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8 N MAGAZINE DISCLAIMER: The written information provided has been obtained and conveyed from third part es such as the applicab e Multiple Listing Service public records as well as other sources All written and verbal information including that produced by the Sellers or Premier Estate Properties are subject to errors, omissions or changes without notice and purchaser shall perform their own due diligence Copyright 2022 Premier Estate Properties Inc All Rights Reserved Over the course of my career listing and selling real estate in Palm Beach, I have been affiliated with different firms, most recently as an Associate with Premier Estate Proper ties/Christie’s Palm Beach These pending and sold proper ties represent my effor ts while with previous firms All information provided as of July 12, 2022 210 PALMO WAY, PALM BEACH, FL $10 9 Million Land + ARCOM Approved Plans Info: www PB211669 com 1125 S OCEAN BLVD, PALM BEACH, FL $208,000 Monthly Annual Lease Info: www PB22767 com E x c l u s i v e L i s t i n g P A L M B E A C H 7 OCEAN LANE, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Represented The Transaction For Seller $39 Million Off Market Sale | Last Asking Price 365 N COUNTY RD, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Represented The Transaction For Seller $24 9 Million Last Asking Price S o l d 2 0 2 2 S o l d 2 0 2 2 219 BRAZILIAN AVENUE, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Represented The Transaction For Buyer $19 5 Million Furnished Last Asking Price 200 REGENTS PARK ROAD, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Represented The Transaction For Buyer $14.85 Million Last Asking Price S o l d 2 0 2 S2 o l d 2 0 2 2 Margit Brandt Luxur y Estate Advisor 561.545.7386 margit@premierestateproper ties com margitbrandt info Premier Estate Properties Presenting Properties Exclus vely I n E x c e s s O f O n e M i l l i o n D o l l a r s TM 1 2 5 Wo r t h Ave n u e Pa l m B e a c h F l o r i d a 3 3 4 8 0 E x c l u s i v e L e a s e

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Located just two blocks from Main Street, this exceptional four-bedroom, three- and one half-bath home has been thoughtfully renovated combining modern living with significant historic integrity. Many of the original materials were saved, includingmoldings, trim, floors, and original hardware. The kitchen, dining room, and spacious gathering area opens to the covered porch and stunning backyard with lovingly cared-for perennial gardens and a storage shed.

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13N-MAGAZINE.COM Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. MAURY PEOPLE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY l 37 MAIN STREET, NANTUCKET, MA 02554 l 508.228.1881 l MAURYPEOPLE.COM THREE UNIQUE PROPERTIES FOR A VISIONARY BUYER CHANDRA MILLER Nantucket’s No.1 Broker chandra@maurypeople.comC508-360-777733 BAXTER | $7,895,000 MAIN HOUSE 4 BEDS | 3.5 BATHS • STUDIO 1 BATH • GARAGE MORGAN POMFRET Rental Director & Sales Associate Cmorgan@livnantucket.com772-766-9740 14 HUSSEY STREET | $5,195,000 9 BEDS | 5.5 BATHS 1 SCONSET AVENUE | $2,495,000 GORGEOUS BUILDING LOT | 4-BAY GARAGE 2 BEDS | 2 BATHS UNITS

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HEALTH WELLNESSN Holly Ruth Finigan sheds light on transformativethepower of meditation. NBUZZ All the news, tidbits and scuttlebutt that’s fit to print courtesy of the Nantucket Current. NEED TO READ Our resident bookworm Tim Ehrenberg turns the page to fall. NOSH NEWS Tom Olcott is on a mission to revolutionize the beverage business with his sparkling matcha tea called Motto. Autumn

CONTRIBUTORS Meet some of the talented folks who made this issue possible. NUMBERS A numerical snapshot of thisNantucketsummer. NEAT STUFF For more than twenty years, overhasProductionAdvancedandDesigntakenislandeventsthetop. NTOPTEN All the must-dos for this shoulder season. NGREDIENTS Private chef Laura Ubaldino dishes out one of her appetizers.favorite NECESSITIES Jot these items down on your fall wish list. KID’N AROUND School might be back in session, but there’s still a lot of extracurriculars to choose from for your kiddos.

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CUTTING CLASS One of the most popular courses at Nantucket High School is not in the classroom but the wood shop. 56

HOOKED NANTUCKETON Captain Tom Mleczko reflects on fifty years on the water.

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NVESTIGATE BEYOND THE BLAZE Meet some of the unsung heroes of the Veranda House fire. 62

DOUBLE PLATINUM How the Hess Twins are turning up the volume on Nantucket. 74 80

15N-MAGAZINE.COM NSPIRE MAHON OF THE PEOPLE Nantucket lost a true original this summer. GOOD STOCK The works of island-inspired artist Courtney Stock. 5044

HYPER FOCUSED Nantucket summer resident Nancy Armstrong’s groundbreaking docu mentary on ADHD. 68 NDEPTH The Hess Twins are pumping up the volume on Nantucket (photo by Drew Cigna).

16 N MAGAZINE ON THE COVER Congressman Bill Keating appears on the cover of the September issue in a photograph taken by Chief Photographer Kit Noble. ALL POLITICS ARE GLOBAL Congressman Bill Keating takes an international approach to local leadership. GROWING UP IACOCCA Life as the daughter of automotive icon Lee Iacocca. IN THE LINE OF FIRE Retired United States Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman shares insights from the Trump impeachment trial. 1009286 NQUIRY 68 Hyper Focused Nantucket summer resident Nancy Armstrong presents a groundbreaking new film on ADHD (photo by Kit Noble). N SEPTEMBER 2022 CONGRESSMAN BILL KEATING RETIRED VINDMANALEXANDER ROCKING WITH THE TWINSHESSTOMMLECZKO UNSUNGCAPTAIN HEROES OF THE HOUSEVERANDAFIREMagazineNantucketWorldwideReadMagazineLocalThe2022September

Xxxxxxxx 62 Beyond the Blaze NHA HARVEST TIME Digging back into Nantucket agrarian roots courtesy of the NHA archives. 117 NOT SO FAST A quick conversation with Tommy Bresette. 134 NUPTIALSJuliaBrownand Matthew Beer tied the knot on Nantucket. 132 NVOGUE AUTUMN RUNWAY Behold the ultimate fall wardrobe. 106 An aerial shot of devastation from the Veranda House fire (photo by Kit Noble).

18 N MAGAZINE PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bruce A. Percelay EDITOR Robert Cocuzzo ART DIRECTOR Paulette Chevalier MANAGING EDITOR Emme Duncan CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Kit Noble FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER Brian Sager SENIOR WRITER Jason Graziadei CONTRIBUTORS Eliza Bowman Tim JohnCarlEhrenbergMcGradyWendyRouillardJonathanSoroff PHOTOGRAPHER Drew Cigna Bill GeorgieHoenkMorleyTomOlcott DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING & PARTNERSHIPS Emme Duncan ADVERTISING SALES Fifi Greenberg PUBLISHER N. LLC CHAIRMAN: Bruce A. Percelay ©Copyright 2022 Nantucket Times. Nantucket Times (N Magazine) is published six times annually from April through December. Reproduction of any part of this publication is prohibited without written permission from the publisher. Editorial submissions may be sent to Editor, Nantucket Times, 15 North Beach Street, Nantucket, MA 02554. We are not responsible for unsolicited editorial or graphic material. Office (508) 228-1515 or fax (508) 228-8012. Signature Printing and Consulting 800 West Cummings Park Suite 2900 Woburn Nantucket Times 17 North Beach Street Nantucket, MA 508-228-151502554 N 3 Championship Golf Courses : 17 Har-Tru Tennis Courts : Pickleball : Squash Oceanfront Beach Club : Watersports : Golf Clubhouse : Sea To River Living Exclusively John’s Island 772.231.0900 : JohnsIslandFL.com John’s Island Home To Pure Florida Bliss. Thank you Nantucket for making us number one. In less than a year, Nantucket Current has emerged as the island's most trusted source of news. Our coverage now includes island events ranging from politics, to sports, to breaking news. By providing the island with the unbiased, relevant and timely news, we are proud to have been number one. SCAN FLOWCODE TO SUBSCRIBE NWWW.NANTUCKETCURRENT.COM MON • WED • FRI • Breaking News • Total digital readership • Story click throughs EVERYTHING ELSE IS OLD NEWS TM FIRST IN • National News pickups • International news pickups

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Publisher’s Letter

Elected in 2010, Keating has artfully combined his global influence with local matters. While main taining a national focus, Keating has not taken his eye off a wide range of issues affecting Nantucket. In another interview, N Magazine sat down for an extensive and intense conversation with retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman who was fired from the Trump administration after testifying in Trump’s first impeachment hearings. Vindman’s testimony thrust him into the line of fire from Trump’s fierce base of supporters.

Another thought leader is summer resident and executive producer Nancy Armstrong , whose latest film The Disruptors strives to destigmatize attention-deficient/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . After raising three children with ADHD, she and her husband, Tim, realized how little information and resources were available for families struggling with this incredibly common diagnosis. Her film not only explains how young people can overcome the challenges of ADHD, but also turn it into a superpower.

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Speaking of pressure under fire, quite literally, N Magazine digs deeper into the remarkable com munity effort during and after the Veranda House fire. While the story has been widely covered, there is more to this event than meets the eye and reveals how Nantucket responded to its most dangerous fire event since the Great Fire of 1846. Another type of hero that we cover in this issue is the late automotive giant, Lee Iacocca, through

his daughter Kate Hentz, who has long summered on Nantucket. We gain a touching insight not only into their father-daughter relationship but how a man of immigrant parents rose to the top of the automotive industry and revolutionized it.

Last, this issue pays tribute to island icon Gene Mahon , who passed away in July. Gene was a ubiquitous figure on Nantucket for decades as a photographer and entrepreneur and became part of the social fabric of the island. His soft-spoken and gentle style won the affection of those around him and he will be sorely missed. Every summer on Nantucket is remarkable in its own way, but this summer was certainly one for the record books. We hope you enjoy the upcoming fall season on the island.

Nantucket is never truly predictable, but we have seen a number of outliers this season that are record-breaking. Our average temperature was among the highest on record, the number of shark sightings was unprecedented and the Veranda House fire was the most serious since the Great Fire of 1846. On a positive note, many hotels broke records for occupancy, we achieved the highest home sales ever, and the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert brought in record revenues for the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Popularity records and politicians are rarely mentioned together in the same sentence, but in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker has been the most popular governor ever and our local Congressman Bill Keating is not far behind in his role as representative for the Cape and Islands.

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After growing up in Newton and graduating from Duke University, Jonathan Soroff began his journalism career at the Boston Herald . For twenty-eight years, he was the lead columnist for The Improper Bostonian magazine, writing the social column and a celebrity interview in each issue and contributing numerous features. He’s written for a variety of publications, including People , London’s Royal Academy Magazine, South China Morning Post, Modern Luxury, DuJour , The National and the South African editions of Elle and Elle Decor . He is currently a contributing editor at Boston magazine, writing the Person of Interest interview, a quarterly column and travel content, and he produces travel stories for numerous national and international publications.

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JohnCarl McGrady is a journalist at Nantucket Current and a student at Williams College, where he studies political science. He has been interested in journalism since middle school and served as the editor-in-chief of Veritas , the Nantucket High School paper, for two years. A dedicated investigative reporter, JohnCarl has taken his passion with him to several news includingorganizations, Nantucket About Town, Nantucket Community Television and his college newspaper, The Williams Record Outside of journalism, JohnCarl spends his time writing and reading fantasy novels, advocating for climate justice and exploring the great outdoors with his dog, Tucker.

From touring with Post Malone to covering major festivals like Coachella, Gov Ball and Osheaga, twenty-six-year-old Drew Cigna has made a name for himself in the photography and entertainment industries. His work has been featured in prom inent publications like Billboard, Complex, Pollstar and Hype Beast , among others. During the summer, Drew splits time be tween New York City, Nantucket and Boston. He’s currently film ing a forthcoming documentary that’s close to his heart. Until that drops, you’re most likely to find him grabbing a bite at Millie’s or along Madaket Beach.

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NANTUCKET BY THEN UMBERS

Age of Jim Norton, the oldest participant of this summer’s Nantucket Triathlon who finished with a time of 2:34.29 and was greeted by his children and grandchil dren at the finish line.

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The summer the Veranda House first opened its doors for business, operating for centuries before being destroyed by a fire on July 9.

80 Nantucket’s average summer population, up nearly 70 percent since 2014, according to new data released this month by the Nantucket Data Platform.

200,000 $ $ $ Number of days it took Adam Nagler to complete his paddleboard journey from Buxton, North Carolina, to the shore of Nantucket, a distance of over 600 miles.

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23N-MAGAZINE.COM 50 BURNELL STREET $5,985,000 23 ORANGE STREET $4,875,000 39 QUAISE ROAD $7,895,000 134c MAIN STREET $4,250,000 1 BEAVER STREET $1,995,000 28 MEDOUIE CREEK ROAD $12,950,000 LEE REAL ESTATE 10 South Beach Street • Nantucket, MA 508-325-5800 • office@leerealestate.com • leerealestate.com 23 WEST CHESTER STREET #6 $1,445,000 40 PINE STREET $2,530,000 72 POCOMO ROAD $21,750,000

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While Nantucket is THE place to be in the summer, you really can’t beat the off-season. We strongly encourage everyone to consider booking a “shoulder season” trip. The crowds are thinner, the beach and ocean are still warm (September and October), and there are multiple weekend festivals and events. Accommodations are much easier to come by. Prices become more budgetfriendly and many of the rental homes don’t require mandatory seven-day stays, perfect for a quick weekend getaway! Keep Restaurant Week on your radar. Popular restaurants that may have been a challenge to get into in the summer are now easier to enjoy. Most restaurants also participate in Restaurant Week every fall and offer a three-course prix fixe menu, but some do offer options from their entire menu! While most restaurants are open until Columbus Day, be sure to check their website beforehand and book ahead!ack.fish/22calendar Scan here for the most upto-date event information & discover Nantucket with Team Fisher

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N-MAGAZINE.COM 21 Main Street, Nantucket, MA | 508.228.4407 fishernantucket.com SEPTEMBER Nantucket Cottage Hospital Sankaty Swing September 12 The Nantucket Project September 15 - 18 Maria Mitchell Association Women of Science Symposium September 22 - 24 Nantucket Land Bank Cross-Island Hike September 24 Nantucket Association’sShellfishScallopers Ball September 30 OCTOBER Nantucket Harvest Fair (Island Fair & Cranberry Festival) October 1 - 2 Nantucket Half Marathon October 9 Main Street Halloween Parade October 31 NOVEMBER Cold Turkey Plunge November 24 Chamber’s Annual Tree Lighting November 27 DECEMBER Stroll Weekend December 2 - 4 NHA’s Festival of Trees

Contact an agent. Whether you are looking for a spacious compound for the holidays or a quaint cottage for a weekend getaway, we can help. Call 508.228.4407, email info@fishernantucket.com, or stop by our office at 21 Main Street to speak with one of our knowledgeable rental agents.

Mark your calendars for scallop season! The scalloping season on Nantucket begins around October 1st. Check out ack.fish/ scalloping for more details and be sure to get your permit from the Harbormaster if you plan to participate.

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Come watch Nantucket’s own local entre preneurs pitch their ideas, startups and inventions to a panel of celebrity judges: New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, compa ny founder and publisher Bruce Percelay and creator of the Ring home security system Jamie Siminoff. The night’s winners will go home with cash and prizes. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Nantucketchamber.org.

Bennett Hall Director Dan Foster brings to life the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer from the book by Ernest Thompson. It follows the couple as they return to their summer home on Golden Pond late in life, leaving the audience with valuable lessons on family and happiness and reflecting on the magic of memories over many years. The show is 2 hours and 15 minutes in length, with a 15-minute intermission. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit theatrenantucket.org.

THE NANTUCKET PROJECT SEPTEMBER 15-18 Come celebrate ten years of the Nantucket Project as it resumes its extraordinary in-person format. The symposium brings together brilliant minds to inspire the island community and spark needed change in the world. The gathering offers presentations, engaging speeches and discus sions, and an electric sense of camaraderie and innovation. To purchase tickets or become a sponsor, visit nantucketproject.com.

Nantucket’s first fall harvest festival was held in 1856. The autumn celebration of the island’s natural environment later diverged into the Cranberry Harvest Festival and the Island Fair. This fall, these events are being reimagined and combined into a new two-day Nantucket Harvest Fair at the Milestone Cranberry Bogs. The weekend offers live music, contests and insight into the island’s cranberry harvesting as well as other fresh produce farming. For more information, visit nantucketconservation.org.

A pioneer for women in astronomy, Maria Mitchell believed in learning through doing. The symposium was created to inspire its attendees by offering a hands-on experience in science and problemsolving. The event includes panels, speeches and various discussion forums to create a sense of community and shared education, particularly supporting women and girls in STEM. For more information, visit mariamitchell.org.

2 1 DON GAVIN AT THE WHITE HERON COMEDY CLUB SEPTEMBER 2, 9 – 10 PM White Heron Theatre, The White Heron Theatre Company joins forces with the Nantucket Comedy Festival to bring you a night of laughter and fun. Stand-up comedian and actor Don Gavin, best known for his roles in Shallow Hal and Fever Pitch, will have you leaving the theater wiping your eyes and clutching your sides with laughter. To purchase tickets, visit whiteherontheatre.org.

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n top ten 6 6 2 2 EVENTS NANTUCKET HARVEST FAIR OCTOBER 1-2 Milestone Cranberry Bogs 2 3 10 7 8 7 9 5 5 August 10 Climbing August 30 - September 15 July 19 - August 18 Get Tickets at WhiteHeronTheatre.org Or call 508-825-5268 White Heron Theatre 5 N Water St (Behind the Whaling Museum) Aug 30 - Sept 15 EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING Directed By Dustin Wills Heartbreakingly funny, a grown-up story of love, hope, climate...and change. Aug 22 - Sept 25 ALICEABOUT Directed By Leonard Foglia Don’t miss this world premiere preview! The humorous & poignant story of Calvin Trillin & his wife. July 19- Aug 18 NOEL PRIVATECOWARD’SLIVES Directed By Mark Shanahan A comedic masterpiece featuring 3 Tony-Nominated actors, with a Gala Benefit Grand Opening July 20th. July 5 - Aug 10 LONGDADDYLEGS Directed By Michael Kopko A delightful musical set in turn-of-the-century New England. Fun for the whole family! WHITE HERON THEATRE’S SUMMER SEASON ANNOUNCING Theatre WHITECompanyHERON

THIRD ANNUAL PITCH COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 23, 5 – 6:30 PM Nantucket Dreamland Film & Cultural Center Are you a fan of the hit show Shark Tank?

THE 19TH ANNUAL NANTUCKET SLAM SEPTEMBER 11-13 Nantucket Boat Basin Grab your poles, hooks and bait and come fish for a cause! The two-day catch-and-release competition welcomes both experienced and beginner anglers. Participants bring their own boat and fishing team (two to six people per boat) and compete for prizes of largest and most fish per species caught. “The Slam” is the challenge of the day: catching three of the des ignated species—striped bass, bluefish, bonito or false albacore. This event benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and its work to cure the disorder and improve the lives of those living with it. For more information or to register, visit events.cff.org/NantucketSlam.

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LIFESAVERS RECOGNITION DAY SEPTEMBER 11, 5 – 7 PM Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Egan Maritime Institute and Nantucket Cottage Hospital join to commemorate ordi nary islanders who became heroes in the water. Come enjoy the muse um’s exhibits,breathtakingcelebrateNantucket’shistory of miracles and honor current rescuers. For more information, visit eganmaritime.org.

NANTUCKET LAND COUNCIL ANNUAL LABOR DAY DINNER SEPTEMBER 4 Conclude the summer season by celebrating the island and investing in its future. The event’s proceeds support the Land Council’s consistent efforts to protect and sustain Nantucket’s environmental well-being through research, legal work and conser vation practices. For more information, visit nantucketlandcouncil.org and for ticket pricing, contact nlc@nantucketlandcouncil.org.

RUN FOR SEPTEMBERRECOVERY23-25 Bartlett’s Farm Go the distance for a good cause! The Run for Recovery offers a 5K run or a two-mile walk, as well as a virtual option to participate from afar. The event benefits Addiction Solutions of Nantucket, which offers medication and treatment for those with substance use disorders on the island. For more information and to register, visit addictionsolutionsnantucket.com.

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Add salt and pepper to taste

Filling:

Place goat cheese mixture in a piping bag fitted with a star tip or round tip. Fill the phyllo cups 3/4 of the way with the goat cheese mixture. Next, using a small fork pile some caramelized onions on top of the goat cheese mixture. Last, using a small spoon, place a dab of fig jam on top of the caramelized onions. Bake the filled phyllo cups at 350ºF for 12–15 minutes. Plate the G.O.A.T. Cups on a platter and let them sit for a minute or two before serving. Enjoy!

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30–45 store-bought phyllo cups 2 cups goat cheese 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sour cream 1/3 cup finely chopped herbs (parsley, chives, thyme) 3–4 yellow onions (preferably Vidalia)

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Private chef Laura Ubaldino dishes her recipe for G.O.A.T. Cups

INGREDIENTS

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2 cups goat cheese 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sour cream 1/3 cup finely chopped herbs (parsley, chives, thyme)

Mix the following ingredients in a bowl: 3–4 yellow onions (preferably Vidalia): Slice the onions thinly. A mandoline is helpful with keeping the size of slices consistent. Sauté the onions in 2 tablespoons of butter and 3 ta blespoons of olive oil. Cook the onions down until they brown and caramelize. Add 1 tablespoon of honey to help the caramelization process. Add salt and pepper to taste. For Topping: •

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When the family scalloping season kicks off in October, head to Tidal Creeks Ship Store at 32 Washington Street and grab your push rake, floating basket, waterproof gloves, scallop knife and any other harvesting items you may need. And don’t forget to pick up your shellfishing license from the Nantucket public safety facility!

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STRING ART KIT Island kids will love these customdesigned String Art Kits from Barnaby’s, all of which include a pre-drilled design on oak wood, a wooden mallet for easy assembly, nails, a selection of embroidery floss and simple step-by-step instructions. BARNABY’S TOY & ART SHACK @barnabystoyartshack barnabysnantucket.com

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MUSUI-KAMADO Elevate and simplify your home cooking with the Musui-Kamado, a non toxic, enameled cast-iron induction cooker handcrafted in Japan. With its precision temperature control and three-dimensional induction heating, enjoy versatile cooking techniques like steam-roasting, searing, sautéing, braising, stewing, baking, sous-vide and more!

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The perfect serving of style and sophistication, these oysters with a twist by jeweler Susan Lister Locke feature brilliant cut gemstones sprinkled on 18k gold oyster shell-inspired earrings. Lightweight, these are perfect as an everyday earring and may be custom ordered in 18k white or yellow gold with your choice of sapphires, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pink spinels and more!

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Ignite your senses with euphoric Rosemary, calming Sage and the blissful, transportive Roma Tomato, all part of the Three Sisters Candle Set made with vegetable wax, cotton wicks and fully recyclable glass. What began as a home and orchard, Flamingo Estate has evolved into over 150 unique bath, body and home essentials.

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CREATE AT BARNABY’S TOY & ART SHACK Stop by Barnaby’s Toy & Art Shack at 12 Oak Street in downtown Nantucket. They offer a va riety of art classes for children ages two and up through September. Plus, their doors are always open for kids to drop in and create works of art any time of day! Their toys have been carefully selected as they strive to provide functionality, hands-on interactive play and entertainment.

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Visit their full calendar of programs at barnabysnantucket.com. Call them at 508-680-1553 or email at barnabyack@gmail. com. Be sure to follow @barnabystoyartshack.

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Join the Dreamland Stage Company this fall for two magical productions of Charlie Brown’s Christmas and Cinderella . Auditions for Charlie Brown open in September and for Cinderella in October for children ages twelve and up. For more information and to sign up, visit nantucketdreamland.org. Also, be sure to follow @dreamlandstagecompany.

It’s never too early to learn the craft of basket weaving! The NHA, in affiliation with the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum, is offering a Youth Weaving Program for children in grades 3–6. With generous funding from the Nantucket Golf Club, these small classes offer hands-on instruction to help students learn a new skill and gain a deeper understanding of this cherished Nantucket craft. For more information, please visit nha.org and be sure to follow them @ackhistory.

Looking for an outdoor adventure? Join the Linda Loring Nature Foundation on Septem ber 12 and explore Nantucket’s rare habitats on a guided family walk. You’ll discover Nantucket’s indigenous birds, insects and plants as you hike along the gently rolling trails. As well, their trailside Story Walk is open daily at 110 Eel Point Road. To learn more or for a full list of programs, visit llnf.org or follow @loringnatureack.

One of Nantucket’s special must-do activities is visiting the Maria Mitchell Association. The Aquar ium, Natural Science Museum and Mitchell House are ready to welcome you and connect you to the nature of the island. At Loines Observatory, come and enjoy a magical tour of the night sky with the association’s professional astronomers, offered select days through December. Other association programs include feeding the animals, beach biol ogy, bird walks, lectures and special events. Check mariamitchell.org for fall hours and more informa tion and follow @maria_mitchell_association.

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Peachtree Kids, located at 19 Main Street, has you covered for all of your children’s clothing essentials this fall, including boots, sneakers, socks, rain gear, coats and more! They offer a perfect selection for newborns up to age twelve. Peachtree Kids is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can visit them online at peachtreekidsnantucket.com or call 508-228-8555. Be sure to follow them on Face book and Instagram @peachtreekidsnantucket!

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INTERVIEW BY ROBERT COCUZZO PHOTO BY GEORGIE MORLEY health n wellness Holly Ruth Finigan sheds light on the transformative power of meditation Holly Ruth Finigan

You experienced a reawakening in 2018, which led you on the path to being trained as a meditation teacher. What recommendations do you have for people that feel stuck in their lives and yearn for a similar reawakening? A bit of a back story may help here. My work over the past eight years has not been hard work—but heart work. Eight years ago, my mother died, and since I didn’t want to feel the grief from losing a parent, I chose to over-busy myself with the Nantuck et blACKbook, an online marketing business I had created in 2012. By 2018, I found out that the time had come for me to have open heart sur gery. During the months to follow, I had to stop and disconnect from social media and the world outside, and I re alized I had two broken hearts…one from a connective tissue disorder and the other from the loss of my mother. I then asked myself life’s two biggest heart opening questions: Who am I? And why am I here? Since I couldn’t Google the answers, I began to medi tate on them. It brought me off the in ternet and back in to what I call the in nernet. So if you’re feeling stuck and feel like you’ve been sleepwalking through your life, heart surgery may be a bit extreme, but asking those two questions and sitting in the void after is a great place to begin again.

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Holly Ruth Finigan leads breathwork, meditation and one-on-one work in the Cocoon, Monarch Face & Body’s new Mind + Spirit space at 37 Old South Road. What is a particular practice or meditative experience that you specialize in? I have been trained in active con sciousness meditation. I specialize in small group breathwork sessions and heart-opening chakra meditations. We hear these terms thrown around all the time, but what do we mean by mindfulness? How does one develop a mind fulness practice? I believe mindfulness is just another word for meditation. So, to me, a mind fulness practice is a meditation practice. It starts with the seed of self-awareness, which flowers from the practice of selflove sustained by a deep understanding of how to use your breath to connect to a higher consciousness. From your own experience or what you’ve witnessed with others, how can meditation and mindfulness treat pain and trauma?

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Many people are intimidated by meditation. What’s the easiest point of entry? Nothing beautiful ever comes easy, and yet, I think the real issue is not that medi tation is intimidating, but that meditation is the highest form of self-love. I feel that people are having a really hard time re membering how to love themselves. So where do you begin? Sit on the earth (or in a chair with both feet firmly placed on the ground), have your backbone straight, your eyes closed, your hands placed over your heart space and breathe slowly in through the nose and out through the mouth. That beat beneath your palm is a reminder that you are not alone—for alone means “all one.”

If you want to fly high, you got to dive deep. I feel that if you want to release pain and trauma, you must meditate on another one of life’s biggest questions: How is my relationship with my parents?

Holly Ruth Finigan with Monika Rudnicka, the founder of Monarch where Finigan leads meditation courses in its new mind and spirit space known as the Cocoon.

For those that struggle with sitting still, how does one develop a meditation practice?

While meditation is a seriously solo pro cess, the accountability that comes from meditating in a group setting is a game changer and a great way to develop your practice. This is how I began after my heart surgery while on a healing journey in Bali. It was there that I met my teach er while I sat among a group of eighty meditators, holding hands and breathing in and out of the nose only. They call this meditation Ananda Mandala, which translates to “bliss circle.” I’ve been hooked ever since.

This was the biggest heart opener that I had to meditate through. I found that when you heal the primal relationships with your parents, you begin to heal all the relationships in your life. Breath work, journaling and chakra meditations have been my go-to for healing from the past and turning that harm into my own type of harmony. What do you think people would be surprised to learn about meditation?

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A freezer of ice cream treats washed up on Madequecham Beach in early August. Sadly, there were no Choco Tacos in this treasure chest. But Lauren Raimy was at the beach with her family visiting Nantucket from Pennsylvania when she spotted the freezer in the surf. “We were sitting on the beach and it was pretty foggy so you couldn’t see far out,” Raimy told the Current. “We saw a big box emerge from the fog and then it quickly floated to shore and was on the beach within fifteen minutes. There wasn’t a ton of people on the beach but a crowd of five-ish people came over to look. We weren’t sure what it was at first (we were hoping we weren’t going to find a dead body or something) but then we determined it was a fridge-freezer. Someone opened it up and it was full of the ice cream.” ON MADEQUECHAM BEACH SHOW HIGHLIGHTS RETURN OF COMMUNITY BOSTON POPS ON NANTUCKET

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Hundreds of island residents and visitors gathered at Jetties Beach in July for the Swim Across America open water swim. Together they raised nearly $580,000 for cancer care on Nantucket. The funds will go directly to support Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s oncology program and Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket (PAS CON), allowing patients to receive much of the care they need right here on the island. No fireworks, no problem: the drones stole the show. The 25th anniversary of the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert featured one of the country’s finest orchestras, Marc Martel rocking the music of Queen, and even a flyover by vintage World War II military planes with 5,500 people in attendance at Jetties Beach in support of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. But it was the final act of the night that most captivated the audience: a high-tech drone show unlike anything the island had seen before. After the Town's request to locate the fireworks way off shore, Pops chairs Bruce and Elisabeth Percelay came up with the idea of a cutting-edge

REPORTED BY THE NANTUCKET CURRENT drone show. A fleet of 150 drones were launched from the Jetties Beach tennis courts as the Pops played the “1812 Over ture,” each one equipped with multicol ored LED lights and pre-programmed by computer to assemble into a series of airborne graphics that dazzled the crowd. The spectacular display required just three technicians from the Denver-based com pany Drone Pro Media, who programmed the drones to take to the skies and assem ble into words like “ACK” and “NCH” as well as outlines of Nan tucket, along with the state of Massachusetts, a rocket ship and an American flag as the Pops played their final piece of the night.

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Nantucket’s average summer population of 58,000 people has grown by nearly 70 percent since 2014, according to new data released this week by the Nantucket Data Plat form. And the island’s peak summer population, which hit 65,220 last year, is on pace to approach 100,000 people by 2030 if the current trend continues. “Everyone says it feels busier, and that is actually correct,” said Alan Worden, the founder and CEO of the Nantucket Data Platform. “We hope this starts a conversation.” DATA

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Michael Cranson was named Nantucket’s new fire chief in mid-August after the Select Board endorsed a three-year contract with the former chief of the Portsmouth (Rhode Island) Fire Department. The terms of the contract, which would pay Cranson an annual salary of $165,000, will require him to make Nantucket his primary residence. Cranson, 50, has been in the fire service since he was a teenager, and retired as the fire chief in Portsmouth, in May 2018 after twenty-seven years with the department. He was the lone finalist to emerge from a search process that has been marked by controversy and discontent following the town’s decision to eliminate current deputy fire chief Sean Mitchell from contention for the job. There were numerous sightings of hammer head sharks around Nantucket over the summer, including this one photographed by Jason Mleczko of Capt. Tom’s Charters as it was swimming off Smith’s Point in August. Bryan Legare, the manager of the Shark Ecology Program at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massaschusetts, said these sharks could be moving north and visiting the island’s shores more frequently as the water temperature in their original habitats becomes too warm. He called it a range shift, where their habitat could either be expanding or constricting. Both scenarios ultimately present the shark with an op tion to move north. He added that seeing them so close to shore is just an example of how they hunt. “Their range is expanding and if there is food up north, and as you could see in one of the videos one hammerhead is in the surf chasing after some fishes and stuff, that is where they hunt,” he said. “A lot of the social media you see around hammerheads is them chasing fishes in the shallow beach area. They are following the fish and able to get there because of the temperatures.”

It's been quite a summer for car accidents on Nantucket, especially ones involving Land Rovers. Since May 19th, there have been four significant accidents on the island involving Land Rovers. On that day, a Land Rover's brakes went out and the operator struck two boys with the vehicle as they were walking on the Surfside bicycle path. Then on June 25th, another Land Rover was found submerged and abandoned at the Jackson Point pier in Madaket. And in July, a Land Rover rolled over on Milestone Road, while another was found crashed and abandoned on Polpis Road. It seems to be a trend, and one we'll certainly continue to monitor as we turn the page into the offseason.

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One of my favorite novels from the last few years is Maggie O’Far rell’s Hamnet, and I was excited to see what she wrote next. On Sep tember 6, she’s back on the shelves with The Marriage Portrait, a time capsule of a novel traveling back to Renaissance Italy and centering on the young duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrara in 1558. O’Farrell has a way with words and is a master puppeteer when it comes to crafting a story. I trust wherever and whenever she decides to take me within the pages of her books. Available 9/6.

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For fans of Alice Hoffman’s tales of magical realism and enchanting characters, pick up Sarah Addison Allen’s Other Birds. I was a huge fan of Allen’s debut novel Garden Spells years ago and was over the moon to see a new book by her coming out this September 13. I flew through this one and absolutely adored the quirky people we meet in these pages, including a girl on the run, a lonely chef, a legendary writer and three ghosts. “There are birds and then there are other birds. Maybe they don’t sing. Maybe they don’t fly. Maybe they don’t fit in. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather be an other bird than just the same old thing.” Available 9/13.

This September, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less revisits his award-winning main character, Arthur, in Less Is Lost. To run away from a whole new set of problems, awkward and lovable Arthur, now an ac complished novelist, accepts a series of literary gigs that sends him on an adventure across the United States. This “road trip” book offers witty and poignant observations about what’s it like to live, laugh, love, lose and ultimately find ourselves in the world today. Available 9/20.

For my memoir lovers out there, look no further than Dirtbag, Massachusetts. It begins, “My parents were married when they had me, just to different people. I was born of sin: a mistake in human form, a bomb aimed perfectly to blow up my parents’ lives.” Since then, that bomb of a man has played many roles. He’s been an altar boy, a bartender, a fat kid, a smuggler, a biker, a prince of New England, and we get to witness them all in this honest, gritty and irreverent collection of essays. It provides that wonderful moment when one person’s life story teaches you something about your own.

Speaking of trusting an author, I have been a “Constant Reader” of the King since 1990, and I have read everything he has written, favorites being 11/22/63, It, Under the Dome, The Green Mile and Pet Sematary. This month he has penned his own “once upon a time” in Fairy Tale, about a sev enteen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war. Early in the pandemic King asked himself, “What could you write that would make you happy?” Fairy Tale is that happy! Available 9/6.

The author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife is back with a novel that has taken #bookstagram by storm—The Last Housewife. Trigger warnings abound (truly check the content warnings), but this book is bingeable in the most thrilling way. It’s about a woman determined to destroy a pow erful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost. It’s chilling, extremely dark and intense, and one of those “just one more chapter” before bedtime books. @jordys.book.club, one of my favorite book influencers, put this one on my radar. #jordymademedoit

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THE MEASURE BY NIKKI ERLICK I love high-concept fiction because it offers something broadly applica ble to our current reality yet totally new and engaging to contemplate. Think The Midnight Library, Station Eleven or even King’s The Stand. The Measure by Nikki Er lick, July’s “Read With Jenna” pick, is perfect for book clubs. I could not stop thinking about its themes and how I would handle the characters’ plight. Imagine everyone in the world receives a small wooden box and inside the box is a string that holds your fate, the exact number of years you have left to live. This is an ambitious novel that will provoke so much discussion on family, love, hope and destiny. Read it and then track me down to talk about it.

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en years ago on Nantucket, Tom Olcott and his partner Henry Crosby launched Motto, the world’s first sparkling matcha drink. Har nessing the power of matcha—finely ground green tea leaves traditionally consumed in Japan—Motto empha sized simple, clean ingredients to achieve unique flavor, refreshment and nutrients for the human body. “From the beginning, it’s been about really simple ingredi ents,” Olcott said. “We started out with two goals for the product: make it tasty and make it better for you.”

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“As we look towards the future, we want to continue to be pioneersin this space.” — Tom Olcott, co-founder of Motto

An instant hit, Motto appeared everywhere from Whole Foods to local sandwich shops—but Olcott and Crosby believed they could do it better and went back to the drawing board. After taking Motto off the shelves in 2019 to update its branding and expand its line of flavors, Olcott and Crosby are relaunching their original product in a new can format this fall. The partners now envision the company broadening its reach into other plant-sourced sodas that deliver great taste and un matched health benefits. “As we look towards the future, we want to continue to be pioneers in this space,” Olcott said, hinting at exciting announcements to come later this Sparklingfall.

matcha is not a sports drink, nor is it an ener gy drink; it is simply a healthy and enjoyable soda that brings wellness into your midafter noon pick-me-up. Olcott first encountered matcha more than a decade ago when he experienced a health scare. Matcha became a positive addition to his daily routine. Among other superfood ingredients and minerals, matcha contains antioxidants, chloro phyll, beta-carotene and a unique amino acid called L-the anine, which provides calm energy and helps with focus and brain clarity. Olcott realized that matcha was relatively in accessible to the average person. It had to be made at home and was not widely available in the public market. Motto became a way for people to experience all the health benefits of the tea without having to make it themselves. Though now headquartered in Brooklyn, Motto has remained committed to its Nantucket roots, with 25 percent of all proceeds made on Nantucket donated to Swim Across America for its support of cancer treatment at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. “We really want to be supportive of that organization,” Olcott said. “It has a lot to do with our ori gins, and we are big believers in it. It’s a great way to give back to this little place where we started.”

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ost knew the late Gene Mahon as the ubiquitous photographer who could be found at virtually every major event on the island to capture the revelry for his popular e-newsletter Mahon About Town. However, for those whose memories stretch farther back, Gene was a man of many other passions and pursuits. Arriving on the island as a long-haired hippie in the spring of 1969, Gene went on to reinvent himself multiple times over the ensuing decades. With his passing on July 25 at the age of seventy-five, Nantucket mourns one of its most cherished characters—a soft-spoken, philosophical gentleman who carried himself with dignity while never losing his free-spirited roots. M

G He soon opened a gallery to hang these pieces alongside the works of other local artists he encouraged to contribute. Buying film at the island’s only camera shop, Gene developed a rapport with its owner, Charlie Folger. One day, Gene walked in and Folger threw him the keys. “Forget it, I’m done,” Fol ger said. “You run it.” Never one to pass up an opportunity, Gene waltzed behind the counter and took over. He bought the camera shop outright shortly thereafter. For those in the know, Gene’s camera shop became a place to buy not only film, but also marijuana, which fit perfectly in 35-millimeter film containers. As a steady stream of his fellow hippies made for the camera shop as pot patrons, Nan tucket Police Chief Randy Norris became wise to the scheme. So began an elaborate game of cat and mouse, with Gene always staying one step ahead of the arm of the law. In the end an unlikely friend ship formed between Gene and the police chief. After Norris retired, Gene would often take the stool next to his at the bar and tell tales of his high jinks. Less than a decade after arriving on the island, with three businesses already up and running, Gene added to his portfolio once again by opening a night club with two other owners in 1978. The Roadhouse became one of the island’s most legendary musical — Gene Mahon “Nantucket has been very kind to me...”

ene Mahon washed ashore as part of a wave of peace-loving flower children in the late sixties and early seventies, but he was also decidedly entre preneurial. Within five weeks of landing on Nantucket, Gene—who earned a degree from Villanova— wrangled a group of his fellow hip pies and started a house painting business. Regarded as oddities in the eyes of islanders and day-trip pers alike, Gene got used to tour buses slowing down while tourists snapped photos of him and his bearded, bare-footed painting crew as if they were exotic wildlife. At the time, he was also snap ping his own photos, mostly blackand-white landscapes of Nantucket.

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comingoncetobeen“NantucketMassachusetts.Centerville,hasverykindme,”Genesaid.“Sinceashore for the first time in 1969 and deciding within hours that I wanted to make this my home, I’ve done my best to make it a better place to live, joining the hundreds and hundreds of others who have made that same choice… We’ll make it a better place to live.” Those who knew Gene Mahon can attest that he suc ceeded in that endeavor many times over.

Over his fifty years on Nantucket, he opened a record store, a copy center, a production company, a publishing house and a television station. His business ventures were matched with equally dedicated nonprofit work, serving on the boards of the Nantucket Arts Council, Comedy Festival, Community Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and others.

Ahead of his time, Gene eventually found the perfect place to pour all his passions when he launched the island’s very first digital newsletter, Mahon About Town. Publishing photos from the top events along with reporting from around the island, he organically grew an online subscriber base of nearly ten thousand active readers, this before the advent of social media. Apart from photography assistants and freelance writers, Mahon About Town was largely a one-man band with Gene playing most of the instruments. In October 2020, Gene was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. The progressive mental disease was discovered after he sought treatment for severe stress and exhaustion. Being cared for on Cape Cod, Gene endured emergency surgery, serious infections and a bout of pneu monia. News of his diagnosis spread across the community, which rallied around him to raise more than $150,000 for him to receive care on Nan tucket. Gene spent the last years of his life at the Home stead of Nantucket on Upper Main Street where lifelong friends visited him often. In February, Gene was moved off-island to receive more intensive care at the Cape Re gency Rehabili tation and Health Care Center in

venues, billing world-class jazz artists like Buster Williams, Stan Strickland and the greatest horn player of all time, Joe Lovano. Famous figures like actor Dustin Hoffman, writer Frank Conroy and mu sician Jimmy Buffett, who would often take the stage for impromptu performances, all mingled with Nan tucket locals who filled the Roadhouse each night.

Gene’s entrepreneurial ambitions never slowed.

— Gene Mahon “Since coming ashore for the first time in 1969 and deciding within hours that I wanted to make this my home, I’ve done my best to make it a better place to live...”

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Julija Mostykanova Feeney first came to Nantucket from a tiny village in Lithuania. Now she's one of the island's most sought-after artists.

Her introduction to the island may sound familiar, but it’s enduringly and undeniably romantic: Her parents—Ann, a therapist, and Bob, a financial advisor—first set foot on Nantucket for their honeymoon and were in stantly smitten. They summered on the island for a few weeks a year, realized they wanted to own a piece of paradise, and then bought the land on which they finally built the home where they retired. “The love of nature, growing up there, was a site of exploration and play and impro visation that very much informs my process as an art ist,” Stock says.

lthough she was born and raised in the Boston area, rising star Courtney Stock, thirty-five, began her career as an artist on Nantucket. “I devel oped my first black and white photo at NISDA,” she says, referring to Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, which was founded in the 1970s as a col laboration between Rhode Island School of Design and Mass College of Art, and offers interdisciplin ary programs linking art to science, culture and the environment. “It was a soaboutmyStockexperiencefundamentalforme,”says.“Iwrotecollegeessaysit.Itwasformative.”

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fter studying analog photography at Bowdoin College and graduating with a bachelor of visual arts in 2009, she transitioned to painting, earning a Master of Fine Arts from Mass College of Art. Today, she lives with her husband, Tim Callanan, in Brookline, Massachusetts, while her studio is in the Hyde Park section of Boston, but her heart remains thirty miles out to sea. “I feel my practice is very much connected to Nantucket, because it’s where I feel the most connected to nature,” she explains. “Being close to elemental forces like the ocean and the wind, and interacting with them, fills me with a sense of awe that I try to channel into my work.”

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Her andcombinepieces—whichmixed-medialatelypainting,textilesfoundobjects—aren’t palpably representative of sailboats bobbing in the harbor or a cranberry bog in autumn, but the Grey Lady enters her art in subtler ways. For instance, she incorporates found objects, like lobster buoys and mooring lines, into abstract pieces that conjure up storm clouds or bodies in motion.

“My mother gives me things she finds,” Stock says, “and I love stumbling upon objects on the beach. Nothing compares to the patina of the ocean.” And because she draws on every aspect of nature, she’s one of those rare birds who enjoys the island just as much in foul weather as fair. “I’d rather be on Nantucket on a rainy, thirtydegree day, than anywhere else.” She and Callanan had their first child last month, and they plan to spend as much time as possible on the island with family during the baby’s first few months of life. “I can’t wait to show my child Nantucket, and to see it again through a child’s eyes.” A

Ascent, 2020 (photo courtesy of Courtney Stock) — Courtney Stock “I feel my practice is very much connected to Nantucket...Being close to elemental forces like the ocean and the wind, and interacting with them, fills me with a sense of awe that I try to channel into my work.”

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“It’s a safe haven for a lot of kids that don’t do well in mainstream ed,” Girvin said. “They’re not all academic students. I wasn’t. But you start to see that kids need this outlet. It’s something creative. It’s a place where they can kind of relax. And kids with behavioral is sues, they come in here and it’s like a sedative. That’s the way the electives should be.”

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T Mike Girvin has carved out a sanctuary for students at Nantucket High School amid the sounds of drills and bandsaws

he sounds of the Grateful Dead will soon be playing over the speakers in side the Nantucket High School wood shop where quarter boards will be under construction by students, and instructor Mike Girvin is in his element. After nearly three decades in education on Nantucket, “Girv” as he is known around the campus, has carved out a special sanctuary for his students and leads what is perhaps the most popular class at the high school.

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afternoon saying ‘I got to go back!’ I thought math and reading and social studies was what education was all about. And then you start to find a couple of kids who buy into this.”

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Mike Girvin leaning on his truck outside his wood shop at Nantucket High School

ost of his career was spent as a fifth grade teacher and science instructor at the Nantucket Elementary School. But eight years ago, Gir vin had the opportunity to take the torch from former wood shop teacher Chuck Colley. Feeling some what burned out and disillusioned with trends in education in general, he reluctantly took the job.

“That’s why I wanted to come up here, the bureau cracy of education,” Girvin said. “I started in 1995 at the elementary school, and you could still close your door and be you. You could teach the way you wanted to teach. That’s what I get to do here.”

Quarter boards are a common creation of students of Mr. Girvin’s class

After putting his personal touches on the wood shop, that first trickle of kids who bought in to what Girvin was doing has turned into a flood. Today it’s among the most popular class es at Nantucket High School, with five sections of students who make quarter boards, cutting boards, furniture and sheds and do general repair of areas around the school. And Girvin hasn’t looked back. “The best move I made,” he said. “No regrets at all. This is a riot.” The large wood shop Girvin runs is adorned with the creations of his students—both new and old—as well as a smattering of posters and knickknacks of the Grateful Dead, Girvin’s favorite band. The musical influence has started to rub off on some of the teenagers, who have incorporated the Dead’s “Steal Your Face” sign M — Mike Girvin “It’s a safe haven for a lot of kids that don’t do well in mainstream ed.”

But going from teaching fifth grade students and science classes to the wood shop was not an easy transition, Girvin said, at least not initially. “It was hard in the beginning trying to figure out how to do this, and I questioned the value of it,” he said. “When I was first here, I was calling (elementary school principal) Kim Kubisch every other

The quarter boards made by the students not only show off their personal tastes, but also the growing diversity of Nantucket High School. Many students choose to incorporate aspects of their cul

— Lana Bresette “Mr. Girvin makes school better. He doesn’t treat you like you’re a little kid. He treats you with respect and everyone equally.”

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Today he uses both those disciplines —construction and education—to pass on carpentry skills and life lessons at the NHS wood shop. One of his current students, and lyrics into their quarter boards.

Girvin establishes special bonds with students through wood working.

tures and traditions, such as Jamaican or El Salvadoran flags. Others make signs for the parents’ businesses.The atmosphere in the wood shop is informal but the work being done speaks for itself. Girvin, who was born in Canada and spent summers on Nantucket as a child, moved to the island full time in 1987. He picked up carpentry by joining Twig Perkins and Allan LaFrance’s crew, giving him the skills to eventually build his own home on Nantucket. But he went back to school in 1993 at the University of Maine where he earned a bachelor’s degree in ele mentary education before landing the job at the Nantucket Elementary School.

Some of the tools of the trade

Girvin has given the community a window into the NHS wood shop with the class’s Instagram account, which his daughter encouraged him to start. He regularly posts photos of his student’s work, along with some of their high jinks. But it’s also more than just a way to showcase their creations.

“That’s because I was always a Deadhead,” Girvin said. “There will be days when they say ‘Can’t we listen to something other than the Grateful Dead?’ And I say, ‘Yeah, the Jerry Garcia Band.’”

“My daughter said, ‘You’ve got to do an Instagram account.’ but I had nothing to do with social media at all, it’s not my generation,” Girvin said. “But they (the students) buy into it. The guys out in the shed say. ‘Why don’t you put me on Instagram?’ and I said. ‘Because you never wear goggles.’ Then they go put goggles on. It’s a tool.”

For Bresette, the feeling is mutual. “Mr. Girvin just makes my day better. With a stressful schedule it is so nice to have wood shop in it because it is a time to de-stress and work on fun projects,” Bresette said. “Mr. Girvin makes school better. He doesn’t treat you like you’re a little kid. He treats you with respect and everyone equally. He will always joke around with you and just make you comfortable.”

Girvin said, has “got the bug.” Lana Bresette was making a quarter board for her father Tom on Monday morning, one of many pieces she has created with Girvin’s guidance. “Lana had never touched a tool in her life,” Girvin said. “She comes in here now and she just kills it.”

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The unsung heroes of the Veranda House fire

— Alexandra Murray, guest at the Veranda House

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“Our rooms were completely engulfed in flames and gone. We were shaking; we were just holding on to each other. We were terrified.”

I Nantucket knows the damage a fire can cause. In 1846, a third of the town was reduced to ash, leveled by what would become known as the Great Fire. Flames roared from building to building unchecked, spreading across the water on oil slicks and setting fire to the ships docked in the harbor. Fire engines were destroyed, and explosions rocked the waterfront. The Veranda House fire could have been the second Great Fire. The buildings in the area were packed together tightly, and the lack of a sprinkler system in the hotel combined with the fact that the fire initially set off no alarms meant that by the time the fire department arrived, the blaze was already size able. The fire department has had concerns since the 1950s about the possibility of a fire in the Veranda House. The firefighters’ tireless efforts and the quick thinking of locals who alerted them to the flames allowed them to corral the inferno to just three buildings, saving the town from devastation. Perhaps the only thing the Veran da House fire ultimately shared with the Great Fire was the lack of casualties; in both cases, the heroics of first responders saved dozens of lives, and the fires killed no one.

n the early morning hours of Saturday, July 9th, a lit cigarette smoldered beneath the front porch of the historic Veranda House hotel. By 6:45 a.m., that cigarette had sparked the most devastating fire Nantucket had seen in decades, a fire that would strain the island to its limits—but also provide a stirring example of the strength of Nantucket’s community. Soon, the fire had engulfed the hotel, ultimately destroying it and two neighboring homes. Firefighters battled the blaze all day long, fighting through heat exhaustion and thick smoke to contain the inferno to as few buildings as possible. As they fought, an island held its breath.

“We lost everything in the fire. We didn’t get any of our everythingluggage…wentupinflames.”

Fletcher reached out to her friends and colleagues for aid, and the response was swift and generous. “Within thirty minutes, we had over fifty articles of clothing,” she said. “Someone had gone out to the pharmacy and bought all new toiletries…it was truly just an incredi ble turnout. The Rose and Crown donated lunch. Core donated clothing. The Nantucket community…take[s] care of our own, and that includes visitors.”

“I met them immediately, and they truly lost every thing—her pocketbook, their luggage, their elec tronics,” Fletcher said. They had only managed to grab their phones before leaving the burning building and had even lost their car keys. One woman wasn’t wearing shoes.

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Denise Badders-Per ry, the founder of ACK Gift Bags, thinks this re sponse exemplifies Nan tucket as a community. “Of course we’re going to help each other out,” she said. Badders-Perry offered to do whatever she could for those af fected by the fire, and They needed help—and the Nantucket community was ready.

Laura Fletcher, a real estate broker for Great Point Properties, got an email from one of her clients on the morning of the 9th reading: “We were at the Veranda House that just burned down. We lost ev erything.” Without hesitation, she sprang into action.

From Vineyard Vines to Stephanie’s and from Faregrounds Restaurant to B-ACK Yard BBQ, the of fers kept pouring in. The fire victims had access to free meals from half a dozen restaurants and free clothes from just as many shops. When Frank Harris, whose home burned down in the fire, arrived at Island Kitchen after it closed, the restaurant opened back up just for him and gave him his meal for free. And it wasn’t just com panies. Island residents like Barb Cedergren, Ed gar Pérez and Jamie How arth offered to cook dinner, buy drinks and get what ever clothing was needed for those displaced by the fire. Murray recounted multiple island residents stopping them in the street and offering them shoes, clothes and food.

Across the island, a dozen similar stories were un folding. One post on Facebook about the fire garnered fifty comments and twenty-five offers of help, ranging from essentials like food and clothing to a boat trip around the harbor. One person even offered free coun seling to the victims of the fire. “There was no pause for anyone who saw us to stop and ask if we needed anything,” Murray said. “It was above and beyond gen erous and kind for them to do that for us.”

“Our rooms were com pletely engulfed in flames and gone. We were shaking; we were just holding on to each other. We were terri fied,” said Alexandra Mur ray, who was staying at the Veranda House when the fire broke out. “We lost every thing in the fire. We didn’t get any of our luggage…ev erything went up in flames.”

— Laura Fletcher “Thetake[s]community…Nantucketcareofourown,andthatincludesvisitors.”

“A woman on the street took off her shoes and gave them to my cli ent,” Fletcher said. “I But as the firefighters marshaled the inferno, a sec ond front was developing in the streets of Nantucket. The visitors staying in the Ve randa House and the locals living in the homes nearby had been forced from their rooms early in the morning, leaving everything behind.

— Alexandra Murray, a guest at the Veranda House

“We just felt we should do whatever we could to help whoev er was involved with it,” said Rose and Crown general manager Debba Pitcock. Underlying the effort was a strong sense of togeth erness. Nantucket’s response was not just individual companies and people giving what they could—it was a community coming together and realizing its potential. “We can’t forget who we are as a community,” Badders-Perry said. “We can’t forget.”

The community’s generosity extended beyond the victims of the fire to the firefighters who con trolled it. The Hospital Thrift Shop offered clothes to the firefighters, and the Rose and Crown made and — Rose and Crown general manager Debba Pitcock “We just felt we should do whatever we could to help whoever was involved with it.” delivered forty sandwiches to them. When it became clear that the firefighters who had come from the Cape to help would be staying through the evening, the Rose and Crown also gave them dinner.

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hat do astronaut Scott Kelly, socialite Paris Hilton, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, shoe designer Steve Madden, political pundit Glenn Beck, fitness guru Jillian Michaels and JetBlue founder David Neeleman all have in common? They all have attention-deficit/hyperac tivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD. And they’re not the only ones. Studies show that nearly 10 percent of Ameri can children have ADHD, making it the most common pedi atric diagnosis in the country. While the numbers appear to be increasing, ADHD is not a new phenomenon. Looking back in history, research ers believe that it’s highly likely that well-known figures like Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein had ADHD. Despite its growing prevalence and historic precedence, many still believe ADHD to be a fake diagnosis. Some teachers dub it as an excuse for laziness, poor parenting or a general lack of intelligence. Nantucket summer resident Nancy Armstrong is out to change all that with a compelling documentary titled The Disruptors W

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Summer resident Nancy Armstrong created an award-winning documentary that not only demystifies and destigmatizes ADHD, but celebrates its silver linings.

When her three children were diagnosed, Nancy and her husband, Tim, made another startling discovery. As the clinician listed out the tendencies and behaviors indica tive of ADHD, Tim found that he checked all the boxes. “That explained a lot,” Nancy said. The former chairman I Nancy Armstrong is the executive producer of the award-winning documentary The Disruptors “

“It was bewildering to me that there was no filmcomprehensiveonthistopic.”

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wanted to make this film because of my own experience raising three children with ADHD, which was difficult and often over whelming,” said Armstrong in her summer home off Cliff Road. “It was bewildering to me that there was no comprehensive film on this topic.” Indeed, as Armstrong navigated the complexities of parenting a son and two daughters who struggled to focus, control their impulses and self-reg ulate in class, she didn’t en counter a single person in her children’s schools who understood ADHD. Most perpetuated the negative stig matizations of the condition.

and CEO of AOL before founding DTX/ Flowcode, Tim struggled desperately in school growing up. In the third grade, his teacher put his desk in a cardboard refrigerator box with one side cut out so that he could only stare straight at the blackboard. Other teachers took a more disciplinarian approach, slamming his desktop onto his fingers like a rat trap whenever he acted out. By the eighth grade he was kicked out of middle school entirely. “Very rarely did our generation get diagnosed with ADHD unless we hit rock bottom,” explained Nancy. “Tim had to work ten times harder to excel. He also had the support of his parents, which is Reflectingkey.” on her family’s own experi ence and the dearth of information available to parents and teach ers—this despite the fact that ADHD is one of the most commonly searched topics on the internet—Armstrong set out to make a transformative film. “My goal was to help millions of people, not only in this country but all over the world,” she said. “To help transform lives in a way that’s hard to imagine unless you’ve been through this journey.”

“You become acutely aware that you’re sending your chil dren into the lion’s den,” she said, “where the teachers think ADHD is a hoax.”

— Nancy Armstrong

Armstrong’s documentary, which was directed by award-winning filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig of Atlas Films, not only destigmatizes and demysti fies ADHD, but also shows how this brain type can actually become a super-strength if harnessed cor rectly. Following four families navigating the com plexities of ADHD, the film captures how support ive parenting and teaching are core ingredients to enabling a child with ADHD to thrive. Drawing on the examples of world-famous performers such as multi-Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Simone Biles, Grammy Award winner will.i.am and even her own husband, Armstrong shows that when children with ADHD are encouraged to unleash their hyperfocus on a particular pursuit, they can achieve extraordinary results. “Absolutely all of them said it was the reason why they became so suc cessful,” Armstrong said. On the flipside, Armstrong’s film also sheds light on the perils of undiagnosed ADHD.

Among adults whose ADHD went untreated, rates of divorce, sub stance abuse and de pression are higher than that of the general pub lic. Perhaps most strik ing is that 25 percent of those incarcerated identify with having ADHD. The film tracks how this trend typically unfolds. When a child with ADHD is reprimanded instead of sup ported, they often end up being suspended or expelled from school, which can lead to ju venile detention, which can lead to falling into the wrong crowd, which can ultimately lead to criminality.Whilerates of ADHD diagnosis in the United States are higher than anywhere else in the world, there are still those—most ly young girls—who don’t get diagnosed and receive the sup port they need. These girls who fall through the cracks, mainly be cause they don’t pres ent with ADHD in the same conspicuous way as boys, often underachieve and develop anxiety and depression.Pullingin some of the top experts, the film outlines the support systems available to children and adults alike. Medications like Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta are the most widely known, with studies showing that 80 percent of people who find the right prescription experience positive outcomes. But the film also indicates that the efficacy of the medica “Very rarely did our generation get diagnosed with ADHD unless we hit rock bottom.”

“My goal was to help millions of people, not only in this country but all over the world…to help transform lives in a way that’s hard to imagine unless you’ve been through this journey.”

— Nancy Armstrong

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tion can be greatly enhanced through regular one-on-one therapy as well as family therapy. Unfortunately, that’s not always an option for families. “We struggled as parents and as a family, and that was with access to resources, experts and help,” Armstrong said. “I can only imagine how hard it is for people who don’t have those things, so [with this film] I really wanted to democratize the experts and the information while fundamental ly reframing what we understand about ADHD.”Sincedebuting, Armstrong’s The Disruptors has been shown at a number of film festivals and won global awards, but the most re October is ADHD Awareness Month. For more information and resources about ADHD or to find screenings of The Disruptors documentary, visit disruptorsfilm.com.

warding outcomes have been from some of the families the documentary has reached. “The letters that I get from par ents around the world are just unbelievable,” Armstrong said. “They finally feel seen. Their children are finally being seen in an appropriate light…It’s meant so much to them to finally have a film that speaks to the truth of what ADHD is, to speak to the struggle but also to the magic of these kids.”

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“I really wanted to democratize the experts and the information while fundamentally reframing what we understand about ADHD.” — Nancy Armstrong

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ack in the 1970s, there were five charter fishing captains on the entire island. Today, only one of those orig inal captains remains. Tom Mleczko has been a fixture in Madaket Harbor since 1973. Over the past five decades, he’s taken thousands of people aboard his fleet of blue- and redhulled boats to cast light tackle in search of bass, bluefish and the occasional run of tuna. His devoted client list includes Pulitzer Prize winners, Fortune 500 CEOs, Super Bowl champions and one U.S. president. Captain Tom Mleczko reflects on fifty years on the water WRITTEN BY ROBERT COCUZZO PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT NOBLE

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Captain Tom Mleczko at the bridge in Madaket where he’s run his fishing charters for nearly fifty years.

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Fishing was an obsession when Mleczko first arrived on the island from Maine in 1970 to run a children’s camp. He worked all day and fished all night. “I was in heav en,” he recalled. “I couldn’t believe how amazing the fishing was.” Thanks to his wife Priscilla “Bam bi” Gifford, whom he met on the is land and wed a year later, Mleczko was convinced to go pro with his passion for fishing in 1973. He got his captain’s license, bought an old twenty-six-foot bass boat and hung his shingle advertising fishing trips for $60 a pop. C

aptain Tom himself has risen to his own notoriety, developing a similar myth ic stature on the island as Madaket Millie. In fact, there’s even a sand wich named after him at Millie’s namesake restaurant on the island’s west end. Now as Mleczko motors towards his fiftieth anniversary on the water, he has eased off the throt tle, stepped back from the helm and taken stock of his life on the water.

There were some skinny summers in those early days. To make ends meet, Mleczko sold bluefish—boating between five hundred and a thousand pounds per day—to Gliddens Seafood for 25 cents a pound. He and Bambi slow ly built the business together, with her running the office and him running the trips. They put their three children—two daughters and a son—to work answering phones, booking trips and serving as first mates aboard their new boat, a twenty-nine-foot custom-built Crosby Hawk that Mleczko named Priscilla J after his wife. Over the decades, Mleczko has had a lot of memorable clients, but few as historic as President George H.W. Bush, whom he fished with while Bush’s son was in the Oval Office. The logistics Captain Tom himself has risen to his own islandmythicdevelopingnotoriety,asimilarstatureontheasMadaketMillie.

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Fishing the rips outside "The Opening"

Tom has had a lot of memorable clients over the decades, but few as historic as President George H.W. Bush...

Bush arrived at the dock three hours late, causing them to miss the optimal tide to catch fish. Mleczko warned him that the fishing would be tough. Apart from the fact that they had missed the tide, he also thought that their floating entourage of Coast Guard, Town and Secret Service boats would spook all the fish. “I thought this boat was fast,” the president said. Mleczko said it was, but the other boats wouldn’t be able to keep up if he floored it. “Well, I’m the president of the United States,” Bush said. “Show me how fast it goes.” Not one to refuse an order from the commander in chief, Mleczko threw down the throttle, and they broke away from the flotilla, beat ing them to Old Man Shoal off the south shore by thirty minutes. Just as Mleczko predicted, the fishing was indeed difficult. The pres ident hooked into one bluefish on his fly-fishing rod, which abruptly broke during the fight. They landed the fish, but their time for the charter was up. Motoring back to the harbor, the pres ident asked Mleczko if he could teach him how to tie some fishing knots. Mleczko handed the helm over and sat in the back of the boat for the rest of the ride, teaching the forty-first president of the United States how to thread a clinch knot. A tight friendship ensued. Mleczko took President Bush out fishing the following summer. This time, the Secret Service shut down all of Great Point, creating a mile of open water around the bountiful fishing spot for Mleczko and the president to fish exclusively. “I’m going to get hell for this,” Mleczko muttered, seeing all the other boats being turned away. They boated a number of stripers that the president’s private chef prepared for lunch, which Mleczko and Bam bi attended. They remained in contact with President Bush for many years thereafter, trading fishingMleczkostories. is a fisherman’s fisherman, salty, quick with a story and sturdy as his thirtyfoot Crosby Hawk. He possesses a sixth sense for catching fish that has lured throngs of people to book him every summer for decades. From the helm of his boat, Mleczko has watched sons turn to fathers, fathers turn to grandfathers and grandfathers turn to the grave. The day before Hill Carter, a country doctor from Virginia who had chartered Mleczko since the seventies, passed away in his nineties, he was on the bow of the Priscilla J doing what he loved most.

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around taking a former U.S. president for an afternoon on the water redefined battening down the hatches. After an extensive background check, Mleczko waited at the dock for the president as frogmen dove under the boat to inspect the hull for explosives. Coast Guard jets and helicopters were deployed overhead.President

Catching stripers often has required Mleczko to put his boat on the cusp of danger, backing into rips where the frothing white water could stack up as thick as snow. With watchful eyes dart ing from clients to breakers and back again, Mleczko is a master at reading the water and anticipating the wrath of the ocean. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. The captain has taken his fair share of waves on the head.

“In the fall, you’d have hurri canes come through and you’d have huge water, but great fishing,” Mleczko reflected. During one of these autumn trips in the mid-eighties, he was navi gating what captains called “The Open ing,” the channel between Smith’s Point and Tuckernuck Island where Madaket Harbor gives way to the open Atlantic. Idling outside the breaker zone, Mlec zko watched giant swells roll in and crash in sets of six. “I was brash enough at that point to think that we should do it,” he recalled.Counting out the six waves, he throttled the boat into the breaker zone, only to see that there was a seventh wave to this set. The boat climbed up thirty feet of water, but there was still another ten feet to get past. The wave collapsed on them with punishing force. Captain Tom and his young family aboard Priscilla J

“I do miss it a lot, but now I can sit back and pontificate as the admiral does in an advisory role.”

couldn’t make out anything on the hori zon. No sign of Jason, he turned to return to the harbor. Unbeknownst to him, Jason could see him. He was waving furiously to get his attention. Mleczko turned to go. Jason’s heart sank. But just as he was about to return to the harbor, a tiny speck caught his eye. Mleczko turned hard to starboard, exploding through a wave and charging to the rescue of his son and his cli ents. It was the greatest catch of Captain Tom’s life. More recently, Mleczko has stepped away from running charters. It’s not his aching knees that has lured him off the water, or a fading love of fishing. Four years ago, his wife of fifty years was diagnosed with progressive early onset Alzheimer’s. Mleczko became Bambi’s chief caregiver. “If that disease hadn’t injected itself into our lives, I’d still be fishing,” he said. “I do miss it a lot, but now I can sit back and pontificate as the admiral does in an advisory role.” With Jason taking over the busi ness, Mleczko has been able to enjoy the summers for the first time, with his thir teen grandchildren, all of whom summer on their family’s compound on Hinckley Lane. He plans to return to chartering at some point to take out some of his long time clients. When that day comes, he’ll climb aboard his trusty Priscilla J, the boat named in honor of his bride who made all of his fishing dreams possible.

Captain Tom and his son Jason who has recently taken over running the charter company

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were outside of the protection of the harbor fishing a breaker zone known as the Bonito Bar, when a set of giant waves—what Jason described as “sky scrapers in a sea of houses”—came out of nowhere and flipped the boat. After getting pinned briefly under the boat, Jason managed to reach the sur face and get all his clients back to the boat, which was now upside down and getting sucked out to sea by the out going tide. With darkness descending and hypothermia setting in, Jason’s and his company’s chances of surviv al dwindled with each passing minute. But Jason continued to rally the men, promising them that his father would come forTomthem.Mleczko just so happened to be performing an ashes-spreading ceremony with some friends that day on the north shore. When Jason hadn’t checked in or responded to any of his calls, Mleczko went out looking for him. Amid all the fog and swells, he Priscilla J withstood the beating, but the clients didn’t. Reaching the safety outside the breaker zone, Mleczko got the rods ready to fish—but his clients said they had had enough. They want ed to get back on dry land as quickly as possible.In1996, Mleczko began expand ing his fleet of boats and hiring more captains to run charters. His son, Ja son, worked his way up from a striker to a captain. A strapping six-foot-four, Jason was a carbon copy of his father, utterly obsessed with fishing and ex cited as a golden retriever whenever he stepped aboard his boat. From their home office, Bambi could listen to her husband and son banter over the radio as they traded tips on where the bite was best. The father and son shared a supernatural bond on the water that ul timately proved to be lifesaving. In 2013, Jason took a group of guys fishing on a blustery afternoon over Memorial Day weekend. They

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The Hess Twins spinning records at the Chicken Box where they performed last month with DJ Braun Dapper and DJ Lazyboy.

Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Kat and Ashley Hess were introduced to music early on by their mother, Sconset summer resident Lin da Holliday. They began playing piano at the age of seven, followed by voice lessons three years later. Soon they were singing at school, in choir and at county fairs and beauty pageants. Along with their formal lessons, the sisters developed their musicology from their mother. “Her music taste is impec cable and broad,” said Ashley. “The genre we were most influenced by was disco.” Cleaning their house to the Bee Gees every Sunday afternoon as kids, Kat and Ashley started growing a mental playlist that they would draw upon years later.

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DOUBLE How the Hess Twins are turning up the volume on Nantucket at and Ashley Hess know how to get people dancing. When this deejaying duo—better known as the Hess Twins—take the stage, they create a vibe before even turning up the volume to their speakers. Blond, blueeyed and beautiful with an edgy sense of style, the thirty-year-old sisters radiate an undeniable rock-star quality as they spin records from behind their DJ booth. Over the last two years, the twins have taken Nantucket by storm, rocking a six-hour set at Cisco Brewers, raising the roof at the Dreamland’s Silent Disco and, most recently, bumping the feathers right off the Chicken Box. This Labor Day weekend, they are playing a sea son-ending party at Cru. But when the music stops, who exactly are these strik WRITTEN BY ROBERT COCUZZO PHOTOGRAPHY BY DREW CIGNA PLATINUM

“People are often surprised about how serious and business-mind ed we are,” said Ashley. Indeed, the sisters are doggedly entrepreneur ial. Since going out on their own, they’ve curated their brand identity to align with some of the premier companies in the country. “That’s one of the things I’m most proud of,” said Ashley, “the brands we’re working with.” They’ve partnered with companies like Adidas, Con cepts and Ugg on promotional campaigns. In 2016, the Hess Twins added to their offering by going pro with their love of music.

hen it came to their education outside of music, the sisters attended Phillips Academy Andover, followed by Trinity Col lege in Hartford, Connecticut, where they were recruited to play lacrosse. During their senior year they served as co-editors-in-chief of a small pub lication on campus. Upon graduating, they briefly considered pursuing careers writing for fashion magazines—but then they had a different idea. With the advent of influencer marketing, Kat and Ashley decided to cap italize on their growing social media following, unique sense of style and eye for emerging trends to “monetize their creative pursuits.” Their “Hess Twins” childhood calling card became a fully fledged LLC for creative consulting, social media influencing and modeling.

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The Hess Twins inside the Sister Ship where they have performed

The sisters were introduced to the island by way of their mother’s longtime partner, Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Not having grown up in New England, Kat and Ashley initially felt like outsiders on the island. “I think it’s that perspective that’s al lowed us to appreciate every little part of it even more,” Kat said. “Especially as we’ve gotten older and have been lucky enough to spend more time out here, we’ve come to really love the simplest things about this island.” Emerging from the pandemic, with their lineup of on-island gigs, they found their niche on Nantucket. Their first gig was for the Museum of Af rican American History and it’s simply taken off from there. This August they celebrated a full-circle moment when they performed at the Chicken Box alongside their mentors DJ Braun Dapper and DJ Lazyboy. As they cap off the season at Cru this Labor Day, the Hess Twins visualize a long and melodious future on the island. “Gratitude is the attitude,” Ashley said. “We’re grateful to be here. Grateful for the people we met and the foothold we’ve found. We’re thankful for the support of the community.”

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Gratefulgratefulattitude...We’rethetobehere.forthepeoplewemet,andthefootholdwe’vefound.

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Integrating their musical background— complete with their adopted love of disco— with the lessons from DJ Lazyboy, the two developed their own DJ style, which they describe as “female fo cused.” “Our logic is ladies first,” Kat said. “We try to take care of women at the venues, giving them songs that they want to dance to.” Ashley agreed: “I’m realizing it’s kind of maternal. We like to take care of all the partygoers, the guests and the management.” Unique to their act is the fact that there’s two of them in the DJ booth. Like halves of the same brain, they seamlessly flow around one another, switching off from mixing the tracks to hyping the crowd—the most recent of which has been on Nantucket.

hile hitting the clubs in Boston, the sisters befriended a number of DJs, including one that goes by the stage name of Braun Dapper. “If you’re natural ly curious and you hang out in a DJ booth for long enough, you want to learn how to do it yourself,” Kat said. With that in mind, they eventually asked another DJ—DJ La zyboy—who frequently performs on Nan tucket and had just played their mother’s birthday party the year before—if he would give them lessons. “Shockingly he said yes,” Ashley said. “He taught us the basics.” Kat added, “What I liked about him is he’s a party DJ; he knows how to control a vibe, how to open a set, how to take it to its high est level and how to close a set.”

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How bad is the collateral damage to Europe right now from the events in Ukraine?

Had Europe not acted with us on Ukraine, it would be much more severe. Number one, in terms of Russia’s aggressiveness, Putin made it clear that his aggression is just not going to stop with Ukraine. It’s really to move forward to Moldova, Poland, Baltic countries. Regarding the collateral damage you talked about, it’s largely energy. That’s been a longstanding problem with Europe…their depen dence on Russian oil and gas. Twenty-five percent of their oil and 40 percent of their gas comes from Russia. That is disproportional. When I look at the collateral damage that Europe and [we] here in the U.S. and in the West suffer, it would be far greater if that unity wasn’t there. Putin wasn’t counting on that kind of unity. He miscalculated completely on the extent of that unity, so we’re suffering from that here less than Europe, because we’re only 10 percent reliant on Russian oil. They’re facing a great crisis.

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On a national level, Keating sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he serves as chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber Subcommittee. He joined a congressional delegation to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq shortly after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in May 2011. He also sits on the Armed Services Committee. While playing a role in global matters, Keating has managed to make the Cape and the Islands his focus, and in some instances, he used his global influence to benefit policy matters relating to this area. N Magazine sat down with Keating on Nantucket to discuss import ant local and global issues of the day.

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Congressman Bill Keating manages tolead on a global and local level

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ongressman Bill Keating has served as the U.S. representative for Massa chusetts’ ninth congressional district since 2013. Keating followed in the path of former Congressman Bill Delahunt and has been reelected four times to his post. A major component of Keating’s work has related to fishing manage ment as well as other maritime policy issues. Unlike many of his Democratic peers, Keating remains open-minded to the use of nuclear power as a way to provide clean and efficient energy for the region.

Congressman (photoClubthephotographedKeatingatGreatHarborYachtduringarecentvisitbyDrewCigna)

Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August generated a tremendous amount of concern. Were the Chinese inspired behind what Russia has done?

On the topic of energy, you have been open-minded toward nuclear power. Yet for many people, just the term nuclear is radioactive. How do you change the perception around nuclear?

We have to refocus on the technology that’s changed and particularly small modular nuclear re actors. They’re about the size of a school bus, and they can recycle all waste units so they’re much more efficient, much less waste. A small unit like that can be very portable and can service 100,000 households for all their energy needs...I think we’ll probably see it start in Europe quicker than here. That’ll help here as well because they’ll see the experience there.

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China is our number one threat in the world in spite of what’s going on with Russia, both economically and in terms of geopolitics in the region. Most of our experts believe that there’s a connection between what’s happening in Ukraine and what could hap pen in Taiwan. China is looking to see if there’s an opportunity. The threat is very real. The time frame I don’t think is imminent, but the threat is very real. And that’s the opinion of our military experts, our intelligence experts, not mine alone. You’ve been in this business for a long time. Have you ever seen the world more unstable? In my lifetime? No. I think it’s more dangerous now than it ever has been because democracy is real ly being threatened, and it’s just not Ukraine and Russia. Just look back at the French election, look what’s happening in Hungary right now. Poland was moving in the same direction of authoritarianism as Hungary was, before Ukraine. This is not just a threat in Europe. I never thought authoritarianism would be a threat here, but it’s happening right now in the United States. We saw it with the election denial, the “big lie.” We saw it with an actual attack on the Capitol building. We’re seeing voting rights being undercut. Suppression, purging, the actual cal culation of the votes. This is real, and it’s happening in our country.

— Bill Keating “I think it’s more dangerous now than it ever has been democracybecauseisreallybeingthreatened,andit’sjustnotUkraineandRussia.”

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So there are some people who feel that this smells fishy. What is your take? I always try and step back when there’s controversy and take a long view first. And my long view is, energy by its very nature, since the civilization of mankind, has always produced byproducts that were harmful. Whether it’s the initial fires that spread to forest and agriculture, to what we’ve seen with the fossil fuel industry and what it’s done, or we’ve even seen [done] to shale. That has al ways been the case. The key is to always minimize that impact. In the big picture, having offshore wind is a plus. We have to move away from fossil fuel, or the other industries, whether it’s fishing or the right whale, will all be casualties as well eventually. We have to do it, and we have to do it in as smart a way as we can. Renewables are important and offshore wind is important.

There could be a shortfall of a half mil lion recruits for the military, at a time we need our military to be as strong as ever. Can you talk about the preparedness of the military as it relates to threats around the world and in our ability to convince the world that we are not to be threatened?

I don’t think they’re buying people off. It’s not a case of being paid off or silenced with groups. These corpora tions don’t like to give money away, and“Our readiness is beyond anything imaginable. If you took most of the rest of the world and put it together, they wouldn’t be as strong as we are.”

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There are resources that are available that local government, county government want to pursue. It's there. And the same with the environmental issues. Do you have an opinion on the Land Bank’s impact on housing? The town owns now close to 54 percent of the open space. Are we gilding the lily, and is that Land Bank fee now inappropriate, given the nature of the problem? Should that be redirected?

Years ago, Nantucket officials were very wise realizing that there had to be some control in how land was used. If things are difficult now, think of what they would be like if over half the island wasn’t an open space. It would probably be much more magnified. Looking back over time, that was very shrewd of Nan tucket, not just to preserve the beauty and the environmental issues, but also because the growth would have been out of control years before this. The prob lem would’ve been worse by multiples. The Land Bank still remains critically important, and the funding remains important. The controversy du jour right now that is really growing is the Vineyard Wind project owned by Avangrid. There are a lot of questions that are starting to bubble up as to why they are spending so much money to, in some people’s view, buy silence as to concerns about the potential impact relative to the migratory pattern of whales and so forth. Nantucket received $16 million. That kind of money has gone to places like the Boston Aquarium as well.

People shouldn’t be concerned. Our readiness is beyond anything imagin able. If you took most of the rest of the world and put it together, they wouldn’t be as strong as we are. From a military standpoint, there are things we have to do. Modernization is one of them. I also think we have to look at prioritizing the military. We have to make sure we have air power and space power. We’re ahead of everyone technologically, but the Chinese are closing that technological gap. We have to be particularly careful with that. Nantucket can suffer from the perception of the land of plenty, when in fact we suffer from many of the problems that other communities in Massachusetts do. Let’s start with housing. There’s no magic bullet for housing. Given Nantucket’s geography, it’s a bigger issue than the Vineyard and Cape Cod. What do we do about hous ing? The housing issue, you can’t miss the obvious: It’s supply and demand. There’s a house on the market here for $56 million. The average cost of a home, average, right now is $3.6 million. And the average household income in Massachusetts is $85,000 a year. The housing issue is very difficult. If it was easy, there would be a solution for it. And I think there can be some incre mental benefits that can be done...On ev ery front with Nantucket, don't take your eye off the obvious. Housing is an issue.

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Congressman Keating has found ways to apply his global expertise in solving local issues.

“There’s no magic bullet for housing. Given Nantucket’s geography, it’s a bigger issue than the Vineyard and Cape Cod.”

H-2B [temporary nonagricultural worker visas] becomes a very big priority for me, as well as J-1 [exchange visitor visas]. Housing’s more difficult, and from the federal perspective, that much more removed, to provide all these resources. Another huge priority to me has Soenvironmental.beenmyapproach to Nantucket is nuts and bolts. My focus has always been on the obvious basic needs and how threatened they can be unless we work hard to anticipate them and deal with them.

“Years ago, Nantucket officials were very wise realizing that there had to be some control in how land was used. If things are difficult now, think of what they would be like if over half the island wasn’t open space.” consin, which, along with our region, [has a thriving cranberry industry.] They announced these retaliatory tariffs, so

As far as Nantucket goes, you consistently put up election numbers that most people would die for. What are you most proud of that you’ve done for Nantucket? When I look at Nantucket, I keep my eye on the obvious. Access is number one. You need access or else you’re in enormous trouble. We have to have airports and marine transport with the ferries. So those access issues are front and center to me, all the time. And then getting workers.

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Trump used tariffs as his own personal tool sometimes and did terrible damage, particularly to our allies. Once you have a tariff, you have to retaliate, so our allies came forth with all these targeted retaliations. They did it on Kentucky bourbon because of Mitch McConnell. And they did it on cranberries, because Paul Ryan, who was the speaker at the time, has Wis Congressman Keating visiting the Nantucket Fire Department where he recognized firefighter Nate Barber for his heroism in the Veranda House fire — Bill Keating

*This interview has been edited and condensed due to space limitations.

There’s a dichotomy in your job. You’ve got this global view, and you’re representing the Cape and Islands. Could you elaborate on the story of how you were able to use your global influence to impact cranberries?

I called some of my friends in Europe and said, “I know you’re doing it because of Paul Ryan, but I’m collateral damage here. This isn’t fair, can you do anything?” The ambassador to the EU at the time said, “I don’t think I can. It’s too late, but I’ll try.” He had to get all the other coun tries to agree. He emailed me back and said, “It’s off.” So yes, those relationships really can help here.

they’re privately invested, so that even the fiduciary respon sibility probably is pushed in not just giving money. A lot of the monies have gone for research. A lot of that money set aside goes for research, the continuing research that’s involved. Now we want to get this one right because—this is the linchpin—this is the first large commercial venture. And it’s going to go right down the East Coast. There are a lot of eyes on Vineyard Wind, making sure that they’re not allowed to, for any business reasons, venture any further than they have to.

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Born to immigrant parents from Italy, Lee Iacocca was brought up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and became one of the most important figures in au tomotive history through his creation of the Ford Mustang and his turnaround of Chrysler Corporation. His first wife Mary died at a young age from complica tions of diabetes, which has inspired Hentz to direct the Iacocca Family Foun dation to help find a cure for the disease. N Magazine sat down with Kate Hentz who shared with us her perspectives on her life and that of her father.

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ate Hentz is the daughter of automotive legend Lee Iacocca and a longtime summer resident of Nantucket. Hentz spent her childhood surrounded by the world of cars and the colorful people with whom her father interacted. Unlike the well-documented persona of Henry Ford under whom he worked, Iacocca possessed a warmth and honesty that made him both an exceptional father and a global business leader.

Kate Hentz, the daughter of the late Lee Iacocca, photographed at the Great Harbor Yacht Club

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No, it was fun. Really fun. It was normal to me, but when I think of some of the opportunities and things that I did, not everybody was doing that. There was always a new car in the driveway. I have never owned a car personally because—this sounds terrible—but I get bored with my cars. I was used to different cars all the time. What was your earliest remembrance of the fact that you were living in a car world at a very high level? When I was little, must have been three or four, my dad had somebody make an electric car, a little T-Bird. I would drive around in that. And I think there was some connection to “cardom” because those little electric cars for kids didn’t exist then. As far as bring ing us into it, I was lucky being the older one because he had some opportunities to have prototypes from Italy, and I got to drive them. So that was fun. We were excited about the car business and what he was doing. Talk about some of the people that would show up at your house.

It was one and the same. He just fell in love with cars. But he was always trying to figure out how to make it right and make it profitable. When they had to cut people, that’s when he took a dollar-ayear salary, which nobody had ever done.

And Shelby said, “My car’s out front.” And it was a Ford Escort or some thing with a vacuum cleaner in the back. “That’s your car?” my dad asked. And Shelby said, “It’s just a car.”

One of his gifts was getting people to really rally behind him and work with him and for him. They trusted him. They believed in him. And he was straightforward and honest. I mean, he said it like it was. He wasn’t messing around or going to play games or manipulate anybody. He touched lives. He was always a people person, which is interest ing, because when he was younger, he was kind of quiet and shy and reading all the time. But I think it was who he was. He just would connect with people and was a giver in that way.

homework at the restaurant, which unfortunately, they lost in the Depression—this did not stop his dad. His father later owned a movie theater, then went into real estate and was responsible for building houses and developing much of Allentown. Was your father passionate about profits for these companies or passionate about cars— or was it one and the same?

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He ran two major car companies, and took one of them out of near bankruptcy and saved it. What was his gift?

Where did he get his unique drive?

He was a first generation American whose mother and father had a fifth-grade education in Italy. I believe he knew from a very young age the oppor tunity he had as an American. He knew he had to work hard and make them proud... boy did he. He also had his sisterandtown,aexampleparents'ofowningrestaurantinAllenworkingnightday.HeandhisDelmadidtheir

Explain the automotive culture in your home when you were a kid. Did it seem like a job?

Carroll Shelby [the renowned automotive designer and racecar legend] would pop in. He was one of those people that just would be everywhere. He was always in our lives. Many years later, Shelby came one night to Dad’s house. Shelby must have been ninety or eighty-something at the time. My dad asked, “Shelby, where’s your car? How did you get here?”

What unique skill sets did your father have?

The Mustang was, and still is, one of the most successful cars ever produced on the planet. Did you get a sense of the thought process before it came out?

He was pretty tough. Obviously after he fired my father, Dad didn’t feel really keen on him. But I think there was always a feeling, and not to be disrespectful to Henry Ford in any way, that my dad was doing too much and he wasn’t going to be chairman.

“That’s one of my big life takeaways from my dad: He was the same with the president of the United States as he was with the mail guy at Ford or Chrysler.” — Kate Hentz

Not outwardly, but he was one of those guys. When he was fifteen, he got rheumatic fever. And back then, they put splints with spearmint, mint and birch bark on your legs. He was literally in bed for a year. His cousin brought him all his schoolwork and he got straight A’s. The Depression and all these other challenges that he went through in his life—he just had grit. And he was competitive.

He was always involved because I was with him sometimes when he’d go in with the designers and change things in the clay and all that. He somehow had a really good sense of how cars should look, interior combinations and the like. In the film Ford v Ferrari, Henry Ford II is not portrayed in a very flattering way. What was your father’s relationship with him like?

Let’s talk about the transition from Ford to Chrysler. Your dad was fired. Spite can be an effective motivator. Did that play into his motivation for taking on this herculean task?

Did you ever walk into a factory with a lot of employees with your dad? It gave me chills. People were so thankful. I still have people randomly who I meet who will say, “Oh my gosh, your dad changed my life.” Or “Your dad saved my dad’s job or his dealership.” They don’t just say that to be nice. That’s one of my big life takeaways from my dad: He was the same with the president of the United States as he was with the mail guy at Ford or Chrysler.

Your father went to the federal government in an unprecedented request to ask for a bailout, and it was very controversial. People were arguing to let Chrysler die and the free enterprise system should not be tampered with. How did he convince the government to have faith in the fact that they would get their money back?

Iacocca and the K Car, which helped Chrysler stay solvent through the eighties

He takes over Chrysler, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, with a horrific product line, and he comes in and turns it around. How? He brought a lot of Ford people with him, so he had his core group, but it was amazing the people that rallied around him. Even the advertising company that was with Ford joined him.

He never called it a bailout. He went for a loan and then paid it back early. I think he convinced them by talking about the workers. All the guys on the line, all the women on the line, all those people were depending on him. He really wanted to save their jobs and I’m sure that’s what he impressed upon them.

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Iacocca with fellow Ford Motor Company executive Don Frey standing with one of the early Mustang models in the 1960s — Kate Hentz Iacocca was a driving force behind the success of the minivan.

First of all, he’d be very sad. One of our daughters was in New York and took this magnificent picture of the Statue of Liberty, and I automatically think of Dad because of all the raising of money he did for Ellis Island. He would be saddened by all that is happening in our country and the world, but he would always have hope. He never lost that no matter what he went through. We are similar in that way.

What part of your dad are you?

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Speaking of working hard, there are many examples of the American dream, and your father was certainly one of them. He came from an immigrant family and became an American business icon. If he were around today, what would be his thoughts on where America is today?

“He really had fun and I’m trying to carry that forward as well. Work hard but have some fun.”

There was so much love in our family. That’s one thing I can say. He came to every grandparents’ day of all my kids. Every six weeks he came to visit us. He grew up with my kids and our kids grew up with him. I think it’s the love. I think it’s the Italian-ness and being together with family. He really had fun and I’m trying to carry that forward as well. Work hard but have some fun.

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Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified under oath during President Trump’s impeachment hearing. FIREof IN THE

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Retired United States Army LieutenantColonel Alexander Vindman

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lexander Vindman is a retired United States Army lieu tenant colonel who was formerly the director for Euro pean Affairs at the United States National Security Council. Vindman drew national attention when he testified before Congress regarding the Trump-Ukraine scandal. His testimo ny provided evidence of abuse of power in the impeachment of former President Trump. Having served twenty-one years in the military and been awarded the Purple Heart, Vindman cited Trump’s vengeful behavior during his testimony and has become a target of Trump loyalists. N Magazine sat down with Vindman while he was visiting Nantucket to discuss both his experience in the administration and his view of various hot spots around the world.

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Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman spoke at the Unitarian Church on Nantucket this summer.

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I was invited during the National Security Council by [National Security Advisor] H.R. McMaster’s staff. H.R. McMaster led “The night before I testified, my opening statement hit The New York Times, and I characterbecameimmediatelythetargetofassassinations.” — Alexander Vindman

I was commissioned in December ’98, just several years before the war. My first assign ment was to Korea. At that point in time, it was the most forward-placed unit in the world, in terms of harm’s way. But that was just before the wars. After September 11th, I was destined to eventually make it to a combat zone. I served with the First Brigade 25th Infantry Division. This is the wheeled vehicles, the strikers, that have been in the press, relatively often. And I served there as a staff officer and then eventually in Iraq. Did you combat?see My battalion of about six hun dred people were the Reserve. We were committed to the big fight in PhantomFallujah,Fury, in November 2004. And it was there

Two days after Vindman testified in the impeachment hearings, President Trump fired him along with his twin brother who was working as an ethics lawyer in the White House.

I recognized in those moments in action that I had developed a keen sense of focus, and I could tune out everything that was extra neous and focus in on the battlefield. It was one of those things I drew on throughout the course of my career. Certainly, when I was directed to testify in front of Congress, that was important because it gave me unique perspective. There were other more acute dangers out there than testifying in front of Congress and losing my job. Explain what happened that put you in front of a Senate committee and ultimately in direct conflict with President Trump?

It might be the quintessential immigrant sto ry, the kind of immigrant story that brought millions of people from all across the world to the U.S., with a promise of hard work and success somewhere along the road. My family came over when I was three years old. My mother had just passed away from cancer, which is one of the driving forces behind my father choosing to leave and seek medical treatment here. But he also was forty-seven years old, had lived in the Soviet Union for a long time and understood the enormous corruption within the system. We came here as refugees in 1979. I grew up in New York City in Brooklyn. A city kid. And then went off and joined the military. that I was wounded while conducting a re connaissance mission, getting ready to take over this battle space for the Marines, so that they could participate in the assault on the city. I was fortunate. I took some shrapnel to my shoulder and my leg, some which I still carry to this day. How did that impact you?

Could you explain your active duty?

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Can you describe how you and your family came to the United States?

As we got into the campaign swing through the summer of 2019, that’s where the policy started completely getting real. It had nothing to do with national security. It became all about tipping the scales in President Trump’s favor to steal an elec tion. We, within the White House, recog nize this unfolding, but we’re apolitical. National Security Council is driven by national security interests, not by political interests. But more and more it started to impact the policies with regards to Russia and Ukraine. I watched this unfold through really the beginning of 2019. In what ways?

The president supported it on paper. Whether he actually read the document, who knows? Because it was widely con sidered that he didn’t really read any of the materials that were put in front of him. The president was disinterested in national security. He had his unique relationship that he was cultivating with Vladimir Putin. It’s hard to say whether he was looking to ingratiate himself, but he admired Vladimir Putin and the way Vladimir Putin wielded power. So that was already going to be a challenge in terms of advancing this whole idea about managing Russia as a belligerent, aggressive state.

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Masha Yovanovitch, the ambassador [to Ukraine], was removed for no good reason. And mainly because at some point, Don ald Trump Jr. decided to tweet about her and say that she was an enemy of Donald Trump. It’s a com pletely false claim, but it was enough to get her fired. Secretary Pompeo and the rest of the senior State Depart ment officials were not prepared to risk their own standing to defend this career ambassador, that served decades to protect and advance U.S. national security interests. I watched this slow-moving train wreck unfold.

— Alexander Vindman

I think the best thing that could possibly ever happen to Russia is a strategic defeat in Ukraine. A defeat that punctures Russia’s views of itself as an empire entitled to these regions.”

— Alexander Vindman

Where did things go awry?

Much of this train wreck eventually centers on a phone call between President Trump and President Zelenskyy. In that phone call, President Zelenskyy had been coached to get to yes on giving President Trump his investigation into the Bidens. President Zelenskyy was very savvy, charismatic. A comedian, he knows how to play to an audience. He was working around giving President Trump a skewed, tilted type of investigation. He was saying, “Well, if you give us the evidence, we’ll be happy to run a transparent, free investigation, happy to work with your jus tice department.” President Trump is not a particularly sophisticated actor. He thought that other side was basically also talking in the kind of code that he talks about, where he tries to avoid implicating himself. So he was happy after President Zelenskyy said he’s prepared to conduct an investigation. The president was sounding very dour, very reluctant. He was talking about how the U.S. had been such a good friend to Ukraine and Ukraine was not a good friend to Trump. Eventually, when President Zelen skyy said, “We’d like to acquire some more Javelins,” President Trump said, “I’d like you to do us a favor though.” What did you do after the call?

“The president has the bully pulpit, has that megaphone. When he points his ire at somebody, you’re going to take heat.”

Did the president support that strategy that you helped develop?

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an effort to put together something called the national security strategy. I had a hand in shaping the national security strategy…I was entering the Trump White House, and this was not a typical White House. I’d been warned by a senior general that this was the most perilous environment that I’d ever operated in. And this was somebody that had multiple deployments to a combat zone. He’d made it a point to warn me that this is far more perilous and I just needed to be alert. But I understood that I had a unique series of experiences, and I had a unique opportunity to contribute to U.S. national security.

After that phone call, I immediately report ed it because I sensed enormous perils to U.S. national security. If this scheme became public, it would destroy the relationship with Ukraine, which would make Ukraine vulnera ble to Russian attack. I also sensed the danger to somebody cheating to steal an election. Part of the whole idea of our de mocracy is the peaceful transition to power. Fair, free elections and then peaceful transition to power. Both of those were in danger. When you testified against Trump, what was the impact of your testimony personally?

The night before I testified, my opening statement hit The New York Times, and I immediately became the target of character assassinations. Part of the reason that I have a lawsuit against Trump is because it was orchestrated. It was a conspiracy to vilify me, to attack a government official in the conduct of duties. The president has the bully pulpit, has that megaphone. When he points his ire at somebody, you’re going to take heat. It resulted in me becoming radioactive and toxic within the military, and not being able to continue because I’d been dragged into the public eye. So all

Do you sense Putin is on his way out from a health standpoint? I served in Moscow from 2012 to 2015, and there probably were at least a half dozen times where there would be rumors about his severe ailments. And because of that, I tend to be a skeptic. I think it’s wishful thinking to think that somehow he’ll be struck down and we’ll have less threats. In fact, even if he were to depart, it is almost certain that somebody from his inner circle would be there to take his place, and these are like-minded individuals. What’s the best-case scenario? I think the best thing that could possibly ever happen to Russia is a strategic defeat in Ukraine. A defeat that punctures Rus sia’s views of itself as an empire entitled to these regions. In that kind of defeat, Russia becomes more introspective. Russia focuses on things that would enable prosperity in the long run, which would be tamping down on corruption, conducting reforms. That is what’s best. And that could open the door way to some sort of democracy. It’s a far-off notion for the time being. But the best thing this burned my ability to continue. But I had sworn an oath to defend the Constitution. I’d spent twenty years in service. That was a moment that it particularly mattered for me to live up to my obligations. And that’s what I decided to do. Were you surprised by Zelenskyy’s evolution from comedian to what he has become? I met him only a couple times. I detected that deep sense of earnestness that he wanted to do things for his country. But I also spent a lot of time around his cabinet and I heard some really misguided, wishful thinking about what they thought they could accomplish with Russia. That they could get the Russians to settle to peace. He was not the most popular president before this war started. He did not achieve all of those reforms and all those anti-corruption measures. And in his first three years of office, he saw a decline in support. He couldn’t do it on his own. But when it really counted, he was like, “don’t give me a ride, give me ammunition.” That’s who he was. He’s risen to the occasion. And all those things don’t automatically disappear after this war is eventually all said and done.

I have a lot of faith in the American people. I’ve had the privilege of traveling through each of the states in the union meeting a lot of different folks. I felt an enormous amount of support. Nantucket’s been wonderful. I don’t know how many times I’ve been stopped by well-wishers. It’s definitely good for morale to come here. But I think we have good people that are being deceived and misled. And the more we expose this corruption and hold the political elites responsible, the more likely that we actually step back from this dangerous moment. And I see some of that happening. So I tend to be a little bit more optimistic.

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Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified during president Trump'’s impeachment hearing.

could attempt to try to do a general mobilization, which would be disastrous and potentially jeopardize Putin’s regime. But in reality, I think Russia is on the cusp of being a spent force.

think our leaders, whether that they’re in government, in Congress, or within our communities, should recognize that if we continue down this road where we inflame the passions of the population, we could find ourselves in a civil war, but certainly, a broader civil unrest. And the question is, do people, do leaders pull us back from the brink or do they continue to inflame these types of passions? Political elites continue to put their own personal interests ahead of the national good or the community good.

Kissinger told Zelenskyy to find a way to compromise, so you don’t destroy the whole country. Is he overplaying his hand?

Vindman (far left) at the 2019 inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

I think Henry Kissinger is a brilliant man, but I don’t think Henry Kissinger fully under stands what’s going on in Ukraine. Time is not on Russia’s side, certainly from a military perspective. The longer that Russia conducts this campaign, the more it burns through its combat power, its men, its material. Russia

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we could do is actually to help Ukraine deliver Russia a strategic defeat. The world looks at the United States as the beacon of democracy, but we are experiencing a level of division that we have not seen since the Civil War. How do you view that as loveswhosomeoneobviouslyAmerica?

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Maury People Sotheby’s International Reatly | 37 Main Street, Nantucket MA 02554 | 508.228.1881 | maurypeople.com

Maury People Sotheby’s International Reatly | 37 Main Street, Nantucket MA 02554 | 508.228.1881

Broad Daylight

New to the Maury People Sothebys rental portfolio is an exciting location offering a front Broad and Federal Street from a meticulously restored Victorian home. This fully equipped eight comfortably with 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. Enjoy the covered porch or have your the private, bricked patio and rose garden. Additionally, there is parking for one vehicle and your Street includes daily maid service. This property is owned and operated by 21 Broad Call for more details or to book.

Lucie Cristler, Broker lucie@maurypeople.com | 508.241.2997

New to the Maury People Sothebys rental portfolio is an exciting location offering a front row view of Broad and Federal Street from a meticulously restored Victorian home. This fully equipped home sleeps eight comfortably with 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. Enjoy the covered porch or have your morning coffee in the private, bricked patio and rose garden. Additionally, there is parking for one vehicle and your stay at 19 Broad Street includes daily maid service. This property is owned and operated by 21 Broad Street. Call for more details or to book.

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Bride: Julia Brown • Groom: Matthew Beer • Venue: The Westmoor Club • Wedding Planner: Handy + Dallaire Events • Photographer: Zofia & Company • Caterer: Island Kitchen • Cake: Cake Nan tucket • Officiants: Mr. Gary Beer & Dr. Charlie Brown • Bridal Hair: Melissa David • Bridal Makeup: Jeannie Vincent • Bride's Dress: Anne Barge • Band: The Sultans of Swing

illustratesparticularstudents.impacttransformativeonsomanyIsthereoneinwhosestorythepowerof this opportunity? I believe each scholar that the foun dation has named since 2006 has their own unique story. They all illustrate the power of this opportunity simply be cause of the support the scholarship pro vides during and after their collegiate years. If I were to pick one scholar that resonates with me, it would be Kelsey Perkins. She was one of our very first scholars and is now the head nurse at the Nantucket High School.

If you were put in charge with gathering a time capsule so that people 200 years from now would understand Nantucket, what three items would you put in it? That’s a tough question. I find it hard to explain how special Nantucket is to people who have not been here or lived here. But if I was put in charge, the three items I would include in the time capsule would be a scallop shell, a map of the endless walking paths and beaches, and a model of a whaling ship.

What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? One thing that most people don’t know about me is that I have eight siblings. Growing up in a large family was chaotic but always exciting. When I was in seventh grade, my parents pulled all nine of us out of school in March to embark on a three-month trip exploring the United States. We traveled in a large RV and a VW Vanagon and camped out at KOA campgrounds along the way. It is still one of the most memorable trips of my life, and I can’t wait to do it with my own family. This country is amazing. If you could bring back something from “old Nantucket” what would it be? I would bring back several things that I miss: enjoying a Madaket Mystery during sunset at the old Westender; playing putt-putt golf at J.J. Clamps; and going to an authentic clam bake on the beach organized by Spanky. What’s a secret to the island that only a local like yourself would know? A secret that some people might not know is that no matter how busy this island gets in the summer, you can always find an uncrowded and peaceful place to be. I have been here over thirty years and I am still finding new areas to explore with my wife, Leslie. What is one of your favorite traditions at Nantucket Golf Club? My favorite tradition at the Nantucket Golf Club is our annual Children’s Charity Classic in August. I am continually blown away by the generosity of our mem bership and the supporters of the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation. It’s for the kids! The Nantucket Golf Club NantucketFoundation’sScholar program has had a

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INTERVIEW BY ROBERT COCUZZO Who have you been most awe-struck to see playing at the Club? What happens at Nantucket Golf Club stays at Nantucket Golf Club… What’s one golfing tip that you would give a beginner? Take up tennis. Just kidding. Golf is not an easy sport to learn, but it is a sport that is so rewarding when even the smallest success is achieved. My advice would be to get out there. The more you play, the more you learn.

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If Nantucket had a currency, who would you elect to go on the one-dollar bill? My vote would be Mr. Rogers. I was fortunate enough to meet him once on island and was so impressed with how genuine a person he was. He represents what I consider some of the most important human values: respect, kindness, integrity, and humility. And he loved Nantucket.

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bernadette@maurypeople.com508.680.4748508.228.1881, craig@maurypeople.comx119 Live Your Exceptional Nantucket Life. CRAIG HAWKINS Broker BERNADETTE MEYER Broker MAURY PEOPLE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY | 37 MAIN STREET , NANTUCKET, MA 02554 | 508.228.1881 Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. CRAIG HAWKINS, BROKER craig@maurypeople.com508-228-1881,ext.119 BERNADETTE MEYER, BROKER bernadette@maurypeople.com508-680-4748 Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity MAURY PEOPLE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY | 37 MAIN STREET, NANTUCKET, MA 02554 | 508.228.1881 | MAURYPEOPLE.COM THE ART OF LIVING POLPIS | WHERE PRIVACY MEETS SOPHISTICATED LIVING Main House: 6 Bedrooms | 7 Full 2 Half Bathrooms Guest House: 1 Bedroom | 1 Bathroom Six-acre compound with first floor views of Nantucket Harbor, the Moors, and Conservation Land Screening Room | Wine Cellar | Gym | Steam Shower Infinity-edge Pool with Pool House | Har-Tru Tennis Court with Tennis Hut | Two-car Garage Price Upon Request 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 1/2 bath 21 MILK STREET $3,995,000 HISTORIC HOME, THOUGHTFUL RENOVATION OCEAN VIEWS FROM EVERY ROOM 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms 1 1/2 bath 56R VALLEYMADEQUECHAMROAD $4,300,000 BEAUTIFUL AND METICULOUS COMPOUND 5 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms 5 HILLSSHAWKEMOLANE $12,450,000 MODERN ISLAND LIVING 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms 6 INDIGO DRIVE SANDPIPER PLACE $1,995,000 LILY STREET $4,995,000 THE HEART OF TOWN 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 1 1/2 bath plus cottage/garage 39 AND 37 CLIFF ROAD $14,995,000 EXQUISITE COMPOUND WITH COMMANDING VIEWS 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 1 1/2 bath 41A CLIFF ROAD $14,995,000 Combined 9 Bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms and 2-car garage PRIVATE TOWN LIVING 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms 8 GULL ISLAND LANE $4,250,000 In closed dollar volume • In closed transactions • In Vacation Home Rentals MAURY PEOPLE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 1#