and services you would expect from a private club.

A limited number of seasonal, weekly, semi-daily and year-round memberships are offered.

TWO HEATED POOLS + A KIDDIE POOL

CABANA RENTALS

KID’S CLUB

SAUNA & HOT TUB

PERSONAL TRAINING

GROUP CLASSES

SIGNATURE AMENITIES

FIRE TRUCK RIDES

SPA & WELLNESS

NEW SPA TREATMENTS

Now offering improved spa services including a range of massages, facials and skincare treatments.

CONTRIBUTORS

Meet the talented group of writers and photographers who helped make this issue possible.

BY THE NUMBERS

A numerical snapshot of Nantucket this summer.

NEAT STUFF

Calista West brings the bling this summer with her diamond creations.

NTOPTEN

Mark your calendar for these festivals, fundraisers and special events in July.

NSIGHT

Ten simple rules of engagement for “getting” Nantucket.

NSIGHT

Could Aspen’s housing crisis help Nantucket?

NECESSITIES

Find out what’s on our summer wish list.

KID’N AROUND

Keep your little ones busy with these summer activities.

NGREDIENTS

Sistership shares two cocktails for your patriotic party.

HEALTH N WELLNESS

The twists and turns of racket sports.

NBUZZ

All the news, tidbits and scuttlebutt that’s fit to print courtesy of the Nantucket Current

NEED TO READ

Tim Ehrenberg shares seven picks for summer reading.

Nantucket Crisps opens a brick-and-mortar on the island.

Where to grab the best slice on Nantucket.

NDESIGN

From London to Nantucket: the journey of a unique antique weathervane.

NTERTAINMENT

Ken Fulk returns for Nantucket by Design.

An intimate new staging of the opera, Moby-Dick, sails into Nantucket this month.

NVESTIGATE

Guardians of the island’s ponds are winning the battle against the growing problem of toxic algal bloom.

A newly arrived beetle from the south is destroying Nantucket’s pine trees.

NDEPTH

The NHA’s hidden gem.

Behind the new look of the Parish of St. Mary Our Lady of the Isle.

Kaitlan Collins photographed by Evan Mann for N Magazine

NQUIRY

Solar projects are shining light onto a growing trend on Nantucket.

Anne Marie Bratton is this year’s AAN 2024 Honorary Artist of the Year.

Kaitlan Collins, anchor of CNN’s nightly news program The Source, gets candid about American politics and challenges in the broadcasting world.

Investigative reporter Brody Mullins on the world of lobbying.

NSTYLE

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Beth Taylor’s resort wear label Kahora brings seaside style to Nantucket.

NVOGUE

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Feminine florals and woven accessories are anything but garden variety at Bartlett’s Farm.

FOGGY SHEET

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Inside the Nantucket Wine and Food Festival.

NHA

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A look back through the island’s evolution of swimsuit fashions.

NUPTIALS

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Inside the wedding of Alexandra Cox and John Shoemaker.

PUBLISHER

Bruce A. Percelay

EDITORIAL

Antonia DePace

ART

Paulette Chevalier

DIRECTOR

Emme Duncan

CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Kit Noble

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian Sager

SENIOR WRITER

Jason Graziadei

CONTRIBUTORS

David Creed

Kristin Detterline

Tim Ehrenberg

Greta Feeney

Larry Lindner

Wendy Rouillard

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Evan Mann

Juan Patino

Tony Powell

Bruce A. Percelay

Rosa Rugosa Ring rosa Rugosa Earings

Speaking of

POLITICS

Nantucket has long been a favorite home to prominent media people over the years. From a collection of NBC executives and broadcasters to print media editors and major publishers, it’s hard to escape news and politics on the island, especially during an election year.

A product of a new generation of broadcasters, and a frequent visitor to Nantucket, Kaitlan Collins is a rising star in the broadcast news world and graces the cover of this edition of N Magazine. Collins, who will be speaking at The Dreamland Theater on July 27, shares her thoughts on a variety of topics relating to her experiences as a television journalist at CNN, as well as today’s political scene.

In another story that is highly political, we interview Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Brody Mullins, who will be speaking at the Great Harbor Yacht Club on July 30 about his new book titled The Wolves of K Street. Mullins shares with us eye-opening stories about the incredible power of lobbying in Washington and how it affects our political system as a whole and our lives on an individual basis.

Few topics have been more of a political hot potato on the island than affordable housing, which is becoming an increasingly important economic issue for the island. The shortage of affordable and workforce housing on the island led N Magazine to investigate how Aspen, Colorado, a location with similar challenges as Nantucket, has effectively addressed its own housing crisis.

For those who would rather turn off the

outside world, N Magazine investigates the growing popularity of going off the grid on Nantucket through energy independence and beyond. Our story shows how people can live on the island without the need for fuel, town-provided water and even basic food items. While Nantucket does not have a huge population of survivalists, the island is ideal for those who might seek a more independent way of life or simply a reduced carbon footprint. Independence is something we all strive for and is at the heart of July 4th on Nantucket. During these turbulent times, we have learned that taking democracy for granted is something we can no longer do, and we need to not only appreciate our gifts of freedom but also do whatever we can to help protect them. Differences of opinions on a wide variety of issues in America are causing divisions the likes of which we have not seen in modern times. It is essential that freedom of thought, freedom of speech and civil debate remain hallmarks of American life. Democracy is a gift and not a given, and it is up to all of us to protect it.

Sincerely,

Bruce A. Percelay Publisher

BRUCE A. PERCELAY Publisher

Greta FEENEY

A regular contributor to N Magazine since 2018, Greta Feeney focuses her work on arts, culture and the environment. A graduate of Nantucket High School, Feeney studied writing at Bennington College and then pursued a career in opera. She received formal training at the Juilliard School and was a featured artist at the San Francisco Opera for 15 years. While working full time as a singer, she studied chemistry and environmental economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and completed a doctoral degree in music at SUNY, Stony Brook. She performed and taught in the Greater Boston area until moving back to the island full time in 2020. Most recently heard in a program of patriotic songs at The Kennedy Institute, she opened with the national anthem for the Boston Pops on Nantucket this past summer. In addition to her work at N Magazine , Feeney serves as director of education at Nantucket Community Music Center and director of music ministries at St. Mary ’ s Parish. Learn more about her at gretafeeney.com.

Larry LINDNER

K ristin DETTERLINE

Larry Lindner is a New York Times bestselling author who also penned a nationally syndicated column for The Washington Post for several years. His writing has appeared in publications ranging from The Los Angeles Times to The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and Reader’s Digest. He is currently working with noted Hingham artist Sara Holbrook on an illustrated book about the surreal experience of being a caregiver to a loved one with a long-term disease such as Alzheimer’s. Learn more about him at larrylindner.com.

Kristin Detterline is a Philadelphia-based writer and editor who has covered the city’s fashion, design and arts scene for more than two decades. In her previous role she was editor-in-chief and group editor of Modern Luxury Media’s Philadelphia Style, Modern Luxury Weddings Philadelphia and Boston Common magazines. In addition to overseeing a portfolio of 14 magazines per year as well as digital and social content, Detterline penned celebrity features, hosted and moderated events with notable thought leaders, and regularly appeared on television news programs as a lifestyle expert. She is currently the director of brand communications at Athena Global Advisors, a national marketing consultancy.

11.5

Of trash was gathered during the fifth annual Litter Derby event. Tons

1,300

The number of people who gathered to vote on Article 59, which effectively outlaws short-term rentals on the island, at the May 7 town meeting at Nantucket High School. +

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38,000,000

The combined asking price for Copley Real Estate’s 10 houses put on the market after losing its bid to stop the ban on short-term rentals.

17,351

The number of one-space vehicle reservations, in both directions, for the summer season on the Steamship ferry as of mid-June.

60,000

Bags of potato chips sold by Nantucket Crisps on Nantucket last year

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Restaurant concepts within the Millie’s ownership, both on and off island. This includes Millie’s, Jetties and Surfside concepts.

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New vessels are nearing completion for the Steamship Authority at an Alabama shipyard.

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For the first time in 19 years, the Nantucket Golf Club announced three Nantucket Scholar recipients: Archie Ferguson, Henry Crosby and Chloe Marrero.

15 & 17 Pilgrim Road

Cliff | $11,495,000 | Stephen Maury co-listing with

8,500sf+ parcels available from $3,595,000

A rare oversized parcel in the prestigious Cliff neighborhood offers several opportunities. The highly advantageous R5 zoning and town water and sewer allow for more than 8,500 square feet of ground cover! Work with the renown team of Hanley Development and Sophie Metz Design to execute your vision. Create your dream private compound within walking distance to town, north shore beaches, and the popular Westmoor Club. There is potential for a developer to divide the parcels into 3-4 lots. Smaller parcels are also available for purchase.

5 Huckleberry Lane

Dionis | $16,000,000 | Jamie Howarth

Stunning water views from this well-maintained, updated 5 bedroom home with 1 bedroom pool house and garage with studio above.

81 Polpis Road

Polpis | $8,495,000 | Stephen Maury

3 Lyford Road

Tom Nevers | $11,000,000 | Joyce Montalbano

Unobstructed ocean views! Build your compound on this 2.45 acre property with ample ground cover.

2 Maple Lane

Surfside | $6,995,000 | Stephen Maury

How is Calista West different?

We’re not just a regular jewelry store. We’re a full-service space that extends far beyond our walls at our 12 Main Street flagship. We have clients sprinkled around the globe and a large client base in the Boston area where we regularly meet clients in our atelier there. From what my clients tell me, we go pretty far above and beyond what most retail offers. We want to connect with and build lifelong relationships with them. Clients welcome us into their homes and to their weddings. It is not uncommon to travel anywhere from a local beach to hand-deliver a ring to the highlands of Scotland to bring them

BLING TEAM

WRITTEN BY ANTONIA DEPACE

Calista West on diamonds, summer events and more.

ince launching her eponymous jewelry business in 2017, Calista West has only continued to grow in demand. Last year, the year-round Nantucket resident officially opened a brick-and-mortar space on Main Street, giving those who stop in an experience unlike anything else. Think jewelry service and pieces that go beyond the commodity. “Many people forget [that jewelry is] historically ritualistic,” West says. “Visit any museum to learn the stories of people through their precious things.” Many of her clients are in tune with this and think of her pieces as talismans and keepsakes. Just in time for the summer season, N Magazine catches up with the jeweler.

Your specialty is in diamonds. Tell me more.

To me, diamonds transcend space and time. They’re literally created from carbon that has undergone extreme heat and pressure, created over the course of billions of years! It’s humbling. Inspiring. Ancient civilizations saw them as an extension of the sun because of their light-filled sparkle. They can be breathtaking. They mean many things to many people … strength, love, commitment. Some cultures believe they protect [a person’s] aura, balance and tone the body, or even treat allergies and other chronic conditions. I’ve never seen diamonds not complement someone’s beauty by adding light and joy.

The quality of all the diamonds in the store is extremely important to me. We sell only GIAcertified diamonds. (GIA, or Gemological Institute of America, is a nonprofit laboratory that is the frontrunner in diamond education and grading. I studied there.) For each client, we source what we would buy for ourselves, respecting their parameters. Our products run the gamut, anywhere from a few hundred dollars for precious diamond huggie earrings to seven figures for a one-of-a-kind ring. We aim to maintain a space where anyone can come in to buy or create something special.

What are some of your favorite pieces you’ve sold thus far?

So many. One that comes to mind is a ring we made for a client whose father had recently passed. We created a new ring incorporating his birthstone and three diamonds representing each family member. Those types of designs make us feel honored to be included. Commemorating your memories is important to us. It’s sacred.

What’s happening this month and beyond?

We’ll be hosting some fun events. Our piercing parties are very popular, so we’ll continue those and present some art shows by local photographers and trunk shows by independent designers I love and admire, like vintage watches curated by Eric Wind. Education around value is important to us. For example, Eric is one of the world’s leading experts in vintage watches and was a senior specialist at Christie’s for years. Anyone who is interested can sign up for our email list to receive invites and follow us on Instagram. If you like diamonds, Nantucket and babies, we will not disappoint!

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NANTUCKET DANCE FESTIVAL

JULY 9-14

Support dance on Nantucket as the Nantucket Dance Theater hosts its second annual festival since taking over for the Atheneum. Performances, open classes and more will take place with masters from the industry in multiple genres including Irish and ballroom dancing. nantucketdancefestival.org

CLUE

JULY 10-AUGUST 24, 7:00 PM

Bennett Hall

Watch as the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket entertains with Clue, a comedy based on the 1985 Paramount movie that was inspired by everyone’s favorite board game. All of your favorite names will be on stage from Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum to Colonel Mustard and Mrs. Peacock. theatrenantucket.org

NANTUCKET COMEDY FESTIVAL

JULY 11-13

Get ready to laugh during this year’s comedy festival. Three events take up the weekend with Opening Night: Ladies of Laughter, Friday Night Comedy All-Stars and a Boston vs. New York Smackdown—just be sure to get your passes before they sell out! nantucketcomedy.com

ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET GALA

JULY 13

Great Harbor Yacht Club

Celebrate Nantucket’s rich history of art and today’s community of creators during this year’s fundraising event, which celebrates its 2024 honoree artist, Anne Marie Bratton. Begin the evening with cocktails and canapés overlooking the Nantucket Harbor before a seated dinner and two auctions. nantucketarts.org

STARGAZER GALA

JULY 25

Polpis Harbor

Come together at Polpis Harbor for the Maria Mitchell Association’s largest fundraiser of the year. Guests will enjoy food from Island Kitchen, dancing under the night sky to songs by a Jimmy Buffett tribute band and more. mariamitchell.org

SWIM ACROSS AMERICA

JULY 27

Jetties Beach

Support cancer treatment and patient care on Nantucket during this year’s Swim Across America, featuring a kids splash; 0.25-mile, 0.5-mile, 1-mile and 4-mile swims; and a 2x2-mile relay. swimacrossamerica.org

AN EVENING WITH KATIE KOESTNER

JULY 11, 5:00-7:30 PM

Great Harbor Yacht Club

Gather at the Great Harbor Yacht Club as Katie Koestner partners with A Safe Place for an evening speaker event. At age 18, Koestner was featured on the cover of Time magazine as one of the first women in history to speak out nationally and publicly as a victim of date rape, and she has since been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, CNN and more. asafeplacenantucket.org

NANTUCKET BY DESIGN

JULY 15-18

Get to know some of the industry’s top design experts, learn about new trends and get inspired during this year’s Nantucket by Design. With events and panels throughout the week, the festival features big names like Aerin Lauder, Ken Fulk, Steele Marcoux and more. nha.org

7TH ANNUAL DRAGONFLY NANTUCKET FUNDRAISER

JULY 27

Great Harbor Yacht Club

Started after founder Kate Kling lost her sister to suicide, Dragonfly has so far donated $800,000 to mental health organizations on Nantucket. Attend this year’s event to continue Dragonfly’s mission of inspiring change with mental illness. Proceeds will be donated to Fairwinds — Nantucket’s Behavioral Health Center. dragonflynantucket.org

The Dreamland’s annual DreamBIG fundraiser celebrates a theme of “Endless Summer” this year in helping the organization continue its mission of building community on the island year-round through film, art, culture and learning. nantucketdreamland.org

“Getting” Nantucket

BY BRUCE A. PERCELAY

While Nantucket is not a separate country, we have certain cust oms that are akin to traveling to a foreign land; we are different from life in “America” as the mai nland is known. Civility, courtesy and an understated sensibility are the language of Nantucket, and type A behavior is an unwanted import.

We thought it would be instructive to offer a brief prime r to visitors and summer residents alike, as to how to practice the unspoken code of conduct that’s the essence of the island.

For those new to the island, we offer 10 simple rules of engagement that will make your stay here happier and the island happier that you are here.

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Take your turn when entering a four-way intersection. Four-way intersections are not an Olympic event. Take your turn while entering the many confusing intersections on the island. Being first is not the goal. There are no traffic lights on the island, so people regulate themselves.

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Wave a lot. When someone lets you go first in traffic or when you are passing another boat in the harbor, make a friendly gesture.

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Visit the Whaling Museum. Not only is the museum beautifully presented, it will give you an understanding as to what this island is all about and how it evolved.

Take two wheels instead of four. Rent a bike and not only will you get a better view of the island, but it will help reduce the traffic problem around the island.

5 1 2 3 4 5 DO…

Pick up trash on the beach—even if it is not yours. Our beaches are pristine, but leaving them better than you found them is a great rule. Also, try taking your own trash to the dump; it’s a “thing” every Sunday and you will be surprised who you see there.

DON’T…

Abuse your car horn. The sound of horns is foreign to Nantucket and should be used sparingly. The only sound of horns that is appreciated on Nantucket are those that come from lighthouses. Also, most people don’t lock their cars here, and you don’t need to use car alarms because auto theft is almost unheard of on the island.

Mistreat waitstaff. Service people are the backbone of Nantucket and should be thanked for what they do. Generous tipping for those who provide great service helps support those workers who the island desperately needs.

Ignore boating rules. When you are boating here, learn the rules. Do not speed in the inner harbor; do not crowd the channel; and do not generate excessive wake when passing smaller crafts or sailboats.

Utter the words “Don’t you know who I am?”

If someone thinks they are a big fish at home, in Nantucket they are likely to be just one among a very big school. Humility is the best policy here.

Be flashy. Money is not the most valuable currency here as modesty is the best policy. Nantucket does not embrace showy anything—from the car you drive to the clothes you wear. On an island where some of America’s most successful people reside, the way in which you conduct yourself is your most valuable asset.

MILE HIGH

HOUSING SOLUTIONS

WRITTEN BY BRUCE A. PERCELAY

Could Aspen’s housing crisis help Nantucket?

As Nantucket continues to wrestle with its housing crisis, it is instructive to look beyond our shores to other areas with similar demographics and geographic challenges to help find possible solutions. Aspen, Colorado, is one such example. According to Business Insider, Aspen is one of the most expensive towns in the United States—so much so that its nickname is “Billionaire Mountain.” A 2023 report from Engel & Völkers stated that when it came to the ski town’s real estate, it can cost more than $8,000 per square foot, over four times that of Nantucket.

While Nantucket’s median home price is now a jaw-dropping $3.5 million dollars, Aspen’s are in the nosebleed section with a median home price of $10 million dollars.

The similarities between Aspen’s housing challenge and Nantucket’s are more obvious than they would appear. While workers can get in a car and drive to and from Aspen, the city is supported by only one state

highway, and the traffic often makes commuting impractical. During winter storms, Aspen can be as isolated as Nantucket, making the need for workers to be close to their jobs as critical as ours.

According to Chris Everson, Affordable Housing Development senior project manager for the City of Aspen, “ had Aspen waited to address the housing

problem before the meteoric rise in property values, creating the amount of affordable units that we have would have been extremely difficult. ”

While Nantucket has for years been contemplating housing solutions designed to retain a working class and middle-class population, Aspen recognized its problem before the staggering rise

“ While Nantucket’s median home price is now a jaw-dropping $3.5 million dollars, Aspen’s are in the nosebleed section at a median home price of $10 million dollars. ”

in property values and got out in front of the issue. Since the 1970s, the town of Aspen has been enacting a series of programs designed to address what its leaders saw as an impending housing crisis. Aspen first began implementing a 1 percent transfer tax designed to fund various aspects of affordable housing. Says Everson, “The transfer fee has been a miracle.” From 2017 to 2019, the transfer fee generated nearly $40 million, and in 2020 alone, the fee generated over $21 million and has been rising steadily. Aspen also has produced more than 3,000 affordable housing units within Aspen’s city limits since the ’70s, which enables approximately half

incentives to home owners to put properties into the affordable pool. However, given the town’s median home price of $10 million, Everson indicates that the practical reality of a program like this having broad impact is limited. A program in nearby Vail called Vail InDEED is applying a more aggressive approach to deed restrictions for year-

but for those looking to monetize part of the value of their homes without selling them, it could be an interesting approach to expanding home ownership,

“ Without a source of income to address a large-scale housing problem, it is impossible to succeed. ”

– Chris Everson

round residents. It relies on giving homeowners a significant financial incentive to not only earmark future sales to year-round residents but limit price appreciation. The success of this program is yet to be determined,

and one that is being tested in Nantucket.

Given the success of Aspen’s coordinated policies on affordable housing production, it receives inquiries from all over the world as to how best to manage the problem. Everson states that for a community to begin addressing an affordable housing crisis, there are three things it must do if there is a serious desire to solve the problem.

First, Everson indicates that securing community support for affordable housing funding sources is essential. He says, “Without a source of income to address a large-scale housing problem, it is impossible to succeed.” Second, he notes that policies need to be created to catch up to the crisis. This can range from zoning relief for high-density development, to reallocation of tax revenues, to having governmental assistance for affordable housing creation. The third

strategy that Everson refers to is “deal chasing.” He indicates that housing organizations or authorities need to either locate attractively priced land, renovate underutilized existing buildings or determine a way to build new housing stock to satisfy unmet demand.

Since there is limited land available for development in the Aspen area, the Western Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC) continues to explore different pilot programs that aim to leverage current housing stock and rental affordability. Three programs are under discussion: One would support renters in accessing loans or grants to get into units (the current upfront cost is close to $10,000); another supports homeowners who are willing to add additional dwelling units on their properties; and the WMRHC also is considering a plan to contribute 30 percent of the purchase price in exchange for a price-capped deed restriction on the property. The overall idea is to place renters in a position to buy, which in turn, frees up rental units without having to focus on new construction.

But could programs like that also work on Nantucket? According to Anne Kuszpa, executive director at Housing Nantucket, the above proposals could be effective to earmark units in perpetuity for the year-round community.

Nantucket has started to explore similar avenues. The Nantucket Food Fuel Rental Assistance, managed through the Interfaith Council, for example, has a program that helps tenants with a lump sum to get into a unit. While it isn’t Aspen’s proposed $10,000, it does help them to get over the hurdle. “The bigger issue is that

Nantucket is eyeing affordable housing solutions being used in Aspen, Colorado.

Photo by Kit Noble

there are simply very few rentals available for people who work here. We have a red-hot local job market slamming into ice-cold housing availability,” Kuszpa says. This is what inspired the ACK NOW Lease to Locals program, which would pay a landlord to convert an underutilized or unutilized unit and rent it to a yearround family—currently, the program is in limbo due to a lack of funding.

Kuszpa also notes that, similar to Aspen, in getting homeowners to add additional dwelling units to properties, Housing Nantucket has started to explore the idea of supporting the development of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, which will allow the creation of units alongside existing homes.

In terms of the deed restriction program, one was approved by the Select Board on May 15 during the Town Meeting. Named the Nantucket Year-Round Housing Restriction Program, the pilot deed restriction program was modeled

cash incentive. “The second option will keep the housing year-round, saving the homes for the future for year-round residents,” explains Kristie Ferrantella, Nantucket’s municipal housing director.

“ The bigger issue is that there are simply very few rentals available for people who work here. ”

– Anne Kuszpa

from the one that was enacted in Vail, and gives the year-round community two points of entry into housing. The first is when an income-qualified buyer goes to find a home, they can put a deed restriction on the property in exchange for down payment assistance; and the second is for those who already own a home and can put a deed restriction on their property in exchange for a

The program, which launches late this summer, was approved for $2 million in funding. The deed restrictions can’t be more than 20 percent of the market value of the home, and the person holding the deed restriction must qualify for up to 240 percent of the area’s median income.

Despite the various options being explored by Nantucket, Aspen’s experience clearly indicates that the simplest, most direct and most effective source of funding for the production of affordable housing has been the property transfer fee. Unfortunately the long-sought housing bank legislation that would have enabled Nantucket to apply the property transfer fee to affordable housing was dealt a major setback in Boston as the governor’s

housing bill was modified and no longer includes a local option to establish an affordable housing fund. According to Kuszpa, “when Brooke Mohr put forth her citizens petition at the Town Meeting to divert some of the Land Bank fee to housing, it was overwhelmingly voted down.” Kuszpa adds, “The local resolve to solve this problem through modifications of the Lank Bank fee structure appears very limited; however, when we see ferries being canceled because of lack in manpower and restaurants limiting their hours because of worker shortages, it is possible the island’s attitude toward creating more affordable and workforce housing will change.”

While discussion about moving the transfer tax from the Land Bank to housing has been a live third rail, the reality of our housing shortage is affecting the quality of life on the island. Given the fact that the island now boasts over 50 percent open space as a result of Land Bank and Conservation Foundation acquisitions, it may be time for Nantucket to start looking West for new solutions.

Anne Kuszpa, executive director at Housing Nantucket. Photo by Kit Noble

TIGER TOTE

Your new favorite summer handbag, the Tiger Tote from Sara Campbell features a fabric exterior with a fun, tropical print and striped interior detail. Perfect for afternoon errands, a trip to the beach or dinner at your favorite island eatery!

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NANTUCKET BOUTIQUE MAP ART ONESIE OR TEE

All your favorite Nantucket places on the most adorable, 100% organic cotton onesie or tee by British artist Julia Gash. This hand-drawn wearable art is the perfect way to remember your Nantucket summer holiday!

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PIPE RING BY DAVID WEBB

This stunning Pipe Ring from the David Webb Nail Collection is meticulously crafted from hammered 18k gold and embellished with brilliant-cut diamonds and vibrant cabochon ruby tips. Exuding timeless elegance for everyday styling, this exquisite piece is a must-have.

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BRRR°®-DIE 8” PERFORMANCE SHORT

The technical features and signature brrr°® cooling technology in these bestselling shorts provide ultimate functionality on the golf course and beyond. Now, no matter the occasion, you’ll be cool and comfortable. SOUTHERN TIDE @southerntide southerntide.com

PEACH LONG DRINK

Providing a subtle and smooth, yet bracing kick, The Finnish Long Drink Peach is made with real liquor and sparkling peach flavor, creating mildly sweet tasting notes that are both fresh and fruity. To honor the company’s heritage, Long Drink worked with local Finnish companies to develop a proprietary recipe that balances crisp refreshment and a delicious peach taste.

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HAND-PAINTED PILLOW COLLECTION

This stunning linen pillow collection, with the palette drawing inspiration from our clear skies and ocean blues, represents the epitome of a Nantucket summer. Making the perfect addition to a seaside home, each pillow is hand-painted on textural linen with designs developed from a creative collaboration between Nomad and textile artist Cathy Callahan.

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SUMMER CREATIONS WITH AAN

The Artists Association of Nantucket offers a variety of weekly art camps for your kids this summer. Your child can explore various artistic pursuits from clay sculpture and comics to mixed media and watercolor. Young, budding artists ages 4 to 14 are encouraged to experience the creative process of artmaking in this welcoming environment. nantucketarts.org, @ackartists

ROCK ON WITH NCMC

The Nantucket Sound Rock Band program at the Nantucket Community Music Center begins July 8 and runs through July 19. This summer music experience is for musicians ages 10 to 18 and offers two sessions each day. Student musicians will learn how to form a band, write and create original scores while experiencing the NCMC recording studio, and then perform on stage at Cisco Brewers for their final show! This program is in partnership with Musack, a year-round island program, which includes weekly after-school jam sessions with performances at Cisco, the Brotherhood and other venues. All skill levels and instruments are welcome. nantucketmusic.org, @nantucketcommunitymusiccenter

HANDS-ON EXPLORATION WITH MMA

One of the island’s must-do family activities is visiting the Maria Mitchell Association’s Aquarium for some hands-on exploration and fun this summer. Now located at 32 Washington Street, the Aquarium is where children of all ages can learn about marine ecosystems, see live animal ambassadors (including Clementine, the orange lobster) and enjoy discovering more about Nantucket’s biodiversity. The Aquarium also hosts many popular programs including its daily Feeding Frenzy, marine ecology field trips, and the Marine Story Hour. Be sure

for educational toys and books, scientific and nautical gear, signature apparel and much more! The association’s Loines Observatory, Hinchman House Natural Science Museum and Historic Mitchell House are also open to the public all summer. mariamitchell.org, @maria_mitchell_association

SUMMERTIME FAVORITES AT PEACHTREE KIDS

Peachtree Kids is one of Nantucket’s favorite children’s shops located at the foot of historic cobblestoned Main Street. Carrying timeless classics and the latest fashions for infants and children through size 14, the boutique supports small, women-owned and sustainable brands including Sammy + Nat, Nanducket, Petit Peony, Joy Street Kids, Maddie & Connor, Brown Bowen, Lake Label, Duffield Lane, Timo & Violet, Bits & Bows, Henry Duval and Little Paper Kids. Of course, brands native to Nantucket are found on the shelves as well, including Piping Prints, Nikki Rene, Tiny Tuckets, Barnaby Bear

ages 2 to 13, and kids can also drop in and create, all day, every day! All Barnaby’s classes are taught by professional artists and educators who will guide your child’s technique and processes in an inspirational space in downtown Nantucket. Barnaby’s also has a wide variety of toys and art kits to go that have been handselected and designed for all ages! barnabysnantucket.com, @barnabystoyandart

EXPLORE JULY WITH THE NHA

Join the NHA this July for its Summer Site Series. On Wednesdays this month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., an NHA historic site will host a free family-friendly event offering craft activities, demonstrations and talks that bring the site’s unique history to life, immersing the entire family in Nantucket’s history. The NHA historic sites included in the series are the Old Mill (July 10), the Old Jail (July 17) and Greater Light (July 24). This weekly program is generously supported by the Remain Nantucket Fund. @ackhistory

LIQUID ASSETS

WRITTEN BY ANTONIA DEPACE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Sistership shares two cocktails for your patriotic party.

Sip in style at your next summer gathering with these refreshingly simple seasonal drinks.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz. of tequila or mezcal

• 1 oz. lime juice

• 1 oz. jalapeño agave 1

INSTRUCTIONS

Juice jalapeños and add to agave syrup.

Shake with lime juice, tequila and/ or mezcal.

Rim glass with cilantro salt and garnish with a dried lime.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz. gin

• 1 oz. Lillet Rosé

• 0.5 oz. Pamplemousse

• 2 dashes Peychaud ’ s

INSTRUCTIONS

1 2

Stir ingredients together for 30 seconds.

Serve in a coupe with dried grapefruit and sage on a clothespin.

THE ROSE COMPASS

GOING TO COURT

THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF RACKET SPORTS

Rocco Monto is an orthopedic surgeon at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and a part of the Mass General Orthopedic organization. He trained on a clinical research fellowship in sports medicine and knee and shoulder reconstruction and is a founding team physician for the U.S. National Soccer Team, based on his early career as a professional soccer player.

Dr. Rocco Monto

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Could you talk about your sports background, which I assume led to your medical specialty?

I was a professional soccer player myself and have been taking care of professional and amateur athletes my entire career. I have worked with Olympians and professional athletes in almost every sport, including tennis. I had the opportunity to take care of Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, John McEnroe and Lindsay Davenport, which has given me a strong perspective on the nature of tennis injuries.

Starting with tennis, given how many people have played the sport, what is your perspective on its safety?

We study injury rates based on 1,000 hours of play. Tennis logs in at roughly 50 injuries per 1,000 hours, which would be considered

moderate. If you play 100 hours, you are probably going to pick up some minor injury, but those injuries are seldom catastrophic.

As the popularity of tennis has waned, what other racket sports have you followed that are filling the void? And what are your thoughts on them, relative to injury rates?

Squash has continued to grow in popularity and is the most dangerous of racket sports. It is a much more intense game than tennis. Rallies are short and the VO2 max (which means cardiac output) of the players is higher. It is an intense sport, and all of a sudden, we started to see a different pattern of injuries like those to the eyes, which makes sense, given the proximity of one player to another, and the size and density of the ball. A lot of squash injuries relate to wrists, elbows

and ligament ruptures based on the intense cutting that happens on a squash court. It is also a sport that sees almost 100 injuries per 1,000 hours, which is double that of tennis.

Let’s move on to paddle tennis, otherwise known as platform tennis.

The sport is very popular in the Northeast because people can play almost year-round. Again, it is a much smaller court than tennis and is one that attracts older players. It requires quick movements, though not as intense as squash, and has a higher injury rate among older female players. These injuries include broken wrists, upper extremities and shoulder fractures. It does however lack the intensity of other racket sports, which reduces the injury rate.

Dr. Rocco Monto with an X-ray of a hand

Clearly the hottest new sport is pickleball. Give us your thoughts on the explosive growth of this game.

The sport was the product of the pandemic and actually started in the ’60s but became wildly popular when people could not socialize inside, as a result of COVID-19.

All you need to do is take five minutes on a pickleball court and you will see what the problem is. You have a hard physical surface, four people of mixed genders and mixed ages within 15 feet of one another, often hitting the ball as hard as they can at the opponent. When you play pickleball, you are reacting and cutting at a very quick pace, which is fine if you are 25 or 30. However, when you look around at a pickleball court, it’s hard to find anyone under 60. I was out on the courts on Macy Lane, and every single person I saw was 60 and above, whipping the ball at each other, running around intensely, and it is an accident waiting to happen.

So can you quantify the injury rate of pickleball?

Through the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the government has created a National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) that can check the injury rate of particular sports. In the last five years, I would estimate that there has been a 900 percent increase in the number of fractures reported by pickleball players. Most of these injuries are for people who are older, who are falling and breaking bones.

Are these gender-related injuries?

“It is estimated that the cost of all pickleball injuries on an annual basis is somewhere between $400-$500 million a year.”

– Dr. Rocco Monto

Absolutely. Women are the No. 1 issue of concern from my personal experience. It is such a huge concern that UBS Insurance has prepared a report on it because the insurance losses from the emergency room are alarming. It is estimated that the cost of all pickleball injuries on an annual basis is somewhere between $400$500 million a year. It is a sport that is targeted towards older players, many of whom are not prepared. In the case of women over 60, for pickleball, paddle or squash, they should have bone density tests. If they have osteoporosis, they should be treated by their physicians. It is nonnegotiable for people in general, and women in particular, to play these kinds of sports without knowing what shape your body is in because with osteoporosis, when you fall you have a serious fracture opportunity.

Is the concern the same with men?

Obviously, age plays a role, but men are more likely to develop cardiac problems or tendon issues. I strongly recommend that strength training be a part of a person’s routine before they play strenuous court sports and that people have EKGs and understand their physical condition before they jump on a court. Especially if they are in their 60s or 70s.

“In the case of women over 60, for pickleball, paddle or squash, they should have bone density tests. ”

– Dr. Rocco Monto

What other preventive measures do you recommend?

I think almost every single patient I have has a vitamin D deficiency, which leads to a high percentage of muscular injuries. Making sure you have appropriate nutritional supplements like vitamin E or, in the case of women, calcium supplements is important. Flexibility is also critical so stretching and warming up is extremely important. Yoga is a great way to stretch and is a smart way to prepare for strenuous court sports as well as other forms of cross-training.

Has pickleball been a boom for Nantucket Cottage Hospital?

Unfortunately, yes, and for me in particular. It is a sport that keeps me very busy, but many of these injuries could be avoided if people took seriously their physical condition before they jump on a court.

It has been said that the most dangerous sport in Nantucket is women walking on the cobblestones in heels or platform shoes.

I am sure you are asking this partially in jest, but the fact is, we see about 500-700 lower extremity injuries from people, mostly women, injuring themselves on the cobblestones with inappropriate footwear. My office has an entire rack of walking boots, and we could go through them every year from fractures and sprains on cobblestones.

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“DEVASTATING” SPEED RESTRICTION PROPOSAL GAINS MOMENTUM IN D.C.,

PROMPTING

A proposed rule that would dramatically limit high-speed boat travel off the East Coast of the United States is picking up momentum in Washington, D.C., spurring increased concern from local officials that the regulation could destroy the local economy and endanger essential services to the island. The speed restriction being considered is intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

ALARM ON NANTUCKET

“This could be quite serious for Nantucket,” Town Manager Libby Gibson told the Select Board in May. “Early on, when this was proposed, I think most people here thought it was not anything to be overly concerned

GOLF CLUB ANNOUNCES 2024 NANTUCKET SCHOLARS

about because it wouldn’t happen because it was going to be so clearly devastating for the island. But it seems as though it might be gaining some momentum, so we’re going to need to get active on it.”

The rule, proposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to protect the

endangered North Atlantic right whale, would restrict most vessels over 35 feet to traveling at a maximum of 10 knots (about 11.5 mph) from November 1 to May 30. This would prevent all high-speed boat travel to and from Nantucket during that time, likely forcing the closure of Hy-Line Cruises and greatly decreasing the island’s ability to access needed goods and services from the mainland. Under the new regulation, even slow-speed boats would take longer to cross the sound.

“It would have a devastating impact on our ability to service the island,” Steamship Authority General Manager Bob Davis said.

For the first time in the 19 years of the program, the Nantucket Golf Club announced three Nantucket Scholar recipients—deviating from the traditional two students per year. The winners were Archie Ferguson, Henry Crosby and Chloe Marrero.

All three seniors will receive full four-year college scholarships for all tuition and fees from the club to the college of their choice. Ferguson will be attending New York University to study

Massachusetts Amherst—her field of study is undecided.

All three winners were announced during a ceremony at the Nantucket Golf Club in late May. They said afterwards they were in total shock to hear their names be called. All three revealed that they name-dropped one another to the selection committee during the interviewing process, which Tom Bresette, the executive director of the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation, confirmed to the Current as well.

THE COPLEY GROUP LISTS 10 OF ITS SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES FOR SALE AFTER TOWN MEETING VOTES

The Copley Group, one of the largest operators of short-term rentals on Nantucket, has put nearly its entire island real estate portfolio on the market.

Ten of the dozen Nantucket properties owned and operated as vacation rentals by The Copley Group were listed for sale on May 20 by The Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty, ranging in price from $3.99 million up to $5.99 million. Combined, The Copley Group is seeking $38.9 million for the 10 Nantucket properties.

The move came less than two weeks after island voters rejected a zoning bylaw amendment that would have allowed shortterm rentals by right in all residential zoning districts, and then approved a ban on corporate ownership of short-term rentals. The ban included an amendment that would eliminate legacy status for existing short-term rentals owned by corporations. It’s not clear how or whether the ban would apply to The Copley Group’s existing Nantucket properties if the bylaw is eventually approved by the state attorney general. The listings also come

in the wake of the Massachusetts Land Court’s bombshell decision that the town’s zoning bylaw does not allow shortterm rentals as a principal use of a primary dwelling.

The Copley Group purchased the 10 properties in a series of acquisitions between 2012 and 2019 for a combined total of just over $16 million. Each property is owned on paper by a different limited liability company, all of which are registered to The Copley Group.

As the island has wrestled over proposals to regulate and restrict short-term rentals over the past four years, The Copley Group, a Boston-based real estate organization founded in 1965, has been at the center of that debate.

TOWN SUED IN FEDERAL COURT OVER RENTAL CAR MEDALLIONS

The town and Select Board have been sued in federal court by an island couple over Nantucket’s rental car medallion system that was called discriminatory and protectionist in the lawsuit filed May 16 in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.

“This case is about an anticompetitive, protectionist, and discriminatory Nantucket bylaw amended nearly 30 years ago to protect five local White-male-owned businesses from outside competition —and still does—to the exclusion of James Broad, a first-generation Black American, and his wife, Rebecca McCrensky, and their

business, Becky’s Broncos, LLC,” the lawsuit states.

Broad and McCrensky were referring to a section of the town

code—Chapter 58—which governs rental cars on Nantucket through a

medallion system and caps the number of rentals at 700 for the entire island. The regulations require companies to obtain a medallion from the town for each rental car they are operating and establish a fine of $300 per day for any violations. Only six licensed car rental agencies on Nantucket control the 700 medallions, preventing others from entering the market and, some believe, driving up the price to rent a car on the island as high as $800 per day.

These perpetual exclusive rights have gone unchallenged until today,” Broad and McCrensky stated in their lawsuit.

NHA BRINGING MASSIVE SEA MONSTER BALLOON TO NANTUCKET

THIS SUMMER IN CELEBRATION OF TONY SARG

A massive sea monster is coming to Nantucket this summer. The Nantucket Historical Association announced in May that part of its “Summer of Sarg” exhibition will include re-creating Tony Sarg’s 75-foot sea monster balloon on the island this summer. The sea monster will be displayed for all to see, enjoy and take photos with during a free Sarg Community Day at Children’s Beach on Monday, August 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Known as the father of modern puppetry in North America and the originator of the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, Sarg was an accomplished illustrator, animator, designer and entrepreneur who summered on and took inspiration from Nantucket for nearly 20 years.

In the summer of 1937, Sarg orchestrated a media hoax on Nantucket with his sea monster balloon. He planned various spottings around the island, including footprints on the beach and sightings of a creature in the water. A few days later, Sarg displayed his massive sea monster balloon, which he named “Morton,” on Francis Street Beach for locals and tourists to be wowed by, and it soon became known as the “event of the summer.”

ISLAND VOTERS REJECT

ARTICLE 59, IMPACTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS

Nantucket voters on May 7 rejected a hotly contested zoning bylaw amendment to allow short-term rentals in all residential zoning districts across the island.

More than 1,300 people packed the Nantucket High School auditorium and gymnasium for the vote on Article 59 during the first night of the island’s annual Town Meeting. For the fourth straight year, the meeting was dominated by the debate over short-term rentals.

Article 59, a citizen petition proposed by attorney Steven Cohen, sought to codify short-term rentals as an allowed use in all residential island zoning districts.

The warrant article was a bid to nullify the bombshell Massachusetts Land Court ruling handed down in March that determined Nantucket’s zoning code does not allow short-term rentals as a principal use of a dwelling.

But as they had done with similar zoning bylaw amendments over the past four years, voters defeated Article 59 by a wide margin. The final vote was 713 in favor and 782 opposed. The warrant article required a two-thirds majority for passage.

The vote means that the decision by Massachusetts Land Court Judge Michael Vhay that short-term rentals are not allowed as the principal use of a primary dwelling in residential zoning districts on Nantucket stands. His ruling indicated that short-term rentals could be allowed as an accessory use of a dwelling—meaning a home must be used more as a primary residence than as a short-term rental.

CYBER STUCK: FIRST TESLA CYBERTRUCK ON NANTUCKET HAS A ROUGH DAY

The first Tesla Cybertruck to visit Nantucket rolled off the Steamship Authority ferry in early May. It didn’t take long to make an impression.

The vehicle with Connecticut plates was first spotted by people on Main Street, where it was parked directly on a crosswalk in front of Congdon & Coleman. But that was just the beginning.

A few hours later the truck reappeared, and this time it was

stuck in the sand at Eel Point. The spectacle drew a small crowd before the $80,000 (starting price) vehicle was pulled out by the new “I Pull Out Beach Towing” service.

The operator—whose identity is unknown—was described as “super nice...Just a first-timer who made the standard mistakes.”

Tesla was recently forced to recall nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks due to a defect with the accelerator causing it to get stuck when pressed,

increasing the risk of crashes. That covered all the Tesla Cybertrucks sold since the model went on sale last year, according to USA Today

EROSION PROMPTS DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR SANKATY HEAD BEACH CLUB, BUT IT WON’T COME DOWN JUST YET

With the eroding bluff along Nantucket’s eastern shoreline claiming more of its property each year, the Sankaty Head Golf Club filed a demolition permit on April 22 for its Sankaty Head Beach Club at the end of Hoicks Hollow Road.

But the structures, which have been there for 84 years, won’t be coming down immediately. Leaders of the Sankaty Head Golf Club said the demolition permit was filed as a proactive step that will allow them to take action when the time comes, whether that’s next year or five years from now.

“It’s unfortunate, but Mother Nature is relentless,” said Edward Sanford, the vice president and treasurer of the Sankaty Head Golf Club board. “This [a demolition] is not going to happen

immediately. We assume it will happen, and once we get permission, when we hit an emergency situation, we’ll be able to act. We’re looking out to the next five to seven years, and we assume the beach club will be gone by then. But it’s not imminent.”

The filing of the demolition permit was in recognition of the erosion along the east end of the island where the beach club is located. The club has already been forced to remove some of the beach cabanas, and just this year it has already lost five or six feet of the coastal bank in front of the property, as measured by wooden beams that were placed along the edge last fall.

The beach club buildings, built in 1940, have been part of the Sankaty Head Golf Club’s amenities for members for decades.

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HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER

BY RIKU ONDA

Earlier this year, my husband and I traveled to Japan to see the cherry blossoms. I always like to read books set in the country where I am visiting to further soak up the culture. One of our first stops in Japan was Jimbocho (a district in the heart of Tokyo that is home to over 130 bookstores—a bookworm’s dream!) where I stumbled upon the novel Honeybees and Distant Thunder. It won the Naoki Prize and the Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2017 and has sold over a million copies in Japan since its publication. The English translation by Philip Gabriel appeared just last year and was literal music for my mind. The story is set in the glittering, highstakes world of classical piano competitions. We follow several contestants and their relationships to each other, and their connection and harmony with music and art.

P.S. This one might not be for everybody, but if you are a fan of piano, poetic writing, translated books and the art of musicality, I think you will love it.

P.P.S. I read this novel while listening to the classical piano pieces beautifully described in its pages which A) makes me a next-level nerd and B) truly enhanced my reading experience.

SWAN

All hail the “Queen of the Beach Reads” and her final Nantucket novel Swan Song! I can’t believe this is the end! Ever since I first moved to the island in 2013, my summer has officially started with taking the day off and reading the new Elin book on my Nantucket beach of choice. Swan Song is such an ode to Nantucket, Elin’s prolific career and the 30 novels before it, as well as the summer season. Her books are synonymous with that first day of summer on the calendar, that first beach day and lobster roll, Galley sunsets, sailboat rides around Brant Point, pool parties and galas, jeep jaunts with the top down and doors off to Great Point and all that sizzling and steamy drama that transpires every late June to late September.

Thank you, Elin, for all the summer memories with our toes in the sand and your stories in hand, ignoring our friends and families for “just one more chapter” before the sun sets. Get your tissues ready for those last few pages.

In celebration of the final novel, I worked with Elin’s publisher to create a Nantucket Special Edition you can only get at your Nantucket independent bookstores. This exclusive copy features gorgeous watercolor endpapers by artist and friend Meredith Hanson and bonus content—an interview with Elin and me, plus Elin’s party tips and favorite summer recipes.

SANDWICH

BY CATHERINE NEWMAN

What a perfect little gem of a summer novel. Like a sparkling seashell found on a beach walk, Sandwich is a true treasure you will cherish. If you vacationed at the same place every summer with your family, this book might be for you. If you are a mother, father, son or daughter, this book might be for you. If you wonder how your kids grew up so quickly or have specific food cravings from your past, if your spouse sometimes annoys you with their idiosyncrasies, or if your body and mind don’t quite function the same as they used to in your younger days, this book might be for you. It’s safe to say—this book is for you! This is more of a quiet story, which is its strength, and it is elegant with moments of humor, heart and paragraphs that evoke all your senses and memories of all kinds. It makes you smile the whole time you are reading it. I felt like a member of this family, or at the very least a fly on the wall, during their annual Cape Cod beach vacation. There is a lot sandwiched between the sentences here that will leave you pondering your own life and thinking of your loved ones. You’ll look back to the day you spent reading this novel with pure pleasure.

SAME AS IT EVER WAS BY CLAIRE LOMBARDO

I was such a huge fan of Claire Lombardo’s debut The Most Fun We Ever Had in 2019, and her sophomore novel out last month, Same As It Ever Was, was just as fun. I recently read a quote by psychologist Adam Grant that fiction has meaningful benefits for empathy. Reading books like Claire’s truly strengthens my emotional intelligence, relationships and human connection. This novel introduces its characters and plot in a tantalizing way, but metaphorically gives us a look at ourselves and our own human relationships. It’s about marriage, family, friendship, parenthood, our insecurities, why we laugh and why we cry, and what it means to make mistakes, forgive each other and love unconditionally. You’ll get lost in the writing and story and wish for it to never end.

Tune into Season 2 of the literary podcast Books, Beach, and Beyond, co-hosted by me and Elin Hilderbrand, to hear our episode with Claire Lombardo at booksbeachandbeyond.com.

THE GOD OF THE WOODS

BY LIZ MOORE

Well-written murder mysteries and crime stories are some of my favorite novels, and Liz Moore’s God of the Woods gives us a dual timeline investigating not one, but two cases at an Adirondack summer camp. You will be on the edge of your beach chair trying to figure out how everything and everyone fits together in this story. Told through multiple perspectives, from suspects to detectives, and pertaining to separate disappearances in 1961 and 1975, this is a classic crime novel that also entertains as a comingof-age and epic family saga. There are shelves and shelves of new mysteries these days—books that disappoint you with their trendy and repetitive plotlines, their unreliable narrators and campy twists. However, this novel will immediately go on your “favorites shelf,” revered as a classic of the genre, perhaps to be read again for the sheer enjoyment of the writing and story.

THE HISTORY OF SOUND BY BEN SHATTUCK

On shelves July 9 Ben Shattuck joined us for the Nantucket Book Festival in 2022 for his debut, Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau. He returns to bookshelves everywhere this month with this interconnected collection of 12 short stories across three centuries set in New England. This is a love letter to where we all call home; it’s also a treasure map to what came before us and a crystal ball for the future. Ben manages to have a moving conversation between past and present on the page, one that is imaginative and elegantly constructed. The book transports you to Nantucket in the 1700s, Maine during the First World War, contemporary New Hampshire and beyond. Anyone who follows my book recommendations knows I revere the word “connection” to describe why I love reading. Connection is what The History of Sound is ultimately about: connection through storytelling across time and place and between people, to be cherished forever on your bookshelf.

THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS

BY SARAH BROOKS

On shelves July 9

Fantasy novels and I have a complicated relationship. If it works just perfectly for me and follows its own rules, I can really love and adore it, but I’m hesitant because this isn’t always the case. There is nothing to be cautious about in Sarah Brooks’ debut novel, though. All aboard this extraordinary historical fantasy set on a grand express train and its dangerous journey across a magical landscape. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is an all-encompassing thrill ride filled with vivid storytelling, delightful world-building and memorable characters that guide you through this incredible adventure. It reminded me of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, both stories so uniquely and imaginatively all their own.

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TOWN SCONSET TOWN

It’s been three years since island summer residents Hayden Arnot and Sara Jemison won the second annual Nantucket Pitch Contest inspired by NBC’s hit show Shark Tank. The duo impressed then-judges Jamie Siminoff, Elin Hilderbrand and Bruce Percelay during the October event, bringing in the $10,000 needed to jump-start their fledgling product: Nantucket Crisps, a flavor-forward, consciously and sustainably made potato chip inspired by the island. “As soon as we won, it gave us the confidence to go out and actually do this,” explains Arnot.

Just six months later, in April 2022, Arnot and Jemison officially launched Nantucket Crisps during Daffodil Festival Weekend. Within their first eight months of production, they brought in $300,000 in sales, which increased to just shy of $900,000 in 2023.

Nantucket Crisps owners Hayden Arnot and Sara Jemison

Nantucket Crisps opens a brick-and-mortar store on the island.

WRITTEN BY ANTONIA DEPACE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

But not everything about launching a new brand was a snap. One big initial challenge, according to Jemison, was finding reliable suppliers for high-quality production and securing costeffective packaging solutions. The team quickly realized the complexities and cost behind small-scale manufacturing, including high-quality ingredient prices and the logistics of distribution. “Another one of our largest issues we faced was self-distributing our product,” she adds. “We soon realized we weren’t a distribution company and handed that all over to larger distributors like US Foods, Baldor, Chex and Rainforest.” Other challenges came in the form of scaling production to meet increasing demand without compromising quality and navigating the competitive snack food landscape.

Jemison says, “Key lessons were the importance of flexibility in business strategies, the value of building a strong brand identity early on. Additionally, we’ve learned to always network as much as possible with colleagues in the same space and never hesitate to call upon them for advice or help.”

Nantucket Crisps has come a long way with a presence both on and off the island. The hope is that the crafted flavors of Stubbys Jamaican Jerk, Brant Point Black Pepper, Cisco Beach BBQ, Madaket Sweet Onion, Sconset Sea Salt, Hummock Hot Honey, Stuffing Terrific and Steps Beach Salt & Vinegar have become part of the Nantucket experience—last

summer, over 60,000 bags of chips were sold on the island—but the team has taken it one step further with the official opening of a brick-and-mortar shop at Zero India Street.

The store, located at the former home of Sweet Inspirations, launches this month with chips, dips, caviar, local snacks, branded merchandise and a back room

“ The store embodies the entrepreneurial spirit.”

– Sara Jemison

themed around the newest flavor launch, South Wharf Shrimp. “The store embodies the entrepreneurial spirit,” Arnot says. Aside from being a go-to for all summer snacks, the store will also be a space for Arnot and Jemison to host fundraisers and events—continuing to bring together the community that has supported them so strongly. “We’ve felt supported since day one,” Arnot says. “And we wouldn’t have been here without all the support. So we feel like it’s important for us to be giving that support back to the next generation of brands.”

Arnot and Jemison hope to do more collaborations with island businesses moving forward, similar to the Stubbys chip flavor, so that small businesses on Nantucket can grow with them.

“There’s definitely all types of Nantucket folklore and history that we’d like to tackle as well, as we grow this brand,” Arnot says, noting that in general, he’d like to get the community involved more by hearing about flavors they’d like to eat.

But even as the brand continues to grow, Arnot and Jemison’s ultimate mission stays the same—to create tasty, crunchy chips with flavors that are authentic to Nantucket while creating an economically viable brand.

Inside the new Nantucket Crisps store located at Zero India Street

The Italian Job

WHERE TO GRAB THE BEST SLICE ON NANTUCKET.

From the ancient Egyptians to the Romans, pizza has long been making humans happy. According to an article on the History Channel, the modern version of the coveted cheese-covered food was founded in Naples in the early 1800s as an inexpensive and quick staple that was consumed by the lower class. And its popularity only grew from there. Today, pizza appeals to everyone, including the upper crust, and the following are options available on the island for those looking to grab their slice of the pie.

EAT FIRE PIZZA

508.332.2121, eatfirepizza.com

In 2020, Dylan Wallace acquired a mobile wood oven, and Eat Fire Pizza was born. Today, he serves hot and ready pies from the mobile oven at Cisco Brewery (or from any location you need him to be through catering), all of which are either made from ingredients that he grows himself or purchases from local farmers. Can’t decide on what to get? Go for the Pepperoni 2 to 1, where meat lovers can expect a very generously roni-covered pie. The pop-up makes the pizzas from a special oven towed by a mini truck—bringing wood-fired pizzas to any location.

Pizzeria Gemelle

WRITTEN BY ANTONIA DEPACE PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

FAREGROUNDS RESTAURANT & PUDLEY PUB

27 Fairgrounds Road, 508.228.4095, thefaregrounds.com

Closer to Surfside, design your own pizza with toppings like artichokes, linguica, arugula and more at Faregrounds Restaurant & Pudley Pub, opened by Bill Puder in 1997. If you’re not feeling creative, there’s a selection of pizzas to pick from as well, all of which are served in small (10-inch), large (14-inch) and extra-large (18-inch) sizes.

FUSARO’S HOMEMADE ITALIAN

17 Old South Road, 508.228.4100, fusarosrestaurant.com

On Old South Road, it’s never a bad idea to stop at Fusaro’s Homemade Italian, where a classic Margherita pizza is one of the restaurant’s bestsellers. If you’re looking for something outside of the box, owner Tom Fusaro recommends the Anthony’s: a cheese pizza with housemade Nana Jean’s meatballs, house-made sweet Italian sausage and a sprinkle of oregano. He says, “We believe you cannot have a quality pizza without quality ingredients.” This summer, guests will also be able to order a fig pizza and a wild mushroom pizza—both new to the menu.

PI PIZZERIA

11 W. Creek Road, 508.228.1130, pipizzeria.com

Opened by Evan Marley in 2001, the authentic Neapolitan pizzeria serves

thin-crust, wood-fired pizza from their mid-island location. “Pi Pizzeria was started with the intention of preserving old, classic Neapolitan recipes while imparting our own twist to make it authentically ‘Pi Pizza,’” Marley says. The Great Italian (San Marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, Esposito’s sausage, pepperoni, green peppers and onion) and Rustica (arugula, stracchino cheese, pancetta and garlic) reign as the two most popular pizzas available in 12-inch and 16-inch pies.

where flavors of barbecue sauce, shredded chicken, red onion and bacon combine.

SOPHIE T’S PIZZA

7 Dave St., 508.325.6265, acksophiets.com

PIZZERIA GEMELLE

2 E. Chestnut St., 508.901.5958, pizzeriagemelle.com

It’s never a bad idea to head to Pizzeria Gemelle, where you can either pick up a pie to go or sit down for a bottle of wine and a panuozzo—the restaurant’s Neapolitan pizza sandwich. Special flavors come out of the kitchen throughout the summer, like the cherry tomato pizza, but it’s the Margherita that remains a bestseller. “From the char we’re able to get on our four-day fermented dough cooked at 700 degrees in a wood oven to the mozzarella we pull fresh every day in-house, to the Bianco DiNapoli tomatoes from Arizona, the fresh local basil and the olive oil and Parmigiano from Italy, it’s a symphony of flavors that all melt into the perfect bite,” says owner Andrea Solimeo.

SHANGRI-LA KITCHEN

149 Orange St., 508.228.4291

With a wide variety of Indian and Asian entrees, sushi and pizza, the mid-island restaurant cures every craving. Available in one pie size only, one standout pizza flavor is the Greek, complete with black olives, green peppers, pepperoni and feta cheese. If you’re looking to kick it up a notch, opt for the Texas BBQ pizza,

Named after original owner Rob Noll’s daughter (Noll sold the business in 2022), the popular pizza joint continues to impress with a variety of traditional and casual Italian eats. Order the Class ACK’T Pizza for a taste of a white pie topped with scallops and bacon or the ACK Mack Pizza—the shop’s own iteration of the classic Big Mac—on a sesame seed crust.

STEAMBOAT PIZZA

10 Broad St., 508.228.1131, steamboatpizzanantucket.com

Steamboat Pizza remains a go-to for a quick slice. Having served the Nantucket community for over 32 years, the Steamboat Wharf eatery focuses on thin-crust pizzas by the slice or full pie (when ordered in advance). Their housemade, rich plum tomato sauce and an in-house cheese recipe keep locals, summer residents and vacationers coming back for more, with options to add extra toppings to your liking.

THE MUSE

44 Surfside Drive, 508.228.6873

If you prefer entertainment with your slice, head to The Muse, where table tennis, pool tables, DJs and local bands keep the night going year-round. Between activities, satiate your hunger with any of the pizza flavors— we recommend the Bacon Ranch (chicken, crumbled bacon, tomato, mozzarella, ranch dressing drizzle), the Whitey (pesto, tomato, mozzarella, parmesan) or the Lasagna (ricotta, meatball, mozzarella and marinara). All pizzas are available as a full pie in four sizes, or by the slice.

The Muse

Pi Pizzeria

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FINDING A RARE

DIRECTION

WRITTEN BY ANTONIA DEPACE

From London to Nantucket:

the journey of a unique antique weathervane.

Twenty-five years ago, well-known British and European folk art dealer Robert Young published a book titled Folk Art that celebrated the artistry of often untrained craftsmen and women who relied more on their ingenuity than their formal art education.

The book, which covered folk art across the European continent, included a unique weathervane from the mid-19th century that caught the eye of Nantucket summer resident Arie Kopelman.

Made from sheet iron, the weathervane featured a fish with a cross, as well as a two-fold heart detail—a large heart cut out from the center of the fish with

a silhouette of the same shape at the top. He considered it one of the most interesting weathervanes he had ever seen. And after serving as the chair of the New York City Winter Antiques Show for nearly 25 years, as well as president of Chanel from 1986 to 2004 and former president of the Nantucket Historical Association, Kopelman is a person with impressive bona fides in the art world. With a keen eye for style and aesthetics, Kopelman saw

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Folk Art was first published in 1999

Despite keeping his eyes peeled at every antique show and asking dealers if they had seen it, Kopelman wouldn’t come across the actual antique until nearly a decade later—at Sylvia Antiques on Nantucket. John Sylvia is the third-generation owner of the gallery, which opened in 1927 and is known for its collection of lightship baskets. On a visit to the dealer early in the summer of 2014, Kopelman was searching through the upstairs room of treasures that were yet to be displayed. “Here I see this thing and I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he says. “I must say I was very excited, especially after a 10-yearplus quest.”

“It was wonderfully authentic. It had a weighted face, which they have to have in order to point in the wind.”

– Robert Young

Fish weathervanes are one of the rarest designs—one of the most common being roosters. The two-fold heart detail of this one however makes it unique. “That’s the thing that makes it magical and makes it so unusual. It’s the only one I’ve ever seen,” Young says in a recent interview with N Magazine. Kopelman adds, “The rarity was a part of the equation.”

It would have taken a blacksmith only a couple of days to make the piece before mounting it onto the ferrous metal base. The symbol of the fish itself has two meanings: It pointed toward the church and God in earlier time periods but also represented coastal town life in the late 19th century. According to Young, the weathervane was likely intended for a fishermen’s chapel, although without knowing the exact building it came from, it’s impossible to ever know for sure. “It was wonderfully authentic. It had a weighted face, which they have to have in order to point in the wind,” Young adds. “It had a naturally weathered surface, slightly more on one side than the other. And it’s just such a wonderful graphic shape.”

So how did this weathervane, out of all places, end up on Nantucket? While Young isn’t surprised (he sends at least three to four pieces of folk art to the island from his New York City gallery every year), he himself had sold it to a collector in London. From there, it somehow made it to one of Sylvia’s clients, who had

it styled in his Nantucket home. The piece made it into the island gallery when the client decided to abruptly sell his house and called

“Almost everyone has a comment about this weathervane, from its unusual history to its graphic punch.’ ”

– Arie Kopelman

Sylvia in to see if any of his folk art collection was of interest. “This one spoke to me because it’s very unusual, and it’s also got some good age to it,” says Sylvia. “I wanted to buy as much as I could, and that was one of the first things I pointed at.”

The weathervane, which is now in Kopelman’s possession, sits proudly on a table, like a sculpture, within his Nantucket home. He concludes, “Almost everyone has a comment about this weathervane—from its unusual history to its graphic ‘punch.’ I really love it, and it is my favorite fish story!”

The story of the weathervane speaks to the island’s tradition of preservation, from homes to antiques and beyond. In this spirit, Nantucket continues to host its Summer Antiques Show, this year occurring August 9-12 at Bartlett’s Farm, where even more treasures can be found from dealers around the world.

Maritime antiques fill the nearly century-old shop.

The weathervane dates back to the mid-19th century.

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INTERIOR

MOTIVES

INTERVIEW BY ANTONIA DEPACE

Ken Fulk returns for Nantucket by Design

As the elite of the interior design and architectural worlds gather for this year’s Nantucket by Design July 15-18, one not-to-be-missed event is keynote speaker Ken Fulk. On July 16 at the White Elephant Ballroom, the self-described “magic maker” will discuss and sign his newest publication, Ken Fulk: The Movie in My Mind. Ahead of the conversation, N Magazine chats with Fulk about his career, favorite projects, Nantucket architecture and more.

You’ll be discussing the evolution of your career during the keynote. Can you highlight some of the most pivotal parts of this and how they helped to make you the designer you are today?

I had an unlikely career trajectory and became a designer almost by chance. A friend knew that I loved design and that I had a knack for it. They hired me to decorate their new apartment without any constraints. I sanded the floors, I painted the walls, I sewed the drapes and delivered a turnkey apartment. After delivering that apartment, it was like a faucet turned on. I had all sorts of jobs all over the place. I had one in France and [in] Martha’s Vineyard. From the beginning, we did almost everything for our clients. I would put together a dinner party, pick out a tie to wear to an interview, help plan a vacation. That indefinable role of mine eventually became what is now an incredibly creative team of almost 100. We call our team “the magic makers”—or sometimes “the Fulkers”—because “designers” doesn’t quite describe all that we do.

Interior designer Ken Fulk

Tell me more about your latest book, Ken Fulk: The Movie in My Mind.

This is my second book and the first with Assouline. While the first book was more like a traditional monograph, here we decided to take readers behind the scenes of some of our more cinematic endeavors.

I’ve always used the metaphor of a film because every new project starts with a story. These “movies in my mind,” as I call them, are a swirling amalgamation of ideas inspired by my travels, film, fashion, art, history, novels or something as elemental as the scent of a dwindling fire.

The book is divided into genres, so Westerns features a Napa Valley farmhouse that honors the region’s rural hills dotted with cabernet vines; Action Flicks includes a superyacht that calls to mind 007, Bullitt and Foxy Brown; and Summer Blockbusters has a Miami hotel and rooftop pool club.

How does Nantucket design and architecture inspire you?

I’ve always been drawn to historic structures and buildings that hold stories. Nantucket has such a rich legacy of both humble and grand architecture. From the prominent homes in town to the rose-covered cottages of Sconset, it draws you in with its charm and then keeps you here with all of its deep history.

What are you most excited about during this year’s Nantucket by Design?

Any time I get an excuse to return to the island, I’m excited. I have many friends who spend time there, and I love that we’re bringing designers together in this rich locale.

You’ve had the opportunity to design for multiple high-caliber clients. What are some of your favorite projects to date?

Projects for me are like great love affairs and I tend to focus on the ones at hand. However, there are certainly standouts over the years. The chance to design alongside Pharrell Williams was a dream. We worked on two projects in Miami, including Goodtime Hotel, which has become known for its famous pool parties by David Grutman.

Interiors designed by Ken Fulk

You also worked on The ’Quin House in Boston, which has been coveted for its rich and ornate design. Can you talk more about this project?

The biggest surprise was that we conceived the entire concept for another location, and then there was this serendipitous opportunity to take over the building, which was purpose-built as a club by McKim, Mead & White in 1887. Not only was I thrilled with this historic building, but I knew it well, having lived right across Comm Ave [Commonwealth Avenue] when I was freshly out of college.

Interior rooms of The ’Quin House, Boston

And then the second surprise was that this extraordinary building, for all its illustrious past, was really quite ordinary in some places. That gave us the chance and the challenge to knit together new with old—we restored some areas, reimagined others and then built from scratch entirely new amenities that needed to fit within the context of the building.

What are some design elements that you hope to see more of this year and beyond?

I am very excited about the shift and fearlessness in taste that has come with all of our new technology. People of all backgrounds have instant access to so much imagery and inspiration that it’s created a new sophistication and a more egalitarian approach to what was once a very rarified world of culture, travel, style and collecting. So many people have become enthralled by design and beauty and that has pushed us toward a new level of individualism.

What are you over?

There’s not too much I’m bothered by in the world of style and design, and I think that comes with this global embrace and celebration of individuality.

MAKING WAVES

WRITTEN BY KRISTIN DETTERLINE

An intimate new staging of the opera, Moby-Dick, sails into Nantucket this month.

Months before Moby-Dick drops anchor at the Metropolitan Opera as part of the 2024-2025 season next March, the show’s composer Jake Heggie is bringing the critically acclaimed contemporary opera to Nantucket. But don’t expect to see the original production that debuted in 2010 and won immediate praise for what the Washington Post described as a “colorful, singable score that has its own undeniable unity and through-line.”

For the July 30 show at the Dreamland, Heggie will lead a behind-the-scenes presentation of his arresting adaptation of Herman Melville’s great American novel about Captain Ahab and the elusive white whale Moby Dick told through

the eyes of sailor Ishmael. The book is famously set on Nantucket.

“I’ll walk people through the whole creation of the opera, not necessarily Melville because everyone knows the story of Moby-Dick, but how we managed to take that massive book and create a workable libretto that inspired me to write music that illuminated the story for people. And then that led to this brilliant production,” says Heggie, adding that he’ll share excerpts of the score and manuscript and play some of the music on the piano. Clips of the San Francisco production of the opera will be shown to highlight the sweeping stage experience.

“This is an incredible opportunity to experience the transformative power of live performance on our small island with the world-class Metropolitan Opera. While Dreamland has long been a venue for sharing the Met: Live broadcast screenings in our theaters, the opportunity to bring this live, one-of-a-kind evening to our Nantucket community is truly extraordinary ”

– Alicia L. Carney

from the

The idea to do a stage performance of Moby-Dick in Nantucket started with Heggie’s friend Franci Neely, the Houston-based philanthropist who summers on Nantucket and sits on the board of the Metropolitan Opera. Neely introduced him to Niles Parker, executive director of the Nantucket Historical Association, to talk

about how they could bring the show to the island this summer in advance of the Met’s run. It wasn’t long before the Dreamland was on board for the project. Less than a year later, the show is shaping up to be one of the season’s hottest arts and culture tickets.

“This is an incredible opportunity to experience the transformative power of live performance on our small island with the world-class Metropolitan Opera. While Dreamland has long been a venue for sharing the Met: Live broadcast screenings in our theaters, the opportunity to bring this live, one-of-a-kind evening to our Nantucket community is truly extraordinary,” says Alicia L. Carney, Dreamland’s executive director.

Unlike Melville, who wrote the book without ever visiting Nantucket, Heggie thought it was essential to experience the island in order to create the piece. He visited with the show librettist Gene Scheer during late spring in 2008, and was pleased to find “moody weather and few people out.”

While many familiar faces will be in the crowd for Moby-Dick, Heggie is most excited about the new showgoers, some of whom may be experiencing opera for the first time.

Says Heggie, “Opera builds community in a very special way and that’s what I really love about what I do. I can set a vibration that might resonate with people. You don’t necessarily know how they feel about issues that are important to you. But all of you can experience something together. That’s a big human drama and it opens up the possibility for dialogue, exchange, communication and new perspectives.” Buy tickets at nantucketdreamland.org.

Scenes

Moby-Dick opera

CLEAR

THINKING

Guardians of the island’s ponds are winning the battle against the growing problem of toxic algal bloom.

If you happen by Hummock Pond on July 16, you’ll see thousands of dollars worth of chemicals being unloaded into the water. Payment for the drop-off comes courtesy of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, the Nantucket Pond Coalition and abutters of the pond, the largest on island after Sesachacha. The chemicals are PAC, short for polyaluminum chloride, and they inactivate the mineral phosphorus—a nutrient in the pond that, if left unchecked, allows for the growth of blue-green algae, which is toxic to both people and pets and can create a harmful environment to fish and other wildlife.

People making recreational use of water that has harmful algal blooms—swimming or coming into contact with the water when getting in or out of a boat—can end up with skin or eye irritation. Inhaling a spray of contaminated water can cause asthma-like symptoms, and more sustained contact can cause severe neurological problems.

Hummock Pond

WRITTEN BY LARRY LINDNER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Hard figures for incidents of algal bloom poisoning on Nantucket are lacking, but in 2021, the latest year for which figures are available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were more than 100 reports of people across the country becoming sick from exposure and more than 2,700 incidents of animal illness. The Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health reports almost 2,500 incidents of animal death. Of course, all of these numbers represent only information shared, not illness and deaths that went undocumented. A dog can get sick and even die just licking its own fur after algal bloom contact.

That’s why it’s so important to bind up the phosphorus in the water with PAC. Phosphorus provides “a feeding frenzy for algal systems,” according to the Town’s water quality specialist, Emma Morgan. It reaches the pond largely via runoff from fertilizer and septic systems, meaning its overabundance in the island’s waters is a new problem, geologically speaking. Nantucket’s 80-plus ponds, representing about 5 percent of the island, are 6,000 years old, and the island has been populated by people of European descent for 400 years—but only within the last 100 did the degradation of the island’s ponds really begin, says Bob Williams, founder and president of the Nantucket Pond Coalition. “The Wampanoag didn’t have septic,” he says. “They didn’t have 100,000 people in the summer.”

It was applied in April of last year to both Gibbs and Capaum ponds, says Karen Beattie, director of Science and Stewardship at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. “Both have a pretty long history of harmful algal blooms, some of the worst on the island,” she reports. But because of limitations on how much PAC can fit in a tanker truck that comes over to the island by ferry, only Gibbs Pond was able to receive a full dose, with the rest going to Capaum. The upshot, according to Beattie: “Gibbs Pond did great. I won’t say that there were no harmful algae blooms, but compared to years past we definitely saw a reduction.”

On Capaum Pond, Beattie relates, levels declined pretty readily but then went back up again in the middle of the summer—likely due to not receiving a full dose. This year, she says, Capaum Pond gets a full dose of PAC, with the rest going to Gibbs. “It’s very promising-looking,” she

“We’re hoping we can bind up enough phosphorus to prevent harmful algal blooms for one to two years at a minimum.”

– Emily Molden

While the Town can’t close the ponds, those frequenting a pond at which algal blooms have been confirmed will notice newly installed signs warning people to stay out of the water and to not let their pets step into it or drink it.

Hummock Pond is not Nantucket’s first body of water to be treated for algal blooms with PAC, an inert substance that is considered safe for the environment and is used even in the treatment of drinking water.

says, but adds,“we’re very much in the infancy of discovering how effective this is.”

Emily Molden, executive director of the Nantucket Land & Water Council, says that with the dose being applied to Hummock this summer, “we’re hoping we can bind up enough phosphorus to prevent harmful algal blooms for one to two years at a minimum.” It’s not that PAC ever loses its potency. Once phosphorus binds to the chemical, it can never get loose again to feed more algae. “But what happens over time,” Molden explains, “is more phosphorus that’s deeper down in the sediment will slowly move up and be released into the water column again.”

The Land & Water Council will be monitoring the process. It’s not just about tracking the pond’s phosphorus. The organization will also be measuring certain pond health indicators, like the pH of the water to make sure it doesn’t change during treatment with PAC. If the pH is thrown off, the water becomes harmful to fish and other wildlife.

Bob Williams, founder and president of the Nantucket Pond Coalition

But in mainland ponds, the PAC has been working well. Hamblin Pond in Marston Mills on the Cape has had great success with similar phosphorus inactivation treatments, and Skinequit Pond in Harwich has also had positive results. If it works as hoped on Nantucket, “it will be an incredible asset,” says Rachael Freeman, director of Operational Resources at the Nantucket Land Bank. The Land Bank is hoping to provide public access to Hummock Pond within the next three years, making it easy for people to bring their kayaks or skiffs or enjoy the water in other ways.

Another option is using a pond opening, which entails digging a trench in the sand to connect the pond to the ocean. “The tide cycles then allow an exchange,” says Town water quality specialist Morgan. “Ponds being stagnant, it allows the water to flush out any excess nutrients—a really good opportunity to improve water quality.” Pond openings have actually been practiced by Nantucketers for hundreds of years and have “successfully flushed out a lot of nutrients,” says Molden. You can become involved in control of algal blooms on island ponds yourself, and not just by having your septic system

pumped regularly to keep phosphorus from leaching into the environment and refraining from overuse of phosphorus-rich fertilizer. While the Town actively monitors for algal blooms on 16 of Nantucket’s largest ponds, “we’re more than happy to get citizen reports,” says Morgan. “Maybe there’s a place we’re not looking. People can find me online or scan the QR code on harmful algal bloom monitoring signs at common pond access points, which warn people against swimming in an affected pond, letting their dog wade in or drinking the water. That will take you to the page of the Town where you can report a bloom or suspected bloom.”

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AWAY

A NEWLY ARRIVED BEETLE FROM THE SOUTH IS DESTROYING NANTUCKET’S PINE TREES.

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Ram Pasture devastated by southern pine beetles.

The death of the trees started last summer with the infestation of about 50 pines. By the time the incident was all over, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation ended up having to cut down hundreds of trees across seven acres of Ram Pasture, not far from Madaket Road. The culprit behind the pine massacre? Southern pine beetles, which destroy trees from the inside out—and quickly. Unfortunately, that one incident is just the start of the southern pine beetles’ assault on Nantucket’s somewhat scraggly pitch pines, the main kind of pine tree on the island. Significantly more tree devastation is anticipated.

The beetles, which have historically lived in the southeastern United States, have been migrating north due to climate change. “A very hard freeze—3 degrees Fahrenheit—will kill them, but we don’t see those temperatures much anymore,” comments Emily

Goldstein Murphy, research ecologist at the Nantucket Land Bank.

“A very hard freeze—3 degrees Fahrenheit—will kill them, but we don’t see those temperatures much anymore.”

– Emily Goldstein Murphy

The damage southern pine beetles can inflict is nothing short of staggering. In 2014, the insects started ravaging pine trees on Long Island, just 200 miles to the south, and to this point have killed an estimated 37,000 trees there over wide swaths of acreage. “That put us on high alert,” says Danielle O’Dell, wildlife research ecologist at NCF. “We knew it was just a matter of time.”

Before that, in the late 1990s and early 2000s,

Emily Goldstein Murphy

Lichen growth on healthy pine trees at Gardner Farm

Hundreds of trees in Ram Pasture had to be cut down due to a southern pine beetle infestation.

a four-year outbreak in the southern Appalachian Mountains affected more than one million acres, with other areas farther south affected from time to time, too.

In general, the beetles kill pine trees (not just pitch pines) by entering through crevices in the bark. From there, they create S-shaped tunnels in tree tissue underneath. That disrupts a pine’s flow of nutrients. A tree will work to resist the attack by secreting a resin to create what are known as pitch tubes. Looking something like popcorn on the tree bark, the tubes will literally pitch out some adult beetles and slow the entry of others. But it’s no match for the thousands of beetles attacking a single pine.

“One week the tree is fine, and the next the pine needles have gone this rusty red color,” says the Land Bank’s Murphy. In four to six weeks the tree is dead and a potential fire hazard. Meanwhile, the beetles continue to ravage nearby pines in hordes.

As part of a monitoring process, NCF started trapping the beetles six years ago using traps supplied by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. O’Dell reports that the organization trapped “one in 2018, none in 2019, and by 2022 we were up in the hundreds of beetles.”

Martha’s Vineyard has been affected too, more severely than Nantucket to this point. That island also didn’t get its first outbreak until last summer, but unlike on Nantucket, it occurred over several locations.

Adam Moore, president of the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the Vineyard’s counterpart to the NCF, estimates that around 3,000 trees have been felled so far. He counts the risk of wildfires from dead wood as the biggest threat that comes with the devastation the beetles cause. “It’s not just conservation land,” he says. “We’re in a community. People live here.”

Endangered species are at

high risk as well. Nantucket has Massachusetts’ largest population of northern long-eared bats, which eat mosquitoes, moths and other kinds of insects. “They highly prefer pitch pine forests for their habitat in the summertime,” O’Dell says. “They form maternity colonies, where related females group together and raise their pups— sometimes upwards of 10 or 20 mothers roosting in pitch pine trees at a time. We have one of the last

and Murphy set up a Southern Pine Beetle Working Group. It consists not just of NCF and the Land Bank

“One week the tree is fine, and the next the pine needles have gone this rusty red color.”

– Emily Goldstein Murphy

good populations of them in New England,” she says. “Losing the trees would endanger them further.”

So how do we best protect pitch pines from the invading beetles? Chop them down—or at least some of them. Southern pine beetles use the trees’ proximity to each other to grow their battalions of destruction. “What makes forests vulnerable to the beetles is if they’re too dense and don’t have good airflow,” Murphy explains. “The beetles come into a tree and, to try to overwhelm its defenses, call all of their friends through airborne chemicals called pheromones. The key to protecting forests is to thin them out and make sure there’s airflow. That disrupts the pheromones’ communication signals.”

Nantucket is on it. In 2022, with the aim to work toward preventive rather than reactive management through information sharing, O’Dell

but also the Town of Nantucket, Mass Audubon, the Linda Loring Nature Foundation and several tree care and landscaping companies, including Bartlett Tree Experts, Nantucket Green Tree, KJP Land & Environment and Champoux Landscape. Furthermore, both NCF and the Land Bank hired the Vineyard’s Moore, a licensed forester, to write stewardship plans that will

Danielle O’Dell

Rusty pine needles indicate affected trees.

guide the management of Nantucket’s forests for the next 10 years.

This past winter, the Land Bank started its first preventive efforts at Gardner Farm—conservation land close to Hummock Pond. After an intentional decrease in tree density of about 50 percent in a section just off Hummock Pond Road, the area still looks like a forest but has much better airflow so the beetle pheromones don’t concentrate as much between the pines.

There are other benefits as well. “You decrease the stress that the remaining trees have,” Murphy says, “[with] more water to go around, more nutrients, more sunlight. It makes the trees as healthy as they can be to repel the beetles.” She adds, “Light can hit the forest floor now, and we can get regeneration of rare plants. We have to wait and see what comes back, but we expect it to be really nice.”

The effort to save the island’s pines will have to come not just from conservation groups intentionally monitoring for pitch pine infestation by the beetle, but from people in general. “The more eyes out there, the better,” Murphy says.

“The reddening needles, that’s really what people are going to see right away—a forest of trees and one all reddened or browned out,” O’Dell says. “If you see the needles and you approach the tree and see the popcorn-shaped balls, then you know there’s a major problem.” This can happen on publicly owned land or private property

and should be reported to the Southern Pine Beetle Working Group by emailing spb@nantucketconservation. org. It’s best, says O’Dell, to include a photo of the tree, directions to the spot and, if possible, the GPS coordinates, which can be determined by dropping a pin onto a Google map.

People can also “start talking with landscaping

“I want to be optimistic. I don’t think every single pitch pine is going to die.”

crews about thinning the pine trees out on their own private land, making their own land more resilient,” Murphy says, “because the beetles won’t respect property boundaries. Once they get established, they can roll across many properties. This has happened on

the Vineyard. Some beetles started on conservation land and ended up on private land and vice versa.” (As counterintuitive as it may seem, don’t automatically rush to cut down a pitch pine on your own property that is already dead. Dead trees no longer have southern pine beetles living in them, so if they do not have the potential to fall on people, buildings, roads or power lines, they can be left standing to provide the preferred habitat for bats and birds.)

Can the preventive efforts keep the destructive southern pine beetles away completely? Forester Moore says, “There will still be pitch pines. They’ll just be younger pitch pines. This is what happens in the life of trees. We’d rather not have the southern pine beetle, but it’s something we’re going to have to adjust to if we’re going to manage our natural landscapes.”

Adds NCF’s O’Dell, “I want to be optimistic. I don’t think every single pitch pine is going to die. But it’s hard to imagine that we’re not going to have some pretty major impacts. I’m hopeful it isn’t going to be completely devastating. Out in Ram Pasture we were able to get on top of it really quickly. We’re hopeful that we’ve bought ourselves some time.”

Ram Pasture

– Danielle O’Dell

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Originally built as a schoolhouse, the Nantucket Historical Association is the second-oldest concrete building in New England— the first being the Harvard football stadium.

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The NHA’s Hidden Gem

The moment you step foot on Nantucket, you automatically immerse yourself in history.

But for those who want to delve deeper, the Nantucket Historical Association’s Research Library located at 7 Fair Street is a treasure trove of Nantucket ’s past. In fact, very few buildings, if any, on the 13-mile island hold as much history as this one with thousands of meticulously preserved documents and artifacts kept inside.

Deep within the corridors of the historic building, several centuries’ worth of island relics and documents are locked inside a large, temperature-controlled vault. Some items date back as far as the 1600s, while others have been collected over the past 20 years—but no matter their age, they’re all pieces of history that cannot be replaced if they were to be lost. In other words, they are priceless.

The items inside are available to the public but by appointment only. According to Amelia Holmes, the NHA’s director of Collections & Research Services, because there are so many items in the collection, in order to pull specific artifacts, the team needs to go through the library’s digital catalog to find where they are located. “It’s not possible for anyone to really know everything we have here,” she explains.

One important artifact includes a map from 1625 created by Henry Briggs. It is known as the first one to depict the island and is believed to be the oldest item in the NHA’s possession. It is also considered to be one of the most influential maps of the 17th century. “I actually love that map because I don’t know if you’re familiar with the concept [of] the island of California, but there are all of these maps where California exists as an island from people coming up from the Baja Peninsula,” Holmes says, “and so even at the time that this map came

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out, they knew that it wasn’t an island but the English still put it on maps and eventually the king had to issue a statement saying to stop. I just love that this is so old that it’s got the island of California, and then Nantucket is over there almost as an unknown.”

Briggs, who had yet to visit North America at this time, constructed the map through documentation and accounts made by other travelers who had been to the region—more famously through correspondence with English explorer Thomas Dermer, who was best-known for being an early liaison between the Native American population of southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims. The map is also the first to name Cape Cod. Nantucket, which was not yet known by its modern name, is transcribed as “Caupaw,” stemming from the Indigenous settlement of the Caupaum who

“Nantucket, which was not yet known by its modern name, is transcribed as ‘Caupaw,’ stemming from the Indigenous settlement of the Caupaum who lived on the island at that time.

lived on the island at that time.

“[Dermer] documents his travels, his experiences, and in the book he wrote, he talks about meeting the people living here,” Holmes says. “And that is what they refer to the island as, Caupaw. So that is where the name on this map is coming from.”

A variety of historic photographs also exist within the vault, with the earliest dating back to 1841. The photo depicts Main Street prior to the Great Fire of 1846. “That’s the only known photo of the town before the fire that still exists,” says Holmes. Many other photos are portraits that show islanders from

the 17th century up to the present day. In addition to pictures, the island community is documented through yearbooks, dance cards, report cards and other learning materials preserved by the library over the years.

From our island’s whaling history, the library possesses hundreds of sailor logbooks, all of which contain firsthand accounts of their travels centuries ago. Many of them date back to the 19th century and have become the focus of scholars’ studies. “One area that’s been an increasing research focus for scholars are these [logbooks], which track data around weather in the 19th century, and so they have been of interest to climate change scientists,” Holmes explains. “We’ve worked on a number of projects and have a professor we’re working with at UMass Dartmouth on extracting that information on what the weather was like in various parts of the ocean over this period of time.”

those small businesses that served the whaling industry, as well as those farmers that stayed home. Through digitizing artifacts like this, the library eternalizes them.

During N Magazine’s tour of the building in May, the library was in the midst of digitizing 400-plus account books ranging from the 1680s through the 1980s—documenting 300 years of island history. This included a Westgate Store account book from January to November 1847. Account books like this show the island’s financial growth, especially when it comes to

“Our goal is to make things as accessible as possible, and the security comes from not keeping people out, but just thinking about the future Nantucket researchers.”

– Amelia Holmes

“Our goal is to make things as accessible as possible, and the security comes from not keeping people out, but just thinking about the future Nantucket researchers. How do we help things last as long as possible here?” Holmes says. Anyone interested in learning more about Nantucket and immersing themselves in the island’s rich history would be wise to check out the research library and set up an appointment through its website at nha.org/research/ research-library/.

The 1625 Briggs map depicting Nantucket (“Caupaw”) and the “island” of California

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Behind the new look of the Parish of St. Mary Our Lady of the Isle.

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Renovation in progress

“Really taking the sacred from the church and bringing it into the ordinary moments of everyday life, that’s really the point. … It’s the point of the church that you enter into the sacred space, you take that which is sacred, and you bring it back into the ordinary experience of everyday life to really sanctify your life.”

– Father John Murray

In the summer of 2022, Bob Monahan sat down in the familiar pews for mass at the Parish of St. Mary Our Lady of the Isle. This was hardly his first time in the church— he had been attending on island for the past 36 years, but it was in this moment that he realized that the building was in need of some upgrades. He immediately went to Father John Murray—starting an inside-out renovation of both the church and the rectory on Orange Street. “The church was not in bad condition, but it was like any home that needed to be updated,” explains Murray. “We wanted it to be reverent and prayerful and something that was going to draw people into the church … into the warmth of what Jesus Christ offers, as opposed to just a nice decorative building on the island.”

The team—consisting of Monahan at the helm, Murray, interior designer and parishioner Jill Vieth, Steve Hollister of Hollister Consulting, St. Mary ’ s business manager Soo Woodley and facilities manager Brian Davis, and longtime parishioner Tom Bresette—started construction this past January, during which they ordered new pews, chandeliers, carpeting and paint colors. “This project took a very holistic approach towards connection—to our faith, to the ancient scriptures and the people the church brings together—the parish community, the seasonal community, and anyone who walks inside the church. Every detail was considered for them,” Vieth says. To start, everything had to be ripped out of the building, including the pews, which were at least

“This project took a very holistic approach towards connection—to our faith, to the ancient scriptures and the people the church brings together—the parish community, the seasonal community and anyone who walks inside the church. Every detail was considered for them.”

60 years old. But rather than throwing them away, Murray decided to give them away. According to Monahan, locals began lining up at the church at 7:30 a.m. on the day the pews were ready, and by 9:15 a.m., they were all gone. Murray compares it to the church’s mission itself. He says, “Really taking the sacred from the church and bringing it into the ordinary moments of everyday life, that ’s really the point. … It ’s the point of the church that you enter into the sacred space, you take that which is sacred, and you bring it back into the ordinary experience of everyday life to really sanctify your life.”

– Interior designer and parishioner Jill Vieth

Construction team

Bob Monahan

Once emptied, one of the most important goals was to fully connect the church’s design. The last major renovation began in the late 1990s under the supervision of Father Thomas Lopes, who departed from the church once the project was complete in 2000. One example of this is through the brand-new pews. As a nod to the previous generation, Vieth made sure to have the same cross incorporated on the sides, just as the old pews had featured.

Another example lies within the arch behind the altar, which the team completely redid with crosses that replicate the ones in the stained glass windows behind it. They called upon local artist Pen Austin to do the work. “If you look at some of the old pictures of the church back to the 1950s, there were designs of crosses going up around the arch,” Murray explains. “They had been covered over because it’s hard to do that kind of artwork.”

Outside, the statue of St. Mary is in the process of being repaired, and the church’s exterior will get a fresh coat of paint and new landscaping. Masses were officially moved back into the church on March 28, Holy Thursday (they were hosted in the basement while work was being done). Next, the

work on the rectory will begin with an expected completion of summer 2025. The total cost

“A lot of people were employed by working on the church, and for them, it was all a labor of love.”

– Father John Murray

of the renovations is approximately $5 million, which the church is still raising money for. “A lot of people were employed by working on the church, and for them, it was all a labor of love,” Murray says. He adds, “This is work that will impact the current members of our parish as well as those of the future.”

Various details of new construction and painting of St. Mary’s

St. Mary’s in 1950s

Solar projects are shining light onto a growing trend on Nantucket.

Nantucket is not known as an island filled with survivalists. Yet the easy access to fresh water, fertile soil for growing food and the rising popularity of solar could provide all the ingredients for those who choose to live totally off the grid.

But for homeowners simply looking for an environmentally sensitive means of generating electricity—as well as ones attracted by the economics of solar power, solar installations are clearly on the rise. “Solar is definitely going mainstream on Nantucket,” says Tobias Glidden, co-owner of ACK Smart Solar. He says more than 200 homes on the island now have solar installations, and he expects many more in the coming years. Solar panels on roofs, as well as ground arrays installed on open tracts of land, provide peace of mind in various ways for those who choose to install them. They assist with the generation of clean energy, protect against power outages, provide a backstop against rising electric bill rates and come with generous tax incentives.

ACK Smart was founded by Zach Dusseau in 2011 and Glidden joined as co-owner in 2016. According to Dusseau, “we have grown organically and have become the major provider of solar installations on the island.” ACK Smart Solar touts both the environmental and economic benefits of solar. Glidden indicated that “the quality of solar panels has improved dramatically, and we expect our installations will last 25 years, which significantly improves the economics over time.”

We have reviewed four solar projects on Nantucket that highlight what is becoming a powerful idea for energy independence.

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Tobias Glidden and Zach Dusseau

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Domestic electricity and power for in-town hotels

hen one of the two undersea cables that supply Nantucket with electricity went offline in late April, Bruce Percelay, real estate developer, publisher of N Magazine, and owner of 76 Main Ink Press Hotel and 21 Broad Hotel, saw the power in self-sufficiency. “It shows you that living on an island 30 miles out to sea, you are vulnerable to a lot of things that you would not expect,” he says. Percelay is no stranger to the use of solar and environmentally advanced developments, having built the award-winning Allston Green District in Boston over a decade ago as the first major green housing project in New England. According to Percelay, “Having my house and our hotels being at the cutting edge of environmental sensitivity was simply an extension of something we practiced in our business years ago.”

“Having my house and our hotels being at the cutting edge of environmental sensitivity is simply an extension of something we practiced in our business for well over a decade.”

– Bruce Percelay

“I hope our hotel guests will appreciate the notion that electricity is generated locally and through a clean and renewable power source.”

– Bruce Percelay

“Self-sufficiency on an island is more important than in other places... And it’s a good feeling to know that you don’t absolutely need electricity from the mainland—because you can produce it yourself.”

– Bruce Percelay

ACK Smart Solar completed the installation of three ground arrays in March 2024, establishing a 36-kilowatt power source not only for Percelay’s home, but for his businesses. Surplus electricity generated from the panels will be funneled to 76 Main and 21 Broad. Percelay says, “I think guests will appreciate the notion that electricity for the hotels is generated locally and through a clean and renewable power source.” Climate activists have devoted much energy of late in protests over the reduction of fossil fuel use but actual initiatives such as solar installations embraced by Percelay will make a tangible difference on Nantucket.

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For Pocomo resident Carlton Neel, installing solar panels was the eco-friendly cherry on top of a robust renovation project. His mid-century modern home was originally built as a kit house and had all the 60-year-old quirks to prove it including old-fashioned fuses, no air conditioning and plenty of mildew. Neel and his wife decided on an overhaul.

Thanks to its mid-century design, the place flaunted a mostly flat roof. This shape, combined with the strength of the sun’s rays reflecting off the water, established a near-perfect opportunity for rooftop solar panels.

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“The reason I even got interested in solar was being an early adopter of a Tesla car,” Neel says. “I really started noticing what the cost per kilowatt hour is for electricity—and I found it fascinating.” Neel began doing the math with his electricity bills on Nantucket and realized solar could benefit his home, too. He invested in panels for the roof, plus a battery system to store extra energy for power outages. The 12-kilowatt array, installed

in September 2021, heats and cools the house, as well as powers the electric pool in the backyard. “Because of the

the full benefit of longer days in the summertime,” he explains.

Solar power’s tax incentives, ecofriendly benefits and ability to lower utility bills has been a net positive for Neel and his family’s home.

“The reason I even got interested in solar was being an early adopter of a Tesla car ... I really started noticing what the cost per kilowatt hour is for electricity—and I found it fascinating.”

– Carlton Neel

nature of our house, the vast majority of our electric usage is in the summer with air conditioning. So we really get

“Massachusetts is a very solar-friendly state,” Neel says. “You’ve got the combination of high electric expenses on Nantucket, a good location for [solar panels] and the battery backup. It’s a really good environment for solar where we are.”

“Massachusetts is a very solar-friendly state ... You’ve got the combination of high electric expenses on Nantucket, a good location for [solar panels] and the battery backup. It’s a really good environment for solar where we are.”

– Carlton Neel

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Finding affordable rental housing on Nantucket has long been a challenge to scores of year round residents. To ease that burden, Housing Nantucket, which was founded 30 years ago, operates 150 below-market value units across the island.

Still, low-income residents are especially vulnerable to unpredictable—and often high—energy costs. “They have to make choices between do we turn on the heat today, or do we get food? The cost of living here is just really expensive,” explains Anne Kuszpa, executive director of Housing Nantucket.

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That’s when a light bulb went off for Kuszpa: Defraying the costs of utility bills with solar power seemed like a natural solution. Thus

fundraising began. In addition to donor contributions and grants from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, the organization worked with environmental nonprofit Remain Nantucket to secure upfront funding for installing solar panels.

Kuszpa says, “Remain is not only helping the whole community get more solar here island-wide, but they’re also funding and helping the low-income residents. It really makes a big difference for them to be able to have access to the benefits of green power.”

Housing Nantucket’s solar endeavors began with outfitting its office building in 2014. Then, in 2022, the nonprofit began expanding to its current 86 kilowatts of rooftop solar panels at a dozen different apartment buildings. “We gave [ACK Smart Solar] a list of our 39 properties all over the island. They looked at them in GIS and saw which ones had the best roofs to generate the most energy,” Kuszpa explains. “So we’ve been chipping away at it and doing a couple every year—it’s been really great.”

The organization’s newest solar project is a 120-kilowatt array in the form of a parking pergola on Fairgrounds Road. The panels will cover the parking area between two buildings that make up a new 22-unit development where tenants will be moving in this summer. Upon completion of the parking pergola panels, the entire property will become net zero.

“The

federal, state and local initiatives helped with the overall cost...I look at the final cost as adding value to the property—it should be offset by the savings over approximately eight years.”

– Randy Sharp

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Domestic electricity, panels, pool, batteries

As a real estate investor, Randy Sharp has a keen sense of what will add value to a home. Solar power is one addition he’d been curious to try out. In 2022, Sharp decided to install a ground array of 40 panels on his property to power his home and pool. “The federal, state and local initiatives helped with the overall cost,” Sharp explains. “I look at the final cost as adding value to the property—it should be offset by the savings over approximately eight years.”

Solar panels can increase a home’s appraisal value by 4.1 percent, according to a study from Zillow. “They’re an incredible asset to the value of your home,” says Glidden. “You just sleep better at night knowing you’ve got a plan for when the power is out.”

Sharp opted for a battery from Hyannis-based Savant Systems for those power outages. With a battery, surplus energy from the panels is saved for a rainy day, so to speak. “A battery stores the excess energy that solar panels

produce during the day so it can be used to power the home in the evening,” explains Bob Madonna, founder and CEO of Savant. “It can also provide emergency backup power during a grid outage such as the one the island recently experienced.”

Most of the time, panels are powering homes in fair weather. Sharp says his solar array has made a dent in his electricity bills, both for heating and cooling his home with two mini splits, and for his pool’s electric heat pump.

For Glidden, the opportunities for added value—and lower bills—seem endless.

“We can install solar anywhere,” he says. “There’s no property that can’t have solar on Nantucket. It just shows that you can do it on affordable housing. You can do it for a hotel. You can do it on a roof right by the water, or you can do it on the ground. It’s a no-brainer.”

“There’s no property that can’t have solar on Nantucket. It just shows that you can do it on affordable housing. You can do it for a hotel. You can do it on a roof right by the water, or you can do it on the ground. It’s a no-brainer.”

– Tobias Glidden

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TAnne Marie Bratton is this year’s AAN 2024 Honorary Artist of the Year. he 19th-century plein air tradition of painting has particularly influenced Nantucket’s art scene— however, not all of the island’s notable artists fit the impressionist mold. Anne Marie Bratton, who divides her time between Nantucket and Fort Worth, Texas, is an example of this as her technique focuses on photorealism. She was named Artist Honoree for the 2024 Artists Association of Nantucket Gala, which takes place July 13 at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. “Her process is hyperrealism, and specifically she is very good at reflective surfaces,” explains impressionist painter Robert “Bobby” Frazier, AAN artistic director and the 2020 Gala Artist Honoree. Her oil painting, Seascape in Portal, will be honored as the final piece in the event’s live auction—there’s a total of 25 works from other local artist members.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

Anne Marie Bratton

The proceeds from the evening help the AAN continue to support almost 300 artist members, host year-round art programming and preserve a collection of historic art.

Bratton is thrilled to be this year’s honoree. “I tell everyone this is the Academy Awards of art. There’s no question. This is the highest honor you can possibly get. And what’s even more of an honor is when you look at the people who have been chosen in the past,” she says. “Those are the luminaries of the art world. … Those are the best artists on the island. They’re incredible, and the fact that my name is with them—well, I couldn’t ask for more.” Past award recipients include John Carruthers, Julija Mostykanova, Lynn Nicholas, Carol Keefe and more.

Often seen around town and on the beach capturing images on her iPhone to create collages for her paintings, Bratton explains that the biggest compliment she can ever get is when someone says that her work

“Sometimes, [the galleries] put my paintings in the photography section, and that’s a huge compliment because that is effectively what I was trying to achieve.”

– Anne Marie Bratton

looks like a photograph. “Sometimes, [the galleries] put my paintings in the photography section, and that’s a huge compliment because that is effectively what I was trying to achieve,” she adds.

Raised in New York City by her

single father, the legendary Pete Rozelle (former commissioner of the NFL), Bratton spent much of her childhood reading books, sketching pictures and watching television. When she wasn’t heading off to the Hamptons with her father and his pro football colleagues, she was developing her artistic skills. Her formal training began in high school at Rollins College and continued under the guidance of renowned art teacher Helen Silvestri in Fort Worth, focusing on photoreal drawing. She also studied at the Texas Academy of Figurative Art and continues to hone her craft with Laert Aleksi at Sabka Studio.

Looking back, Bratton has grown considerably since first showing the AAN her portfolio

Anne Marie Bratton

Artworks by Anne Marie Bratton

for membership in 2013. Despite having drawn and painted for years, she always gave her work away for free. During her application process, the AAN leadership challenged her to determine the value of her art. Determined, Bratton entered every possible silent auction to figure out the value of her art. She gathered pricing data, especially noting purchases made by non-friends and family, to determine her art’s worth.

“Bratton remains an inspiring figure in the Nantucket art scene, demonstrating that dedication, skill and a willingness to value one’s own work are key to artistic success.”

Day School and the Fort Worth Garden Club, where her oil painting White French Tulips graced that year’s invitations, notecards and programs. In addition to these prestigious projects, she has completed numerous commissions for private homes and patrons, solidifying her reputation as a master of photorealism.

Bratton’s commitment to her craft and her ability to capture the intricate details of her subjects have set her

Since then, she has charged for her work, marking the beginning of her career as a true professional artist. In 2014, Bratton was inducted as an artist member at the AAN.

Bratton’s impressive portfolio includes numerous high-profile commissions. She has created works for the Kimbell Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, the Van Cliburn Competition (where she was the featured artist at Bass Hall), the Fort Worth Zoo, the Texas Ballet Theater, Artists Against AIDS, the Fort Worth Country

apart in the art world. Her works are not just admired for their technical prowess but also for the emotional depth they convey. As she continues to push the boundaries of photorealism, Bratton remains an inspiring figure in the Nantucket art scene, demonstrating that dedication, skill and a willingness to value one’s own work are key to artistic success. Her journey from a young artist giving away her work to a celebrated professional with high-profile commissions exemplifies the transformative power of recognizing and embracing one’s worth.

Anne Marie Bratton

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Politically SPEAKING

Kaitlan Collins, anchor of CNN’s nightly news program The Source, gets candid about American politics and challenges in the broadcasting world.

Kaitlan Collins is a CNN news anchor and host of The Source . She was the youngest network chief White House correspondent in CNN ’ s history and one of the youngest correspondents to hold this role for a major broadcast network. Collins is a frequent visitor to Nantucket and will be speaking at the Dreamland this month. She sat down with N Magazine to discuss a wide range of issues relating to politics and the future of cable news.

What is your connection to Nantucket?

My first time in Nantucket was actually when COVID was happening. I was supposed to go on a bachelorette trip for our best friend to Puerto Rico. It was in the first summer of COVID when obviously travel was greatly restricted and you couldn ’ t really go internationally. We said, “Let ’ s try Nantucket.” And it was just amazing. From the minute being there, we said, “ OK, this is an amazing spot. ”

You have entered the broadcast business at perhaps the most divisive and unsettled time in American politics that we have seen for a long time. Does today ’ s political environment seem normal to you, given that you weren ’ t around during the days when rational thought ruled the day?

I think we just turned the volume up a lot in the last eight years. But I actually moved to Washington when I was 22. So I lived there during the last few years of Obama before Donald Trump became the kingmaker of the Republican Party

and so nothing is ever normal. I was thinking about this the other day as we were planning out our show and reporting and guests ... the fact that we ’ ll know whether or not the former president is convicted, if he ’ s guilty or not guilty, and it ’ s kind of casual. It ’ s just remarkable in and of itself, and I think it speaks to what the last eight or nine years have looked like. For me as a reporter, it ’ s been an interesting and challenging time. But I think every reporter wants to cover history. And every reporter wants to be in the front row of that briefing room or in that interview chair or the anchor chair for those moments. It’s been a fascinating time. I ’ ve learned so much in the last eight years. But every year, every few months, it seems to somehow one up what you thought could never happen. After living through the 2016 election, the first few years of Trump in office, the pandemic really altered things, the 2020 election and the fallout from that—it ’ s remarkable how it still reverberates today.

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And do you think the American public has become desensitized to the drama that we are all living through?

I don’t think fully desensitized, because I think if you talk to anyone, regardless of their political views, they have the same expression; things are so crazy, things feel out of control, there’s this sense of uncertainty, [whether] you find yourself on the left side of the political spectrum or on the right side, or somewhere in the middle, or you don’t really know where you belong in 2024.

I think that’s also a really common theme that I hear from a lot of people. I do think people are desensitized to a degree, especially since the Trump trial. That’s just remarkable in and of itself, whatever you think of the prosecution and what he’s on trial for. And I was thinking about this yesterday, when I was watching a rally of his where the crowd was chanting “Lock her up!” when he was talking about Hillary Clinton. Eight years ago, that was a massive headline, but it when it happens at dozens if not hundreds of rallies, it becomes less so because that’s what happens at a Trump rally.

Do you have to struggle to separate your own points of view when you’re interviewing someone or reporting on a story?

No, I don’t think so. I’m not political. So it’s not like I have a point of view of what’s right and what’s wrong. I think if I’m ever challenging someone, it’s because of the basis of truth and if what they’re saying strays from that. What I think is bipartisan and not doesn’t have a political lens to it.

something from what we ’re reporting or find our conversation with an elected official engaging.

“I do think people are desensitized to a degree, especially since the Trump trial.”

– Kaitlan Collins

I also think it ’s really important to not be political because I want people to be able to trust me and to know that even if they don ’t agree with me, or the questions I ’ m asking, that they do understand I ’ m a credible reporter, that I ’m tough to people on both sides of the political aisle, and that I don ’ t have a dog in this fight. And I ’ m from Alabama. I come from a background that ’s very conservative and leans towards the right. To live in Washington, and to live in New York City, I ’ m pretty familiar with how other people feel. I don ’t live in a bubble.

I want everyone to watch my show.

I want people who live in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and I want my dad who lives in Prattville, Alabama, to be able to watch the show and learn

We’ve seen a level of partisanship in this country that we have not seen since the Civil War. The two major cable networks are perceived to be either in one camp or another. Do you feel that CNN is on one side and Fox is on the other and that the cable networks are part of the problem?

I don’t think that they’re part of the problem. I think it’s easy to blame the media, because people watch it. A lot of people want their beliefs and their thinking confirmed by what they see. And that’s not our job. I understand when people seek that out, it’s comforting. People have their different preferences, but I don’t think that’s our job to cater to one political group or the other.

I can speak for myself and how I approach the news. We had Senator James Lankford, one of the most conservative senators in the Senate, talking about immigration. We had Senator Ted Cruz talking about abortion and IVF and the election in 2024. We had Senator Bernie Sanders talking about Israel and how he won’t go to an address by Prime Minister Netanyahu. And so we run the spectrum. I don’t subscribe to the idea that CNN leans one way or the other. I came from working from a conservative outlet. I’m an Alabama girl, went to Alabama, went to a state school,

and CNN hired me with no issue to cover Trump. It wasn’t even really a question. And as reporters, our job is to not be political and partisan.

It used to be that presidential debates were a given. Do you think that debates should be required, given the fact that so many elections have been moved by the debates themselves?

I don’t know if they should be required; however they are historic. The chance that we were not going to have a debate this year, which I agree with you a few months ago seemed like a real possibility, was concerning, because I do think the American people are busy. They’re not just watching TV all day long. They’re not reading the paper every single day. I think people try to stay informed. So that’s why debates are useful because they crystallize what we cover every single day, and what I personally live and breathe. For a regular person, it’s helpful to see a debate and to watch the two go back to back and have this real engagement. Now in 2020, were the debates those thoughtful forums that helped people make a decision? I’m not necessarily sure, because if you watch the first one, it was just two old men screaming over one another the whole time. I think everyone kind of walked away from it exhausted and not better informed of a position. The second debate improved. I think the candidates both

“…I do think that if you’re trying to be president of the United States, you should be willing to debate your opponent.”

– Kaitlan Collins

realized what [they] needed to look like. And so I do think that debates are really helpful. I don’t think they’re the whole story, but I do think that if you’re trying to be president of the United States, you should be willing to debate your opponent.

Given your age and that you are female, and that the Senate in particular is dominated by older males, how much of a challenge does that present in you doing your job?

If anything, maybe it helps, because maybe people underestimate me or don’t take me seriously. I’ve never found it to be a challenge. I think anytime someone maybe questioned whether I’m too young or whatever assumptions there are, I think the only way you can respond to that is to prove them wrong by doing the work. That’s been my life ever since I’ve been at CNN, certainly, from being at the White House to the morning show to the last year. Every day, the slate is wiped clean, and we have to put on a new show that is informative and thoughtful. If anyone underestimates me, that’s fine. But I don’t think I’ve ever found it to be to be a challenge. I think hard work supersedes everything.

Over the decades, since television started, there have been a lot of legendary broadcasters. Are there ones or one in particular that you look up to or measure yourself against, or you are inspired by?

I love to learn about people’s stories and their paths and how they got to where they are. You grow up thinking, everyone did the same thing, but they didn’t. Right now I’m reading Susan Page’s biography of Barbara Walters, and she had this incredibly interesting life. And her dad was this entertainer and always had venues and shows and these clubs, and it made her this more outgoing person. And she talks about how hard she had to work just to get an interview, just to have a segment that was on fashion and makeup. One time she had to be one of the swimsuit models on the Today Show

The change in what it’s like to be a woman reporter or any reporter growing up in this business now, it’s so different than it was just not that long ago. I’m fascinated by that. But I look up to a lot of people and I love to watch Tim Russert interviews. I love to look at Ed Murrow, Barbara Walters, Christiane Amanpour, Clarissa Ward, one of our best war correspondents. I’m always learning from other people and how talented they are. And I think that’s how you get better at anything is to just learn from from people who are already really good at it.

Let’s talk about the internet. It has had a drastic effect on the print media business and newspapers in particular. Is television the next victim of the internet given its power and the short attention span of the viewership?

How do you combat the challenge that the internet is posing towards television and cable news?

I think people have always said cable TV is dying, and it’s still here. It’s not dying tomorrow. I still think when something major happens, people turn on their TV and want to watch it. They don’t just want to look at Twitter when a massive event is happening. So one, I think it’s overstated how quickly the demise is happening. But two, I think it’s just adapting. We’re constantly adapting as people, how we do things in our daily lives. So why would news be any different?

Whether you’re reading something on your phone, I still get the newspaper delivered every day, I still watch cable news all the time ... it’s not that news itself is going anywhere. It’s just how people get it, and how they want to be able to stream it on their phones, and not have a cable box in their living room. I think it’s just adapting to how people get their news and how we shift as news consumers. And I’m confident that that we’ll figure out what that looks like for the future.

In terms of news coverage, there are those who argue that the far right and the far left generate a disproportionate amount of media attention, because it’s much more exciting than watching some relatively moderate senator from the Midwest. Do you think that the perception of division in the country is magnified by the fact that the extremes get more airtime than more moderate politicians?

I don ’ t think that that ’ s the correlation. I think the country is more polarized than it ’ s been in recent decades. I talk to voters a lot. When I ’ m traveling, when I ’ m going to political events, or going to interviews, you interact with voters a lot, and people aren ’ t shy; they ’ ll tell you what they think. I do think that the polarization exists. I think anyone who goes to a Thanksgiving dinner table can tell you that and you can see it among your friends. Look at the Israel-Hamas war. It ’ s one of the biggest points of debate among people. I don ’ t think that ’ s because of cable news putting on a voice like Ilhan Omar or Bernie Sanders or Mike

Kaitlan Collins, Lexey Swall Photography

Lawler, these people who have very different views on this.

I don ’ t think who is on television is changing the views. I think we ’ re putting these people on television, because they have views that are representative of people out in the country, and we want to hear that. We want to hear that debate and have the same debate that other people are having when they go to dinner with their friends on a Friday night.

If you have an interview that’s particularly contentious, are there times where you come home at night and you say that this job is simply brutal?

I think the travel schedule can sometimes be intense, but I feel grateful when I have a big interview or something that is intense pressure, and that I have to spend a lot of time preparing for it. I really enjoy that. I just I get delight from it. I ’ m a happy warrior. And I am not saying that my job isn ’ t challenging, or the hours aren ’ t long and difficult. But I get real joy from conducting major interviews or having a big moment that is something that you ’ ve really focused on and you ’ re prepared for that conversation. It actually energizes me. So yes, sometimes I ’ m exhausted. Covering the trial was incredibly intense because it ’ s long mornings, anchoring afternoons in court and then back again at night. But generally, I ’ ve actually really enjoyed being part of this moment in history.

Seeing what’s happening in the country and you being right in the middle of it, are you an optimist or a pessimist about where America is going?

I think I’m a realist. I don’t think I trend one way or another. I think I just kind of see things how they are and what I am always thinking about and curious about, because I love reading about history ... I’m reading a book right now that Mitt Romney actually read. It’s called

You’ve got a pretty serious job. What do you consider fun and do you have time for it?

I don’t have a lot of time, but a few things that I love ... I love going home to Alabama; I love going to football games with my family. It’s something I do. I just went to spring scrimmage a few weeks ago. I love being around New York and

– Kaitlan Collins “I love coming to Nantucket … you really feel like you can relax up there in a way that I don’t often find.”

The Age of Acrimony by Jon Grinspan. To harken back to what you were talking about earlier, how polarized the country feels, he pointed out, and as his book points out, it covers the period from 1860 to 1901. We had three presidential assassinations, then the country was truly torn at its seams, and what this author thought to study was how we recovered from that as a country, how the balance was struck again. And it’s really interesting to read, and to put in perspective, the time that we’re living in right now. What I’m curious about is how this shakes out, what it looks like in the future and what it looks like when it’s written the history books.

exploring the city because I just moved here. But truly, I love coming to Nantucket. And the reason I enjoyed it so much the first time I came is because something about the air in the atmosphere, you really feel like you can relax up there in a way that I don’t often find.

I really do love coming and just hanging out with friends and walking around the town, going to the brewery, going to the island’s amazing restaurants that they have. It’s just been a nice little, brief pause on what is a crazy time in news and in the world. It’s been almost four years now that I’ve been coming to the island. And I always look forward to it because I know it’s just going to be a schedule-free, carefree, easygoing weekend where everyone just seems to really enjoy themselves.

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Investigative reporter Brody Mullins shines a light on the world of lobbying.

O UNDUE INFLUENCE

ver the past five decades, according to author Brody Mullins, the center of power in America has shifted from mainly elected officials to paid operators—thus bringing the term “shadow lobbying” to the core. Mullins, an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, covers the topic of lobbying in a recently published book, The Wolves of K Street, which he co-authored with Luke Mullins. The book follows 50 years of corporate influence in Washington as they trace the rise of the modern lobbying industry. In an interview with N Magazine, Brody talks about the world of lobbying and its incredible influence on our lives, a topic he is discussing at an event at the Great Harbor Yacht Club on July 30.

INTERVIEW BY BRUCE A. PERCELAY PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY POWELL

The world of lobbying is foreign to many people, but is something that affects almost all of us. How pervasive is the impact of lobbying on day-to-day life for average Americans?

Most people don’t [understand] lobbying or hear about it, but it affects everything. It affects the air people breathe, the cars they are driving in and the boats they navigate. I mean, everything in the world is affected by corporate lobbyists who make the rules for how the rest of us live.

And when you say they make the rules, can lobbyists influence just about any piece of legislation?

100 percent. They might not be able to write any piece of legislation exactly the way they want, but they certainly have the input on it. ... The problem is when they edit the book, there’s not much pushback. If there’s no public interest, lobbyists can push back against the power of corporate America, and therefore companies have more influence over the ultimate laws and regulations than the American public.

When you started researching and writing about the power of lobbying, did you have a point of view as to whether lobbying is good or bad? And do the counterbalancing forces of one side versus another wash themselves out?

I did not go into it with a theory that lobbying was good or bad. Corporate lobbying exists. And corporate America has had a

tremendous influence on our public policy for several decades. What we’re trying to figure out is how that’s different from the past, how things have changed, how lobbying has evolved in terms of the actual technique.

One thing we found in the last 40 years is an era in which companies have tremendous power. But it has not always been that way. Before the 1980s, consumer groups, Ralph Nader’s and environmental and labor unions were the ones who had the power. Lobbying is constantly protected. People, executives and businesses have a right under the First Amendment to make their grievances heard in the government. But it certainly supports the premise that one side has their thumb on the scale and the other side doesn’t.

Could you give a dramatic, and possibly egregious, example of where effective lobbying was done to serve the interests of a few?

There are hundreds of examples. I’ll pick out one that’s a really good example, [which] was the 1993 Clinton health care bill. So Bill Clinton was elected in the 1990 election. He wasn’t tremendously popular because he was elected in that three-way race with Ross Perot, but once he was elected, his popularity shot up. He had a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate, and he proposed as a first bill, national health care reform, which many people including Ted Kennedy supported. The prior year, many Republicans supported mass health care reform. ... So everyone seems to be saying—Republicans, Democrats, Clinton, Congress and the people—that we should

have some sort of national health care system.

Then the lobby started getting involved. Lobby for major insurance companies and for hospitals and for other medical providers, and doctors started pushing back against the bill, saying that the government shouldn’t have so much control over people’s health care.

In less than a year, the bill went from being incredibly popular and very likely to pass to being completely dead. The reason that example is a good one is because Bill Clinton, as a centrist but also an old-school, democratic liberal, got his butt kicked. He realized that in order to be a successful president, he would have to be more modern. And so he moved to being a more centrist president governing from the middle, and he went on to approve NAFTA, welfare reform and other free trade bills, so he shifted his presidency from being more liberal to a more provisional centrist president, and he was elected to a second term. One law showed him that in order to be successful, you need to be more pro-corporate going forward.

Who are the most powerful lobbying voices in the country?

Pharma, 100 percent. The drug companies, since the 1950s, have blocked just about every attempt to limit the cost of prescription drugs or any drug. And they’ve done that

with the help of Republicans, they’ve done that with the help of Democrats. They’ve done that with the help of George Bush. They’ve done that with the help of Barack Obama. We just now finally got to a limited victory, to eliminate the price of a couple of drugs. But that industry and pharma itself are definitely the most powerful lobbying group in Washington in the last 50 years.

What do you think is the most surprising impact on an individual case where a piece of legislation was changed by the influence of lobbyists?

Another example that we write about was in the late 2000s. Our main character’s name is Evan Moore. He worked for a company called Genentech, a huge biotech firm in San Francisco. They happen to make, among many products, something called Tamiflu. Tamiflu is the best treatment for the flu. So in the late 2000s, before we had the real pandemic, the COVID pandemic, there was talk about a flu pandemic in the United States, and he took advantage of that by trying to get rightwing media and blogs to write stories scaring the American public about a potential U.S. outbreak of avian flu. At the time, a few dozen people had died around the world and he wanted people in America to be worried about the avian flu. He paid for and promoted stories in the media that then got to members of Congress, important members

of Congress—Barack Obama, who was a senator, Hillary Clinton when she was senator, and Joe Biden when he was senator—all three proposed legislation, creating a stockpile of avian flu prevents, in case the avian flu came to the United States. They created legislation and passed the bill to create the first U.S. stockpile of treatment for the avian flu. The government allocates $2 billion to create that stockpile. Meanwhile, the Genentech lobbyist who created this in the first place turned around and said, I am the only person who sells Tamiflu, the treatment for the avian flu. The government in turn bought $2 billion worth of this guy’s product.

The use of commercial draggers for fishing is an issue in Nantucket. Many people feel they have started to deplete certain levels of sea life that are critical parts of the food chain and getting legislation to protect waters off of Nantucket and the Vineyard have not been very successful. Are you aware of anything that we should know about in relation to the commercial fishing world?

One of the interesting things is that the commercial fishing industry has been very successful in blocking so many of these regulations and laws. I think the Marine Mammal Protection Act was in the late 1970s ... I mean, that’s the last major legislation that we’ve passed as a country in that area. We understand more and more about what we, as humans, are doing to impact the Earth and species and fish, and it seems like we’d like more information to know how to make better policy. The fact that we haven’t had a new policy in that regard for 50 years shows the interest that big money has on how we live.

If we didn’t have lobbyists, how different would the country look and feel and how different would our lives be?

I think if you didn’t have lobbyists, and didn’t have money in politics—

both of which are protected by the First Amendment and campaign money is also protected by the First Amendment—but if you would manage to get rid of those, then absolutely, the country would be very different.

There would be a lot more proconsumer legislation. The 2017 tax cut bill, the last big tax cut we did under Trump, wouldn’t have been all for companies, it would have been for individuals and for the middle class. There certainly would be some pro-corporate tax cuts and pro-corporate bills, but they’d be done because these companies employ millions of Americans. When we go back to the 1993 Clinton health care bill, that certainly would be law. And the last 25 years or 30 years we spent fighting over health care would have been moot because we already have a system like that.

If it were up to you, what would you do to reform the lobbying industry so that it did not have a disproportionate influence on our daily lives?

The problem in our system is big money in that the number one goal ever in Congress is to get reelected. And the number one way to get reelected is to have money to fund your campaign. And if you could remove that—and I don’t think that it’s possible, I think it violates the constitution—but if you take money out of the game, you reduce a lot of the

leverage that corporations have, because they control the money. And if members of Congress don’t need that money, then they’re less reliant on companies and then maybe they’ll be more willing to look at both sides of the coin on every issue that comes up, instead of just taking the corporate side because they need the money. Money’s the problem.

“The fact that we haven’t had a new policy (relative to fishing) in 50 years shows the interest that big money has on how we live.”

– Brody Mullins

Would term limits have an impact?

That’s a tough question. I see both sides on term limits. Look at Ted Kennedy. Look at all the great things Ted Kennedy did while he was a senator. And he was able to do those, in part, because there were no term limits because he was around for long enough to amass the power at the multiple committees that he chaired. And more importantly the know-how and the staff. The staff was probably the most important. He established staff that were working for him for 20 or 30 years, who were experts in health care policy or welfare or education. And those people knew how to create, expand and protect the federal safety that Ted Kennedy supported. So if Ted Kennedy was limited to two terms, he never gets into a position of authority; he never gets to a committee chair where he can enact and push for his priorities.

At the same time, I understand the argument of bringing in fresh blood all the time. But look at our current speaker of the house right now. Mike Johnson has only been speaker for a few months, he’s only been a member of Congress for a few years, and he’s supposed to govern this unruly body.

Beth Taylor’s resort wear label Kahora brings seaside style to Nantucket.

Having summered on the island since 1997, Beth Taylor loved the particular style of the island, which she describes as “ocean elegance.” The simplicity of the island’s aesthetic, which inspired a single dress silhouette, has morphed into a resort

wear label called Kahora, which is an ancient word meaning “mind consciousness.”

Taylor’s resort wear label combines femininity and sophistication with timeless designs meant to be worn all season long.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

This summer, Nantucket’s fashionistas can find the entire collection during her on-island popup at Milly & Grace on July 13.

“It’s funny because I live in Palm Beach and started the brand there, but it was Nantucket where people first embraced it,” says Taylor, a former professional photographer. “Clothing sales completely exceeded my expectations that summer. The local community really looks out for one another. I feel like I experienced that support.”

are the colorful, swirling floral prints that are the brand’s signature. Taylor and her team design all the prints inhouse and take equal care in selecting fabrics that not only show the patterns well, but are soft, lightweight and easy to pack.

“The Nantucket style is easy to wear and uncomplicated but still refined, sophisticated and high quality,” says Taylor, who lives in Palm Beach during the offseason. Born into a family of creatives, her grandmother taught her how to sew on an old Singer sewing machine,

Luxurious textiles and dreamy prints are front and center in Kahora’s 2024 capsule collection, all inspired by the French Riviera. Hues like sage green, ballet pink and French blue echo the landscape of the iconic travel destination. Other designs include the original breezy, sleeveless cotton voile style called La Guerite that started it all. Caftans, mini dresses and button-down shirt dresses are also available. The designs are meant to be worn for any occasion, from a casual shopping day in Town to a sunset dinner at Toppers.

What they all have in common

giving her a base to start Kahora from early on. “We knew that women wanted pretty, flattering silhouettes they could wear from day to night with great color combinations.”

After another blissful summer winds down, Taylor will continue her ongoing mission to establish a scholarship for workers at the factory where Kahora is manufactured in Colombia to further their education. She is also laser-focused on refining the collection. She says, “Some brands try to diversify too early. I want to perfect what we’re doing right now and continue to concentrate on

amazing prints and silhouettes. We want to be the dress that you know will still be stylish and sophisticated in five years.”

DRESS: SOUTHERN TIDE

SWEATER: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

JEWELRY: GRESHAM

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DRESS: CARTOLINA

BAG: SARA CAMPBELL

JEWELRY: GRESHAM

RIGHT

PHOTOGRAPHER: BRIAN SAGER

WARDROBE STYLIST: PETRA HOFFMANN MAKEUP STYLIST: JURGITA BUDAITE OF ISLAND GLOW HAIRSTYLIST: KATE DIGGAN OF RJ MILLER

FEMALE MODEL 1 (CURLY HAIR): ABBEY ROSE OF MAGGIE INC.

FEMALE MODEL 2 (BROWN HAIR): MARGARET KOVALCIN

SHOT ON LOCATION AT BARTLETT’S FARM

Shot on location at the Nantucket Memorial Airport

SILK SCARF AND DRESS: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

JEWELRY: KATHERINE GROVER BAG: THE VAULT

JEWELRY: KATHERINE GROVER HAT: REMY SHIRT: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

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TOP: CARTOLINA

BAG, SCARF AND PANT:

MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

BRACELETS: GRESHAM

RIGHT

TOP AND SKIRT: CARTOLINA

BAG: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP BRACELETS: GRESHAM

EARRINGS: THE VAULT

BAG: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

JEWELRY: THE VAULT DRESS: SARA CAMPBELL

HAT AND BELT: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

JEWELRY: THE VAULT DRESS: SOUTHERN TIDE

BAG: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP JEWELRY: THE VAULT DRESS: SARA CAMPBELL

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TOP, SKIRT, BELT AND HAT: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

JEWELRY: KATHERINE GROVER

RIGHT

TOP, SWEATER AND SKIRT: MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP

HAT AND BAG: REMY

JEWELRY: KATHERINE GROVER

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LIFE’S A BEACH

IMAGES COURTESY OF NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION’S ARCHIVES

A look back through the island’s evolution of swimsuit fashions.

Constance Viola Greene Haroldson posing with a Hawaiian-style alaia surfboard on Siasconset beach.

Large group on the Sconset beach, most in bathing suits.

Man and boy in bathing suits.

Margaret C. Baker in a bathing suit, seated on a brick wall near the ocean.

Charles Alexander seated on the beach, probably at Codfish Park.

Two young women in bathing suits, eating watermelon on the beach.

Boys and a girl in bathing suits, wading in water playing with two toy boats.

Boy running up ramp.

“Betty” at the beach, wearing a bathing suit and large hat.

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