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An Update from Capitol Hill The CEO of Happiness

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VICTORIAN’S SECRET Nantucket’s Forgotten Architecture The Rise of

TINY HOUSES The Fight to Save

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A numerical snapshot of the month of July on Nantucket.

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Take a spin on the hottest new wheels to hit the island.

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Stay inside the lines this summer with N’s in-house fitness expert, Isaiah Truyman, as he gives us his perfect tennis workout.

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Get the rundown of N’s Top Ten Events for the month of July.

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Back by popular demand, Grey Goose’s summer cocktail promotion is shaking things up at your favorite watering holes.

The buzz on Nantucket’s cobblestone streets.

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Check out the newest restaurant to open its doors on Nantucket, Atlas.

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Milly & Grace proprietress Emily Hollister curates the perfect Fourth of July festivities.

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An Update from Capitol Hill The CEO of Happiness

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VICTORIAN’S SECRET Nantucket’s Forgotten Architecture

The Rise of

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TINY HOUSES The Fight to Save

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U.S. Senator Ed Markey appears on our July cover in an image taken by N’s Chief Photographer, Kit Noble.

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NSPIRE 70 CEO OF HAPPINESS

The remarkable life of Ted Leonsis.

76 FELLOWSHIP OF FRIENDS

How a summer camp on Nantucket is dramatically improving the lives of children and adults with mental disabilities.

NDEPTH 87 UPDATE FROM CAPITOL HILL

U.S. Senator Ed Markey shares his views on climate change, opiate addiction on the Cape and the islands, and finding a cure for Alzheimer’s.

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When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked Nepal last April, the reverberations were felt here on Nantucket.

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Climb aboard one of Magellan Jets’ aircrafts and behold some truly high fashion.

NVESTIGATE 109 SCOUT’S HONOR

A battle is being waged by Boy Scout Troops on either side of Nantucket Sound over a 100-acre plot of land on the island called Camp Richard.

133 EXTREME COMMUTING Nantucket’s most surprising import is its workforce.

HOMENGARDEN N 117 VICTORIAN’S SECRET Exploring the forgotten history of Nantucket’s rarest architecture.

124 LIVING SMALL

The affordable housing crisis on Nantucket has yielded some extreme alternatives—extremely small, that is.

140 GARDEN GLORY Leslie Linsley shares her expertise in cultivating the perfect Nantucket garden.

NQUIRY 149 EDITOR’S EYE

As a preview to the Nantucket Historical Association’s Designer Luncheon, acclaimed designer Kate Ridder gives N Magazine an exclusive interview.

NVENTURE 154 LAND OF LUSH

Local filmmaker Kristen Kellogg takes us to the remote island of Dominica.

NUPTIALS gorgeous and 172 The inspiring wedding of Kelly & Timothy Donley.

NOT SO FAST...

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quick chat with legendary 176 Alocal sculptor Billy Sherry.

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What’s happening on #Nantucket? # VeryDandD Wedding What happens when one of the island’s “it” couples ties the knot in true Nantucket fashion? The news goes viral—locally, anyway. This past month, Donald J. Dallaire and David M. Handy exchanged vows on the balcony of the Whaling Museum, a ceremony that was then followed by a rambunctious reception. The whole wedding weekend, photos from the festivities flooded Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #VeryDandD. Congrats to Donald and David!

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VICTORIAN’S SECRET Nantucket’s Forgotten Architecture

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When news of the passing of beloved Nantucket resident Anne Meara came out, it became one of the top trending topics throughout the country. Here on Nantucket, residents shared photos and memories of the talented actress and comedian. N Magazine was privileged to have Anne grace our cover along with her husband Jerry Stiller early on in the history of the publication. Our deepest condolences go out to her family and friends.

#NantucketYogaFestival As the proud local media sponsor of the Nantucket Yoga Festival, N Magazine will be running a web-exclusive ticket giveaway for the three-day yoga event being held from July 10th to July 12th. Keep an eye on our Instagram and Facebook accounts for more details!

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Joysof July The Fourth of July marks the true beginning of the summer season for many Nantucketers, and N Magazine thought this would be an ideal occasion to check in with our Senator Ed Markey to get the latest take from a Democrat’s perspective on Washington. The son of a milkman from Malden, Markey’s is a quintessential story of a person from simple roots rising to the highest levels of government. Our interview came just before Senator Markey returns to the island this month to be honored by the American Ireland Fund.

Another example of the American dream realized, N Magazine had the opportunity to interview summer resident Ted Leonsis, the former president of AOL and current owner of several professional sports franchises. A self-made man raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Leonsis’s story goes much deeper than the typical bootstrap American dream scenario to one of an individual who has a true understanding of how to achieve happiness beyond just economic success.

Nothing speaks more to the Fourth of July and Americana than the Boy Scouts of America, but in an investigative story written by Jason Graziadei, we get a look inside a controversy that’s threatening to tear apart our local troop’s campground.

The conflict hinges on a plot of land on the island called Camp Richard, a portion of which the Boy Scouts of America are attempting to sell off to a developer. Graziadei explores how local troop leaders are fighting to save the land and the future of Scouts on Nantucket.

In another story on a different type of camp experience, N Magazine takes an inspiring look at an organization helping children and adults with mental disabilities enjoy the many adventures and experiences found here on the island. Tulgey Wood summer camp has been held on Nantucket for nearly a decade and has garnered legions of supporters within our community.

On the home front, quite literally, N Magazine explores the curious history of Victorian architecture on the island, which would have been eradicated by those who felt the buildings were too garish for conservative Nantucket had it not been for preservation efforts taken up years ago. In another unique form of housing, N Magazine opens the door to an innovative approach to the high cost of living on this island through the construction of “tiny houses,” which are becoming more and more prevalent in other parts of the world. It is quite remarkable how much function can be jammed into a small space when necessity forces innovative ways in which to live economically. Indeed there is no place like home on Nantucket during the Fourth of July, and we wish you a wonderful celebration of our country’s birthday and the start of another Nantucket summer.

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S LesLie LiNsLeY Leslie Linsley is the author of over sixty-five books on crafts, lifestyle and decorating, including her most recent release, Nantucket Cottages & Gardens, Nantucket Island Living and Key West: A Tropical Lifestyle. Leslie writes a weekly column and blog, At Home, for the Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror and Key West Citizen. Her work is featured in national magazines and she has been a guest on Good Morning America, The Today Show and Oprah. Leslie lives on Nantucket with her graphic designer, husband and partner Jon Aron. Leslie Linsley’s branded product line of home furnishings is sold exclusively through Marine Home Center. Her handmade decoupage plates can be found at the Nantucket Looms.

NicoLe cLaNcY Nicole Clancy, a lover of all things fashion, travel, and Nantucket decided to blend the three together in 2013. After attending Lasell College and London College of Fashion, Nicole wanted to revitalize the industry. She had the perfect creative outlet when coming on as the stylist for N Magazine’s photo shoots.

Graduating this year she has continued styling for the magazine as well as working for the prominent designer of Style Paris. She is in love with the island and has vowed to return yearly, bringing a fresh new take on Nantucket’s fashion scene inspired from her European travels and background.

kRisteN keLLogg Digital storyteller and founder of Border Free Travels: Wanderlust Website + Creative Agency, Kristen Kellogg lives a life designed for adventure and travel. She works with brands and businesses around the globe to create organic feeling and visually stimulating content, fostering a deeply rooted connection between client and consumer. Pioneering the use of innovative technology, Kristen is

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A Nantucket resident, when she’s not traveling, Kristen is running around the island exploring her own backyard.

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$325,000

$21.5Million Most expensive single residential home sold in the last year.

Least expensive single-family property sold in the last year.

35,000 6,000 Square feet is the new addition to the Nantucket Boys & Girls Club.

Difference in square footage between the new and old Stop & Shop on Sparks Ave.

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Top price for one of Jonathan Nimerfroh’s Slurpee Wave prints at the new Samuel Owen Gallery on Centre Street.

Difference in water temperature this June compared to last June.

Acres of cultivated fields at Bartlett’s Farm.

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Price of a hamburger and lemonade at Surfside Snack Shack.

Candle power of a Nantucket lighthouse.

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Cost of 4th of July fireworks.

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Cars towed off the beach per week by Harry’s Towing during high season.

72 Average temperature in July on Nantucket.

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NEAT STUFF

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Bike Introducing the Nordic EV506 by Polaris, the coolest set of wheels to roll up Nantucket’s cobblestones

since the Daffodil Festival Classic Car Parade. Calling it an eBike, Polaris—the manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and military vehicles—has spent the last seven years perfecting this lightweight electric bicycle that you can ride for fun, for commuting, or if you so choose, for exercise.

Equipped with Polaris’s patented BioSynch pedal assist, the eBike is designed to adjust speed

based on the terrain and can hit up to eighteen miles per hour. Riders start by pedaling the eBikes under their own power and then suddenly the pedal assist kicks in, providing the perfect amount of torque to conquer hills, ride off road, and cover long distances with ease. Pedaling and breaking recharges the eBike’s lithium battery, giving a rider enough juice to do the ‘Sconset loop without even breaking a sweat.

Despite its extreme appearance, the eBike is extremely user friendly. Massive tires provide astounding balance over cobblestones, through sand, and even in deep snow. And if you’re heading off-road, front shocks absorb even the most aggressive terrain. So for those looking to really cruise, the Polaris Nordic EV506 will leave you spinning. Visit polarisebikes.com for more information, or head to bikezonecapecod.com to have one delivered N magazine

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GAME. SET. MATCH. Written & DemonstrateD by IsaIah Truyman

PhotograPhy by KIT noble

Looking to cLean house on the tennis courts this summer? isaiah truyman serves up just the right routine.

Medicine Ball Overhead Swing and SlaM The firsT exercise is To improve your serve and your overall power, as well as Timing and core sTrengTh. a. Hold the ball in front of you with both hands,

and then aggressively swing it up overhead, as if you were throwing up the ball to serve.

B. Slam the ball down on the ground as hard c. Catch the ball as it bounces in a smooth

as you can, it’s okay if your feet leave the ground – this is similar to the power required in serving.

fashion and repeat the exercises for speed.

v-Sit Medicine Ball thrOw improve core roTaTional power for forehand swing by Throwing and caTching The med ball as fasT as you can. a. Start in a seated V position,

balancing on your backside.

B. Toss the ball gently with your partner, or just

twist side to side if you don’t have a partner.

Alternatively you may be able to bounce the ball off a wall surface.

c. When throwing be sure to initiate the movement

from your core rotators to produce power, don’t just throw from your arms – ROTATE!

rip trainer Or Band rOtatiOn Jump as fasT as you can, pull on The rip Trainer or rubber band To creaTe resisTance in your core and hips. This will help you wiTh your backhand power. a. Simulate the backhand movement by hold-

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B. Keep the resistance under control and a

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c. Explode on the forward movement and

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N toP tEN The Ultimate Activities Guide for the Month of July

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COMEDY

the witches: a cabaret July 20 & 21 @ 7 P.m.

Broadway takes over Bennett hall for two nights only as the Wicked-ly talented divas Dee Roscioli, patti Murin and Jenna Leigh green take the stage to perform your favorite Broadway songs from Wicked and beyond.

For tickets and more information, visit theatreWorkshop. com

NaNtucket comedy Festival July 15–18 top comedians from all around the country will touch down on Nantucket this month. our don’t-miss event of the week? saturday’s “NY vs. Boston comedy smackdown.” For more information and to purchase tickets, visit NantucketcomedyFestival.org.

7 MUSIC tromboNe shorty & orleaNs aveNue @ the box July 21 & 22 Bringing a little bit of NoLa to ack, trombone shorty & orleans avenue will be rocking the Box with their funk, hip-hop beats and jazz improvisation. this is sure to be one of the musical highlights of the summer, so be sure to purchase your tickets well in advance at thechickenBox.com.

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7th aNNual NaNtucket triathloN July 18 & 19 calling all athletes! the 7th annual Nantucket triathlon offers racers the opportunity to compete in the sprint Distance and/ or olympic Distance races, with proceeds benefitting the town of Nantucket scholarship Fund. Visit acktri.com for more information and to register.

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NaNtucket yoGa Festival July 10–12 Looking for a way to reboot and recharge mid-summer? the 4th annual Nantucket Yoga Festival has just what you need: twenty incredible instructors offering forty inspiring workshops that are sure to have you living consciously and healthily. Visit NantucketYogaFestival.com for more information.

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4th oF July Fireworks @ Jetties beach July 4

7th aNNual NaNtucket GardeN Festival July 22 & 23 You don’t have to have a green thumb to enjoy Nantucket’s 7th annual garden Festival, just a desire to celebrate the exquisite and unique garden ecosystems of the island. Workshops will include floral arrangements, botanical printmaking, featured children’s activities and much more!

For more information, visit NantucketgardenFestival.org.

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ENTERTAINMENT

aN eveNiNG with david sedaris July 31 @ 8 P.m. preeminent humor writer David sedaris will stop by Nantucket high school for a one-night-only reading of all new, unpublished essays and for a Q&a event. a portion of all ticket sales will go to support local public radio station Wcai. tickets still available at ticketmaster.com.

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DANCE NaNtucket atheNeum daNce Festival July 20–25 Join the Nantucket atheneum for a week of free programming ranging from documentary screenings to youth ballet classes. the main event?

Weekend performances by the stars of the New York city Ballet, american Ballet theatre and Miami city Ballet. tickets are available at the library box office or online at Nantucketatheneum.org.

ART the NaNtucket art & artisaN show July 16–19 Now in its 24th year, small Friends on Nantucket’s art and artisan show brings together over sixty renowned artisans from around the country to showcase their textiles, photography, folk art, pottery and more! Visit smallFriendsNantucket. org for more information.

is there anywhere you’d rather be on independence Day than Nantucket? Before ending your day at Jetties Beach to watch the impressive fireworks show, catch the dramatic reading of the Declaration of independence, get your face painted on Main street, take a stab at the pie-eating contest, or pack a picnic and head to the beach for a day of fun!

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on an island of plenty, it is almost unthinkable that people go to bed hungry, but the sad truth is that nearly 10% of Nantucket’s year-round population relies on the Food pantry for meals. the thought of children going to bed on Nantucket without enough food is heartbreaking, but your donation to the Nantucket FundtM can make all the difference. the Nantucket FundtM reaches out across the island and supports organizations that serve those most in need, from people who are under-housed, to those with mental illness and substance abuse problems, to families wondering how they are going to afford their next meal. Your one donation will help all of Nantucket, and your generosity is needed now more than ever.

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OAR WHAT? A mysterious creature from the deep washed up on the shores of Madaket Beach earlier this spring. The longest bony fish on record, an Oarfish can grow up to thirty-six feet in length and has never been seen by marine biologists at the Maria Mitchell Association until now. The oarfish is typically found in tropical waters at depths as deep as 3,300 feet, making sightings extremely rare. Amazingly, the oarfish discovered on Madaket beach was still alive, and was ultimately returned to the ocean.

Photo by Mike Strazzula, Tyler Bradbury, & Chris Kinch

LOCAL FISHERMAN

HOOKS AN EMMY When local fisherman Eliot Sudal was filmed hauling in a 200-pound shark by a bystander on the shores of ‘Sconset last summer, the footage

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CLUB! To the delight of over seven hundred island children,

the new Nantucket Boys & Girls Club opened its doors last month, less than two years after the project was first announced. Boasting over 35,000 square-feet of brand-spanking new facilities, the new Club comes equipped with a two-court gymnasium, a separate wing for teenagers, a new learning center, a cuttingedge computer lab, and a commercial kitchen that would be the envy of any chef on Nantucket. With more room to spread out, the Club has also expanded its programs to include more sports, dance, theater, art classes, mentoring programs, teen services, homework assistance, computer classes, and more. To help sustain

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sert Summer Groove on Saturday, August 15th. With Allyson Mitchell and Lauren Marttila serving as this year’s co-chairs, the Groove will be one to remember as the sprawling new space has allowed event planners to pull out all the stops. It will not be one to miss!

went completely viral, earning Sudal the nickname The Shark Wrangler. It didn’t take long for regional television news crews to track down this twenty-four-year-old fisherman who was dragging sharks out of the ocean by the tail. This past June, the footage that one FOX affiliate shot of Sudal fishing ended up landing an Emmy for Outstanding Feature News Report Light Series, earning the young fisherman a very different kind of trophy. Now this summer, Sudal is shooting a pilot for a new show to take place right here on Nantucket.

REALTY TELEVISION When Next Step Realty appeared in the pages of N Magazine two years ago in a profile of one of its shareholders, former Nantucket resident Jason Briggs, the fledgling real estate company was just getting its footing in the industry. Next Step is the brainchild of 27-year-old CEO, luxury real estate agent, and entrepreneur Blair Brandt, who has since succeeded in making the apartment-search for twenty-somethings fresh out of college not only easy, but cool. So cool, in fact, that Next Step recently caught the attention of television producers.

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FIGAWI VISITORS

Every Memorial Day weekend, the Figawi Boat Race brings hoards of partiers to Nantucket, causing local residents to cringe as drunken debauchery descends on their island home. But for one Nantucket resident this year, the Figawi factor hit too close to home. In the middle of the night on the Friday of Figawi weekend, Jessica Hicks discovered a stranger passed out in her daughter’s bed. “Lock your doors people!” she warned on Facebook the next morning. “I just found a strange girl sleeping in my daughter’s bed! She nonchalantly walked out of my house with no pants on! I’m so freaked out!” Thankfully, Hicks’s kids weren’t home at the time, but the incident was no less alarming to her and the rest of the Nantucket community.

Brandt, Briggs and their company signed on for their own reality television show called Next Step Realty: NyC, which will air on ABC Family on Tuesday, August 11th at 9:00 to 10:00 PM ET/PT. Early cuts of the show reveal that the Next Step crew feel right at home on prime time. Read more about Next Step Realty: NyC in a web-exclusive story on N-Magazine.com.

PROJECTING INTO THE FUTURE Preparing for this year’s fifth annual Nantucket Project, Tom Scott and Kate Brosnan are once again putting together a lineup of mind-blowing presenters, but perhaps none more so than Tony Bossis. A psychologist at NyU, Bossis will be sharing his unprecedented research on how psychedelic drugs can be

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used for therapy. “Psychedelic drugs have long been associat-

fantastic productions put on by the Theatre Workshop (check

ed with psychosis, flashbacks and suicides,” explained TNP’s

out Betrayal and Into the Woods) and White Heron Theatre

Daniel Honan. “Today, however, a renaissance of psychedelic

Company (check out The Gin Game) happening this July,

research is happening, and scientists believe they can unlock

The Dreamland’s young Actors Theater Company is now

the therapeutic potential of these drugs.” Dr. Bossis is on the

entering its sixth summer season with an an exciting lineup

forefront of this cutting-edge research and will be presenting it

of classic tales adapted for the stage. Showing at 11:30 am

to the TNP audience. If Bossis’s addition to this year’s lineup

in the Main Theater, young thespians will perform The Frog

is any indication, The Nantucket Project is sure to be another

Prince on July 10th, Humpty’s Big Break on the 17th, The

mind-altering experience this September.

Fish Girl & The Dancing Princesses on the 24th, and then fimonth on July 31st. These student-created, family friendly performances run twenty to thirty minutes and are a great way to introduce children to the art of live performance and storytelling.

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“We want people to feel at home here, like they are our guests [in our own house],” said Gabrielle.

“Atlas is going to be approachable, dynamic, and a place you’re going to want to come back to more than one night a week.” Doing the work themselves, the Goulds have totally overhauled the former Pazzo space and imparted their own touches. The main dining room is highlighted by a centrally located bar, which is surrounded by high-tops, custom banquettes, and unique décor in each corner of the room. The restaurant could have allowed the couple to take a turnkey approach, but they wanted the space to reflect their personalities and creative direction, while also allowing it to be flexible for various kinds of entertaining.

One night you could come into Atlas for a romantic dinner for two, the next the whole family, and then wrap up the weekend with a girls’ night out at the bar.

WRitteN BY Josh Gray

photogRaphY BY kit Noble

GAbriELLE AND brANDt GouLD’S ExCitiNG, NEw rEStAurANt AtLAS bbQ & FiSH HouSE tAKES DiNErS ArouND tHE worLD wHiLE KEEPiNG tHE SCENE DELiGHtFuLLy LoCAL. When Gabrielle Gould made her final curtain call as the Executive Director of the Theatre Workshop last year, little did she know that her next role would be equally crowd pleasing. This past month, Gabrielle and her husband Brandt opened Atlas

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love of the restaurant industry that started back in the nineties when they opened Cambridge Street Victuals, which is today Nautilus. Now Gabrielle and Brandt are imbuing the same creative spirit and unbridled passion for food and hospitality into Atlas.

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This all-things-to-all-people

with a coconut and lemongrass broth,

approach also extends to Brandt’s

and a pan-seared veal chop with a Shi-

menu, which will feature influences

raz grape reduction and porcinis. The

and flavors from around world. “The

dessert menu will offer a local goat selection and spirits that have not yet

barbecue and fish house is the foun-

milk flan with Eat Fire Spring apiary been seen on local drink lists.

dation,” said Brandt. “We are going

honey and caramel individual pavlova

to serve the food we are passionate

with strawberry, rhubarb and mint.

The couple will be sourcing their produce and fish locally as

about and those passions change with

At the bar, Gabrielle has worked much as possible and said that com-

time and experience.” Describing

hard to create a small, but refined munity and the relationships they’ve

his menu as a “Cambridge Street all

wine list that is within a reasonable made on Nantucket over the years are

grown up,” homemade sauces and

price range for most any diner. “There paramount to the direction of Atlas.

smoked meats will anchor Brandt’s

are wines on this list that we’re will-

cuisine, along with appetizers like

ing to take a bit of a hit on because tant to us,” said Gabrielle. “We are

grilled local asparagus with poached

we want them to stay affordable, but raising our kids here and we are here

duck egg and Hawaiian sweet glazed

they are so good that we had to have to serve ‘our people’ who come from

baby back ribs. Entrées will include

them,” she explained. Gabrielle has every walk of life on this amazing

whole grilled red snapper (for two)

also added a substantial craft beer little island.”

“The community is really impor-

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The Menu

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Mint lemonade Lightly fried chicken (It’s actually delicious cold!)

Red potato & pea salad Green bean salad Buttermilk & chive biscuits Mason jar raspberry cheesecakes

The CoCkTail THE WATERMELON MOJITO Combine in a cocktail shaker:

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4 Fresh Bartlett’s Farm organic mint leaves 1oz. of simple syrup Juice from half of a lime 2oz. of watermelon juice (Puree watermelon in a blender and pour through a fine mesh strainer) 2oz. of White Rum

Add a handful of ice to the cocktail shaker and shake well. Tip: you know your cocktail has been properly shaken when the outside of the shaker begins to frost. Pour into a mason jar over ice. Top off with club soda and garnish with a few mint leaves.

Rise & shine The morning after the fireworks, head downtown and grab an iced coffee and the island’s best breakfast sandwich at Provisions before making your way to the Boat Basin. Find a spot at the edge of the dock, dangle your feet and breathe in the salt air while you admire the view. Afterwards, head up to Main Street and grab some fresh produce from the Bartlett’s Farm truck and a bouquet of flowers from the Wildflower Farm truck. Hit the road before the hustle and bustle begins!

GeT losT For the afternoon, rent a Jeep from young’s, crank the tunes, and take the road less traveled. Nantucket isn’t just about the beautiful historic architecture, white picket fences and lush gardens. There is a wild, rugged side to the island that is just waiting to be explored. If you want a starting point, head down Polpis Road and then take a right onto Altar Rock Road. The best way to appreciate the beauty of the island is to really get lost!

eaTinG ouT When it’s time to dine again, why not try a take-out clambake? At Straight Wharf Fish, order a cooked and cracked lobster, coleslaw and their famous blue fish pâté with crackers. Then pick up a bottle of Friuli Pinot Grigio or a sixpack of Whales Tale at currentVintage. Call ahead to Island Boat Rental, where Jim can rent you a Boston Whaler for the evening. Motoring around the harbor at sunset, you’ll remember this reservation better than most.

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Fourth of July on Nantucket means picnicking, so head to your favorite beach, roll out your blanket, and make an evening out of it!

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Ceo of happiness WritteN by bruce a. Percelay

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FRoM aol To The nBa, The ReMaRkaBle liFe oF Ted leonsis.

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There is an unmistakable air of serenity

The man who expanded Leonsis’s horizons

about Ted Leonsis that belies his type-A résumé.

at Georgetown was an old Jesuit priest named

As the former president of AOL, the owner of

Joseph Durkin, who was assigned as his mentor

the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards,

during his junior year. “I remembered being really

Washington Mystics and the DC Verizon Cen-

disappointed. What would I have in common with

ter, the former co-CEO of Groupon, a successful

this seventy-five-year-old priest?” Leonsis says.

movie producer and author, and the recipient of

Father Durkin kept pushing Leonsis to get start-

various man-of-the-year awards, Ted Leonsis’s

ed on his senior thesis. Looking for an easy way

wide range of accomplishments seems almost

out, the undergrad went to the library and checked

improbable.

out the shortest book he could find, Hemingway’s

Born in Brooklyn, New york and raised in

The Old Man and the Sea, and told Father Durkin

the working class suburbs of Lowell, Massachu-

he was going to write his senior thesis on this clas-

setts, Leonsis had every opportunity to become

sic piece of literature.

average. When his high school guidance counsel-

As he delved deeper into Hemingway’s writ-

or evaluated his skillsets the counselor concluded

ings, Leonsis began to theorize that parts of The

that young Ted was destined to work in a grocery

Old Man and the Sea were in fact written years

store. “I didn’t have much money growing up, so

earlier than its copyright claimed. Father Durkin

I always had these little jobs,” Leonsis remem-

suggested that Leonsis use this theory as his se-

bers today from his summer home on Nantucket.

nior thesis, and more notably, he suggested that he

“I started this little lawn mowing business, and

use a computer to prove it. With Father Durkin’s

I mowed the lawn of a man named Jim Shan-

help, Leonsis developed an algorithm on George-

non.” Unlike most teenagers given the pedestrian

town’s only computer that proved his theory. The

job of cutting grass, Leonsis went to the library

thesis earned the undergrad some renown around

and studied how best to mow Shannon’s lawn.

the Georgetown campus and in literary circles,

His performance so impressed Shannon that he

but more importantly, it taught him the power of

helped Leonsis get into his alma mater, George-

computers, a lesson Leonsis would run with in the

town University. “That changed my life,” he

years to come.

says. “My horizons were expanded.”

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drove me to become a student of happiness,” Leonsis explains. “So for the last fifteen years of my life, all of my investments, all the businesses I get involved with, are outgrowths of the research I did, the best practices on what makes for happy people.” His theories eventually became the inspiration for a book entitled, The Business of Happiness, which has become his life’s operating manual and the source of inspiration for legions of readers. “If you’re happy, you can be successful,” Leonsis explains, but “if you’re successful, it doesn’t mean that you’ll be happy. ” Leonsis is a living example of the American dream, but he feels this concept is flawed. The simple notion that hard work will yield a better education, fter returning to his hometown of Lowell where

“I made the list because I was unful-

which will yield a better job and thus

filled.”

more money, falls short on the idea of

ed a publishing company and then a media company,

One of the major objectives on the list

creating true happiness, which is life’s

which he later sold to America Online. The acquisition

was to own a sports team. He got that

ultimate reward. “Success doesn’t yield

resulted in Leonsis becoming president

chance one day when he

happiness, but happiness can yield

of AOL, where, over the next fourteen

was approached to buy

great success,” he says. Fulfilling the

years, he helped co-founder, CEO and

the Washington Capitals

pitch he made on that plane all those

chairman Steve Case grow AOL’s mem-

hockey team, but de-

years ago, Leonsis is succeeding in

bership from 800,000 to eight million.

clined. That night he told

showing many others the ways to find-

Revenue also soared from $100 million

his wife about the oppor-

ing true happiness.

to $1.5 billion. “There was a decade when

tunity. “What if you get

From mowing lawns to attending

we were the number one performing stock

ninety-nine of the 101

Georgetown to growing AOL, Leonsis

on Wall Street,” he says. “We literally got

things crossed off and

sees his life as serendipitous. But for

America online.” Leonsis had come a long

you never get to buy a

people who are governed by good

way from mowing lawns in Lowell, but his

team or win a champion-

intentions, blessed with innate intelli-

ship?” he remembers his wife saying to

gence, and a willingness to work hard,

him. Before he fell asleep, Leonis de-

serendipity tends to find them. Ted

cided to buy the team.

Leonsis has made his own serendipity

he got a job at Wang Laboratories, Leonsis start-

most valuable accomplishment was yet to come.

While aboard a flight on Eastern Airlines, Leonsis experienced what he describes as “a reckoning” when his plane suffered a mechanical failure and the landing gear wouldn’t lower. “As this plane was going down, I started to pray,” Leonsis remembers. “People were crying on the plane and my prayers felt a little bit inauthentic.”

So instead of praying, Leonsis made a pitch: If he made it through the flight, he would devote his life to giving back more than he took away. When his plane miraculously touched down safely, Leonsis set out to make good on his pitch.

“I’ll play offense with the rest of my life,” he vowed.

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to somebody on how to craft a full life,“ Leonsis explains.

a new dimension. He wrote a list of 101 things he wanted to accomplish before he died, and got busy ticking them off. “The list really highlighted the lack of tools available

“The list became important, but it

and found happiness in the process.

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How A SuMMEr CAMP oN NANtuCKEt HAS bEEN ENriCHiNG tHE LivES oF CHiLDrEN AND ADuLtS witH DiSAbiLitiES For NEArLy A DECADE.

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ack in the 1950s, many children with mental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, were treated with a level of callousness that’s hard to fathom in today’s world. Bound in wheelchairs and unable to communicate, many of these children were not welcomed into public schools and often spent their days wheeled into the corner of hospital rooms or plopped in front of television sets. Unknown to many at the time was that locked within these children were perfectly active minds dying to get out and play like any other kid.

In 1952, an English speech therapist named Helen Lamb came to the United States and began working with children stricken with cerebral palsy at a clinic in New Bedford. During a summer vacation with her three children in Martha’s Vineyard, Lamb had a revelation: “I started thinking about all those children I worked with sitting in their hot apartments with little chance to even get outside, as they had to be carried just about everywhere.

And here were my three children running and laughing and frolicking in the waves, having the time of their lives.

It just wasn’t right.” Lamb decided then and there that she with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to the island and get some sea air in their lungs.

Photography Courtesy of Tulgey Wood

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veryone I talked to at the clinic,

Wood was brought to Nantucket by one

receive her campers. To her delight, when

doctors, nurses, therapists, thought

of her daughters, Gillian Butchman. Be-

she and her campers arrived in August of

I was daft. Apparently it had never been

fore making the move from Martha’s

2006, the Nantucket community quickly

done before,” wrote Lamb before she

Vineyard, Butchman was unsure of what

rallied around them: “I have to say how

passed away in 2011. “The only people

to expect on Nantucket. When her mother

very welcomed we’ve felt everywhere on

who supported the idea were the parents.

first introduced her campers to Martha’s

Nantucket. We’ve been very graciously

For the first time in their lives, they’d get

Vineyard back in the fifties, they were

received,” she says.

a break.”

often asked to leave public places and

Carrying on the legacy established

Lamb began by taking four children at

restaurants. “She was told ‘I’m so sorry

by her mother, Butchman’s philoso-

a time to the Vineyard. During these visits

Mrs. Lamb but people are here for vaca-

phy for Tulgey Wood is to encourage

tion and it just makes them too sad to see

friendships between people with dis-

these poor crippled children,’” Butchman

abilities and those without. The camp

says. Things have obviously changed for

is run by counselors known as “mates”

the better since then, but Butchman was

who often use their own vacation time

still concerned about how “one of the

from their day jobs to volunteer for

most expensive and elite places for sum-

the three-week camp. Traveling from

mer vacation in the United States” would

places as far off as England, Scotland,

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she saw how the children came alive,

paid, but they also even pay their own

exhibiting new levels of engagement

way to get to Nantucket to participate

and communication. The camp quickly

in the camp. “It is as much fun for the

grew in popularity with hundreds of

people without disabilities as it is for

children of all ages and disabilities em-

those with,” Butchman explains. That’s

barking on exciting adventures on Mar-

not to say that it isn’t a lot of work. “It

tha’s Vineyard over the years.

is,” she says. “But as I always say,

Nearly ten years ago, an offshoot

climbing Mount Everest must be a lot

of Helen Lamb’s camp called Tulgey

of work, but still people love to do it.”

Tulgey Wood is open to campers of all disabilities and ages, ranging from as young as fourteen years old to as old as sixty. With the camp set at an unbelievably low cost of $50 a week per camper, the only prerequisite, Butchman says, is that the campers are prepared for an action-packed schedule. From the crack of dawn, there are trips to the beach, horseback riding, sailing, biking, storytelling, games, plays, dinner and much more, day after day. “Even if they’ve spent a lot of their life in one place and do a lot of television watching, often when they come to camp they find that they just adore the adventure and the varied activities,” Butchman says. “If you’re not familiar, the campers look as though they’re not able to understand or do anything. So people tend to talk down to them as if talking to a young child. But when you spend time in one of the camps, you realize that they’re, in fact, quite intelligent, but are what we call ‘locked in,’ because they have little or no verbal communication.”

Through their time spent together on wild adventures and daily activities, campers and mates develop innovative ways to communicate.

“As people try to communicate and come to use different systems,” Butchman explains, “you get very interested in trying new ways, and several of our mates have gone on to study speech pathology.”

The Nantucket community has played a pivotal role in the success of Tulgey Wood over the last decade. So much so that Butchman has established what she calls the “kitchen cabinet” of Nantucketers who serve as advisers, fundraisers, and even mates themselves. Islanders like Joan and Jacques Zimicki have helped provide housing to the campers, while Eric Evans of Don Allen Ford loans them a large vehicle to use for the camp. Nurses from the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, including Gloria Gasnarez, Helen Long, and Maureen Marcklinger help provide care for the campers. Jack Weinhold photographs the camp. The list of local supporters also includes Peter Boynton, Bob Lehman, Darcy Creech, Mary Beth Weinhold and others. Tulgey Wood has aligned with Bob and Suzanne Wright’s Autism Speaks and has received support from a wide range of island nonprofits including the Maria Mitchell Association, Sea Pony Farms, Nantucket Wheelers, the Unitarian Meeting House and others. Even with all this community support, Tulgey Wood relies heavily on donations to keep the tuition price low Wood visit www.tulgey.org.

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ED MArKEy iNteRVieW BY bruce a. Percelay

AN uPDAtE FroM CAPitoL HiLL After serving thirty-eight years in Congress, Ed Markey is completing his third year in his first full term as United States Senator. As the son of a milkman from Malden, Massachusetts, Markey has emerged as the senior statesman of the Massachusetts delegation and has taken a leadership role in areas ranging from climate change, to funding for Alzheimer’s research, to efforts towards reducing the opiate addiction problem, which face both Nantucket and the country. N Magazine interviewed Senator Ed Markey on these subjects just before he returned to Nantucket to be honored by the American Ireland Fund this July.

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N MagaziNe: Massachusetts is coming off the worst winter on record and there are people

January of 2015, in one case off

who wonder how could we possibly be experiencing global warming? You have taken a

of Cape Cod, it was 21 degrees

strong position on combatting global warming, however have recent weather events given

warmer than usual. In fact, many

you pause?

scientists believe that part of the

SeNator Markey: The science is clear. The National Academy of Sciences in every coun-

reason for the past winter’s his-

try in the world has concluded that human beings are the major contributing factor to the

toric snowfall was actually from

warming of the planet. Just look at the waters off Massachusetts, and indeed, up and down

climate change. This warmer

the Atlantic coast. They have been at record warm levels. In 2012, the Atlantic Ocean off

water gives storms more mois-

the Northeast coast was the hottest it has been since recordkeeping began in the 1850s. In

ture and that moisture has to drop at some point, and when it does, it means more snow.

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tucket is a big concern. It is estimated that, plus or minus, Nantucket has five hundred years before it totally disappears. Based on what you’re describing, is Nantucket’s future a lot shorter than we think?

SeNator Markey: We’ve been warned. We have a chance to put in place preventative measures that will help us avoid the worst, most catastrophic instances of dangerous global warming. I’m an optimist. I believe we can unleash the technological revolution in wind, solar, all-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and energy efficiency that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gases and avoid the frightening prospects that might otherwise happen—not just on Nantucket, but for the rest of the planet as well. I fundamentally believe that the same winds and the same waves that carried the first settlers to our Massachusetts shores can power a new generation of jobs in wind energy.

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your reaction to what appears to be the end of Cape Wind?

SeNator Markey: Cape Wind is only one part of a dramatic revolution that is taking place

in renewable energy and in wind energy specifically. There

town across our country. The epidemic is fueled by the over-

are other projects that are beginning off of the New England

prescription of opioid pain medication. It’s leading to heroin

coast, installing wind generators offshore. Some of them will

addiction and we’re seeing people die of overdoses at a rate

be completed within the next year or two. So as we look at the

never experienced before. And because the epidemic knows no

future, we have to be very optimistic. Last year, 50 percent

geographic boundaries, our response should know no political

of all new electrical-generating capacity installed in the world

boundaries. Nantucket has to be given the same, if not more,

were renewables.

attention because of the unique nature of Nantucket and its

N MagaziNe: Is it my understanding that you met with the pope

isolated and long winter period that could lead to even greater

to discuss environmental issues?

incidences.

SeNator Markey: Last May, I met with Cardinal Parolin and Cardinal Turkson, who are the pope’s two key advisors on cli-

N MagaziNe: Let’s move to the presidential landscape. Hillary

mate change. I was invited to the Vatican, along with five other

Clinton has had a difficult start to her campaign and yet she

congressmen from around the world. We met briefly with the

still seems to be the presumptive nominee for the Democrats.

pope, and for three hours we met with Cardinal Parolin and

Do you see the likelihood of a viable challenger within the

Cardinal Turkson. They have drafted an encyclical that the

party or do you think that Hillary will be the nominee no mat-

pope is going to release this summer, which is going to spark

ter what?

a whole new conversation about climate change.

SeNator Markey: Hillary is the favorite. She deserves that role. She is supremely well qualified. She also welcomes the process that a candidate has to go through to win the nomina-

islands, what have you done to remedy this growing epidemic?

tion and to win the presidency. I think it will be a good thing

SeNator Markey: I think that statewide, but also nationally,

for her to have a vigorous primary challenge because I think

we have to put in place policies that protect these victims. We

it will strengthen her as a candidate when she takes on the

cannot be ostriches with our heads in the sand any longer, as

Republican nominee in 2016.

this crisis devastates people on Nantucket and in every city and

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Ed Markey and his wife Dr. Susan Blumenthal celebrating his election victory in 2013. mother would be taken care of. Caring for my mother only made him stronger. However, not every family is so fortunate. Not everyone has the arm of a milkman.

We have to ensure that we create the resources so that families have the help, which they need in order to deal with this disease.

Five million Americans today have Alzheimer’s. By

N MagaziNe: And who would be the most formidable

the time all the Baby Boomers have retired, fifteen mil-

Republican challenger to her?

lion Americans will have Alzheimer’s. Unless we cure

SeNator Markey: It is impossible for me to get inside

that disease we can’t balance the Federal budget. It’s

the internal workings of Republicans’ cerebral mecha-

going to exhaust our medical system, our nursing home

nisms. I think we’re going to learn a lot about the Repub-

system in America. After my mother died, I created

lican candidates that we do not now know. I think it is

the Alzheimer’s caucus. We now have about two hun-

very early to be mak-

dred members in the

ing a decision which

House and the Sen-

of their candidates

ate, and we work to

will be the strongest,

lobby for increases

because we know

in the NIC budget for

so little in reality,

research of Alzheim-

even amongst those

er’s. I authored the

who are well known.

National Alzheim-

They are just begin-

er’s Project Act, and

ning this presidential

President

process.

signed it into law in

Obama

2010. And because

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Your

of my law we now

mother was a victim

have a national goal

of Alzheimer’s. What

to prevent and cure

is your role in im-

Alzheimer’s disease

proving the research

in America by 2025.

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cure for this disease?

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SeNator Markey:

What are your thoughts

My mother died in

about Nantucket?

1998 from Alzheim-

SeNator Markey:

er’s. My father was a

For a guy from Mal-

milkman for the Hood milk company. He felt that it was

den, Nantucket is a place where an ordinary person can

an honor that my mother married him and he pledged

be a part of an extraordinary place. Whether it is once

that my mother would never step foot in a nursing home.

a year or once in a lifetime, Nantucket is a remarkable

So for twelve years, the right arm of a milkman, which

experience where open space, natural beauty and artistic

is the strongest arm you could have, ensured that my

creation are celebrated and protected every day.

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ust twelve days before a magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked Nepal, claiming over eight thousand lives and destroying more than 70,000 homes, Nantucket celebrated its growing Nepalese community in an event hosted by the Nantucket Historical Association. The first of the Nepalese arrived on the island in 1999, when Tashi Lama, Geeta Nakarmi, and Debaki Thapa Magar came on an H2B seasonal working visa. Since then, the island’s Nepalese community has grown to eighty year-round residents. The event at the Whaling Museum put this community on joyous display, complete with colorful Nepali clothing, traditional dancing, and a bountiful Nepalese dinner. Less then two weeks later, when news of the earthquake reached the island, this exuberance was replaced with sorrow.

“I got the news as soon as the earthquake happened, because my sister-in-law called home,” remembered Nimesh Majarajan, who came to Nantucket in 2006 and now works as a private chef. “It was around 2:30 in the morning and

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friends back home. The long wait for information was torturous, especially after Nimesh spotted one of his friend’s homes on the news; it was scattered on the streets of Kathmandu in a pile of rubble. While most of their immediate family and friends miraculously escaped with their lives, their homes and their very existence were razed.

Two young students visiting Nantucket on their way to Texas for college, Samriddha Acharya and Sajal Bhandari, were in Nepal when the earthquake struck. “I was having a lunch with my family,” said Samriddha, when a “strange sound” echoed through his house. He and his family ran out into the street, leaving their home, which was then totally destroyed by the earthquake. In the days that followed, Samriddha’s family of four was forced to live in a tent, along with the thousands of other Nepalese who have been displaced by the destruction.

Little needed to be said by the two boys in recounting the horrors of what they witnessed. The gravity of the experience was written on their faces and in their thousand yard stares. “I was alone,” began Sajal Bhandari. “All the things were shaking. And the sounds were very scary. And all the people were crying around me. And I was worried about my grandmother because she is not able to walk, so she was at my house, and…” His voice trailed off. The memory seemed all too vivid to continue. “The situation is not good now,” Sajal Bhandari concluded. “I want to give the message from all the Nepalese to please help our country and the people who are suffering from this earthquake.” and Shradha Khatri Chhetri, a Nantucket High School graduate who came to the island from Kathmandu in 2009, hatched the idea for a fundraising event and dinner. They also organized a candlelight vigil that started at the head of Main Street and paraded down and around to the Unitarian Meeting House, where Shradha spoke before the audience. “Today I am here, standing before you as a proud daughter of Nepal,” Shradha began, her voice

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Foundation’s Margaretta Andrews, they opened a fund that would direct donations to Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. The evening following the candlelight vigil, a potluck was held at the American Legion. Over four hundred attended, helping raise thousands of dollars.

“I’ve been overwhelmed,” said Nimesh. “Every single person asks how things are going over there, and that means a lot to us. The love and support and community is amazing. We’re so lucky to live on this island.”

A little over a week after the potluck, another massive earthquake rumbled through Nepal. With much of the destruction already triggered by the April 25th quake, there were far fewer deaths and destruction, but the spirit and resolve of the nation were once again tested. However, if the Napalese community on Nantucket is any indication of the type of strength and bravery that’s found in their homeland, the world can trust that Nepal will rise again. “People of Nepal,” Nimesh said, “they talk with their eyes.” Here on Nantucket, those eyes are clear and looking towards a bright future for their homeland.

trembling and tears welling in her eyes and spilling down her cherubic face. “I’m deeply sad. I’m seeing news every day, and it breaks my heart to see children cry and tears in people’s eyes back home. And I feel very hopeless being here. I cannot do anything.” She paused, struggling to maintain her composure. “I always wanted to represent Nepal on a big platform, but I never imagined that I would be standing here talking about people suffering back home and children not having enough water, food and shelter. I always thought I’d talk about how brave people are over there and how Nepal is rich in culture and history.” Since delivering these words at the vigil, Shradha pledged to return to her homeland to help the relief effort directly.

“The US government hasn’t given us the green light to go yet,” she explained. But “I’m planning to volunteer in rural areas.”

The situation in Nepal has been most dire in remote areas such as the historic district of Gorkha where 90 percent of the homes and buildings were destroyed.

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who have never seen a TV.” They need medicine, food, water, and shelter.

Here on Nantucket, the Nepalese community swiftly began coordinating a fundraising effort. With the help of the NHA’s Marjan Shirzad and the Community To donate to the Community Foundation for Nantucket’s Nepalese Relief Fund, visit www.cfnan.org.

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tHE FiGHt to SAvE CAMP riCHArD oN NANtuCKEt

Camp Richard probably isn’t on your map of Nantucket. The hundred acres of pine forest is surrounded on all sides by development, yet somehow it’s still hidden away in the busy mid-island area and relatively unknown.

Camp Richard has also been the home of the Nantucket Boy Scouts since President Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House. And it’s now the crux of a contentious, high-profile legal skirmish over the ownership of the campground that has pitted Boy Scouts on either side of Nantucket Sound against each other.

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rust. Loyalty. Friendship. Cour-

fers beginning in 1955. The gift came

tion was visceral. “yeah, it was disbe-

teousness. These are a few

with just one string attached: If the

lief,” said Bob Graves, one of the is-

of the pillars of the law of the Boy

campground ever ceased to be used by

land scout leaders. “Hell no. No way.”

Scouts. yet they are the very qualities

the Boy Scouts, its ownership would

The Council had staked its claim

that have been seemingly absent in

revert back to the Civic League. To

on a little-known loophole in Mas-

the dispute sparked by what has been

the scout leaders on Nantucket, it was

sachusetts real estate law that allows

called a “land grab” by the Cape Cod

an accepted fact that the campground

deed restrictions to expire after thirty

& Islands Council of the Boy Scouts

belonged to the local scouting com-

years unless they are renewed. The re-

of America. It’s been nearly two years

mittee, and the land was, for all intents

strictions on Camp Richard, it turned

since the Council claimed ownership

and purposes, protected by that deed

out, had never been renewed.

of Camp Richard and disclosed a plan

restriction. Over the years, they had

Graves and the other island scout-

to sell off thirty acres of the Nantucket

contributed hundreds of hours of their

ing leaders made their opposition to

campground to a developer for $3.5

time and raised more than $200,000 to

the sale of Camp Richard known to the

million.

turn Camp Richard into a destination

Council. But then they took things to

The news stunned Nantucket’s

that now attracts scouts from all over

another level by taking the extraordi-

Boy Scout leaders. After all, Camp

New England and beyond. So when

nary, and some might say exceedingly

Richard was given to the island’s Boy

Nantucket’s Boy Scout leaders first

clever, step of transferring the deed for

Scouts decades ago by the Nantucket

caught wind of the Council’s plans to

the campground from the Nantucket

Civic League in a series of land trans-

sell part of the campground, their reac-

District Committee of the Boy Scouts

Graves is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who served in Vietnam and is the father of an Eagle Scout. He is one of a handful of adult Boy Scout leaders who helped build the new lodge in the late 1990s and who provided for the maintenance and upkeep of Camp Richard for decades. Under the terms of a management agreement brokered by a Superior Court judge, Graves has been allowed back onto the property, though he’s still officially banned from the Boy Scouts of America. “Oh my achin’ butt,” he

of America to the Camp Richard’s Campers Association, a separate non-profit they had created years ago to provide for the care and maintenance of the campground. It was a preemptive legal maneuver to scuttle the sale of Camp Richard before the Council had the chance to close its deal with the developer. “It’s not theirs,” Graves says emphatically. “End of story.”

Unfortunately for Graves and his fellow island Boy Scout leaders, that wasn’t the end of the story. The climax of this tale is still very much in doubt and far from settled.

The transfer of the deed prompted a swift and unsparing response from the Council. It sued the Nantucket Boy Scout leaders personally in Barnstable Superior Court, accused them of attempting to “steal” the campground, and stripped them of their membership in the Boy Scouts of America. They even changed the locks at Camp Richard.

It was the opening salvo in what has become a protracted battle for the ownership of the valuable Nantucket campground.

Two years later on a recent spring afternoon, Graves sauntered across Camp Richard’s thin carpet of pine needles toward the Boy Scouts’ lodge eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and sipping from a Diet Pepsi bottle.

“Everything moves slowly here,” he said. “I love this property…It’s a labor of love.”

says only half-joking. “I personally went through a whole bunch of sleepless nights over this.”

The acrimony clearly remains and the legal stalemate is unresolved, but Camp Richard continues to be the sanctuary it has long been for generations of Nantucket’s Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. On a sunny Sunday evening in May, as dozens of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts darted around the clearing that marks the entrance to Camp Richard.

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t (the lawsuit) hasn’t impacted actual

Humphries said. “It basically went against

suspicious in that regard. And to learn how

scouting whatsoever,” said Jeff Fox,

every word in that room.”

they underhandedly attempted to keep our

the Cubmaster for Nantucket Cub Scout

Since December, both sides have filed

scout leaders out of the camp and sue the

Pack 92. “The boys don’t know anything

motions for summary judgment in the

leaders for looking after the best interests

about it, and we’re carrying on just like

case, and oral arguments in Barnstable Su-

of the kids? All of that was just too much

any scout organization.”

perior Court are expected to begin in June.

to handle.”

For others like Bill Humphries – who

Outside the courtroom, the response from

Hinson launched an online petition

volunteers as scoutmaster for the island

the island community has been similarly

entitled “Save Nantucket’s Camp Rich-

Boy Scout troop - the episode has left a

hostile to the idea of the Council profiting

ard!” that caught fire on social media, and

bad taste in his mouth. Standing just out-

from the sale of an island campground.

was ultimately signed by 3,257 people.

side the Camp Richard lodge, a building

“When I heard the news, I was appalled

The petition was sent to Boy Scout lead-

in which the words of the Boy Scout law

like everyone else,” said island physician

ers across New England, as well as Atlan-

are inscribed on quarterboards hanging

Greg Hinson. Maddux, Hinson’s ten-year-

tic Development, the company that was

from the walls, Humphries was struck by

old son, had joined the island Cub Scout

in negotiations to buy the thirty acres of

the juxtaposition of those values measured

pack shortly before the lawsuit. “To learn

Camp Richard from the Council.

against the recent actions of the Coun-

the Cape Council was attempting to sell

Other calls and pleas for help to well-

cil. “That was one of the first things we

the land at a ridiculous price, I mean thirty

connected, senior members of the Boy

said: this was not ‘loyal’ or ‘trustworthy’,”

acres for $3 million?” Hinson said. “It felt

Scouts of America organization about

Camp Richard went unheeded. But that’s

in their area. The Council has also claimed

probably because this type of thing is hap-

that the sale of what amounts to less than

pening all over the country. As Nantuck-

a third of a lightly used portion of Camp

et’s Boy Scout leaders researched their

Richard will actually benefit scouting ac-

predicament, they quickly learned that

tivities in the entire Cape and Islands re-

Camp Richard was just the latest example

gion, including Nantucket.

of the Boy Scouts of America selling off

For Nantucket’s conservation groups,

land previously donated to the organiza-

the potential for an undeveloped, 100-acre

tion for big bucks.

property that they had long considered

A 2009 investigation by Hearst News-

protected to suddenly be within the grasp

papers found that regional Boy Scout

of a developer amounted to a DEFCON

councils all over the U.S. had “reaped

5 scenario. “It never was on anyone’s ra-

tens of millions of dollars from selling

dar,” said Cormac Collier, the executive

decades-old campgrounds and other prop-

director of the Nantucket Land Council.

erties — including some previously given

But it was a fight the Land Council had

to them with the intention they be used for

no problem picking. The island environ-

outdoor recreation…”

mental watchdog is now funding the le-

Mike Reilly is the Cape Cod Council’s

gal challenge mounted by the Nantucket

“Scout Executive” who receives $119,644

Civic League and the island Boy Scout

in annual compensation according to the

leaders. In late 2014, the Land Council an-

group’s most recent non-profit tax filing

nounced a $150,000 challenge grant to the

with the IRS. Reilly himself answered the

Nantucket community to solicit the funds

phone when I called the Council’s yar-

necessary to sustain the legal defense of

mouthport headquarters last month. He

their claim to Camp Richard.

politely referred all questions to Robert

Peter Fenn, an attorney representing the

Chamberlain, an attorney and one of the

Land Council, believes one of the corner-

Council’s directors. Chamberlain, whose

stone’s of the Cape Cod Council’s claim

law firm is representing the Council in the

on Camp Richard is bogus. The mandate

Camp Richard case, never returned the

for deed restrictions to be renewed, he

voicemail I left for him. But their side of

said, does not apply to Camp Richard be-

the story has emerged in court filings and

cause the original transfer involved non-

affidavits. Reilly, for instance, claimed

profit charities, which are exempt from the

in an affidavit that the island Boy Scout

requirement.

leaders’ transfer of the deed “essentially

“This is the last thing the Boy Scouts

amounts to stealing the land.” It is the

should be doing,” said Fenn. “They

custom of the Boy Scouts of America, the

should be preserving this land for fu-

Council has alleged, for the regional coun-

ture scouts forever, not trying to make a

cils to assume ownership of all land assets

quick buck.”

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Exploring thE ForgottEn history oF nantuckEt’s rarEst architEcturE

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cattered among Nantucket’s restrained and occasionally formal architecture are buildings that seem to scream for attention. With their garish colors, ornate fenestration, elaborate bracketed corners, and dramatically angled dormers, they are architectural fishes out of water on conservative Nantucket. How Victorian architecture found its way to Puritan Nantucket and the reasons why so few examples still exist are little known facts.

Whether it’s 72 Main Street, 21 and 19 on Broad Street, or the hostel out on Surfside, these Victorians add a unique, if curious, dimension to the island’s architectural character. Despite their conspicuous design, very little is known about how they arrived on island.

“Nantucket has so much information about eighteenth and early nineteenth century buildings, but when you come to the Victorian period, there wasn’t as much interest,” explained Michael May, the executive director of the Preservation Trust. “There was very little understanding about the importance of Victorian architecture.” Even more befuddling is that the Victorians we

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Robinson was a developer,

oped the majority of the Victo- over, while these Victorians may

elements

and as the demand for quick, in-

rian buildings that exist today on have stood in stark contrast to the

on island because

expensive housing on the island

the Vineyard at Oak Bluffs.

in the 1930s and

shot up along with the tourists,

Although the same man de- of the island, the conservative

‘40s, and into the mid-twentieth

the Victorian style of the times

signed each of these buildings, Nantucket sensibility seemed to

century,

actu-

proved the most effective for

they feature a range of different rub off on Robinson and was re-

ally encouraged people to remove

creating neighborhoods such as

elements typically found within flected in his design. “It’s funny,

Victorian elements because they

‘Sconset Heights located below

the Victorian period. “It’s very as an architectural historian, I

ou don’t see a lot of Victorian

preservationists

mostly Federal-style architecture

were considered ugly,”

look at them and most

May explained. As a

of them are very con-

consequence,

many

servative in their use

Victorians at the time

of style,” explained

were stripped of their

May. “you go off is-

porches and bracketed

land and you see very

cornices, and left to

elaborate

look more like their

structures, but on is-

eighteenth and nine-

land, just like the ar-

teenth century neigh-

chitecture of the eigh-

bors. Others were sim-

teenth and nineteenth

ply leveled. There is no

centuries, they are a

official number on how

little restrained and a

many Victorians exist-

little conservative. I

ed on the island.

think that was just a

Victorian

The rise of the Vic-

trait of the island to

torians on Nantucket

be a little bit more re-

traces back to the end

strained in their use of

of the 1800s when

style.”

the island was transi-

Today, thanks to

tioning from a whal-

HDC regulations and

ing hub to a tourist

painstaking

destination. More spe-

tion efforts, many of

cifically, these edifices

these surviving Vic-

have Charles H. Rob-

torians have been re-

inson to thank for

turned to their former

their existence. “He

glory, most recently

probably built most of

21 Broad Street. One

the Victorian houses

only needs to stroll

and

from

down Broad Street

the 1870s to the early

or walk to the head

structures

restora-

the walking bridge in Siascon-

eclectic in the sense that it cov- of Main to see examples of these

had a house at the corner of Fair

set. He was also responsible for

ered a lot of different styles,” ex- rare architectural achievements. In

and Martin’s Lane, a Victorian

several public buildings such

plained Michael May. “There’s the case of Victorian architecture,

house that’s still there. And next

as the ‘Sconset Chapel and the

Gothic revival, shingle style, beauty is clearly in the eyes of the

door he had a shop where he made

Surfside

Station.

Italianate, French Second Em- beholder, but like them or not, they

Victorian elements like brackets

Robinson’s reign was not lim-

pire—they were all part of the are an important part of Nantuck-

for cornices and porches.”

ited to Nantucket; he also devel-

Victorian architecture.” More- et’s architectural fabric.

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living small WRitteN BY JustiNe Paradis

photogRaphY BY kit Noble

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s the affordable housing crisis on Nantucket

decided to spend the off-season teaching herself basic

nears a tipping point, the dire need for rentals

carpentry to build a tiny house in a friend’s backyard.

has yielded an extreme alternative. Just out of sight,

Her house sits on top of a bright yellow trailer, so

in backyards and quiet sandy driveways, a few deter-

whenever she decides to relocate, she can hitch the

mined islanders have opted out of the dreaded seasonal

house on the back of her truck and tow it away.

rental shuffle, swapping overcrowded apartments for a

Inside, the space is just under seven feet wide

new generation of mobile homes. They’re called tiny

and eighteen feet long. Aside from the bathroom, it’s

houses, and on Nantucket, they’re shingled, environ-

a single room that combines kitchen, living area, and

mentally friendly, and made to move. There’s just one

sleeping loft. Every inch matters, so many features of

problem: They’re not exactly legal.

Megan’s design perform double duty. Her drop-down

Tiny houses typically fall somewhere between 80

table, for instance, functions as both work desk and

and 500 square feet, over 2,000 feet smaller than the

dining table. She’s also planning to have a couch with

average single-family home. Megan, who agreed to

a pull-out bed to accommodate guests. “It’s a quaint

speak with us under a fake name, is

Nantucket cottage,” Megan says.

among the tiny house converts on

Other tiny houses exist in the shadows on island.

Nantucket. She’s in her early thir-

They’re beautifully designed, outfitted with shingles,

ties, and a few years after moving

dormers, Dutch doors, and, in one case, a figurehead.

to the island, she

Not only are they consistent with Nantucket’s aesthetic, they’re also relatively cheap. Depending on labor, quality standards, and whether the materials are salvaged or bought new, Nantucket’s tiny house budgets can be less than a year’s worth of island rent. Others can cost as much as $50,000. For those hoping to avoid debt and sidestep a mortgage in a post-recession world, tiny houses look pretty good.

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he idea for living small isn’t new. From Mongolian yurts and Romani caravans to covered wagons and modern campers, whether by choice or necessity, people all over the globe have lived nomadically in small, portable shelters. In the United States, the “small house movement” started in the 1990s led by architectural pioneers such as Jay Shafer, but the idea gained national visibility after Hurricane Katrina. In 2006, designer Marianne Cusato developed the Katrina Cottage as a “dignified alternative” to emergency trailers, and demand spread well beyond Louisiana.

Today, the Internet is littered with blogs, how-to guides, and photo spreads lauding tiny houses. The idea dovetails naturally with the sustainable movement, partly because, as a rule, smaller spaces are more energy efficient, but also because living in a tiny house means accumulating less stuff. The transition to living in a tiny house involves weeding out the closet and paring down one’s book collection.

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he whole point of tiny houses is: enough,” Megan says.

she could be fined, and the house would likely be declared

“Enough space for everything you need, and maybe a

unfit for human habitation.

little space for something you want.” Perhaps most impor-

That responsibility falls on Nantucket’s health director,

tantly, if you’re moving in with a partner, it means compro-

Richard Ray, who was preparing to retire when I spoke to

mise, and not just when it comes to closet space. In tight

him. “Not a pleasant position to be in,” he says. News of tiny

quarters, there’s no escaping an argument. you really have

houses first crossed Ray’s desk six months ago, warning him

to love the one you’re with.

that they might start to appear in his county. It caught him

On top of those challenges, tiny houses are still ef-

off-guard. “It’s a bit of a firestorm,” says Ray. “We’re try-

fectively illegal in Massachusetts. Since state building and

ing to figure out how to deal with these units.” Still, he isn’t

health codes are intended for more traditional dwellings,

fundamentally opposed to tiny houses. Ray understands that

most tiny houses violate several provisions. For one thing,

the island is desperately in need of affordable housing, but

the human habitation code requires that any dwelling must

the power to revise the code lies with the state Department

contain one room that measures at least 120 square feet.

of Health.

That’s a conflict for tiny houses on trailers, which must fit

Still, islanders are taking action. This past spring, Isaiah

certain specifications if they’re to be towed on the highway.

“Izzy” Stover, a local construction manager, drafted a motion

Plumbing is another problem. Sewer water, known as “black-

that would have allowed potential tiny house owners to apply

water,” can be solved with composting toilets, but dirty water

for a special permit. “I was inspired because I saw it as a

from showers and sinks, known as “greywater,” poses an-

reasonable means for people on Nantucket to have a stepping

other issue. Both are legal, but in Massachusetts, it can be

stone to move from the rental market to owning something,”

difficult to get blackwater-greywater systems approved.

Stover explains. He postponed the article for a year to fine-

Investing time and energy into an illegal tiny house is a

tune its language, but he aims to try again at Town Meeting

risk. So far, Megan hasn’t done anything wrong. She’s just

next spring. This time, he’ll organize a working group to help

building the house. But, if she’s ever discovered living there,

draft the article. It’s a thorny, complicated process, and Stover wants to be careful to avoid unintended consequences.

“We shouldn’t overdevelop,” Stover says. “I don’t want it to become something where someone throws a couple of these together really cheaply and charges market rate to rent them.” He knows he can’t please everyone, but he hopes that the article will help those in need of a stable place to live.

Even though tiny houses will need state approval, if Nantucket voters adopt Stover’s article next spring, that’s still a good step forward. “It’s time, Nantucket,” Megan says. For her, a tiny house is more than just a home. It’s a way to live optimistically, to leave less of an environmental footprint.

Megan’s betting on her generation to show how small living can have a big impact.

A version of this story originally aired on WCAI, the Cape & Islands NPR station.

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EXTREME Commuting Written by Justine Paradis

Photography by Robert Cocuzzo

Nantucket’s most surprising import is its daily workforce.

It can be easy to miss, but every day, hundreds of people commute across Nantucket Sound from Cape Cod, Rhode Island, and even the suburbs of Boston to join Nantucket’s workforce. During the off-season, particularly in the spring, Hy-line estimates that commuters constitute a third of their passengers. Meanwhile, Island Airlines flies between sixty and one hundred sixty commutmen, but the island’s commuting workforce also extends to some surprising industries and professions.

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he money’s here. That’s what it comes down to,”

Limited housing is a major reason why these com-

says commuter Jeff Quest. Quest is headed home

muting workers choose not to live on Nantucket. Soaring

to Harwich, MA after a day of delivering sheetrock

housing costs, high demand, and low availability forces

on Nantucket, a trip he has made countless times over

people into dingy basements or overcrowded apart-

the last thirty years. The boat is standing room only.

ments, and many people don’t want anything to do with

While some laborers are committed to short-

it. “Nantucket has changed so much,” says Peter Her-

term contract work, many are seasoned veterans

man, who is also on the ferry with Quest headed home

with decades of daily trips under their belts. For

on the mainland. “I used to be such a free bird over

a worker like Jeff Quest, he’ll spend two hours a

here.” Herman started a heating and cooling business on

day on the boat and at least eight hours at work, but

the island, but when he moved to the Cape in 2001, it

it’s all worth it. On Nantucket, contractors like

was easier to keep his business on Nantucket rather than

Quest can bill higher than they can on the mainland.

uproot it. He now commutes back and forth every day.

four days a year, much better than driving to the city. “Commut-

like Jeff Quest and Peter Herman who travel here every day to do

ing to Boston, I was scared for my life once a week in traffic.”

trade work, the commuting workforce also extends to more surpris-

Even the Town of Nantucket sources much of their talent from

ing businesses. FedEx, UPS, and the US Post Office all fly a number

the mainland. Fire chief Mark McDougal says firefighters have been

of their employees to the island each day. Stop & Shop employs a

commuting for years. “My preference is to have every firefighter

number of commuters as well. More locally, Marine Home Center,

living on the island,” the chief says, “but today, I have to be re-

one of the largest employers on the island, operates its own planes

alistic. It’s something I keep an eye on.” Some firefighters even

and flies over a quarter of its employees back and forth each day. Its

rent rooms as places to crash between their twenty-four hour shifts.

first commuter started making the daily trip in 1982. “It went from

Another lifesaving institution, the Nantucket Cottage Hos-

one, to three, to seven, and it just kept growing and growing,” says

pital, contracts around thirty-one visiting specialists and phy-

marketing manager Linda McAndrews, who is a commuter herself.

sicians from off island. These physicians travel from various

Barry Cohen is another Marine Home Center commuter who

hospitals on the mainland, including Cape Cod Hospital, Mass

has been making the flight over the Sound twice a day for almost

General, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and spe-

twenty years. Cohen installs cabinets and countertops for the com-

cialize in everything from allergies and dermatology to on-

pany, and when he started in 1993, he was the only one on the plane.

cology and neurology. In total, these commuting physicians

After almost two decades, his morning routine is pretty stream-

provide eighteen specialties to the Nantucket community. The

lined. His alarm rings at 5:25. He makes coffee, his wife packs

hospital also employs three nurses that make the commute daily.

his lunch, and after a quick shower, he’s out the door. The drive

There is no single commuter, no single story, and no way to

from his house in Mashpee, MA to the Hyannis airport takes about

say what drives each worker to include Nantucket in the puzzle of

twenty minutes, depending on traffic. He pulls into the company

their lives. Whatever the reason—money, security, community, the

hangar at twenty past six, and his flight leaves ten minutes later.

beauty of flying into Nantucket, or cruising across the Sound—

Including his flight, Cohen travels two hours every day—that’s

there’s something about the island that keeps people coming back.

twenty days of travel every year. “There’s definitely days when the

And while this commuting workforce might arrive under the cover

weather’s awful and the plane’s bouncing all over the place—you

of dawn and leave under the shroud of night, they are an integral part

question why you do it,” he says. But that’s only around three or

of what keeps the island ticking.

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Garden Glory LESLiE LiNSLEy SHArES HEr SECrEtS For CrEAtiNG tHE CottAGE GArDEN oF your DrEAMS, witH PHotoS by tErry PoMMEtt. Nantucket residents are passionate about their gardens. Some are small, in-town, pocket gardens, others are border gardens seen along picket fences. Some are formal, others more uninhibited, depending on the site and the gardener. But the most charming gardens all over the island are those resembling a typical cottage garden that looks as though it just grew

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cottage garden is a distinct style of garden that uses

an informal design, often dense plantings and traditional materials. It is never grand or formal, but rather casual, with a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. When we think of a cottage garden, we might imagine a little structure in the countryside of England, and, in fact, this is its origin.

On Nantucket, roses were planted as a cottage garden staple giving off their rich scents at the beginning and mid-summer growing seasons. Modern day cottage gardens include regional perennials with lush foliage and fragrance, along with annuals and free-climbing plants associated with cottage gardens of the past. The best examples of cottage gardens on Nantucket are on small areas around in-town houses and in the little village of Siasconset where the roses grow up the sides and over the rooftops of the little whale cottages.

Hydrangeas grow all over the island and visitors always “ooh and aah� over their beauty.

They are the biggest and bluest, although they bloom in white and pink as well. We think our soil makes them the best in the country. you be the judge.

Today cottage style gardens are created around houses of all sizes with the simple formula: an informal look and a seemingly casual mix of flowers, herbs and vegetables. They often have useful paths or hedges designed to look artless, as if everything in it has just grown there by accident, rather than contrived. Plantings need for excessive watering and weeding. Stone pathways imperfectly laid out with curves and irregularities might be included.

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Typical fruits might be raspberries, apple for cider and a pear tree.

A modern garden might include a dogwood or crab apple tree.

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wiNDow boxES All over town you’ll see window boxes brimming with native flowering plants. Not only do we find them on small cottages, but under windows on grand sea captain’s houses lining Orange Street and the historic houses on Union as well as upper Main.

Storefronts seem to vie for the best window boxes all over town which add to the charm and quaintness that contributes to our downtown ambience.

Window boxes can be created anywhere. Choose a combination of tall and low or trailing plants. Be sure the flowers don’t grow too tall in front of windows. Consult your nursery about appropriate flowers for your area. Some do better in full sun, others in shade. Consider having your Nantucket style flower box created by expert designer David HollandLeggieri at Bartlett’s Oceanview Farm or ask your nursery for advice for planting in your area.

Leslie Linsley is the author of “Nantucket Cottages & Gardens” with photographs by Terry Pommett. The gardens and window This is their third book collaboration and together Linsley and Pommett have created dozens of magazine articles.

Leslie is the author of more than 65 books.

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AS A PREVIEW TO THIS SUMMER’S NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION DESIGNER LUNCHEON, KEYNOTE SPEAKER KATIE RIDDER SHARED HER EXPERTISE WITH N MAGAZINE. N magazine

Before founding her own firm in 1995, famed designer Katie Ridder worked on home design magazines such as House & Garden and House Beautiful. Today, Ridder employs that same keen editor’s eye in designing spaces for high-profile clients from around the globe. Her projects are as varied as Japanese pavilions, Hamptons estates, Park Avenue apartments, and downtown lofts. On July 29th, Katie Ridder will be bringing her worldly design sense to Nantucket.

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N MAgAzINE: When did you first come to Nantucket?

RIDDER: Summer of 1984 when I moved to New york from Northern California.

N MAgAzINE: What do you find most special about the island?

RIDDER: Its age - compared to California where the oldest beach communities were from the 1960s.

N MAgAzINE: How would you describe your design style?

RIDDER: I try to see through my client’s eyes so every project is different, but I always bring color and craft and I don’t repeat myself.

N MAgAzINE: How do you successfully incorporate antiques into modern design?

RIDDER: I’m a big believer in antiques. They give a project depth and sophistication and difference in texture.

N MAgAzINE: If there is one design element that changes the feel of a room instantly, what would you say it is?

RIDDER: Adding wallpaper. It can be grass cloth - it does what antiques do for a room. It adds another layer, texture.

N MAgAzINE: Is designing an island residence different than other locations?

RIDDER: I avoid decorating that suggests a “summer place” only.

Nantucket is so much more than that.

N MAgAzINE: How would you describe Nantucket’s design aesthetic?

RIDDER: Tasteful, American, and timeless.

N MAgAzINE: Which designer has most impacted your career?

RIDDER: Renzo Mongiardino, Tony Duquette- the oldies that piled it on.

N MAgAzINE: Is there a period of antiques or style that you think works particularly well for houses on Nantucket?

RIDDER: Swedish, English, American - they all work.

N MAgAzINE: What advice would you give to an aspiring interior designer?

RIDDER: It’s 10% scheming and 90% organization. Having a good business mind helps.

N MAgAzINE: What would people be the most surprised to learn about you?

RIDDER: I’m not sure, but I love to sew and garden and bake!

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N MAgAzINE: What are you most proud of in your career?

RIDDER: That I’ve stuck with it through the years. It is a joy.

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N MAgAzINE: What do you think are some of the biggest mistakes that people make when designing homes?

RIDDER: Not designing a room on paper first.

N MAgAzINE: What is your ideal weekend getaway?

RIDDER: My garden in Millbrook, N.y.

Katie Ridder is appearing as the keynote speaker at the 2015 NHA Antiques & Design Show of Nantucket Designer Luncheon on Wednesday, July 29 at the Great Harbor Yacht Club.

For tickets, visit nha.org.

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WRitteN BY kristeN kelloGG

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a local Filmmaker diScoverS the iSland oF dominica

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rom the moment I first spotted land as our little plane descended

pressive waterfalls. It’s home to the Waitukubuli National Trail that

over Dominica during the day’s golden hour, every inch of the

snakes 115 majestic miles across and around the island.

island appeared blanketed in deep and vibrant greens. They call this

As I set out to explore the Nature Island’s vast beauty, I couldn’t

breathtaking island nestled between Guadeloupe and Martinique in

help but be reminded of my backyard adventures on Nantucket

the Lesser Antilles, the “Nature Island,” and now I could clearly see

where conservation land is an essential component of why people

why. Dominica might just be one of the most lush and unexplored

love to visit, summer, and call it home.

places you’ll ever set foot on.

With around 70,000 people residing throughout the island’s

For a filmmaker like myself, the island screams “capture me,”

289.5 square miles, Dominica is home to a few lucky expats and

with its black, sparkling sand beaches, crystal-clear water, and im-

a wealth of friendly locals. The rich volcanic soil allows just about

anything to grow here, which may be why Dominica is home to the most centenarians in the world per capita, one of whom I had the chance to meet on his 106th birthday.

The island’s poetic past and present are represented by a large number of artists and thriving craftsmen, in the Kalinago Territory, home to Dominica’s indigenous people, and many other areas of the island. One artisan,

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carver Ras Julie, welcomed us into his home as he was chipping away at his next masterpiece, a small, intricately detailed carving we were given as a gift. With so many invitations from the locals to “stay a while,” I ended up doing just that, and extended my adventure by four days.

Largely undiscovered and unspoiled, Dominica makes travelers feel like they’re discovering its natural wonders for the first time in history. I felt this way when I set my heart on hiking the incredibly challenging Wavine Cyrique, which required descending a mudcovered wall using nothing but ropes and roots to climb down. All the dirt and adrenaline was well worth it as I met a powerful waterfall gushing into the sea when I reached the bottom.

The last night of the trip was unforgettable. We came across Layou, a small fishing village, which was full of life, men playing dominos after a day’s work, and kids jumping off the docked fishing boats into the river. One of these young boys uttered some of the most memorable words I’d heard in Dominica: “It’s special because you can never be alone.” yes, Dominica might be an island defined by nature, but its true character is found in its people.

Dominica is more than just an escape where you won’t find a single chain hotel or fast food restaurant. Rather, it is a place to try new things, to go outside your comfort zone, and taste the undiscovered flavors of life. It’s a place where true adventure exists, and moments you could never plan for stick with you for a lifetime.

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she and Nantucket-based photographer Katie Kaizer earned a spot in the Dominica Film Challenge, in which six teams of creatives were flown in to the island from around the world

by Bolin Marketing and the Discover Dominica Authority to create two-minute films about Dominica. Head over to N-magazine.com and discover Dominica through Kristen and Katie’s interactive travel film. Kristen is currently working on her second interactive travel film for Border Free Travels about Nantucket Island set to launch in 2015.

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getting there Fly Jet Blue from Nantucket to New York City or Boston and then continue on to St. Martin.

Then hop on a local flight with Winair to Melville Hall Airport (DOM).

Stay In Portsmouth: Picard Beach Cottages.

Near Rosseau, stay at Anchorage Dive Shop.

No frills and right on the water, a great base location for getting your feet wet.

To escape it all, head off the grid to Bananalama Eco Villa. (open seasonally)

other muSt do’S Sunrise at Au Parc Hike The Boiling Lake Canoe the Indian River Float through Titou Gorge Swim horses through the water with Rainforest Riding Snorkel Champagne Reef

tipS It’s a rainforest. Always carry rain gear.

Downpours happen sporadically.

Renting a car is great if you’re there for a week or more, but hiring a driver will

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Bonnie Buchanan & alexandra starzyk

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ali Rayfields & peter Lanigan

Jon Bruce Beni, susan Wager & Miguel hernandez

cassie Moran, Natasha Levens, Mollie Lampert, amanda schwenk & grace anne tornovish

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candace McDonough, christina hunchard & kerri Larosee

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Justine Derry & chris Bistany

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Meredith hanson & Nick addeo

Rachel Rogal, heather pew & emily corsaro

Nicola stevens & shannon glinn

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Gerry Keneally, Clay Twombly, Joe Olson & Patty Keneally

Jennifer Horne & Tamara Greenman

Ken Beaugrand, Peggy Tramposch

Joanne Jolastro & Charlene Thurston

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NOT SO FAST

a quick chat with local Sculptor Billy Sherry n magazine: What first brought you to Nantucket?

Billy Sherry: My high school girlfriend’s sister, Cameron Hough, lived here. I came here three days after graduating from college in 1976. I liked the weather. My first job was with Jim Tyler painting houses.

n magazine: Describe your artwork in five words.

Billy Sherry: Lyrical, geometric, minimal, meditative, (striving for) beauty.

n magazine: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?

Billy Sherry: I studied poetry and creative writing, and played football at Georgetown University.

n magazine: Where do you draw your inspiration from when creating a piece?

Billy Sherry: It is less about inspiration than my faith and perseverance in the creative process: Show up, work, don’t give up, and something will happen.

n magazine: When was the golden era on Nantucket, or are we in it?

Billy Sherry: I don’t subscribe to the question of “golden age.” Ages are fluid. We have grown considerably since I came here in the late 70s—more people, more cultural diver-

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ing the summers; what is the quintessential

years from now, what five items would you

takes a boat to get home!

dinner on Nantucket?

put in it?

Billy Sherry: Littlenecks and oysters. Smoked

Billy Sherry: Surfboard, photo of Ted Ander-

n magazine: What would you like to see more

bluefish pate. Tomato salad with basil, bal-

son, dirt from dirt roads in the moors, Land

of in the island art scene?

samic and olive oil. Grilled halibut with

Bank charter, arrowhead.

Billy Sherry: I would like to see more exhibi-

mango salsa and corn.

n magazine: If you could magically change

tions like the Arts Council Show every fall (curated by Reggie Levine) that encourage

n magazine: If you were put in charge of cre-

one thing on Nantucket, what would it be?

all ages and types of creative expression.

ating a time capsule for the island so that

Billy Sherry: Push it another 25 miles out to sea.

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