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VICKI KENNEDY Charting Her Own Course

Secretary of the Navy

RICHARD SPENCER

CBS Sports Chairman

SEAN McMANUS

CNN White House Correspondent

JIM ACOSTA

Climbing Aboard

SAILBOATS & SUPER YACHTS

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THE ART OF LIVING

TOM NEVERS | $7,995,000 7 Bedrooms, 7+ Bathrooms

SURFSIDE | $7,800,000

TOWN | $6,950,000

7 Bedrooms, 6+ Bathrooms

5 Bedrooms, 4+ Bathrooms Newly Renovated

TOWN | $5,995,000

5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms

WAUWINET | $5,095,000

6 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bathrooms

CISCO | PRICE UPON REQUEST

WAUWINET | $4,195,000

CISCO | $3,495,000

TOWN | $3,195,000

4 Bedrooms, 4+ Bathrooms

MADAKET $2,995,000

4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Bathrooms

SCONSET $2,395,000

4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Bathrooms

5 Bedrooms, 4+ Bathrooms

BRANT POINT $2,295,000

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3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms

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WAUWINET $1,495,000

4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms

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Lincoln Ave $10,500,000 Nantucket legacy living at its best!

6-bdrms, 4.5-baths

Maxey Pond Road $7,695,000

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3-acre Cliff area, private compound awaits you!

7-bdrms, 8.5-baths

Eel Point Road $3,950,000 Set in the dunes with private beach access.

5-bdrms, 3.5-baths

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Grand Pondfront home in desirable Cliff neighborhood!

7-bdrms, 5.5-baths

Plum Street $4,999,000

Custom-built home in the perfect summer setting.

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Pond View Drive $2,275,000

Peaceful and Private, 4 bdrm, 3-bath home in great Miacomet location.

Polpis Harborfront $7,995,000 Beautiful family home with private dock!

4-bdrms, 4.5-baths

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1920 South Ocean Boulevard, Manalapan Gorgeous Ocean-to-Lake 8BR/9.1BA estate with commanding water views. Home is perfect for entertaining with formal foyer leading to reception room, dining room, formal living room with fireplace, and oversized family room with marble bar. Covered loggia and terrace with fireplace open to 40 foot swimming pool, summer kitchen, and BBQ, all overlooking the Intracoastal and private dock. Gourmet eat-in kitchen features chef’s island and waterfront breakfast room. No detail has been overlooked, with gorgeous finishings, intricate ceilings, wine room, elevator, media room, and beautiful flooring. Winding staircase leads to second floor with four waterfront balconies.

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Sweet dreams happen here. Opening early 2021. Learn more at srresidencesboston.com or call 617 275 2491.

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WHITE PLAINS Quickly travel from beautiful Nantucket Island to New York’s Westchester County Airport on our comfortable, air conditioned, dual pilot King Air 300s.

Conveniently departing from our private lounge at Ross West-HPN means no TSA delays or crowded check-in lines plus complimentary valet parking and full concierge services

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AN IRREPLACEABLE NANTUCKET ESTATE, NOW ON THE MARKET One of the rarest properties on the island, this dual-residence compound is one of only 15 homes with private dockage located within a half mile of beloved Main Street. Each residence offers over 10,000 square feet with an expansive harbor side deck, eight generous bedrooms, nine full baths, one half bath, one carriage house and garage.

The East and West sides are offered individually or combined for flexible use and enjoyment.

For more information, visit frisbiegroup.com/42Easton

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Nantucket’s Only Downtown Club CLUB MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND, SEASONALLY, MONTHLY & WEEKLY

★ 4,500 sq. ft. fitness facility ★ Two outdoor heated pools (family/kiddie and adult lap) ★ Award-winning personal trainer, Johnathan Rodriguez ★ Drop-in Day & Evening Kids’ Club Programs ★ Massage treatment rooms, (ages 3 to pre-teen) locker rooms, saunas ★ Outdoor hot tub ★ Fitness and yoga classes ★ Breeze Restaurant; poolside dining and bar service

Weekly, old-fashioned New England Clambakes with entertainment

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FIND YOUR MAGIC ON NANTUCKET

P R I VAT E E S TAT E W E S T OF TOW N | $4,650,000 4 Bedrooms, Main House, Cottage, Garage, Pool

WEST OF TOWN | $3,575,000 5 Bedrooms, 2 Car Garage

IN THE HEART OF TOWN | $2,950,000 5 Bedrooms, Single Car Garage

CHARMING IN TOWN | $1,800,000 FISHER’S LANDING | $1,249,000 3 Bedrooms, Private Yard

3 Bedrooms, Single Car Garage

HISTORIC TOWN | $1,595,000 3 Bedrooms, 2 Fireplaces

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FIND YOUR MAGIC ON NANTUCKET

BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION AND CONTEMPORARY STYLING

This property is situated in the hills of Dionis, just two miles west of downtown Nantucket. Five Bedroom North Shore Beach Compound, Cabana, Gunite Pool, Studio and Finished Garage is being offered fully furnished.

$6,495,000

EXTRAORDINARY SCONSET ESTATE

Features a four bedroom, six and one half bath main house on three floors of finished living space, a two bedroom, two bath guest cottage, office space and a three car garage. The manicured gardens compliment the covered porches, the pergola covered decks and the 20’ by 40’ Pebble Tec pool with spa, pergola covered seating area, pool house with wet bar, half bath, shower and fire pit. This private and complete compound is located just minutes from the village of Sconset and is perfectly situated on a one acre lot adjacent to conversation land at the end of a cul-de-sac among mature landscaping.

$5,895,000

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Through the generous support of the members of Nantucket Golf Club, their guests and others, the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation has raised almost $27 million over the last 17 years for the benefit of Nantucket youth.

Thank you!

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The Grant Program distributes funds to Island nonprofits that share in the Foundation’s mission to promote the positive development and enrichment of Nantucket’s children.

The following are the 82 organizations supported:

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A Safe Place Access Nantucket Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, Inc Artists’ Association of Nantucket Autism Speaks Bulgarian Education Center Camp Richard Campers Association Children’s Montessori House of Nantucket Children’s Theatre of Nantucket Community Network for Children Fund Distinguished Young Women of Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Egan Maritime Foundation Fairwinds - Family and Children’s Services of Nantucket Faraway Stars First Congregational Church Friends of Nantucket Public Schools Grossman Scholarship Fund Habitat for Humanity Nantucket Harvey Foundation Health Imperatives Nantucket Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Lexi Fund Linda Loring Nature Foundation Maria Mitchell Association Masonic Angel Fund MSPCA/Angel-Nantucket Museum of Afro-American History MY Nantucket (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nantucket) Nantucket Arts Council Nantucket Babe Ruth Baseball Nantucket Book Foundation Nantucket Booster Club Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Nantucket Comedy Festival Nantucket Community Sailing Nantucket Community Television Nantucket Conservation Foundation Nantucket Dolphin Swim Team Nantucket Emergency Food Pantry Nantucket Film Foundation

Nantucket Flying Association Nantucket Garden Club Nantucket Girl Scouts Nantucket High School Ice Hockey Club Nantucket High School MMSI Grant Nantucket Historical Association Nantucket Ice Nantucket Interfaith CouncilNantucket Rental Assistance Program Nantucket Island Little League, Inc. Nantucket Island School of Design Nantucket Lighthouse School Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum Nantucket Music Center Nantucket New School Nantucket Police Association Nantucket Preservation Trust Nantucket S.T.A.R. Program Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals Nantucket Skating Club Nantucket Student Lacrosse Nantucket Student Soccer Association Nantucket Youth Hockey New England Life Flight / Boston Med Flight NHS Culinary Arts Fund One Book One Island Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket Sconset Playground & Park Fund Sherburne Commons, Inc. Small Friends on Nantucket, Inc. Special Needs Advisory Council St. Paul’s Cooperative Nursery School Strong Wings Sustainable Nantucket Swim Across America The Nantucket Project White Heron Theatre Thank you for the opportunities and services you provide to children living on Nantucket.

In 2018, the NGCF seized the opportunity to expand its support to Nantucket students by assisting those continuing their vocational studies beyond high school. We are pleased to announce our Vocational Scholarship Program recipients: 2019 Micheal Bartley, Johnson & Wales University Malkia Blake, Culinary Institute of America Gideon Holdgate, Mass. College of Art and Design 2018 Brianna Falconer, Johnson & Wales Blaise Flegg, NE Institute of Technology

Originating in 2006, the Nantucket Scholar Program provides full four-year scholarships for two Nantucket High School seniors each year.

We are proud of our Scholars: 2019 Scholars: Jennifer Lamb, Northeastern University Jenna Genthner, Bates College 2018 Scholars: Carter Snell, University of Vermont Deana Weatherly, Wellesley College 2017 Scholars: Evan Borzilleri, University of California at Berkeley Sophie Kuhl, Brown University 2016 Scholars: Claire MacKay, Bates College Frances Steadman, Villanova University 2015 Scholars: Lisa Genthner, Dartmouth College Mia Silverio, Georgetown University Prior Year Scholars: Isabella Day, Georgetown University James Roggeveen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joseph Zieff, Middlebury College Wisima Nipatnantaporn, Emerson College Eve Manghis, Harvard University Codie Perry, Boston College Ashleigh Inglis, Harvard University Will Horyn, Villanova University Ashley Clinger, Sacred Heart University Caroline Stanton, Vassar College Samantha Reis, University of Richmond River Bennett, University of Virginia Anita Elahi Small, George Washington University Tomas Smaliorius, Bucknell University Anna Burnham, DePaul University Samantha Pillion, Wellesley College Kelsey Fredericks Perkins, Connecticut College Rachel Schneider Shepard, Sarah Lawrence College

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The Pinnacle of Luxury Living in Washington, D.C. Wardman Tower unquestionably defines the pinnacle of luxury living in Washington, D.C. This cherished landmark was built in 1928 by legendary builder Harry Wardman. Today, fully renovated and reimagined, the 32 condominium residences feature exceptional craftsmanship and finishes in addition to premier boutique residential services. These include concierge, 24-hour attended lobby, porter, on-site management and valet parking. The community also offers an unsurpassed fitness center, club rooms, and a rooftop terrace with captivating views of iconic monuments and Rock Creek Park.

Only one residence remains under $3 million. Schedule your appointment to explore Washington D.C.’s finest boutique new development condominium building. Contact Christie-Anne Weiss m +1 202 256 0105 or Christopher Ritzert m + 1 202 256 9241, o +1 202 333 1212.

RESIDENCES RANGING FROM $2,150,000 TO $8,095,000 | WARDMANTOWER.COM

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SC ON SE T \ T OW N WATERFRONT from the HEART OF BRANT POINT to the HEAD OF THE HARBOR

BRANT POINT 路 26 EASTON STREET 路 $16,450,000

Beautifully maintained home on a spacious 18,500 SF lot, with panoramic views. Concept plans by Luke Thornwelll.

24 EASTON STREET

WAUWINET 路 WAUWINET ROAD 路 13,950,000

On Wauwinet Harbor, a gracious home, two lots totaling nearly 5 acres, panoramic views and expansive private beach.

BRANT POINT

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22 Easton Street A 17,400 SF lot with unique deep water dock. $11,950,000

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24 Easton Street A14,700 SF lot with direct harbor access. $9,450,000

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Amenities include fully stocked kitchens, beach chairs and toys, and access to Copley’s complimentary concierge service.

Stay with us for your summer vacations and off-season visits.

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Make Harborview Nantucket your next in-town, on the water vacation destination; a captivating collection of full-service cottages, ranging from one to four bedrooms.

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2019 CONTRIBUTORS N 52

Meet some of the talented folks who made this issue possible.

NUMBERS N 54

A numerical snapshot of Nantucket in August.

N NEAT STUFF 56

Peruse the summer and fall collections of Veronica Beard showcased at Perch.

N TOPTEN 60

The ultimate rundown of where you need to be and what you need to see on Nantucket this month.

N TRENDING 62

Check out what went viral on #Nantucket.

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Studio Nantucket owner Meg Swift gives her top tips for living your best life.

Photo by fine art photographer Micheal Kahn.

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August 2019

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The Local Magazine Read Worldwide

Our buddy ANDREW showing us the ropes while sailing around NYC.

VICKI KENNEDY Charting Her Own Course

RICHARD SPENCER

SEAN McMANUS

CNN White House Correspondent

SAILBOATS & SUPER YACHTS

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On the tenth anniversary of her husband Ted Kennedy's passing, Vicki Kennedy appears on the cover of the August issue in a photo taken by Kit Noble.

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Experience the height of Boston Waterfront penthouse luxury living.

N BUZZ All the news, tidbits and scuttlebutt that’s fit to print.

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102 OLD MAN AND THE SEA

N’s resident book reviewer Tim Ehrenberg shares six of his favorite summer reads.

Take a taste of what has made Chateau d'Esclans the masters of the pink drink.

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CBS Sports Chairman

Climbing Aboard

MURRAY'S TOGGERY SHOP 62 MAIN STREET 508-228-0437

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JIM ACOSTA

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The upper deck of one of the Ferretti

42 Group's spectacular yachts docked in Nantucket Harbor this summer.

85 MUSIC TO HEAL BY

The Sanford family memorialize their daughter at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital through the sound of music.

90 OUT FOR A SPIN

A preview to this year’s Boston Pops on Nantucket concert featuring The Spinners.

96 FOREVER YOUNG

On the fifth anniversary of his passing, Corey Griffin’s legacy continues to change the lives of countless children.

The remarkable survival story of Vittorio Fabris.

110 TOP SECRET AT TOM NEVERS

The untold history of the old Navy base’s sophisticated surveillance operation during the Cold War.

NQUIRY 118 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

N Magazine traveled to Washington, D.C., to interview Secretary of the Navy and summer resident Richard Spencer at the Pentagon.

130 VICKI KENNEDY

On the ten-year anniversary of her husband Ted Kennedy’s passing, Vicki Reggie Kennedy discusses the meaning of his legacy and her own personal journey.

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CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta shares some of his stories covering President Trump as a preview to his talk at the Dreamland this month.

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Explore the sporting life of CBS Sports chairman and summer resident Sean McManus.

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Step aboard two of the most exclusive yachts tied up in Nantucket Harbor this summer.

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NOT SO FAST 204 A quick chat with the Dreamland’s Stephen Andrews.

Fish through the Nantucket Historical Association’s archives for photos of anglers of yesteryear.

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Behold the breathtaking fine art photography of Michael Kahn.

High-flying fashion meets BLADE airlines.

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Ugne Aleknaite, a Nantucket-based Certified Nurse Practitioner, coordinates with Mass General, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and on- and off-island providers to care for Nantucket cancer patients and their families on daily basis. This collaboration ensures patients receive personalized, intimate care, while receiving state-of-theart treatment in our brand new facility. Plus, our team of nurses provide care through a ‘primary nursing model,’ where care is rooted in one-to-one relationships with our patients. No matter what form of cancer you may have, no matter what medical or therapeutic services you may need, you will be surrounded by care.

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Help us raise money to support our island friends and neighbors who are battling cancer.

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The words leadership and Nantucket are often synonymous. The island has led the world in whaling, women’s rights, abolitionism, and many environmental initiatives. Indeed, Nantucket continues to draw many leaders to its shores, a fact that is particularly evident in this issue of N Magazine.

Our cover story on Vicki Kennedy tells of a woman

whose leadership has often been behind the scenes but had an enormous impact on one of the Senate’s most influential leaders, the late Ted Kennedy. Vicki is now leading the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston whose goal is to improve civil discourse and create a new generation of leaders on both sides of the aisle.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer is another stellar example

of a leader who has long ties to Nantucket. With a steady hand and a confident yet modest demeanor, Spencer manages 300,000 enlisted personnel and another 300,000 civilians who fill the ranks of both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines. N Magazine traveled to the Pentagon and learned about the inspired leadership of an individual whose role is key to the safety and the well-being of not just the United States, but

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our allies around the world.

In a moving story written by Luke Russert, we learn that leaders do not

have to be living to inspire us. A young man named Corey Griffin, whose life was cut short by a freak accident on Nantucket five years ago, is still inspiring the world around us through his lifelong passion to help others. As one who has the privilege

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Finally, in the realm of television broadcasting, few have shown the same

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caliber of leadership as CBS Sports chairman and Nantucket summer resident Sean McManus. The son of legendary broadcaster Jim McKay, who was most readily known as the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports, McManus has set his own course in television. McManus shared some of his captivating stories, from running CBS News to producing the most watched program in America, the Super Bowl.

As summer hits its high point on Nantucket this month, the N Magazine

team is grateful for the many leaders who make this island community one that continues to inspire us.

Sincerely,

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CONTRIBUTORS DEBORAH HALBER Deborah Halber was a writer and editor for Tufts and MIT, where she chronicled everything from quantum weirdness (that’s the technical term) to snail slime. Her writing has appeared in TheAtlantic.com, The Boston Globe, Technology Review, Boston Magazine and elsewhere. Her true crime book, THE SKELETON CREW: HOW AMATEUR SLEUTHS ARE SOLVING AMERICA’S COLDEST CASES, was published by Simon & Schuster and made into a TV series, ULTRAVIOLET, available on Netflix. A member of Mystery Writers of America and the National Association of Science Writers, she lives in the Boston Seaport and Nantucket. A frequent contributor to N Magazine, Halber investigated the untold history of the Tom Nevers Navy Base for this issue.

JENN MORSON Jenn Morson is a freelance writer living and working outside of Washington, D.C., with her husband and their five children. She fell in love with Nantucket the first time they met seventeen years ago and returns as often as she can. For this issue, Morson got the inside scoop on this year’s Boston Pops on Nantucket concert featuring The Spinners and Brynn Cartelli.

LUKE ORTH RUSSERT Luke Orth Russert is an Emmy award-winning journalist who was an NBC News correspondent from 2008-2016 primarily covering the House of Representatives. Currently, he is working on a memoir about his two and a half year journey around the world that took him to over fifty countries. He splits his time between Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Nantucket. For this issue of N Magazine, Russert wrote about his late friend Corey Griffin and the foundation that continues to celebrate

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NANTUCKET BY DESIGN

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST — SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD VARIOUS TIMES AND LOCATIONS

Experience the island’s annual celebration of design, complete with engaging lectures, lively panel discussions and both intimate and grand gatherings. This threeday festival is in honor of Nantucket’s unique influence on American design throughout the years into the modern age.

For more information, visit www.nha.org.

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SUMMER ANTIQUES SHOW FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND — MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH VARIOUS TIMES AT NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

What better way to learn about the rich history of Nantucket than with the Summer Antiques Show! This four-day event will showcase the best Nantucket antiques on the market and will support local charities including the NHA, ASAP Nantucket, and the Nantucket Garden Club Scholarship Program. For more information and specific event details, visit www.nantucketsummerantiquesshow.com.

DREAMLAND CONVERSATIONS: JIM ACOSTA

NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL’S BOSTON POPS

Looking for a night of intelligent discussion? CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta will be at the Dreamland to talk about his career as a reporter and his debut book The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.nantucketdreamland.org.

Take part in Nantucket’s largest and most popular event all year at the Boston Pops concert! The event has been supporting the Nantucket Cottage Hospital for over two decades and will celebrate the new hospital’s opening. Enjoy tunes from this year’s musical guest The Spinners, as well as Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. You’ll be sure to rock your socks off with this fun, musical and fireworkfilled night. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.nantuckethospital.org.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Visit six homes and gardens to experience all the beauty that Nantucket has to offer in bloom! The Nantucket Garden Club will provide complimentary tea at the Coast Guard Station at Brant Point to prep for a day of flower power. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www. nantucketgardenclub.org.

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Join Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals (NiSHA) for its eighth annual fundraising event, all in support of homeless animals, humane education, and many animal outreach and advocacy programs. This year’s theme is “Animal Wonderland,” so be ready to head down the rabbit hole for a fun and educational night! For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www. nantucketsafeharborforanimals.org.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM ’SCONSET CASINO

Head out to ’Sconset to celebrate the history of Nantucket with a raw bar and cocktails! This year, the event will highlight ’Sconset’s history in the arts and, more specifically, the silent screen. Poke your head in historic homes, dance the night away and support an important organization that protects our favorite island. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.nantucketpreservation.org.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM THE NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

Show your support for the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club by coming out to its annual Summer Groove, the best party of the summer! This year, the event at 61 Sparks Avenue, named in honor of late board member and Master of Ceremonies Tim Russert, will honor Maureen Orth and Luke Russert. For tickets and more information, visit www.nantucketboysandgirlsclub.org.

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SWIM ACROSS AMERICA OPEN WATER SWIM SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH 6:30 AM JETTIES BEACH

Since Nantucket’s first Swim Across America event in 1987, there have been more than 20 open water swims and over 100 pool events. The charitable organization will take over Jetties Beach again this month, so grab your swim cap and goggles and swim across Nantucket to benefit cancer research! For tickets and more information, visit www.swimacrossamerica.org.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM GREAT HARBOR YACHT CLUB

Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, groove to tunes from Jeff Ross and bid on items at the silent auction to benefit NAMI Nantucket. The nonprofit organization supports individuals and the families of those affected by mental illness with education, advocacy and wellness.

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Barstool Sports founder and Nantucket summer resident Dave Portnoy was apparently pleased to find his face in last month’s issue of N Magazine. When he spotted the full-page photo of himself strutting his stuff at last year’s Trashion Show, he made sure to share it with his 1.6 million followers on Instagram, giving @Nantucket_Magazine a nice little bump from his “Stoolies.”

In what appears to now be an annual tradition, famed Youtube filmmaker Casey Neistat was back on Nantucket to celebrate the Fourth of July with his family. Neistat shared a photo of himself holding his daughter at Brant Point to his 3.2 million followers. In years past, Neistat has been on island for the Nantucket Project and is best known for his Youtube channel where he has over 11 million subscribers.

ESPN sportscaster and lifelong summer resident Field Yates was married last month to his beautiful wife Chapin, and they clearly couldn’t be happier smooching at Sankaty. Yates shared the photo taken by Rebecca Love to his 51,000 followers and it was trending in no time. Big congrats to the new Yates family.

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1 CREATE A MORNING ROUTINE I wake up at least an hour before I need to go anywhere and start the day on my terms.

Whatever I’m doing at this time, I’m never in a rush for a full hour. It’s important to find a time in your day to be in your own headspace at your own pace for uninterrupted reflection. Twenty to thirty minutes will give you the mental break that your body needs.

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DON’T DIET Drink more water, eat more plants, cook your own food as much as possible and eat pizza when you want! It sounds simple, but if you really do it, it works. The moment I stopped dieting, I became the healthiest and fittest version of myself. Keep your water bottle filled and load up on fresh produce all day. You should have something colorful at every meal and try to buy only products with five or fewer ingredients.

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DON’T THINK OF FOODS AS GOOD OR BAD It’s important to understand what makes you feel good and why. Eating healthy is truly about changing your perspective. Food isn’t good or bad. Learn to interpret how your choices nourish you and keep your mind clear. At the same time, equally embrace the concept that an indulgence can be nourishing in how you experience it.

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4 PRACTICE GRATITUDE It’s easy to get caught up in the busyness and stress of everyday life, but don’t let it run you. When I’m blinded by stress and worry, I become anxious and terribly grumpy. Taking time to reflect on the things that I’m thankful for and have done right instantly flips the switch.

Gratitude generates positive energy and emotions that help bring me out of my head so that I can become less stressed and more compassionate.

5 MOVE YOUR BODY EVERY DAY Make it a habit like brushing your teeth.

We know that physical activity can improve our health and prevent the risk of many diseases, but more important, it can improve many aspects of your quality of life. Our culture has become increasingly sedentary. Find an activity you enjoy that gets you moving and make it a habit.

It doesn’t necessarily need to be the gym or a class—get outside and explore if that’s more your speed. Just know that the early days of creating your habit will be tough, so stick to it and it will become second nature.

6 NURTURE YOUR WEAKNESSES

BY CROSS TRAINING Complement the movement you love with movement that is perhaps more challenging for you. Enhance your running with strength training and vice versa to help stabilize your muscles and keep your program balanced. Don’t just stick to what you’re good at. It’s important to step out of your comfort zone (in any aspect of life) and nurture your weaknesses.

8 PRIORITIZE SLEEP The amount of sleep we get directly impacts our emotional and physical well-being. It is as vital as a healthy diet and exercise. When we’re doing everything right by working out and eating healthily, proper sleep may be the forgotten link to push you through a plateau to feeling your best. We are all unique in the amount of sleep we need, but try to log six to nine hours so you can start each day with the best rested version of yourself.

7 Meg Swift turned her passion for living a healthy lifestyle into a profession as a fitness expert in Boston. Following a career in investment banking, Meg drastically shifted gears and dedicated her professional focus entirely to fitness and wellness. With this passion, knowledge and experience, she has now developed the Studio Method that combines the best of barre and high-intensity interval training designed to develop core strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. Learn more about Meg and her classes at StudioNantucket.com

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REST DAY I can’t highlight this enough: Exercise puts physical stress on your body, so you need to give your body time to restore the energy and fibers of your muscles to prevent injury and illness.

Society often pushes a mentality of “more is better,” but when it comes to hard workouts, more can just be too much. This, however, doesn’t mean sit on the couch and do nothing all day. Your rest day should be a light movement day—go for a walk or take a Hatha or Yin yoga class. Even logging time in the sauna or getting a massage will aid recovery. My favorite rest day is beach walking anywhere on this gorgeous island.

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NBUZZ GREAT HARBOR’S GREAT CAUSE When it comes to the health of Nantucket Harbor, few organizations are more on the frontlines than the Great Harbor Yacht Club—and even fewer have the power to change its future. With this in mind, the Great Harbor Yacht Club recently launched a new foundation dedicated to preserving the harbor and its marine ecosystems. “The harbor is the center of life on Nantucket,” says Ron Zarrella, the president of the board of directors of the Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation. “As a result of conversations with members of the club, we think we can do much more to improve the health of the harbor than what has been done in the past.”

For several years, the Great Harbor Yacht Club has addressed the threats

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With the new Nantucket Cottage Hospital up and running, the demolition of the old 65,000-square-foot facility began in May. The painstaking demolition and cleanup is estimated to take four months to complete.

If you missed the ribbon cutting ceremony in February, celebrations for the new hospital continue in August at the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert.

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facing the harbor indirectly through annual contributions to the Land Council, but now the club is taking the harbor’s future head on. Creating a scientific advisory board, the foundation has identified three projects that they will set out to fund.

“We are initially working with the town,” says Eliot Gewritz, who is the GHYC’s Vice Commodore and helped form the advisory board. “The scientific advisory board thinks the initial focus should be on core research of the harbor.” With this research, a strategic action plan can be developed and funded to address the dire challenges facing this vital marine ecosystem. “We’ve seen a 97 percent decrease in the scallop population since the 1980s,” Gewritz says. “This is a real problem…it’s happening now.”

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GASLIGHT The Gaslight opened its doors last month in The Starlight Theater’s former location and had a line wrapped around the corner all night long on opening night. Callie Kever and Caleb Cressman worked together with Chef Liam Mackey and Clinton Terry from The Nautilus to create this space complete with live entertainment, food, drinks and an outdoor patio. With Mackey in the kitchen, Terry behind the bar and Kever and Cressman curating the best live entertainment, this team has a promising recipe for success.

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Earlier this summer, The Vault jewelry store, owned and managed by Katherine Jetter, underwent a massive overhaul and reopening on Centre Street. This makeover includes a new portion inside that is dubbed the “Bauble Bar.” Jetter is a couture jeweler and has been creating custom design work for years outside of her Nantucket business. She wanted to bring that element to the store for her customers. The Bauble Bar now contains an array of loose gemstones for a custom design experience that consumers can create with Jetter.

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To round out a fantastic summer season with performances like The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Weir, the White Heron Theatre Company gave its annual gala an exciting twist. This year’s event took inspiration from The Hound of the Baskervilles and turned into its very own murder mystery. It was an interactive night full of fright and clues for the guests to solve. Some would say it was a night to die for!

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On August 2nd, Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals’ annual fundraising event will take center stage once again at Bartlett’s Farm. Formerly known as “Paws for a Cause,” this year’s “Unleashed” event is raising funds for homeless animals, humane education and many of the other vital programs at NiSHA. Honoring the Bishop family as well as the event’s co-chairs Peter Niemitz and Paul Gaucher and Clare and Ansley Walker, the event will host 350 guests and their four-legged friends in an “Animal Wonderland.”

One of the evening’s sponsors is Joy Food Company, a new dog food brand founded by Nantucket summer resident Tom Arrix. Formerly an executive at Facebook, Arrix founded Joy Food Company after his dog Cooper became ill last year and rebounded after eating fresh food instead of his usual kibble. With Cooper’s resurgence, Arrix set about creating a fresh, healthy, balanced meal plan, with help from Sarah Abood, DVM, PhD, that he could share with dogs and their families everywhere. Having summered on Nantucket for the last fifteen years, Arrix was thrilled to jump onboard NiSHA’s Unleashed event this August. Joy Food Company is available for purchase direct to consumer at getjoyfood.com. To purchase tickets to Unleashed, visit nantucketsafeharborforanimals.org/ event/unleashed

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Just eight days after filing a civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey, lawyer Mitch Garabedian announced that his client—who alleges that he was sexually assaulted by the actor at the Club Car in 2016—was dropping the civil case. While it was unknown at press time whether a settlement had been reached, Garabedian indicated that the case was being dropped “with prejudice,” which means it can never be filed again. Meanwhile, in the criminal case, much focus has been spent on the accuser’s cellphone, which Spacey’s defense team argues contains evidence that could exonerate their client. At press time, the accuser testified under oath regarding the contents of his phone and whether it had been tampered with. Stay tuned to see how this case continues to unfold.

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NEED TO READ PORTRAIT BY BRIAN SAGER

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N’s resident bookworm Tim Ehrenberg shares six of his favorite reads

CHANCES ARE BY RICHARD RUSSO Chances are… you have heard of Richard Russo. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls is back with his first freestanding novel in a decade. Let’s go island hopping this month from Nantucket to Martha’s Vineyard where we meet three sixty-six-year-old men. They became friends in college, survived Vietnam, and as the book begins, arrive on our neighboring island each with his own secrets, regrets and memories. The pages fly by as each character recounts his past and ponders the mystery of what happened back in 1971 when the girl they all loved disappeared.

INHERITANCE: A MEMOIR OF GENEALOGY, PATERNITY, AND LOVE BY DANI SHAPIRO Imagine sending your DNA to a genealogy website and your results come back that prove, surprisingly, that your deceased father was not your biological father. Dani Shapiro’s memoir, the book that she was quite literally born to write, unfolds at a novel’s pace and shows the mystery of memory, history, biology, identity and experience that makes us who we are. Every reader will take something away from these timely and personal themes.

Dani Shapiro will be on Nantucket Monday, August 5th, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a book signing at Mitchell’s Book Corner.

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I will read whatever my friend and bookseller Cristina Macchiavelli of Mitchell’s Book Corner tells me to read and her favorite book this summer is Mark Haddon’s The Porpoise. It begins with a harrowing plane crash; Maja, the pregnant wife of the wealthy Philippe is killed, but their daughter survives. Philippe becomes obsessed with his daughter’s safety and a young man tries to come to her rescue. The story seamlessly turns into the legend of Shakespeare’s Pericles whose own losses change the course of his life. This story is filled with gorgeous language as the author plays with myth, legend and fantastical elements that speak deeply to our current moment. Cristina says, “This book is absolutely amazing! Beautiful, masterfully told and utterly heartbreaking! Read it and reread it!”

THE TURN OF THE KEY BY RUTH WARE Summer thriller alert! Lock your doors with an extra turn of the key because this one will knock your bathing suit right off. The fifth novel by the “Agatha Christie of our time” starts with a live-in nanny post too good to be true and ends with a child dead and our main character in prison, awaiting trial for the murder. We all need a little thrill during these dog days of summer and Ruth Ware keeps you turning the pages way past the sunset on your beach day. On shelves August 6th!

WANDERERS BY CHUCK WENDIG I like big books and I cannot lie! There is something about a door-stopping tome that makes me so excited to dive in and be lost in a story for that many pages. In the tradition of The Stand comes a gripping epic saga set in an America under the spell of a strange epidemic. One morning, a group of people wake up and begin sleepwalking, all in the same direction toward some unknown destination. While the book is obviously speculative fiction, you can’t help but pick up on eerie parallels to our current reality, and wonder, in some ways, if this isn’t already happening.

OUT EAST: MEMOIR OF A MONTAUK SUMMER BY JOHN GLYNN

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Summer continues on Nantucket Island, and who would ever want to leave, but I invite you to pack your beach bags and take a figurative journey 93 miles west across the Atlantic Ocean to Montauk, New York. Out East is a gripping memoir and portrait of a summer, intimately written by John Glynn, who lived in a share house in 2013 from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The house was dubbed the Hive and here friendships, conflicts, secrets and epiphanies blossomed during a summer the author will never forget and after you turn the last page, neither will you.

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How Château d’Esclans revolutionized the pink drink

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early a decade ago, a little known wine producer showed up at the Nantucket Wine Festival and debuted their signature rosé on the East Coast. Château d’Esclans had begun global distribution of their Whispering Angel rosé in 2007, when rosé wines were still a niche market of elite European resorts, but they had only sold 800 cases. Then something miraculous started happening. According to Forbes, which began closely tracking Château d’Esclans’

sales performance since Whispering Angel’s debut at the Nantucket Wine Festival, by 2017 the U.S. was importing more than 300,000 cases—a staggering 40,000 % increase from its first year of

global distribution. The company’s portfolio grew another 44% in 2018, as 414,000 cases were consumed by thirsty American rosé lovers. Now the Château d’Esclans family of wines account for nearly 20% of the total U.S. Provence rosé market.

Regarded as the affordable luxury wine for connoisseurs and novices alike, Whispering Angel has become, according to Sacha Lichine, its creator and the owner of Château d’Esclans, “the greatest wine brand that’s come out of France in the last 20 years.” Nancy Bean, Executive Director of the Nantucket Wine Festival, couldn’t agree more. “Château d’Esclans is one of the most influential leaders in the rosé world – with their foresight and keen marketing strategies, they literally put rosé, specifically those from Provence, on the map. Nantucket Wine Festival was there at the beginning.”

If you are one of the few people left in the first world who has not yet tried Whispering Angel, you are probably wondering what all the fuss is about. A brief tutorial on rosé wines might help con-

wines that should always be in your fridge.” In 2017, June 10th was named National Rosé Day. Fans came up with now-familiar slogans such as “Yes way, rosé”, “Rosé all day” and “Where there’s a will, there’s a rosé.” But if investors and rosé lovers are wondering whether or not Château d’Esclans is getting too big for its barrels, quality control does not seem to be an issue. Lichine is gradually bringing out new wines scaled to make them affordable for everyone.

At $15, the Palm works as a hostess gift at a dinner party. At $20, Whispering Angel is a no-brainer for a first date. A second date may warrant a $30 bottle of Rock Angel, and if you want to meet the parents, there is always Château d’Esclans, which comes in at around $115. Finally, Garrus, released in May as the world’s most expensive rosé, will no doubt impress but will set you back $150. Lichine is, as the millennials like to say, “killing it”.

Undoubtedly the huge success of Whispering Angel is equal parts talent and timing on the part of the entire team at Château d’Esclans. Along with creating a superior product, the brilliant marketing strategy for Whispering Angel celebrates rosé not as just a wine, but as a lifestyle. If wine alone can’t bring us fulfillment, it follows that Whispering Angel must at least make it seem possible. The fantasy of an eternal summer of bar-hopping, roof parties, gallery openings and long, lazy days on Nantucket beaches is enough to keep people drinking Whispering Angel all year long.

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textualize matters. As eye-catching as they are drinkable, rosé wines are made from a wide variety of red grapes by allowing the skins to remain in their juice just long enough to endow it with a desired degree of depth, character and color.

Of the “50 shades of rosé,” Whispering Angel is amongst the palest.

Bottled in clear glass to showcase its elegant, peachy-pink tint, it is set apart aesthetically from darker, sweeter rosés. Although the “curb appeal” of Whispering Angel is undeniable (and let’s face it, where wine is concerned, looks do matter), it is Sacha Lichine’s innovative winemaking process that has made Whispering Angel a true gamechanger. He utilizes cold fermentation in steel barrels, yielding a drier, cleaner, more sophisticated rosé.

Until Whispering Angel, rosé was mostly regarded as a pleasant source of hydration and had not earned a place in the lexicon of wine snobbery. As one critic put it, rosé “does not merit serious tasting.”

Perhaps this is sour grapes on the part of someone who can’t (or won’t) take any pleasure in drinking what is now known as “millennial champagne,” “summer water” and “pink wine.” With celebrities like Francis Ford Coppola, Drew Barrymore, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and now even Jon Bon Jovi trying their hand at making their own dry rosé wines, it seems everyone is going pink.

Suddenly, the critics agree. Whispering Angel is “palate-grabbing,” “the cool thing to drink” and “one of three

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Music to Heal By WRITTEN BY GRETA FEENEY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

The Sanfords remember their beloved daughter Ashley through the sound of music

Marilou & Bruce Sanford with the Steinway Spirio piano, which they endowed to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital in memory of their late daughter Ashley (seen at top.)

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or many of us, a trip to the hospital invokes visions of a sterile, clinical environment, complete with the hum of fluorescent lights and the intermittent beeping of monitors. But at the newly opened Nantucket Cottage Hospital, patients, caregivers and loved ones are greeted by the sound of a Chopin ballade played by world-renowned classical pianist Lang Lang, or popular hits performed by Billy Joel. The music comes by way of digitalized live performances rendered by the world’s most technologically advanced high-resolution self-playing piano, the Steinway Spirio, which performs each song with the exact same key strikes as the masters who wrote them.

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The Steinway Spirio performs songs using the identical key strikes as the composers who wrote them.

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shley would have loved the Spirio,” says Marilou Sanpital’s patients. “Of all the extraordinary features of this hospital, ford, who, along with her husband, Bruce, has recently few will do more for the quality of the environment of this buildendowed the hospital with a baby grand model as ing than what the Sanfords have done,” says Bruce Percelay, the part of its Ashley Sanford Musical Therapy Program. Unlike chairman of the hospital’s capital campaign. the tinny-sounding wind-up player pianos in spaghetti western In addition to the Sanford family’s legacy gift in honor of saloons, the Spirio uses state-of-the-art digital technology and their late daughter, M. Steinert and Sons, the Boston-based Steinadvanced sensory receptors to reproduce studio performances way piano merchants, have donated an upright mobile Roland that Steinway claims are indistinguishable from those captured digital player piano for use on the second floor. The Roland is live in “Spirio Sessions” all over the world, bringing masterful also top-of-the-line and can be wheeled into the rooms of indiperformances into the living rooms of those fortunate enough to vidual patients to be played digitally from an iPad, or by an actual own one of these technological marvels, which can run upward pianist. According to cellist Mollie Glazer, who is spearheading of $200,000. the program as artistic director The Spirio is the founemerita of the Nantucket Mu“Of all the extraordinary features of this dation of a partnership with sic Center, both instruments hospital, few will do more for the quality the Nantucket Music Cenhave the touch and feel of of the environment of this building than ter and is a tribute to Ashhigh-quality acoustic pianos. what the Sanfords have done.” ley’s love of music that will For Ashley Sanford, who positively impact the lives suffered from juvenile diabe— Bruce A. Percelay, chairman of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s capital campaign of Nantucket Cottage Hostes until her untimely death

at thirty-three, spending a great deal of time in hospitals was a reality she had to face on a regular basis.

“She was blessed with superb medical care all over the country—in Boston, Baltimore, the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics—but she felt no one understood her any better than the people on Nantucket,” explained her father Bruce. “She loved Dr. Tim Lepore. On several occasions, he even had her airlifted to Brigham and Women’s for treatment.”

The Sanfords are avid proponents of music therapy because it was one of the most effective ways to alleviate many of the symptoms of their daughter’s chronic illness. “We tried everything. I gave her one of my kidneys, but she had so many rare symptoms that many people who have juvenile diabetes never exhibit. Through it all, music therapy remained an important aspect of her treatment,” says Marilou, who, after considering having a fountain built

in memory of Ashley, finally decided on a music therapy program. “It is a living program. It just seemed to me that it was the most authentic way we could honor our daughter.”

Despite her poor health, Ashley was a brilliant and prolific musician and writer who studied with the renowned Hungarian pianist

Throughout her young life, there were many times when Ashley’s own musical talents helped her to experience healing, despite her difficult circumstances. Marilou recalls a time when Ashley employed her musical talents to provide other patients with the inspiration they needed. “Once we were in a hospital

“It is a living program. It just seemed to me that it was the most authentic way we could honor our daughter.”

— Marilou Sanford

Gerda Klay and sang in the highly competitive chorale at the National Cathedral School for girls in Washington, D.C. As a child, she participated in summer music and theater productions on Nantucket with local legends, including Gary Trainor, father of the phenomenal pop sensation Meghan Trainor.

and Ashley saw an old upright piano sitting in a corner. She said, ‘There’s nothing worse than a piano that isn’t being played,’ and she just sat down and started to play it so beautifully that everyone stopped in their tracks.

It changed the atmosphere instantly.

I know that Ashley’s spirit is alive at Nantucket Cottage Hospital.”

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hen it comes to iconic music venues, New York has Carnegie Hall, Boston has the Hatch Shell, Nashville has the Grand Ole Opry and Nantucket has Jetties Beach. For more than twenty years, the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert has continued to crank up the production value, up the talent and sell out every seat on the beach. This year’s concert set for August 10th will be no exception with Keith Lockhart and his symphony orchestra being joined by the six-time Grammy nominated R&B legends, The Spinners.

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The musical event of the year will kick off with singing sensation Brynn Cartelli performing the national anthem.

Before becoming the youngest person to win NBC’s The Voice and touring alongside headliners like Kelly Clarkson, Cartelli could most often be found strumming her guitar outside The Juice Bar. Appropriately enough, it was an impromptu performance on Jetties Beach four years ago where Cartelli was discovered. Her performance of the national anthem will be a special homecoming for this local-turned-global talent.

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ince its inception in 1997, the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert has served as the largest fundraiser for the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Though the money raised by the event goes strictly toward supporting the hospital’s annual operating costs, this year celebrates the successful opening of the new facility, which came by way of a herculean $120 million capital campaign. Arguably the most sophisticated community hospital of its kind in the country, the new Nantucket Cottage Hospital boasts nearly double the square footage of its predecessor and is equipped with much of the same cutting-edge medical technology found at Massachusetts General

Event co-chairs, Laura & Bob Reynolds (Photo by Kit Noble)

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Hospital. These successes will be highlighted throughout the evening with video presentations that will run over the sprawling jumbotrons.

“The hospital is the first new medical facility on Nantucket in more than sixty years,” says Laura Reynolds, who is serving as this year’s event co-chair alongside her husband Bob, “so it’s a chance to celebrate this historic project that so many people who will be in attendance have contributed toward.”

Once again, the night will be emceed by CNN commentator and longtime Nantucket summer resident David Gregory. “To me the Pops on Nantucket is the high point of the summer,” Gregory said. “It’s a great party, but it’s also a chance to feel connected to what binds the island together in all seasons—a community of caregivers looking out for all of us. I’m always happy to be part of it.”

The evening’s festivities will crescendo when The Spinners strut onto the stage. With a career spanning, or shall we say spinning, six decades and six Grammy nominations, this legendary R&B group will serenade the crowd with such timeless hits as “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love?” and “Rubberband Man.” As past concertgoers can attest, Keith Lockhart and his symphony orchestra have an uncanny ability to fall perfectly in step with whomever they’re accompanying, whether that be Carly Simon, Kenny Loggins or last year’s musical guests, The Beach Boys. This year’s collaboration will be sure to get the beach dancing, singing and spinning.

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Singing sensation Brynn Cartelli will perform the national anthem at this year’s concert. (Photo by Brian Sager)

Reserved seating for this year’s concert starts at $700, while general admission tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children (children under five are free). For general admission patrons, seats are first come, first served, with gates opening at 4:30 p.m. Tickets for this year’s Boston Pops on Nantucket concert are available on the Nantucket Cottage Hospital website.

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FOREVER YOUNG WRITTEN BY LUKE RUSSERT

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On the fifth anniversary of his tragic death on Nantucket, Corey Griffin’s legacy continues to enrich the lives of countless children

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hat good can come from someone so beloved dying so young? Once the casket is closed, the remembrances spoken and the tears shed, what becomes of a lost young life? Many live on in the hearts of those who miss them, but few continue to positively impact countless lives years after they are gone. Yet there are those special ones among us that, through their ethos of positivity, compassion, loyalty, humor and gratitude, inspire those left behind to live by their example. Corey Griffin was one of the special ones.

Though his twenty-seven years were much too short, the legacy he left behind is already long and enduring. From his untimely death on Nantucket on August 16, 2014, a foundation was born in his memory that has improved the lives of thousands of underprivileged and underserved children around Boston.

I was with Corey Griffin for a few hours on the night he died. He was staying at my family’s home in Shimmo. With each summer since we had graduated from college, Corey found himself spending more and more time on Nantucket and wanted to figure out ways to give back to the island that had brought him so much joy. As one of the co-founders of the Ice

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Bucket Challenge, a viral sensation that raised awareness around ALS, Corey had fundraising abilities that were already the stuff of legend. So when he reached out to help with the Summer Groove, an event now named after my late father, Tim Russert, to benefit the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club—I seized the opportunity.

Helping one charity that day, however, wasn’t enough for Corey. The same night as the Summer Groove, he also arranged a late-night fundraiser at the Chicken Box to benefit his former Boston College classmate Pete Frates’ organization that helped raise money for ALS research.

Shortly after Frates’ ALS diagnosis, Corey sprang into action and singlehandedly raised over $100,000 dollars to combat the terrible disease. “For him, if you weren’t giving, you were taking,” said Rocky Fox, who helped Corey organize the ALS fundraiser at the Chicken Box. “Corey was such a giver.”

Over what would be his last supper, Corey told me how thrilled he was about the response for the ALS event and his excitement for the Summer Groove. As he left my house for a night out with friends, Corey said he was sure he could rally more people to attend both fundraisers.

“Corey had a remarkable sense of compassion from a young age, and his foundation has grown to embody that trait through the many wonderful children that we are privileged to support.”

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A former college hockey player, Corey Griffin’s foundation supports summer programs that promote physical activity for children.

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n the early morning hours of Saturday, August 16, 2014, Corey died in a freak accident diving off of the All-Serve building into Nantucket Harbor. His adventurous spirit led him to that roof after he had been told about the decades-old Nantucket summer tradition. For weeks, many of us close to him agonized over why such a young, vibrant and caring man was taken so suddenly? Soon, though, we realized it was pointless—why focus on the what-ifs when we could take the lessons of the man and make sure that his legacy would never be forgotten? Grief turned into action, and by the winter of 2015, less than six months after his passing, the Corey C. Griffin Foundation was up and running.

Giving kids a chance, teaching kids to give— that is the motto of the foundation and it exemplifies Corey. The brain child of Corey’s parents, Rob and Cathy, and siblings, Michael and Casey, and made possible by their tireless efforts and the collective work of hundreds of Corey’s friends and extended

family, the foundation has generated over $8 million for innovative nonprofits that focus on underprivileged youth.

“Corey had a remarkable sense of compassion from a young age, and his foundation has grown to embody that trait through the many wonderful children that we are privileged to support,” said Rob Griffin. “We truly see his joyful spirit and love of life in the eyes of the students, campers and patients whom we lovingly know as ‘Corey’s Kids.’”

At the Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy in Dorchester, a school that serves some of Boston’s neediest residents, the foundation has an endowed scholarship fund. To date, over forty students grades pre-kindergarten to eighth grade have gone to the highly regarded school in Corey’s name. Nearly 100 percent of students beat the national averages on standardized tests.

“For him, if you weren’t giving, you were taking …

Corey was such a giver.”

— Rocky Fox, owner of the Chicken Box

Giving kids a chance, teaching kids to give—that is the motto of the foundation and it exemplifies Corey… the foundation has generated over $8 million for innovative nonprofits that focus on underprivileged youth.

A former college hockey player, Corey put a premium on staying in shape and being active.

In that spirit, the foundation has underwritten the costs for hundreds of low-income campers to attend summer programs at the Ron Burton Training Village. Here, Corey’s Kids spend a summer playing sports and learning about the village’s core values: love, peace, patience and humility.

Corey believed in every child’s right to have the best medical care possible, and during his life he participated in many charity events for Boston’s Children’s Hospital. A major hurdle that families have to navigate to receive treatment at the hospital is the high cost of housing during an extended stay. In a city where the average hotel room can cost $200 a night, costs add up

quickly. The foundation has earmarked $4 million to go toward “Corey’s House,” a multi-room extended-stay housing facility, now in the pre-construction phase, that will provide an affordable option for families to stay close to their children while they undergo treatment.

My mother, Maureen Orth, was also inspired by Corey’s caring spirit and constructed a prayer garden in the backyard of our Nantucket home. “Corey’s Garden” is a place to pray, reflect and feel. On late summer evenings, I find myself there, thinking about my lost friend. I miss Corey deeply, yet my grief is soon replaced with a deep sense of pride and admiration for all the good he has done from beyond. I sincerely believe if I asked him today, “Corey, you’ll help thousands of kids but sadly you won’t be here to see it, would you take that deal?,” he’d respond, “Absolutely, bud. Not even a question.”

Corey was that selfless, and those that loved him take comfort in knowing that from his death so many children have been given a better chance at life.

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ydia Sussek was standing in line at the Steamship Authority last June when she heard an old man in distress. She couldn’t make out exactly what he was saying until she realized the man was speaking in Italian. Sussek, a part-time island resident who is fluent in Italian, jumped ahead in line to see if she could help serve as his translator. The man was nearly in tears struggling to communicate to the ticket clerk that he had just missed the ferry and needed to find another way back to the Cape.

Sussek pulled him aside and said she’d help get him off the island.

As they walked together to the Hy-Line to catch the next ferry, the man began telling Sussek how he found his way to Nantucket from his home in Venice, Italy. It was a harrowing tale that could have been pulled from the pages of Robinson Crusoe.

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ore than a year earlier, Vittorio Fabris, at the age of seventy-seven, had loaded up his thirty-three-foot sloop named Mia in Venice and set sail for Nantucket. His voyage was inspired

by Moby-Dick. During his time working as a fishmonger, Fabris observed how pollution and overfishing were devastating the ocean. In sailing alone to Nantucket, he hoped to symbolically pay homage to nature and do penance for mankind’s destruction of the whales’ habitat.

To commemorate the voyage, a Venetian artist created a whale-inspired sculpture that Fabris would deliver to the Nantucket Whaling Museum at the end of his journey. Before leaving the port in April 2018 he hung a big banner along his portside gunnel reading in English: I’M GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO THE WHALE.

More than a year earlier, Vittorio Fabris, at the age of seventy-seven, had loaded up his thirty-three-foot sloop named Mia in Venice and set sail for Nantucket.

While he was flush with inspiration, Fabris was short on experience. He had only During his voyage, Vittorio begun sailing fifteen years earlier and had Fabris wore a shirt reading "I am going to apologize to never attempted an open ocean crossing the whale." by himself. Fabris planned to navigate the 20,000 miles to Nantucket over the course of a month along some of the same historic whaling routes detailed in Moby-Dick. But after sailing successfully through the Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar, Fabris hit an unknown object around the Azores that he thought might have been a whale, and was forced to return to Spain. When he attempted the crossing again, his automatic steering malfunctioned, sending the Mia back onshore to get repairs. When he set sail again two months later, hurricane season was bearing down, sending him on a circuitous route south to make stops in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde before heading across the Atlantic.

sailing up the East Coast, Sailing offshore in any size vessel Nantucket finally came is dangerous. Sailing across the into sight the Friday of Atlantic in a thirty-three-foot sailMemorial Day weekboat, alone, at nearly eighty years end. He’d spent fourteen old, sounds like a death wish. months at sea, covered tens of thousands of miles and had dozens of close calls, but Fabris finally felt like he was home free. Fifteen-hundred feet from shore, he stowed his sails and turned on his engine to motor to the dock for his illustrious arrival—but then his engine died. Fabris started to drift, the current pushing him towards the shallows along the Cliffs. He rushed to throw an anchor, but before he could, the Mia ran aground and capsized.

Sailing offshore in any size vessel is dangerous. Sailing across the Atlantic in a thirtythree-foot sailboat, alone, at nearly eighty years old, sounds like a death wish. But Fabris relished his time alone. His only company was a stack of books and a volleyball that he fashioned to look like “Wilson” from the Tom Hanks film Castaway. By the time he reached Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and began heading north along the East Coast to Nantucket, Fabris had been at sea on and off for more than a year. He hoped that this final leg of his journey would consist of two weeks of smooth sailing—but as it turned out, the worst was yet to come.

Fabris encountered two massive storms off the coasts of North Carolina and Long Island.

During one of these squalls, he clung to his mast while a Coast Guard helicopter hovered overhead, trying to convince him to abandon ship. But Fabris refused. After two months of brutal

Fabris spent fourteen months living in his thirtythree-foot sailboat.

With the wind and tide pushing and pulling him away from the entrance to the harbor, the sailor sent out a mayday. A towboat from Cape Cod intercepted Fabris’ calls for help and hastened to his location. The captain asked if Fabris had money for a tow. When the old Italian said yes, the towboat captain proceeded to tow him back to his home port of Falmouth. So at just fifteen hundred feet from Nantucket, Fabris was dragged thirty N magazine

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miles away to Cape Cod. When they arrived at the dock, as if to sprinkle salt in the wound, the towboat operator handed him a bill for $6,800.

Local Cape Codders didn’t know what to make of Fabris when he first arrived in Falmouth. His story quickly circulated around town until a group of Italian-Americans came to his aid, including a ninety-seven-year-old woman who taught Italian in the area. They helped set him up with lodgings and food, while reveling in his tales of survival. When the local yacht club heard of his plight, they set up a GoFundMe page to help buy him an airline ticket back to Italy. While appreciating the hospitality and new friendship on the Cape, Fabris insisted that his journey wasn’t over. He still needed to reach Nantucket to deliver the tiny whale statue that he had schlepped across the Atlantic. His newfound friends in Falmouth got him on the ferry and sent him off to the island.

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He had only begun sailing fifteen years earlier and had never attempted an open ocean crossing by himself.

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When Lydia Sussek encountered Fabris at the Steamship ticket counter that late June afternoon, he had just took him to see Dr. Mike Ruby left the Whaling Museum to get examined. She also served where he had attempted to as his translator on several subdonate the statue. Newssequent trips to the Whaling papers later erroneously Museum, where he met with reported that Fabris had Russell and ultimately donated been turned away by the the statue. After a full day on the Whaling Museum when island, the two sat at Cru restauthey couldn’t understand rant enjoying lobster rolls in the him. However, museum sun while Fabris recounted his executive director James story, which has since become Russell said that Fabris had international news running in in fact been given a private everything from The Wall Street tour while they tried to figJournal to the London Times. ure out how to handle his “He loves it here,” Sussek donated work of art. Fabtranslated for Fabris. “He’s made A map of Fabris’ journey that appeared in The London Times ris later confirmed this acso many friends.” Still the old count and wrote a letter to the publications insisting that they Venetian was eager to return home to reunite with his family, run a retraction. hopefully in time to celebrate his seventy-ninth birthday. Just Over the course of their ferry ride together, Sussek and before leaving, he sold his sailboat and donated the proceeds Fabris formed a quick friendship. Although not Italian to the Whaling Museum. When asked what inspired him to by blood, Sussek studied extensively in Italy, had masset sail across the Atlantic at the age of seventy-seven, Fabris tered the language and spends a significant amount of tacks between the symbolism he found in Moby-Dick and his time there each year. The two also connected over sailing, own search for personal enlightenment. He’s still processing which Sussek and her husband had been doing for years the full takeaways of his high-seas adventures, which he plans on the island. After their impromptu meeting, Sussek aron committing to the pages of a memoir after he returns home. ranged to bring Fabris back to the island a week later. He One thing is for certain: Vittorio Fabris is living proof that had suffered an eye injury during his voyage, so Sussek you’re never too old for a new adventure.

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microphones. At the time, sound surveillance was an “audacious concept,” wrote electrical engineer Edward Whitman, who worked on the science behind the project and served the Navy for forty years as a civilian. “It was one of the most impressive engineering feats of the early Cold War.” The Seabees construction battalion colonized forty-five acres on Tom Nevers Head, a spit of land on Nantucket’s south shore with a sheer drop to the Atlantic. They threw together sheet-metal structures that shone silver in the sun to house and feed dozens of young sailors pouring in from California, Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia. Among them was Don Miller.

At nineteen, he and a friend set out to sign up for the Marines in their hometown of Yakima, Washington. They ended up in the Navy, and after Miller finished a building course, he found himself shipped off to a naval facility on a Massachusetts island he had never heard of. There, he nailed together Quonset huts in which he and other early recruits braved the first chilly winter.

Later, he and other Seabees helped build barracks, a rec center, a water tower, a substation, a vehicle repair shop, a skeet house and an ammo bunker. To tame the relentless dust, they planted grass that became a softball diamond.

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s a kid in 1955, Robert Young was hanging around his family’s Steamboat Wharf bike shop when he spotted a distinctive gray vessel pulling into the harbor. Young didn’t know it, but the U.S. Navy had arrived on Nantucket. They would stay for the next two decades, leaving behind a handful of former Navy men who took part—directly and indirectly—in a top-secret mission that continues to captivate history buffs like Young.

The mission tracked the movements of potentially hostile Soviet submarines through underwater Don Miller came to Nantucket from Yakima, Washington, to help construct the Tom Nevers Naval Facility.

can opener called a church key to jimmy the lock on the T-building. “The next thing I knew, a .45 was at my head,” says Moores, now seventy-six. “I thought I was going to die.” When Miller was once granted access to fix a broken floorboard,

he was watched over by a soldier wielding what looked like a submachine gun.

Those were the only times Moores and Miller ever saw the inside of the T-building until its demolition.

Ray Moores arrived at Tom Nevers Naval Facility in 1964 right out of boot camp at the age of twenty-two.

“Whatever they did in that building, they took an oath not to talk about it. Even if you were with buddies having a beer, they wouldn’t talk about it.”

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tenance—Miller’s assigned division—challenged the Supply corps. They played against local teams. Sailors spent weekends on the beach, catching and grilling fish. At bars on Main Street, a shot was a quarter, a pack of cigarettes was 10 cents. The enlistees, barely older than boys, sometimes drove too fast, crashing cars on Milestone Road.

In 1957, a year after the Tom Nevers Naval Facility was commissioned, The Inquirer and Mirror noted that a vice admiral and a rear admiral had arrived on Nantucket to see how the “oceanographic research” was progressing. An oversized Quonset hut on the bluff was known as the terminal building, or T-building. “Whatever they did in that building, they took an oath not to talk about it. Even if you were with buddies having a beer, they wouldn’t talk about it,” recalls Ray Moores, who arrived at Tom Nevers in 1964 when he was twentytwo, right out of boot camp.

For a time in the sixties, Young worked as a milkman.

At the cinderblock guardhouse— still standing at a different location and covered in graffiti—he was stopped and interrogated by armed Navy personnel. “Come on, guys,” he used to think. “Don’t you want your milk and eggs?”

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immy Cooper, on the other hand, was inside the T-building almost every day. Growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cooper enlisted at seventeen and spent time on a destroyer before being trained in sonar and getting security clearance for the highly classified work going on inside the T-building—work that he and others called oceanography research but was actually Cold War intelligence on submarines, destroyers and tankers—anything with a propeller.

Each shift, Cooper would walk by the enlisted man with the .45, down a hallway and into a room lined with instruments receiving signals from arrays of underwater microphones on the ocean floor. Twenty-four hours a day, thirty stylists skittered across graph paper inscribing undulating patterns that represented an array’s low-frequency sound output along a given beam direction. Identifying characteristic frequencies was key to detecting and classifying targets. After a while, Cooper could identify individual subs by the sound pattern they created.

In the next room, radiomen encrypted the data and relayed it to the next station in Cape May, New Jersey, or to Washington, D.C. Electricians stood by to maintain the equipment.

By the early 1960s, undersea listening posts formed a semicircle from Bar-

bados to Nova Scotia—a secret weapon cause of science and a sandbar. They stayed that enabled U.S. forces to keep track of because they fell in love—with women they potentially hostile submarines operating met here, and with the island itself. in the deepwater regions off both coasts.

Moores, from Worcester, Massachusetts, Meanwhile, Miller, Moores and everyone else on the “I appreciate the fact that this little base—as well as everyone island where I grew up had a topon Nantucket—were kept secret military base…No one in the in the dark. community had any idea.”

In 1976, Tom Nev— Robert Young ers Naval Facility was decommissioned. The town purchased the land three years later for got married after his Navy stint and bought $525,000. The Quonset huts made their a house near Surfside. He’s been here fiftyway around the island: one at Don Allen five years. Miller moved to California for a Ford, others housing caddies at Sankaty time with his first wife, Marsha, the daughter Head Golf Club. Erosion ate away a of Nobby Clothes Shop owners Samuel and quarter mile of what was once the up- Renee Levine. He came back, divorced and per base; the T-building would have plunged down the bluff if it were still intact. The softball field is still there.

Nuclear submarines became too quiet to detect through sonar. Sound surveillance systems are now used to study hydrothermal vents, pinpoint underwater volcanic eruptions Jimmy Cooper was one of the and listen to whales vocalfew Navy men to gain access izing. In the 1950s, because to the top secret T-building.

the underwater signals traveled through cables only up to 150 miles long, sound surveillance stations such as Tom Nevers had to be located where the continental shelf is closest to land. Cooper, Moores and Miller ended up on Nantucket be-

remarried, and designed and built four houses, including his current home on Fairgrounds Road. Miller, now eighty-three, has three children, nine grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Cooper was married for ten years and has two kids. After attending Northeastern University, he returned to Nantucket and ran a plumbing business.

Young, a self-described history nut, is glad Miller and the others can now tell their stories. “I appreciate the fact that this little island where I grew up had a top-secret military base,” he says. “No one in the community had any idea.”

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ichard Spencer is the 76th Secretary of the Navy and was appointed by President Trump in 2017. Spencer holds command over the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and manages over 300,000 military personnel along with an additional 300,000 civilians. A former Marine Aviator in the United States Marine Corps and a highly successful entrepreneur, Spencer brings to the Navy a blend of private sector efficiency along with a deep understanding and appreciation for the Navy itself. The N Magazine team met with Secretary Spencer and his wife, Polly, at his office in the Pentagon where he shared with us a wide range of thoughts about his role, the status of today’s Navy and both his concerns and his hopes for the future.

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SPENCER: My connection actually started back in 1968 when my sister and her husband rented a place on what she called Reed Pond. I would come and visit, and then I was lucky enough to meet this lovely woman [his wife, Mrs. Sarah Pauline Polly Finch Spencer] who has a house on the island. That’s where my relationship with Nantucket became more current.

“After sixteen years of war, we’d flown the wings off the planes, sailed the bottoms off the ships, and we really had stretched the personnel to their nth degree.”

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tive. How receptive has an institution that is so entrenched been to a different point of view?

SPENCER: I spent ten years on the Defense Business Board, which is a group of CEOs that are picked to give the Secretary of Defense some consultation to questions that he or she may have as to how the civilian world would solve problems. You learned what the building speak was, how the building thought, and what the building antibodies are. So when Secretary [Jim] Mattis asked me to take this position, I had enough of a background to understand what I was getting into. What I didn’t realize was that we really were almost in a corporate turnaround.

After sixteen years of war, we’d flown the wings off the planes, sailed the bottoms off the ships, and we really had stretched the personnel to their nth degree. Over the last twenty-two months, we’ve really focused on bringing management skills up to our readiness levels, recovering our troops and our sailors and just getting things right again in concert with Congress giving us the funds that we needed to do it.

The reception was terrific in that we knew we had to get healthy across the board. The Naval institution and the Naval enterprise were welcoming in that regard. But that being said, there are still things we need to work on. Our acquisition process, we are turning that quite a bit, but it is a behemoth that has its ups and downs. And as you’ve read in the paper, sometimes it’s not the quickest. We’re trying to make it quicker.

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N MAGAZINE: So I’m assuming that President Obama’s priorities were different and you were left with something that was not shipshape?

SPENCER: I don’t like to look back and point fingers. What I’ll say is that

it. We’re out in the community now. We’re out with our allies and partners—that is a lot different. And it’s all positive news with what we’re working on together and doing together.

unto itself, but what defines your responsibilities is Title 10 of the U.S. Code. To man, equip, train and supply those resources necessary for the Secretary of Defense to carry out his mission. In that regard,

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what was inherited was an enterprise that was rode hard and put away wet. My job was to make sure we could recover and get better. That’s how I approached

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N MAGAZINE: Do you see yourself as a CEO or as the Secretary of the Navy in terms of your management style?

SPENCER: You are Secretary of the Navy, which has its own structure

you really are a CEO because I’m out there recruiting people, buying equipment—painting it either gray for the Navy or green for the Marine Corps—and distributing it, and

Secretary Spencer reviews the ceremonial honor guard at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during boot camp graduation at Recruit Training Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda S. Kitchner/Released)

making sure we train. So it is very much like a CEO in the operation of a management structure.

N MAGAZINE: Technology is advancing dramatically.

How do you see warfare thirty years from now?

SPENCER: I don’t even have to go out thirty years because I can’t even fathom seven to ten years out.

Cyber now has become a weapon. We are building up our muscles with sets and reps on how to

“I don’t like to look back and point fingers. What I’ll say is that what was inherited was an enterprise that was rode hard and put away wet.

My job was to make sure we could recover and get better.”

— Secretary Richard Spencer

actually counteract that and be offensive in that.

It is going to be a different battlefield. You have some people who said, “Will there even be kinetics in seven to ten years?” Because someone can come in and shut down your economy electronically. You know what Sun Tzu says? Sun Tzu says that the best success in war is to own all the assets of your enemy. That’s what we are honing our movements toward in how we address the whole electronic and technological threat.

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you explain how this ship earned the name?

SPENCER: One of the truly amazing responsibilities you have as the Secretary of the Navy is you’re solely responsible for naming ships in all of government. When we first launched the littoral combat ship class—there are two variants of that, the Independence and the Freedom—they

Secretary Spencer meets with Coastguardsmen at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin J. Steinberg/Released)

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were to be named after communities. So when it came time to name this ship, I looked at Nantucket’s history in the ocean-going world. During the height of whaling days, there was more wealth in Nantucket than there was in Manhattan. It was the hub. So it was literally a no-brainer as far as the importance of Nantucket as a community to our country. One of the primary missions of the Navy is to keep the channels of communication and trade open on the high seas. Ocean trade was the key of Nantucket, so it really was easy to name this ship the USS Nantucket, which will be launched in 2021.

N MAGAZINE: What stage of construction is it in?

SPENCER: There are three stages: the laying of the keel, the christening and the commissioning. And there are three separate events. The laying of the keel is when the first original backbones are laid down in the ship. The sponsor strikes her name on that piece of keel. Every single ship has always had a sponsor, and it’s always been a woman. Usually you try to get a sponsor who has an association with the community or person that the ship is named after. In this case, it was very easy to pick [my wife] Polly for this job. Then you have the christening, which ev-

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— Secretary Richard Spencer

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Capt. Brett E. Crozier, commanding officer of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge shows Secretary Spencer and his wife, Polly Spencer, the bridge during a tour of the ship.

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eryone thinks is the last step when the champagne is broken across the bow and she’s launched. Well, then we have another year to a year and a half to test out the systems.

After that, she’s then actually commissioned when the U.S. Navy agrees with the shipbuilder that everything is in order and we take that ship on the registry.

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Secretary Spencer delivers remarks during an all-hands call with sailors and Marines at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin J. Steinberg/Released)

N MAGAZINE: What’s the final commis-

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sioning event like?

SPENCER: It’s very moving. You have the whole crew lined out, the bands there, the crowds there. After all of the politicians have spoken, the sponsor gets up and turns around to the captain and says, “Captain, bring my ship to life.” At that point, all of the sailors run onto the ship and man the rails, horns and whistles, and the ship comes to life.

It’s pretty impressive. We’ll see if we can get [the ship] to Nantucket.

With cooperation from the Steamship Authority, we’re going to see if we can get that done.

300,000 people?

SPENCER: On the uniform side, yes.

Then there are another 250,000 to 300,000 on the civilian side.

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rest of the world’s trade, there is a welcome placemat set for them at the table. My job is to make sure to keep the avenues of communi-

“So when it came time to name this ship, I looked at Nantucket’s history in the ocean-going world... it was literally a no-brainer as far as the importance of Nantucket as a community to our country.”

— Secretary Richard Spencer

cation and trade open on the high seas. When I say communication, there are many thousands

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you up at night?

SPENCER: If you look at the National Defense strategy, we are focused on our competitive threat with China. Here’s where we stand. If China would like to acknowledge a rules-based participation in the

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Secretary Spencer speaks with sailors at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin J. Steinberg/Released)

of feet of fiber optic and electrical cables lying on the bottom of the ocean. So I have to make sure that those do stay open and free access for everybody. To date, China has taken a different point of view. They have a controlling point of view versus open and free when it comes to the high seas around their area. So I have to respond appropriately. That does keep me awake at night. Secondarily, but very close, is getting the resources necessary so our sailors and Marines are prepared to deliver the fight tonight.

“What we’re looking for is an organization of this size and breadth that is agile, that is responsive when it comes to parts and equipment, and more important, that understands its people and provides them the tools and the challenges to make this a career.”

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N MAGAZINE: You serve at the pleasure of the president. How do you manage your

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role, if things happen that you are uncomfortable with, such as the incident with the USS John McCain? How do you respond to that and how do you manage your own value system against something that you might be at odds with?

SPENCER: There is a free, open channel of communication. That is why you’re put in this position. At any one point in time that I’m called upon, I am to give my best advice as being Secretary of the Navy. I think you have to prioritize what those issues are.

Delivering an aircraft carrier on time and on budget is a bigger concern than whether the John McCain had some maintenance done on it and had a tarp thrown over the back on a regular course of business that was interpreted as something else. Life has it that you spend time on brush fires here and there, but the channels of communication are open, and we work our way through it.

N MAGAZINE: So you pick your spots?

SPENCER: Yes. N MAGAZINE: You’re used to a corporate world where

N MAGAZINE: When you leave, what would you like your legacy to be?

SPENCER: [Navy] Undersecretary Tom Modly and I have been really trying to structure all of the changes that we do to see how we can institutionalize them, so things don’t snap back to status quo. That probably is one of the hardest things to work on because you can have a great new idea and it can catch on, but if you don’t give it the institutional construct, it might disappear immediately. What we’re looking for is an organization of this size and breadth that is agile, that is responsive when it comes to parts and equipment, and more important, that understands its people and provides them the tools and the challenges to make this a career. Because as we all know, recruiting is going to get tougher as the economy gets better. We have to be out there saying, come into our Navy or Marine Corps and we can provide you a career.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, commanding officer Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and Secretary Spencer, tour MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 12, 2018.

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there’s a high degree of efficiency, and you come into an organization that is massive and is probably quite rigid. Have there been things that you’ve seen that make you say, I’ve got to make a 180-degree turn? What has surprised you the most?

SPENCER: I’ll start at thirty thousand feet and come closer. I thought I had a pretty good handle on what shape the Marine Corps and the Navy were in. When I arrived, the readiness hole was much, much deeper than I even contemplated. That being said, Congress gave us money in 2017 and gave us a two-year budget for 2018–19, and we’ve filled in the hole. We’re healthy, we’re getting better, we’re exercising, we’re transitioning from fighting violent, extreme organizations to great power competition— a different muscle set—and we’re getting after it. But when you talk about running an organization with the span that the Navy has—one moment you’re working on a $13

billion aircraft contract, the next minute you’re working on transgender integration, the next minute you’re working on the acquisition of a handgun or the application of rules of war—the span in a matter of six hours of what you work on is stunning. The greatest joyful surprise, and surprise is almost the wrong word, is that the intellect in this organization is absolutely stunning.

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VICKI KENNEDY TEN YEARS AFTER TEDDY INTERVIEW BY BRUCE A. PERCELAY PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE HAIR & MAKEUP BY EMILY DENNY OF EMILY NANTUCKET

Vicki Reggie Kennedy is the daughter of Doris Reggie and the late Judge Edmund Reggie. Best known as the wife of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy was widely credited with being a stabilizing force in the life of her husband and was at his side during his most fruitful and productive years.

Kennedy herself was an accomplished student, a respected lawyer and a person who to this day advocates for the legacy of her late husband. As the co-founder and the president of the board of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, Kennedy’s passion is to use the institute to improve civil discourse in the United States through a unique facility next to the John F. Kennedy Library that allows students to experience life as a legislator. N Magazine sat down with Vicki Kennedy on the tenth anniversary of her husband’s passing to discuss the meaning of his legacy and her own personal journey.

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N MAGAZINE: How does Nantucket fit into your life?

KENNEDY: Nantucket’s very special to me. It’s special to my whole family. I’ve come to Nantucket since the early 1980s. My parents bought a place here in 1982 so my kids really grew up here. They were here from their youngest years. So this is in the blood, in the soul, in the mind of my whole family.

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Vicki Kennedy in her backyard on Nantucket where her lawn is tended to by Mark Kaplan of ABC Mowing and her garden is designed by C.L. Fornari

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N MAGAZINE: What are some of your passions on the island?

KENNEDY: I love to sail. I have a little sailboat that Teddy gave me years ago, I guess it’s almost twenty years ago now. It’s named La Bohème because he proposed to me at the opera La Bohème. I love to cook. I love to read. I love to have friends, be with friends. You know, I’m just a regular old person that loves to be on my sailboat.

N MAGAZINE: You’re very close with your family, especially your mother.

Can you explain your relationship with her and her role in your life on Nantucket?

KENNEDY: I was very close to my par-

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ents growing up. After my husband died, I came back to Nantucket because I wanted to be closer to both

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of my parents. I’m really happy that I did. My dad passed away in 2013 and my mom continues to stay here.

We’ve got a lot of great friends here. I spend a lot of time with her, which is terrific.

But from the time I was a little girl, she and I have been very bonded, very connected. When I was little, I would do everything that she did.

We’d be in church and she’d cross her legs and I’d cross my legs and she’d fold her hands and I’d fold my hands. I think that that same sentiment is probably still true. I’d love to be my mother. She is one of the most positive, optimistic people that I know. She’s friendly, she’s outgoing—she’s just a warm, embracing, welcoming human being.

N MAGAZINE: Your father was a judge.

Did that draw you to law school?

KENNEDY: No, actually it was a mentorship of a professor. It didn’t dawn on me, which sounds very strange, that I should go to law school. I was an English major, so I thought I would go to graduate school in English. And I had a professor who, when I asked if he would write a recommendation for me to go to graduate school, said, “No.” And I was shocked. I was absolutely stunned. And I asked why. And he said, “Because I think you should go to law school.” Then he said, “Have you ever heard of Carla Hills? She is only the third woman ever to be in a president’s cabinet … Women can do anything.”

Here’s this 18th-century British literature professor who really was transformative. So I called my mother and I said, “Mom, you know, professor Taplin thinks I should go to law school.” She said, “That’s fantastic.”

“Interestingly, [Teddy and I] never talked politics when we were dating. It was about us. It was about getting to know each other. It was about our stories. It was about our family history.”

— Vicki Kennedy

N MAGAZINE: You were an exceptional student. Are you a nerd?

KENNEDY: I don’t know. I guess that’s for others to decide. I liked school.

I asked, “Do you think that’s a good idea?” She said, “I think it’s a fabulous idea.” She was so in my corner. Then I asked, “Do you think Dad will think

it’s a good idea?” It was just hard to imagine that this was my mentality at the time. And she said, “Oh, I think he’ll think it’s a great idea.” And, of course, he did.

N MAGAZINE: Prior to your marriage to Ted, had politics ever entered your mind as a career?

KENNEDY: Not as a career, but as an interest. I grew up surrounded by politics. One of my earliest memories is being a little girl listening to the radio and writing down election returns for President Kennedy’s election.

N MAGAZINE: As a child, was your home filled with political personalities?

KENNEDY: Yes, it was filled with political personalities. It was filled with political discussions and conversation about current events. I would say the big influences were just my family because they believed in being involved, and

N MAGAZINE: So it’s in your DNA? KENNEDY: It’s in my DNA. It’s how I was brought up.

N MAGAZINE: So I assume when you married perhaps one of the most prominent senators in American history, the transition was not abrupt for you?

“…one of the many great things about Teddy is he loved to listen. He loved to receive ideas.

He loved to get different points of view and to put them in his brain and digest them all.”

— Vicki Kennedy

political involvement was one way of being involved.

It was my dad’s active involvement in the life of our community. It was my mother and my grandmother who believed in service and giving back.

KENNEDY: Interestingly, we never talked politics when we were dating. It was about us. It was about getting to know each other. It was about our stories. It was about our family history. It was about our hopes and dreams. It was an old-fashioned sort of getting to know each other in a human way. It wasn’t business. I don’t know how else to explain it. It just wasn’t business.

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Kennedy sailing around Nantucket Harbor aboard La Bohème, the sailboat her late husband Ted had built for her.

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N MAGAZINE: So after you were married, did that continue or did you become a political advisor?

KENNEDY: It obviously evolved. I mean, politics was part of his life and then it was part of my life. I got increasingly more involved. He had a very competitive Senate race and I was very involved in campaigning and in meetings. Then, that all just sort of evolved and I got more and more involved, and he asked me to be more and more involved.

continue to fight for a more perfect union. That was sort of like his driving principle. He didn’t get discouraged. Very rarely did I ever see him down. It was always the long view.

He was an optimist. He didn’t look for bad motivations in people ever. He didn’t assume bad motivations. He just had a goal, and he just kept fighting toward it. Perseverance.

N MAGAZINE: So let’s talk about the Edward Kennedy Institute. Explain it and your role.

KENNEDY: The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is a place in Boston on Columbia Point for people to come experience de-

N MAGAZINE: Did you often disagree?

KENNEDY: No, but we would have discussions. We didn’t disagree at all. One of the great things, one of the many great things about Teddy is he loved to listen.

He loved to receive ideas. He loved to get different points of view and to put them in his brain and digest them all. He didn’t always agree with the end result, but it wasn’t disagreeable.

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strengths for a moment, what is the message of Ted Kennedy’s life?

KENNEDY: I think it’s perseverance and having the courage of your convictions. I think it’s believing in something and never giving up and fighting for it.

It was never about him. It was always a higher purpose. I think part of that was his deep religious faith. He believed in the promise of America, as he always said. He believed in America’s march for progress. He believed that the better days were always ahead, and that we had an obligation to

mocracy and to learn about the U.S. Senate. It’s the touchstone to understanding about our government and how it works. We have a full-scale replica of the U.S. Senate chamber. It’s quite extraordinary. It’s something that Teddy envisioned going back to the early 2000s.

He wanted people to understand the Senate, so that they would love it, I think, as much as he did—which may not

“[Teddy] believed in the promise of America, as he always said. He believed in America’s march for progress. He believed that the better days were always ahead, and that we had an obligation to continue to fight for a more perfect union.”

— Vicki Kennedy

Vicki Kennedy’s dog Cappy is brothers with Barack Obama’s dog Bo, whom was given to the president by the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

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be humanly possible. He wanted people to be engaged and to understand the magic that happened when both sides worked together and addressed the great challenges facing our nation and to understand that we as citizens had a role in making things happen for our country. And he hoped that we’d inspire civic engagement and inspire a new generation of leaders for our country.

That’s the global, big idea of it. So then our job was to take that very big idea and try to make it into something that was tangible and that could really work. That’s what we did, I think, quite successfully.

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“The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is a place in Boston on Columbia Point for people to come experience democracy and to learn about the U.S. Senate.”

— Vicki Kennedy

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find common ground. Congress means coming together.

So how do you get that done? They have to figure out a way without compromising their values that they can find that little nugget of common ground. They do it by working together.

When you start to do that, they start to say, “Gosh, I never thought about what it was like to put myself into somebody else’s shoes. I never knew that these were the pressures that those people felt.” Teachers tell us that [the students] get back on the bus going back to school, and all they want to do is talk about what just happened because they’re so excited about it. We had a waiting list this past year of eighty-plus schools trying to get in to do the simulated center.

civil period in American politics perhaps since the Civil War. When you read about the goals of the institute, it talks about encouraging civility and constructive interactions. How do you teach that?

KENNEDY: Experientially. It’s nothing that you can preach. You could preach till the cows came home and say, “OK, be civil.”

That doesn’t get you anywhere. We have people come in and put themselves in the shoes of other people. For example, one N MAGAZINE: Are they from all over the country? of our programs is called the Senate Immersion Module. We KENNEDY: Primarily New England right now, but we have worked on it with video game experts to make it fast-paced them coming from all over the country. Because of the repand lively. We did beta testing in classrooms around the counutation that we’ve been able to garner, and because we’ve try. Young people are assigned a Senate seat, a state and a gotten the attention of foundations and others, we now are party. They’re told what able to start looking party they’re in, what at expanding it even “I’m optimistic, but I’m not Pollyanna. I think their party believes and beyond. We have a we’re in an incredibly serious time and I think what their constituents smaller program believe. They have our institutions are under attack and undermined called Today’s to reconcile that with Vote, which we’re in a very serious way. I don’t think that there’s whatever their own beany citizen who should be relaxed or sanguine …” working on right liefs might be. And then now with a founda— Vicki Kennedy they’re given a piece of tion to expand into legislation and they’ve classrooms around got to negotiate. They’ve got an adopted amendment; they’ve the country. Students stand up and debate spontaneously got to get it passed. with regular visitors coming in. So we’re working on that So let’s say it’s the Farm Bill. They’ve got to put themand it’s pretty doggone exciting. selves in the shoes of someone from a Midwestern farm state.

N MAGAZINE: In a world that’s very different from what we Here you may be a Massachusetts student who may have had have been used to, are you optimistic? a certain point of view, but now you’re an Iowa Republican KENNEDY: I’m absolutely optimistic. You can’t walk into the who has the pressures of your constituents, and you’ve got Kennedy Institute and see these young people participatto now compromise. And then you learn that compromise ing, being hopeful and caring, and not believe that we have isn’t a bad word. You will not get anything done unless you

a generation that is eager for change.

At the same time, I think that there’s an urgency that we can’t lose sight of.

I’m not Pollyanna. I’m optimistic, but I’m not Pollyanna. I think we’re in an incredibly serious time and I think our institutions are under attack and undermined in a very serious way. I don’t think that there’s any citizen who should be relaxed or sanguine and think somebody else is going to solve the problem. It’s time for every single person to be active and to do something about it and to be involved and to vote and to not wait for somebody else to do it.

N MAGAZINE: When Ted passed away, there was a great deal of talk about you stepping in. Was that a serious consideration at some point? Is that something you had to wrestle with?

KENNEDY: I felt really strongly that there was always one Senator Kennedy and it was him. I knew that there were people who were urging me to run, but it wasn’t where my heart was.

It wasn’t what I wanted to do. So sometimes the saying “no” is also kind of a big decision. It’s not so easy to tell people no when you feel like you’re disappointing them, but I knew what was not in my heart. That was his life.

at him and know that standing up, speaking out, being fearless in the face of even a chorus of people on the other side is the thing to do. He was fearless. He did stand up. He

visors. They said, “The race is tight, neck and neck, so one of the things we think you need to do is to sign on to this welfare bill. This will show that you really have evolved and you’re this new Democrat.”

“I hope that people will look at [Teddy] and know that standing up, speaking out, being fearless in the face of even a chorus of people on the other side is the thing to do.”

— Vicki Kennedy

was not concerned about what people might think. He wasn’t worried about a popularity contest.

I’ll tell you a story that says more to me about who he was than anything. In the early nineties, he had a very difficult race against Mitt Romney. It was certainly the most competitive race he had had since he first ran in the sixties. And after Labor Day, we were in one of these intense meetings with ad-

All the people in the room were saying, “Yes, yes, this is what you need to do. You’re the man of the future. You need to sign on to this new welfare bill.” Then there was a silence in the room and Teddy said, “I haven’t been in the Senate this long to have to win on the backs of poor women and children. I’m not doing that. What’s your next issue?” And that was it. That was who he was.

Because it wasn’t what he believed, he was not doing it even if it meant he was going to lose the U.S. Senate. I just don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of him. That’s who he was with every single thing he did.

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N MAGAZINE: It has been ten years since Teddy’s passing. He is clearly not forgotten and has a legendary status in American history. What is your hope of the lessons of Ted Kennedy as it relates to where we’re going and the future of the country?

KENNEDY: I hope that people will look

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CNN’s Jim Acosta shares his White House stories at the Dreamland this August

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In President Trump’s war on the press, no reporter has been more on the frontlines than CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta. After a heated press conference exchange in November 2018, where a White House aide attempted to seize the microphone away from him while he was asking the president a question, Acosta had his press credentials revoked.

The unprecedented move by the White House spurred condemnation from the press pool and thrust Acosta into the center of the news cycle.

The case ended up in federal court where a judge ruled that Acosta’s Fifth Amendment rights had been violated and that his press credentials must be reinstated. Since that legal victory, Acosta has been emblematic of the fight for protecting the free press. Earlier this summer, he released a book detailing his recent experiences covering the White House, titled The Enemy of the People, which he will be discussing with David Gregory this month at the Dreamland. As a preview to his visit, Acosta spoke to N Magazine from Japan while he was covering the G20 Summit.

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“I’ve received a number of death threats.

They come in on almost a weekly basis. Are all of these threats from people intending to do harm?

Perhaps not, but we have to take them all seriously.”

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secretary Sean Spicer were all referring to that report as “fake news.” He wouldn’t take a question from me at the press conference. And essentially, I thought at that point, my goodness, not only is he attacking our news organization, but he’s essentially telling the world that up is down and black is white and that a real story is fake. And so I thought I’d better butt in there and try to ask that question.

N MAGAZINE: How have you had to change your approach in covering the White House since then?

ACOSTA: What I have found since then is that this is a president who doesn’t always want to take that question if he knows it’s going to be calling into question whether or not he’s leveling with the American

N MAGAZINE: When did you realize that covering the White House wouldn’t be like it had been in the past?

ACOSTA: This really started during the transition, when [the president] had that press conference in January 2017. CNN was reporting at the time that the U.S. intelligence community had gone to him and said,

Scenes from the heated exchange with President Trump that resulted in Acosta having his press credentials temporarily revoked.

have compromising information on you.” And at this press

“I was going to Trump rallies with four bodyguards. One or two might be sort of normal, but four is just at a level that I’ve never experienced in this country.”

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“Mr. President, there may be a problem. The Russians may

conference, he, the vice president and the incoming press

people. Sometimes he doesn’t want to take that question when it’s about how he’s being dishonest. And so we have to not take no for an answer. We have to keep pushing to ask those hard questions. I think it really started there, and ever since, as you saw during the first two years of his presidency, he’s continued to escalate these assaults on the press, calling us the enemy of the people.

N MAGAZINE: Do you fear for your safety being labeled an “enemy N MAGAZINE: What security precautions do you have to take in of the people”? covering the president?

ACOSTA: I’ve received a number of death threats. They come in ACOSTA: After the pipe bomb incident, it was discovered that on almost a weekly basis. Are all of these threats from people the person who went on to plead guilty in that case, Cesar intending to do harm? Perhaps not, but we have to take them Sayoc, had made a number of death threats directed at me on all seriously. And it’s not just me. It’s some of my colleagues Twitter. My security was ramped up toward the end of the midat CNN, other journalterm cycle. I was going to ists and anchors and reTrump rallies with four porters who cover this bodyguards. One or two “I was raised in this business believing that a president. These threats might be sort of normal, reporter is not supposed to be the story and you’re come in more often than but four is just at a level not supposed to make yourself part of the story. But I think the public fully that I’ve never experithe president really dragged the press into the story understands. My hope enced in this country. because he wanted to essentially run against us is that there are folks when he had already defeated Hillary Clinton.” on the president’s side N MAGAZINE: You grabbed — Jim Acosta who will turn down the headlines last year rhetoric, turn down the after your press cretemperature, because dentials were revoked we can’t have a situation in this country where a journalist is by the White House. What was it like becoming the news injured or, God forbid, killed as a result of the president’s rhetstory yourself? oric and hostility toward the media. At that point, the United ACOSTA: I was raised in this business believing that a reporter States ceases being the country you and I grew up with. Reis not supposed to be the story and you’re not supposed porters should not need bodyguards to go to Trump rallies, you to make yourself part of the story. But the president really know? But that’s part of the reality that we deal with now. dragged the press into the story because he wanted to essen-

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tially run against us when he had already defeated Hillary Clinton. He was looking for a different sparring partner. Even the term “the enemy of the people” that he and Steve Bannon borrowed from dictators of yesteryear was essentially used as a way to incite the news media.

N MAGAZINE: Do you think that this is the new normal?

ACOSTA: I do. I think this is the new normal. I think 2020 could very well be worse than what we saw in 2016. We can’t have a situation in this country where reporters feel threatened just covering a political rally. I’ve covered four different campaigns. This is my second administration. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Now, there are folks who will say, “Oh, well, yeah, we’ve seen the rhetoric get escalated here and there, and people have gotten death threats before.” That’s all true. I’m not denying that, but my sense of it is that this is at a level that we have never seen in a generation. And it’s gotten to a point where if it escalates further, my concern is that somebody is going to get hurt.

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your colleagues at CNN to report “I’ve covered four different campaigns. on the positive stories coming out of This is my second administration. I’ve the White House when you feel so never seen anything like this before.” threatened?

— Jim Acosta ACOSTA: We’ve reported on [the positive stories], and I don’t think we get enough credit for it from some of the folks in his camp. We’ve reported on the economy, how it’s done well, how the stock market has done well. I was recently in Normandy covering the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Much was made of the fact that I said that the president gave a good speech. He did give a good speech. Do people remember that?

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No, they don’t. They just remember the times that you got into a contentious exchange with him, and that’s OK. I understand that. That’s fine. But this whole notion that we never report anything positive about him, it doesn’t hold up. I think there are plenty of examples out there.

N MAGAZINE: What advice would you give to the incoming press secretary?

ACOSTA: My sense of what got Sean Spicer into trouble and what got Sarah Sanders into trouble is that they lost sight of who they were working for.

They thought they were working for Donald Trump. And as the press secretary, you are working for the American people and for the United States government. You are perhaps the most important spokesperson for the United States government. Sarah Sanders was caught red-handed in the Mueller Report admitting that she knowingly passed on false information to reporters in the briefing room. That is not good for a press secretary’s legacy. And so my hope is that Stephanie Grisham will look at what’s happened over the last two years and recognize that she does work on behalf of the American people.

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N MAGAZINE: Do you see yourself as a crusader for protecting the free press?

ACOSTA: I don’t want to get high on my own fumes. The only thing I can point to is the press pass case. The president’s own team of lawyers, the Justice Department lawyers paid for with your tax dollars, were making the argument that the president of the United States can essentially pick and choose who covers him at the White House. Now, I think if they had been successful in that case, it would have been a real crushing blow for the First Amendment and for a free press in this country. So I’m glad it worked out the way it did. I think it was a good victory for the First Amendment, but it was also very revealing of the White House’s perspective on all of this.

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N MAGAZINE: What are you optimistic about moving forward into the next election?

ACOSTA: There were Trump supporters who would come up to me toward the end of the midterm cycle and tell me that they felt badly about the way we were being treated. That to me was a sign of hope and optimism for our process. But before we get too optimistic, we have to recognize things as they are in the world right now. And we have a very unusual president who is realizing some short-term political gains by dividing the country up. And the question for the American people heading into 2020 is whether or not this rhetoric and this behavior are rewarded with a second term. It is going to be an important turning point for the country.

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To read the full interview, visit N-Magazine.com Jim Acosta will be in conversation with David Gregory at The Dreamland on Sunday, August 4th, at 5 P.M.

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Taking score with CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus

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hen it comes to television icons, Sean McManus has achieved his own unique kind of fame. Hidden from the public eye, McManus has literally pulled the levers behind the biggest sports broadcasts on the planet. Today, he is one of the most highly respected television executives in the country. His career is dotted with Hall of Fame accolades, from being named the youngest vice president in the history of NBC at the age of twenty-seven, to being the only person to ever serve as president of both CBS News and CBS Sports concurrently. Now the chairman of CBS Sports, McManus continues to redefine television. In many ways, it’s a calling that began long before he was legally old enough to punch a time card.

Sean McManus was the only person to ever serve as the president of CBS Sports and CBS News concurrently.

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McManus with his father Jim McKay on assignment for the Wide World of Sports in the 1960s.

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cManus’ first job in television came at the age of twelve working in a production truck parked at the Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament. Emptying ashtrays and fetching sodas and coffee for the technicians pulling the levers behind the telecast, McManus felt an almost molecular pull toward the excitement of producing live television. In fact, he had sports broadcasting in his blood. His father, Jim McKay, was the legendary host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and McManus spent much of his childhood attending McManus with his father at sporting events around the globe. “In those days, Wide the 1972 Olympics in Munich World of Sports covered the entire breadth of the sports before tragedy struck. world, everything from the major sporting events to the lesser-known events,” McManus said. So some weeks, he’d attend the U.S. Open or the Indianapolis 500, and others, he’d be watching dog sled races, synchronized swimming competitions, barrel jumping contests and water skiing championships. “So I feel I have a great appreciation for sports not just at the highest levels, but in all “My dad always believed in levels in the area of competition.” storytelling, reporting and writing.”

Then came the 1972 Olympics in Munich. McManus joined — Sean McManus his father, who was covering gymnastics and track and field events for ABC Sports. On his only day off, McKay was swimming in the hotel pool when a call came in commanding him directly to the studio. He pulled his trousers over his swim trunks, grabbed his son and headed for the ABC compound. Unbeknownst to McKay, the Israeli team had been taken hostage in the Olympic village. “My dad got into the anchor chair and didn’t leave till about eighteen hours later,” McManus remembered.

“I was with him during that entire period. He was the only conduit that the outside world had to this terrible tragedy.” As McManus watched his father report the news all the way to its terrible conclusion, he saw another side of him—not just the sports broadcaster, but

the journalist.

“My dad always believed in storytelling, reporting and writing,” McManus reflected. “He was a sports broadcaster but he could have just as easily been an anchor or news reporter. So he instilled in me a true appreciation of storytelling, writing and reporting, so that when I got the job at CBS News, I really feel that in my bones and in my character, this tradition that my father instilled in me, the skills that he instilled in me and the lessons that I watched him perform served me very well.”

Growing up, McManus used to do the play-by-play of Yankees and Giants games into a handheld tape recorder, practicing the skills he observed in his father. “But when I got into my teens, I realized that it would be very hard to follow in his footsteps,” McManus reflected. “He cast an awfully big shadow.” Instead, he decided that he was better qualified to be behind the camera. He remembered the thrill he felt inside the production truck for the first time. McManus worked as a “gofer” at ABC during college, running errands and taking a firm grip on the bottom rung of the production ladder. After graduating cum laude from Duke, he got an entry level job as a production assistant at ABC Sports.

However, after two years, McManus realized that working for the same network as his father presented unique advantages and disadvantages. Some people made his life easier, while others made it harder. He wanted to earn his way on his own merit, so one day he invited his father to lunch and told him that he was considering leaving ABC for another network. His father not only supported the decision, but instructed him to go to a payphone in the restaurant and call up one of his old colleagues at NBC.

"...when I got the job at CBS News, I really feel that in my bones and in my character, this tradition that my father instilled in me, the skills that he instilled in me and the lessons that I watched him perform served me very well.”

In the mid-nineties, McManus moved networks yet again, taking the position of president of CBS Sports.

At the time, he had already left NBC Sports and had been running the television division of the sports marketing behemoth International Management Group. Exiting a restaurant one night in the fall of 1996 in Man-

the money; he was taking it for the opportunity. “I saw a great chance to return CBS to its glory days,” McManus said.

And that’s exactly what he did.

McManus led the charge to reclaiming the rights to the NFL, which CBS had lost to Fox in the early nineties.

“The biggest accomplishment that

— Sean McManus

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Sure enough, McManus was offered an entry level job as an associate producer at NBC Sports where he was assigned to everything from the Tour de France to the NFL. Within six years, he was made vice president of programming and planning at NBC Sports. “For whatever reason, my bosses had faith that I could do it, and I was thrown into the upper echelons of management,” McManus said. “I was really scared and I had a great deal of anxiety, but I realized that if I worked as hard as I could, and studied as much as I could, and prepared as much as I could that I could succeed in this role.”

Young and single, McManus was married to NBC Sports. He was hattan, McManus bumped into Peter I’d ever been lucky enough to be a the first in the office and the last to Lund, who ran CBS at the time, and part of was when we brought the NFL leave. He not only mastered the progot to talking about the sports busi- back in 1998,” he said. “That really gramming of NBC, but he became an ness. Two weeks later, Lund invited put CBS Sports back on equal footing expert in what his competitors were him to breakfast and offered him the with the other sports divisions and indoing over at ABC and CBS. Like a journalist try“My father was universally respected for his integrity as well ing to break a story first, McManus worked intensely as his talent. He used to say that ‘The camera can spot a to get the rights to broadcast phony every time. That’s true in television and in life.’ I have headlining sporting events. tried to live my life with those words in mind.”

During his five years as — Sean McManus vice president, McManus successfully negotiated the rights to the Olympics, the NFL, Wimjob to run CBS Sports. McManus deed made the CBS corporation and bledon, the Orange Bowl, NCAA coltook the position before even asking television network itself really vilege basketball and auto racing. “They what his salary would be. When Lund able again.” The network locked in were some of the most fulfilling years questioned him on that, McManus the NFL until 2022 and went on to of my career,” McManus said. said that he wasn’t taking the job for produce seven Super Bowls, the most

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recent of which came last February with the New England Patriots’ victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

McManus proved so effective in running CBS Sports that in 2005 he was made president over CBS News as well. For five years, McManus’ days consisted of sprinting from one studio to another, helming the production of both newscasts and sports broadcasts. His eye for talent, developed from watching his father for so many years, yielded such successful hires as Katie Couric at CBS News and more recently Tony Romo for CBS Sports.

McManus’ skills were put to the ultimate test during CBS Sports’ 2013 broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII when the power suddenly went out early in the third quarter. From their headquarters, McManus quarterbacked his production team, communicating to cameramen and on-air talent through cellphones, and effectively changing their roles from sports broadcasters to investigative journalists. When the power fi-

nally came flickering back nearly forty minutes later, McManus resumed his post overseeing the live coverage of the game. “The Blackout Bowl,” as it became known, was just another exhilarating episode in a television career that spans four decades.

Today, McManus continues to serve as chairman of CBS Sports. Though his title might be higher up the ladder, McManus still finds himself wedged inside the production truck watching over producers’ shoulders like he did back when he was twelve years old. The thrill of producing live television is as captivating to him today as it was back then.

And though his father Jim McKay passed away a little over a decade ago, Sean McManus still remembers all the lessons he learned from him: “My father was universally respected for his integrity as well as his talent. He used to say that ‘The camera can spot a phony every time.

That’s true in television and in life.’ I have tried to live my life with those words in mind.”

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awking at mega yachts parked one after the next in the Boat Basin has become something of a Nantucket tourist attraction. Calling from ports far and wide, these floating five-star hotels have become emblematic of extraordinary wealth, sophisticated design and lavish luxury. There

are scores of mega yacht manufacturers around the world, but few have chartered their own course quite like the Ferretti Group. This summer, two of Ferretti’s top models—the Riva 66’ Ribelle and Ferretti Yachts 780—have been docked outside of Cru, allowing onlookers to get an up close and personal look at how the other half lives.

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Lore Formerly Ipsum t the helm of Ferretti is Alberto Galassi, who took over as CEO in—2014. an executive at the Italian private jet manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace, Galassi was quick to make waves at Ferretti by launching twenty-four new models in just three years. Though he might have the throttle pegged, Galassi is also keenly aware that he is serving as a steward of these iconic seacraft that have been more than fifty years in the making. He talks about owning one of these yachts, such as a Riva, with the same sense of reverence.

“You don’t own a Patek Philippe; you’re just merely looking after it for the next generation,” Galassi said at the Super Yacht Design Symposium earlier this year. “Riva is the same … you’re managing a legend.”

Outdoor and indoor spaces of the Riva Ribelle, one of only four in existence that was docked in Nantucket Harbor this July.

One of these legends was docked outside of Cru for most of July. Only four Riva Ribelles are in existence today. The Ribelle that was in Nantucket Harbor last month is the only one in the United States. This sixty-six-foot sportscraft looks like something Batman would drive. Indeed, ribelle means “rebel” in Italian, and the Riva designers clearly shattered the mold in creating a fast yet comfortable yacht that could motor from Hyannis to Cape Cod in around thirty minutes.

With four cabins, four bathrooms and 1,550 horses of power, this new sport fly bridge isn’t designed to sit idly tied up on the docks. The blue sapphire hull has sprawling glass windows allowing passengers to watch as the ocean screams by at a top speed of 37 knots. Opaque mahogany, gleaming stainless steel and fine leather abound throughout the interior. The VIP cabin at the bow comes equipped with its own large galley. Meanwhile, the cockpit has a stern-side sun pad perfect for lounging as the Ribelle cruises at 33 knots.

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“You don’t own a Patek Philippe; you’re just merely looking after it for the next generation...Riva is the same … you’re managing a legend.”

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aking the Riva’s slip outside of Cru this August is the Ferretti Yachts 780.

At a sprawling seventy-eight feet and nine inches, the 780 exemplifies the clean lines, aerodynamic design and seaworthy sportiness that has propelled Ferretti to the top of the line over the last fifty years. Beginning at the stern, a tailgate opens and transforms into a sea-level lounge. Similar outdoor spaces continue throughout with an expansive top deck as well as a cushy sun deck at the bow.

Through its glass doors, the 780’s interior looks transported from a contemporary penthouse.

With a palatial living room equipped with a semicircular couch, plush armchairs and several smoking tables, this truly is the lap of luxury. The dining room has a table set for eight, which has easy access to the fully equipped galley on the starboard side. Below deck, a hall connects to four bedrooms, each with its own en suite bathroom. The master suite takes up the full beam of the 780, providing more than enough space for its own study, lounge area, walk-in closets and master bath. Meanwhile, the VIP suite at the bow connects to two additional cabins. Propelling all

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Through its glass doors, the 780’s interior looks transported from a contemporary penthouse.

of this are two twin MAN engines packing 1,400 hp, enough power to hit a top speed of 31 knots.

Last summer, the Ferretti Group marked its fiftieth anniversary with an over-the-top, three-day celebration in Venice. After the Italian Navy opened the Arsenal of Venice doors to eleven yachts from the Ferretti family, guests were treated to a dramatic flyover by the Italian Air Force with the Italian colors flowing from their jet streams. While Ferretti’s celebration on Nantucket this summer might not have been nearly as elaborate, the two models they docked here were every bit as illustrious.

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Michael Kahn takes a delightfully old-fashioned approach to photographing the sailing world. Wielding a sixty-year-old Hasselblad—the same kind of camera that NASA left on the moon during the Apollo missions—Kahn shoots 6 centimeter by 6 centimeter squares of film while battling wind, waves and weather. “The shutter speeds are slow compared to modern cameras, so my failure rate is high,” the fine art photographer explains. “I only get maybe two shots as a boat passes by.” The shots he does capture possess action, contrast, simplicity and a sense of timelessness that’s intrinsic to sailing. “The best shots happen in the most difficult conditions, so it is kind of a wet, wild ride,” Kahn says. While he has chased sailboats in exotic locations around the world, Kahn regularly returns to Nantucket where the deep nautical roots of the island resonate with his style. “The Nantucket Opera House Cup in August offers its own unique set of difficulties,” he says. “Typically hazy, hot and light winds make it even more difficult—but there are some good boats and I like the challenge.” In honor of this month’s Opera House Cup, Kahn gave N Magazine an exclusive look at the 1 percent of his photos that go to print.

THE BOWMAN Staring straight into the St. Tropez sun, the bowman frees the jib halyard onboard Mariette, a Herreshoff design built in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1915.

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VELSHEDA VS. ENDEAVOUR J Class yachts Velsheda and Endeavour go downwind in the large surf off of Antigua.

BEATING The new J Class yacht Topaz goes upwind in 12-foot waves in the deep blue waters of St. Barth’s.

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ENDEAVOUR Kahn tried to keep up with J Class Endeavour under her stunning star-spangled spinnaker while going around the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, in 2001 during the America’s Cup Jubilee.

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MARIETTE Kahn got very close to the charging Mariette coming over a large wave in Antigua.

SAILS OF THENDARAÂ Kahn captured details of the lovely sail plan of the 1937 yacht Thendara.

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LET FALL THE TOPSAIL Two crew members are highlighted at the top of Highlander Sea’s masts against a dreamy sky.

THE DOWNWIND LEG J Class Velsheda gets ready to drop her spinnaker and raise her jibs. Kahn took this photograph 171 while sitting inside the mark of the downwind leg.

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LOOKING SHARP HIGH-FLYING FASHION MEETS BLADE AIRLINES

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ON HER — TOP: VERONICA BEARD X PERCH PANTS: PERCH BAG: GYPSY NECKLACE, EARRINGS, RING: THE VAULT ON HIM — SHIRT, SHORTS, SHOES: MURRAY’S TOGGERY GLASSES: ACK EYE

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ON HER — TOP: VERONICA BEARD X PERCH SKIRT: PERCH NECKLACE & RING: JEWEL IN THE SEA

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ON HIM — SWEATER, SHORTS, SHOES: MURRAY’S TOGGERY

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ON HER — TOP, PANTS: SHARI’S PLACE JACKET: MILLY & GRACE EARRINGS, RING: THE VAULT ON HIM — ENTIRE LOOK: MURRAY’S TOGGERY WATCH: JEWEL IN THE SEA

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ON HER — DRESS: MILLY & GRACE CUFF: THE VAULT

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BLADE, the digitally powered aviation company, launched its direct scheduled seaplane service between Manhattan and Nantucket in 2018. It is currently the only service that gives users the option to purchase by-the-seat travel between East 23rd Street in Manhattan and Nantucket. In addition to the seaplane service, BLADE offers travel from Westchester Airport, where users can depart via PC-12 turboprop.

The BLADE Lounge featured in this spread is at Nantucket Airport and was completed in 2018. It currently features art from Samuel Owen Gallery and a full view of the tarmac, offering travelers a unique way to begin and end their Nantucket travel.

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ON HIM — TOP, SHOES, BAG: MURRAYS TOGGERY PANTS: VINEYARD VINES WATCH: JEWEL IN THE SEA

ON HER — EARRINGS, NECKLACE: JEWEL IN THE SEA SHIRT, SHOES: SHARI’S PLACE 183 SKIRT: VERONICA BEARD X PERCH

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Nantucket Book Festival 2019

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CHRIS VINEIS, NATHANIEL PHILBRICK & MADDIE HJULSTROM

REBECCA MAKKAI & TIM EHRENBERG

MARINA JUBE, CHRIS VINEIS, MADDIE HJULSTROM, DAVID MARTIN, KRISTIE FERRANTELLA

THARON DUNN

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CRAIG JOHNSON & KIRK WALLACE JOHNSON

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CHERIE BURNS, BLUE BALLIETT, STEVEN AXELROD & NANCY THAYER

JENNY MONTGOMERY

MADELINE MILLER

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JENNIFER BLECHER & THOMAS FLETCHER

BRETWORTH BARRY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM EHRENBERG, JOSHUA BRADFORD GRAY, AND ZOFIA AND CO. STUDIOBOOTH

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The Global Lyme Alliance

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THE GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE GALA

ROBERTO SANTAMARIA, DR. LISE NIGROVIC & HER DAUGHTER

LYLE HOWLAND & SUSAN ZISES GREEN

DAN DUNLAP & SHELLIE DUNLAP

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CHRIS DRAKE, WILL STEELE, LISE NIGROVIC, SCOTT SANTARELLA & DEBBIE SICILIANO

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PHIL NARDONE & SUSAN DOUGHAN

GLA DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT STACY VELARDE & GLA CEO SCOTT SANTARELLA

JEFF NEWTON, SARAH NEWTON, JIM GROSS & LINDA MASON

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SUSAN DOUGHAN, CHRIS DRAKE & FRIEND

Whether walking one of the historic neighborhoods or biking for miles on dedicated paths using our FREE trACK Nantucket touring app, you will see firsthand why Nantucket is unique and beautiful.

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CHRIS DRAKE, SCOTT PELTIER, PHIL NARDONE & WILL STEELE

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Fourth of July Water Fight

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AMANDA & BRADLEY PEER

GABRIELLA PALAZZO

BRADY MOSELEY & MOLLY RAPS

GIANNA HALFELDER & PIERCE MUGFORD

KAREN RACHLES & CINDY RECCHIA

KELLY FENNESSY

KIM HARTMAN, KATIE HARTMAN & COURTNEY ZESSAR

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BRETT VOGEL & TED NOON

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MAX HARTMAN, ANDY HARTMAN & JOSH GRANADER

OLIVIA, GABRIELLA & JAMES PALAZZO XXXXXXXXXXXX

There are many ways to navigate the Island without a car.

So, leave the keys please and experience more of the magic of Nantucket.

Visit

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SHERLEY SCHUMAKER & TINA TROTT

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THE TANCY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAGGIE McMANUS & KELLY FENNESSY

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Invest In the nantucket Fund.

Invest In nantucket.

Make a dIFFerence here.

“A 35 year resident of Nantucket suffered a major accident when he fell down a ladder of a widow’s walk.

His workers comp policy would not pay for his injury.

Nantucket Food, Fuel, and Rental Assistance helped pay his rent during the period of recuperation using a Nantucket Fund Grant.” ~ Janis Carreiro, Nantucket Food, Fuel, and Rental Assistance

“The Summer Boost Program, which was funded by the Nantucket Fund, brought to us a child who had suffered significant trauma. Simply stepping on the school bus was overwhelming and frightening for this student.

Summer Boost helped him feel safe in the school and develop friendships with his peers.” ~ Pauline Cronin, Nantucket Community School

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Invest in the Nantucket Fund and ensure the Community Foundation is able to make a difference to those organizations that are most critical to the Island’s well-being.

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HOOKED on HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF NHA ARCHIVES

Fishing through the Nantucket Historical Association’s bountiful image archives

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D. Levi Coffin, Ruth Holmes, Walter Holt and Capt. Barrett hauling in a big sturgeon on a boat.

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The way Maine weddings should be.

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PHOTOS BY LINDAY VANN PHOTOGRAPHY AND NOVELLA PHOTOGRAPHY

The newly reimagined Whitehall is your coastal Maine setting for modern, outside-of-the-box events. Plan your intimate wedding ceremony, reception or rehearsal dinner—or ask about booking the entire inn, and enjoy the best of Midcoast Maine all weekend long.

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THE 65th ANNUAL HOUSE & GARDEN TOUR

“A Summer Day on Brant Point” Wednesday, August 7, 2019 11 am to 4 pm Rain or Shine

The Nantucket Garden Club Inc. Member of the Garden Club of America Advance tickets and further details available online at www.nantucketgardenclub.org - $70.00 Tickets will also be on sale the day of the tour at each home for $75.00 All proceeds support Nantucket scholarships, conservation & community projects

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NUPTIALS Featured Wedding

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BRIDE & GROOM: CHLOE LYONS & BLAKE GRAUER REHEARSAL DINNER & WELCOME PARTY VENUE: GALLEY BEACH CEREMONY: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH RECEPTION: SIASCONSET CASINO AFTER PARTY: CRU WEDDING PLANNERS: HANDY AND DALLAIRE EVENTS WELCOME BOXES: LYONSLIFESTYLE FLOWERS: FLOWERS ON CHESTNUT RECEPTION (AND BRUNCH) CATERING: NANTUCKET CATERING COMPANY HAIR AND MAKEUP: BLUSH SALON AND COLOR BAR (SARAH ALCEQUIEZ) CEREMONY & COCKTAIL HOUR MUSIC: BOSTON STRING QUARTET BAND: ENCORE WEDDING CAKE: CAKE BY NANTUCKET PHOTOGRAPHY: ABBY TOHLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CO. VIDEOGRAPHY: OWL AND ANCHOR STUDIOS WEDDING GOWN: ELIE SAAB BRIDE’S WEDDING SHOES: JIMMY CHOO GROOM’S TUXEDO: ENZO CUSTOM GROOM’S WHITE DINNER JACKET: ENZO CUSTOM GROOM’S SHOES: STUBBS AND WOOTTON

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NOT SO FAST

Living the Dream

INTERVIEW BY LEISE TRUEBLOOD

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN SAGER

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ANDREWS: This place does more than just the bare minimum of showing movies. Of course, we have movies on the roster every day, but we also do other things. This is a legitimate cultural center of entertainment, discussion, fun and excitement. I say to people when they come in, “Even though we are small, we’re mighty.”

speak at the Dreamland, who would you love to see?

ANDREWS: Oh, the list can just go on for miles. I mean, I’d love to bring in the Dalai Lama, maybe Bono of U2, maybe the Pope, Barack Obama. As much as they are long shots, this place has that potential to bring in these people because there’s a name recognition to both the Dreamland and the island as this incredible global center.

N MAGAZINE: Who’s your favorite person you’ve seen speak or perform at the Dreamland?

ANDREWS: The question is who isn’t my favorite? Joe Biden was awesome. John Kerry was fun. It’s like what I say when I’m at the desk every single day: “The question is not what is good? The question is what isn’t good? Every single time you’re in for something great.” Really, every single event is the event. We don’t treat things as mid-tier; we treat everything as super [high] caliber. You need to make sure that, for every event, people leave feeling that they’ve seen something great.

creative writing. [While I was] getting my master’s, I did a screenplay thesis. So, once more, the art imitated the life. The screenplay let me get the job at a place where basically we bring screenplays to life every day. I always like going to Mr. Gray’s book festival and seeing all the authors and seeing all these incredible, creative people out there and saying, “Hey, maybe I could one day be sitting at that table signing the book.”

But [we’ll have] to see how that goes.

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acter from a book or a movie that sticks out in your mind?

ANDREWS: Superman. That’s what I really consider to be my all-time favorite classic film. I mean, back in my parents’ house, I had scores of the comics.

I used to run around with the red cape on much to my parents’ [dismay].

N MAGAZINE: What do you think makes a really great story?

ANDREWS: A story has to be able to inspire.

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from Nantucket in a time capsule to be discovered a hundred years from now, what would you put?

ANDREWS: The whole thing. I would literally levitate the island, put it in a massive ship, hold it there and say please open.

There would be no three things. Everything goes in, because like I say, “It’s the whole, not the sum of the parts.”

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