BALANCING ACT: Surfers were out in force on the south shore this weekend as the impact of Hurricane Ernesto, passing offshore hundreds of miles to the east, generated big waves and prime conditions. It also brought with it dangerous rip currents, leading lifeguards to rescue at least two people from the surf. See story, page 2A.
Surf school owner skeptical about wind farm reimbursement
By Kaie Quigley kquigley@inkym.com
Promises from Vineyard Wind
blade-manufacturer General Electric to compensate island business owners affected by its blade failure last month are starting to appear empty in the eyes of Gaven Norton.
“I think it’s a false promise,” said Norton, who runs ACK Surf School on the south shore.
“I’ve reached out to people and just heard, ‘Yeah, we’ll figure this out.’ It’s been a month. I don’t expect anything to get done in a month, these are uncharted territories. But it doesn’t seem like anybody’s in a huge rush,” he said.
Norton had to cancel all his surfing lessons for two days during one of the busiest weeks of the summer last month because floating fiberglass and Styrofoam debris from the broken blade closed all south shore beaches to swimming.
Different factors can cancel a day of lessons, he said. It’s generally assumed that a few days will be lost per
season to bad weather or shark sightings, for example.
Floating fiberglass, and people’s fear of the beach because of it, however, was a first.
“This was not one that I anticipated happening,” Norton said. That was the week of July 13. Since
then, Vineyard Wind has maintained that a renewable energy subsidiary of General Electric, GE Vernova, is responsible for the blade failure and damages caused by it, because it manufactured and installed the parts that
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Our Island Home gets four-star rating
By Dean Geddes dgeddes@inkym.com
Our Island Home, which had been plagued with a one-star rating from Medicare and Medicaid Services since 2021, learned this month that its rating from the federal agency had jumped to four stars out of a possible five, qualifying as an “above average” nursing home.
“It feels great. I think what happens on the island, we all get isolated and we lose perspective on what it’s like compared to the rest of the state. This is far and above better than most nursing homes that we work with.”
and we lose perspective on what it’s like compared to the rest of the state. This is far and above better than most nursing homes that we work with.”
ZBA impartiality questioned in STR case
Board ruling on residential use expected next week
By Dean Geddes dgeddes@inkym.com
As the Zoning Board of Appeals marches closer to a ruling declaring that the short-term rental of a vacation home is acceptable in residential neighborhoods, questions are being raised about the impartiality of the board.
The linchpin to this wider decision is the case of Cathy Ward, who sued her neighbors over their use of their vacation home as a short-term rental in a residentially-zoned area.
This all comes as the case appears likely to end up back in court, according to Ward’s attorney, Nina Pickering-Cook, who said she and Ward anticipate appealing the ZBA’s likely decision once it is final.
Land Court Judge Michael Vhay
“Short-term rentals are customarily incidental to as-of-right principal residential uses in the Residential Old Historic District.”
ruled earlier this year that the town’s zoning bylaw does not allow for the primary use of a home to be a shortterm rental, but it is allowed as an accessory use. He sent the matter back to the ZBA to determine if Peter and Linda Grape’s rental usage was primary or accessory.
Anne Dewez, a long-time critic of commercial short-term rentals, spoke during public comment at last Thursday’s ZBA meeting. She said that given the gravity of the situation, there should be a review of the conflict-of-interest status of all of the board members relating to short-term rentals, before they render
– Draft ZBA ruling ZBA, PAGE 5A
Legal wrangling over wine festival ramps up
By Dean Geddes dgeddes@inkym.com
Nantucket Wine and Food Festival executive director Nancy Bean is claiming a lawyer who worked for her on the deal that gave her sole control of the festival turned around and shared sensitive privileged information with David Gordon, the CEO of Gordon’s Fine Wine & Liquors, as part of a long-term plan to take over the festival.
The claim was made in an update to the suit she has filed against Gordon’s and the White Elephant Hotel as the drama involving the long-running festival is getting even more convoluted.
It all started this June when Gordon announced his company had
– Bob Eisentein, EF & Associates Operator, Our Island Home FESTIVAL, PAGE 4A
The new rating indicates a major turnaround for the only nursing home on the island, and the sole remaining municipally-owned nursing home in the state.
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“It’s the result of a lot of hard work, because it takes a long time to get movement,” said Bob Eisenstein, president of EF & Associates, the company hired by the town to run the dayto-day operations of Our Island Home.
“It feels great. I think what happens on the island, we all get isolated
When asked if he thought the new four-star rating could hurt the town’s chances of securing the green light from voters on a new $100 million facility, Eisenstein said it was important to realize that the Medicare and Medicaid rating is about care, not the state of the building.
“No, because the question is, how much better can we be?” he said. “We’ve kind of been held back in certain respects. As we expand and really start marketing our programs, I anticipate that we’ll have a much higher (occupancy) over the next several years.”
“The space we have now is just functional for patients. There’s not enough space, and I would not want to
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Gaven Norton, owner of ACK Surf School on Nobadeer Beach.
Courtesy of Massachusetts Lottery Commission LUCKY WINNER: Island restaurant owner Sean “Sushi Sean” Durnin won $1 million on a scratch ticket he bought at Old South Diner this week, the third time in less than six months the business has sold a winning ticket worth more than $1 million. See story, page 2A.
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Nantucket Wine Festival founder Denis Toner with executive director Nancy Bean at The White Elephant Hotel during the opening reception for the 2014 festival.
Scallop saver? Buoy launched to measure ocean acidification
By Kaie Quigley kquigley@inkym.com
A new piece of technology launched by scientists in Nantucket Harbor last week may be another tool in protecting the island’s scallop fishery.
In partnership with a company called Yellow Spring Instruments out of Ohio, the Maria Mitchell Association has launched a buoy in the harbor that will give island scientists real-time water-quality data, including acidity levels, for the first time ever.
The goal is to monitor the acidity levels and other factors that may have an effect on
Lifeguards save swimmers from rip current
“Sushi
By Kaie Quigley kquigley@inkym.com
Lifeguards saved two people from a raging rip current on Nobadeer Beach Sunday morning as Hurricane Ernesto continues to cause severe surf conditions across the south shore.
The man and woman were pulled from the water alert and conscious, harbormaster Sheila Lucey said. They had entered the water against advice from lifeguards and needed assistance getting back to shore after just a short stint in the surf.
“It was an extremely strong rip current, it took the lifeguards a long time to get them
in,” Lucey said.
She’s pleaded with swimmers to stay out of the water on the south shore last weekend and whenever dangerous rip currents are present, and instead swim on the north shore where conditions are more safe.
“Please stay out of the water, because at this point, you’re jeopardizing the people that are trying to protect you,” Lucey said. “It’s no joke. Stay out of the water.”
Double red flags were flying at all south shore beaches for the second day in a row Sunday due to the rough surf conditions, meaning the beaches are closed to swimming due to heavy shore break and strong currents.
Sean” wins $1M on scratch ticket
By Irene Rotondo masslive.com
Nantucket restaurant own-
er Sean “Sushi Sean” Durnin just got lucky, claiming a winning $1 million lottery ticket Tuesday he bought at Old South Dinner, the third lottery ticket worth $1 million or more sold at the restaurant in the past six months.
The prize was from the “$10,000,000 Bonanza,” a $20 scratch ticket game released earlier this month on Aug. 6. It was the first $1 million prize won in the game. There were still five $1 million prizes and all three $10 million prizes
remaining to be claimed as of Aug. 21. This is the third lottery prize worth $1 million or more won from tickets that were sold at Old South Diner in the past three months, after a $1 million prize was won March 12 and a $2 million prize was won June 10.
Durnin told the lottery commission while he was out delivering food, a car seat in the back of his truck fell out at some point in the road, and he went back to retrace his route. He stopped at Old South Diner along the way to get a snack and also decided to buy a lottery ticket. After he
found the car seat on his way home from the diner, Durnin scratched his ticket to reveal the $1 million prize.
Durnin told the lottery his wife and son “are his universe” and he loves his job. He plans on putting the winnings toward investments for the couple’s son.
Binod BK at Old South Market told The Inquirer and Mirror in June after Garen Downie of Hyannis won $2 million on a scratch ticket he wouldn’t be surprised if it happened again.
“For some reason I have a hunch it’s going to happen again,” he said.
Durnin’s win marks the
fourth million-dollar-or-more winner in just over a year on the island. In addition to Downie, island carpenter Kevin Purcell won $1 million from a Cumberland Farms scratchoff ticket in April 2023 and Jose Fontanez of Boston won a $1 million prize on a $10 ticket he bought in April of this year.
Old South Diner will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, adding to the combined total of $30,000 it’s received for selling all of the million-dollar tickets.
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Photo by Kaie Quigley
High surf caused by Hurricane Ernesto passing east of the island hit south shore beaches hard this weekend. This wave rolled on to Nobadeer Beach midday Saturday.
Courtesy of Maria Mitchell Association
This buoy will test for ocean acidification in Nantucket Harbor. BUOY, PAGE 8A
Voices of Nantucket
Town goes to court over Old South dirt pile
By Dean Geddes dgeddes@inkym.com
For much of the summer, a 25-foot-high pile of sand and dirt has loomed over the corner of Old South Road and Ironwood Road at the entrance to Richmond Great Point Development’s subdivision.
It has drawn the ire of neighbors who say it’s not only an eyesore but a danger because children occasionally play on it so close to the busy road to Nantucket Memorial Airport. It could be going away soon, however, after the town took the matter to court. Superior Court Judge Mark Gildea on Aug. 10 ordered that Shane Valero, the defendant and manager of the limited liability corporation which owns the property, must remove all sand and earthen material at 65 and 67 Old South Road within 45 days, and then arrange for an inspection by the building commissioner within 10 days of the removal.
The order was jointly requested after an agreement was reached by both parties, Valero and the town.
Before the joint agreement,
the town had originally requested that the court give Valero 14 days to remove the sand pile, with a $300 per day civil penalty calculated from the date of the building commissioner’s order. Building commissioner Paul Murphy’s first enforcement order was dated mid-May. Taken from that date, it could have meant nearly $25,000 in fines. Valero did not respond to a call last week seeking comment.
Reached last month, he said the massive dirt pile was an is-
sue he was working on fixing, but was a challenge during the busy summer months. He said in the meantime he had placed a metal fence around the pile with a “Keep Out” sign to discourage children from playing on it.
The lawsuit was originally filed in Superior Court July 25 by Murphy on behalf of the town. He originally issued an enforcement order to Valero and LB Nantucket, the LLC which is listed as the owner of the property where the pile sits. Then Murphy issued a
request to begin legal proceedings in mid-June.
“My enforcement order was ignored and the owner made no progress in removing the sand. I need to consult the town attorney for the next step,” Murphy wrote on June 17.
When asked about the situation last month Murphy said the property is currently the subject of a formal zoning enforcement action and that the owner was notified in May and ordered to remove it.
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The town has gone to court to have this massive dirt pile at the corner of Old South Road and Ironwood Road removed.
Our Island Home: Town-owned nursing home gets federal four-star rating
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see all the good clinical work go downward because of the constraints of the current building.”
Eisenstein’s company has worked with over 150 senior living facilities around the country.
Improving from one star to four stars means that Our Island Home can begin negotiating with more Medicare and Medicaid providers/insurers to accept more types of insurance.
“You are eligible to be able to contract with more insurance companies,” he said. “We still have to negotiate those contracts. So, it’s not done yet, but it just opens up an opportunity to take many more folks who have different insurances that we could not do before because of the one-star rating.”
Medicare and Medicaid Services is a federal agency that works in conjunction with state governments to administer Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and it actively
inspects and rates every nursing home in the United States through its Five-Star Quality Rating System.
The rating is broken down into three main categories: health inspections, staffing and quality measures.
Surprisingly, given that Nantucket is known for high employee turnover, the area that Our Island Home did the best in was staffing, scoring five out of five stars.
“The certified nurse’s aide
staffing has always been 100 percent consistent. They are a phenomenal group,” Eisenstein said. “They’re kind of the backbone of the nursing home, and they’ve stayed very consistent. I’d say given the perspective on nursing homes in the rest of the state, Our Island Home has a very stable, consistent staff.”
Consistency is critical for nursing homes and their patients, he said. Some nursing homes have to rely primarily
Skeptical: Vineyard Wind questioned
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failed during testing.
The company has pledged to set up a system for island businesses to make claims for financial damage, but it has not been established yet.
“Vineyard Wind is pointing fingers at GE, and GE is pointing fingers at Vineyard Wind. No one really wants to take any blame for it, nobody really wants to answer any questions,” Norton said.
The town is currently pursuing compensation from GE for dealing with the debris. Town officials would not comment on that, however, because discussions are ongoing, they said. It is not clear if the restitution would include payouts for private businesses.
Town officials are also renegotiating parts of the deal they signed with the wind farm four years ago. The deal, once called the Good Neighbor Agreement, has now been renamed the Community Benefit Agree -
“It’s not like we’re sitting here twiddling our thumbs with no business. I don’t think it’s killing us by any means. But having to cancel for an entire day in July is obviously a down compared to normal.”
–Gaven Norton ACK Surf School
offshore wind.
“Town leadership has been intensely focused on this work with the aim of getting it right as well as getting it done,” he said.
Norton isn’t holding his breath waiting for the money to come.
on nursing agencies, which provide temporary staff on an as-needed basis in facilities with staffing shortages.
Eisenstein said having the town as a partner has been critical in hiring and retaining staff and relying more on local staff instead of agency staff.
“Even when we have to staff (a temporary nurse from an agency) we’ve been able to find contracts where we get the same nurse for three months or six months, because the town has been gracious enough to provide housing,” he said.
Our Island Home has also been able to recently hire local nurses, which he hopes will reduce the dependency on agency nurses, those that come from
ment.
Select Board Chair Brooke Mohr said that’s because it is the more widely accepted designation for deals of that kind made by other municipalities.
“Discussions about a new approach to the Community Benefit Agreement and, separately, the resolution of potential claims related to the blade failure, have been productive and active,” said Greg Werkeiser, the town’s legal counsel for
“I don’t really have enough time to worry about it right now, in the peak of the season. Maybe they’ll get back to me at some point. It’s something I’ll look into when I crunch numbers. But I’m just trying to act like it’s not going to bother us and keep it going,” Norton said.
Business was back in full swing a couple days after the incident, he said.
“It’s not like we’re sitting here twiddling our thumbs with no business. I don’t think it’s killing us by any means. But having to cancel for an entire day in July is obviously a down compared to normal,” he said.
Festival: Legal wrangling continues
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reached a deal with the White Elephant to take over the long-running event.
That came as news to Bean, executive director of the festival, who in turn sued Gordon, his company and the White Elephant for what she alleged was a campaign of deception. She claims Gordon was attempting to confuse the public by announcing a “Food and Wine Experience” event on the same dates as her annual festival the third week in May.
Gordon’s original announcement claimed that his company had “purchased” and “rebranded” the event, although days later it sent a clarification that the event was new and not associated with any other event on the island.
Bean’s lawyer Barry Pollock filed an update to her lawsuit last Thursday naming attorney Todd Goldberg as a co-defendant along with Gordon’s and the White Elephant accusing Goldberg of malpractice.
Goldberg did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Bean’s suit alleges that in 2022 Goldberg provided legal advice to help her buy out her partner, Mark Goldweitz. Part of that process included sharing with him sensitive information about the festival’s payroll, purchase orders, partnerships and vendors, the suit alleges.
It then claims Goldberg shared that sensitive financial information about the festival with his long-term client, the Gordon Companies, in order to help it attempt to take over the event.
A separate suit
Making the whole mess even more complicated, a minority stakeholder in the festival,
Florida businessman Roy Jay, came out of the woodwork last month filing a separate lawsuit against Bean and Goldweitz over what he says are multiple breaches of contract.
Jay claims he purchased a 10 percent membership interest in the Nantucket Wine and Food Festival from Goldweitz in 2018 for $500,000.
Goldweitz is the former majority owner of the festival who handed controlling interest over to Bean in 2018. Goldweitz’s son, David, is also named a defendant in the suit filed by Jay.
Jay’s suit against Bean claims part of his deal in 2018 included annual profit distributions of at minimum $50,000, which he has never received. He also accuses Bean of failing to provide transparent accounting of the festival’s finances.
When reached for comment Bean said the lawsuit is based on a deal Roy made with Goldweitz in 2018 and that she has filed a motion to dismiss. She referred further questions to Pollack.
“Mr. Jay’s lawyer and I have had some friendly discussions,” Pollack said. “We do not expect the case will remain pending for long, but rather results in large part from confusion about what has happened in connection with outside efforts to exploit the Nantucket Wine & Food Festival.”
A message to Jay’s lawyers Travis Jacobs and Amie DiGiampaolo was not returned.
Gordon is mentioned in this new suit as well, with the court filing by Jay stating that CEO David Gordon provided a $50,000 down payment in 2022 to the festival with a “verbal understanding” that Gordon would purchase the festival.
Jay’s filing then claims that Gordon and Bean were “unable to come to final terms” of a purchase.
Jay’s suit against Bean and Goldweitz is seeking a jury trial on five counts: breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and accounting. He is requesting over $500,000 in damages.
Future of the festival
Bean said the 2025 Nantucket Wine and Food Festival is still going ahead as scheduled, and that although she does not have a venue yet, she has already received inquiries from other possible locations interested in hosting.
Bean’s lawsuit states that she and the White Elephant are under contract through the end of 2024, and that starting a new food and wine festival on the same dates as her festival is a breach of contract.
The wine festival has a 30year history on the island. It was founded in 1996 by Denis Toner, a sommelier at the Chanticleer at the time.
It grew from a small event with hundreds of patrons attending the main event at the Sconset Casino, to a regional event that is now attended by thousands in several locations around the island.
Both island and off-island restaurateurs, including Toner, have come out in support of Bean and the festival in recent months, including most recently an open letter of support from eight prominent Boston-area female chefs led by Lydia Shire.
off-island on a temporary basis, Eisenstein said.
“We may be able to reduce our agency staffing even further and that is because the town has been creative in providing housing subsidies for some of the licensed nurses, and (housing) is a huge problem in recruitment as everyone knows,” he said.
The health inspections rating for Our Island Home was three stars. It received only four health citations in the last year, lower than the state nursing home average of 9.5 and the national average of 11.3.
The rating is based on a three-year average. Our Island Home had more health citations the previous two years
than last year, and Eisenstein predicted the rating would go up when they were no longer factors.
Our Island Home received a three-star rating in quality measures as well, but Eisenstein said a number of positive changes have contributed to recent improvement in the medical oversight. They include a contract with the physical therapy company, Preferred Therapy, which sends physical therapists to the island five days a week; a clinical doctor who comes to the building two days a week to make rounds; and a psychiatric nurse practitioner who visits once a week or as needed.
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An aerial view of the town-owned Our Island Home nursing home.
ZBA: Board’s impartiality in STR case questioned
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a decision.
Dewez has since filed a complaint with the state ethics commission last week against ZBA member Elisa Allen. She claims others have filed similar ethics complaints against the ZBA but did not want to go public.
Pickering-Cook said she too was aware of ethics complaints being filed against the ZBA, but that is an issue that would fall outside the scope of an appeal.
In her complaint, Dewez cited Allen’s home design and renovation business and a section of her website that mentions she can assist in creating an ideal dream home “or a desirable investment property to rent or sell.”
When reached Tuesday, Allen said she was aware of the ethics complaint but was not commenting on the matter until after the ZBA had concluded with their vote on the Ward case.
“I just really want to get through the next meeting on August 29, where we’re going to sign the decision, and I’d rather not make any comment until after then,” she said.
Dewez cited what she believed were other members’ potential conflicts of interest, including ZBA member Michael O’Mara being a principal broker at an island real estate company, and Susan McCarthy and John Brescher, both attorneys who deal in real estate matters.
She said she focused on Allen because she felt it was the easiest to document due to
statements on her website.
But also because of a backand-forth from an earlier ZBA meeting in which Allen questioned the impartiality of ZBA alternate Lisa Botticelli, due to her affiliation with ACK•NOW, the political action group that has long fought to enact tighter STR regulations, especially on investment properties.
That back-and-forth ultimately led to Botticelli recusing herself, reluctantly, from the Ward hearing.
“I think if you’re going to call (Botticelli) out on the basis that was articulated, which was pretty flimsy, then (Allen) needs to be called out too,” Dewez said.
“Because the basis of a conflict of interest for her would be financial, which is far more serious, right?”
Meanwhile, the case itself appears likely to be appealed, based on the ZBA’s draft ruling.
“I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed with the Zoning Board continuing to ignore the language of its zoning bylaw,”
Pickering-Cook said. “We certainly anticipate appealing the draft decision once it’s final.”
At last Thursday’s ZBA meeting, the board reviewed a draft decision consistent with the opinion of the majority of the board, written by town counsel George Pucci, that sided with the Grapes.
That draft said “short-term rentals are customarily incidental to as-of-right principal residential uses in the Residential Old Historic district.”
The board continued the matter to next Thursday for what appears to be a final review.
Although a precedent by its very nature – it’s the first time the ZBA has drawn the line on what makes an STR an acceptable accessory use – the ruling has a number of caveats that make it specific to the original Land Court case against the Grapes.
It states that the factors relevant to the ZBA’s finding include:
• The Grapes’ strong ties to Nantucket and the property in question.
• Their regular personal use of the property as a vacation home for as-of-right residential use.
• That they did not acquire the property as an investment property to maximize the amount of money they earn from renting it.
• They use the revenue from short-term rentals for upkeep, maintenance and improvements to the property.
• They do treat periods of vacancy as periods when the property is available for their own personal use as they see fit.
“It’s amazing to me the length to which the draft decision highlights the Grapes’ long-term use and love of the island, while it completely ignores that Cathy Ward is a year-round resident and has been for decades,” Pickering Cook said.
The ZBA rejected Ward’s argument that accessory use should be defined as renting less than the number of days a person stays in the home.
“The board declines to follow a simple math equation on this issue,” the draft decision reads. Pucci told the board that he
drafted the decision based on the lengthy public hearing the ZBA held earlier this summer that spanned multiple days and heard testimony from both sides as well as interested members of the public.
Members of the board were complimentary of Pucci’s draft decision, after they had asked him at their prior meeting to draft a decision consistent with the majority of the board’s opinion.
Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s 113th Annual Meeting
Friday, August 23, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Watkins Conference Center Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect Street
Amy Lee, President of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, together with Craig Muhlhauser, Chair of the Board of Trustees, invite you to Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s 113th Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting will include an update on the state of hospital operations as well as strategic plans for the future. We will also recognize several volunteers, staff, and members of the community who have provided exemplary service and leadership during the year.
Photo by Kaie Quigley
HANG TEN: Surfers flocked to the south shore this weekend to catch big waves generated by Hurricane Ernesto’s passage far to the east of the island. For more photos, log on to www.ack.net.
Mother and son artists inspired by each other’s work
“Lineage” opens Friday at Four India
By Anna Popnikolova apopnikolova@inkym.com
The name “Lineage” is fitting for Joanna Kane and her son Geddes Jones Paulsen’s upcoming show at the Gallery at Four India.
For their family – four generations of artists – art is an inheritance.
“As far back as I can remember, both my parents were painters and designers. I’ve been drawing with my mom and my dad and it’s really all I know how to do,” Paulsen said. Even though they’ve worked closely together for years, Kane and her son’s styles are as different as night and day. In their upcoming show, which opens Friday, Kane will display her recent series of dotted paintings, which have been focused on a bright, vibrant color palette.
Paulsen’s work is done with a darker palette and heavier line work.
“Geddes’ work is stormy,” Kane said. “I think it expresses him perfectly. It’s very sharp and direct. I know him so well. I think his work is really powerful, it’s more powerful than mine.”
Paulsen said that his mother’s texture and color work have influenced his own paintings.
“I think it’s totally insane in a good way. It’s obsessive, she gets really lost in the process, which is the goal. Her goal is to lose track of space and time. I can feel that in her stuff,” he said.
“It’s so layered and you can look at it for hours and you know that hours of work went into it. Her color palettes are really striking to me, she
builds color really well. They’re free, they’re not planned out, they might be overworked but in a good way. Especially these dots that she’s doing, it’s just thousands of dots. It’s hard to imagine making it.”
Kane, who used to work primarily in wood panel and milk paint, has made a transition to dotted pieces created with chalk markers. The change has been inspired by her new garden.
“People really were pointing out to me before I realized that the work resembled the garden. I’m not literal and I don’t try to do anything, I just try to see what happens. I was in a deep place and I just needed to hold on tight. Those paintings kept me in,” she said.
The garden, she said, spurred her interest in vivid color schemes, natural shapes and a positive abstract.
“They are the happiest colors I’ve ever worked with. I love that. It was going hand in hand with absorbing the terrain of the garden. Every aspect of the garden, the way that it smells, the sound of the bees. You just sit in there long enough you get transported,” she said.
Kane has been living and creating art on Nantucket for 40 years, and raised her son here. She said it’s the perfect place for working artists, because there aren’t any distractions, and there’s inspiration everywhere.
“My work has always been abstract. To me it’s the light, it’s the air. It isn’t benign landscaping, except for the ocean. It’s the environment. It’s the soft air here,” she said.
Paulsen grew up with artistic parents, so the path felt natural for him. His work is influenced by his mother’s obsession with layers and his father’s loose brush work and imaginative landscape work. He has been working as a tattoo artist in addition to painting for almost a decade now,
and lives in New York City.
Even though their work is different in many ways, they’ve managed to create overlaps in dawn and dusk. The chalk markers have made an appearance in a few of Paulsen’s pieces in the show, he said, and they’ll have a little bit of collaborative work on the walls.
“I had a painting I started a
few months ago and we went into it together and overlaid it with her process. We have one collaboration piece in there. It works,” he said.
“Collaborating was weird for me. Sometimes you’re like that’s an interesting decision, but you kind of let it go. I think this piece worked out because
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Courtesy of Joanna Kane
Joanna Kane and her son Geddes Jones Paulsen a few years ago.
Courtesy of Joanna Kane and Geddes Paulsen Clockwise from top left: A piece by Geddes Paulsen next to one of his mother Joanna Kane’s works; Mother and son on the beach recently; One of Paulsen’s pieces.
Courtesy of Joanna Kane and Geddes Paulsen
Left: Joanna Kane’s abstract work is created by combining small dots of color on her canvases. Right: Her son Geddes Paulsen’s work is clearly influenced by his tattoo skills.
How to Help Your Neighbor
Food Assistance & the Food Pantry
The Food Pantry provides supplemental groceries and food staples to no and low income individuals and families. The Pantry, located in the Greenhound Building at 10 Washington Street and is open year-round. The Pantry is currently open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3-6 p.m. There is also home delivery available for clients not able to leave their homes due to illness or injury.
Rental Assistance
The Rental Assistance Program provides lower income island residents with a short term rental subsidy to keep them housed during periods of financial need including help with rent to move them out of substandard housing, loss of housing due to the sudden sale of the property, to avoid eviction depending upon the circumstances. Applicants must be year-round Nantucket residents having lived here a minimum of 2 years, unless special circumstances warrant an exception.
Fuel/Utility Assistance
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Buoy: Measuring ocean acidification in the harbor
scallops in the harbor. One of the things the scientists will be looking for is whether acidity levels are lower in areas where there is less eelgrass growing.
“We are the last surviving wild scallop fishery, and that’s largely due to our healthy eelgrass beds. To understand what’s going on with the scallops, we have to take it back to the grass roots, no pun intended, and understand what’s happening with the eelgrass,” said Jonelle Gurley, director of science and programs for the Maria Mitchell Association.
“If the eelgrass is healthy, it will continue to do its job, which is to provide a safe haven for our scallops and naturally sequester dissolved carbon dioxide concentration in the harbor, which provides a natural buffer from the harbor against acidification,” she said.
Acidification of the ocean happens when carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, caused largely by fossil-fuel emissions, is absorbed into the ocean. It is measured by determining changes in the pH of sea water.
It poses a threat to marine life such as shellfish across the world, including Nantucket bay scallops.
“Anything that causes pH levels to lower essentially causes a chemical reaction in their shells. The shells can be broken down or they can decompose altogether,” Gurley said.
Locally, scientists are try -
ing to restore the island’s bay scallop population, which has plummeted since its peak in the early 1980s. A big part of that is making sure their habitat stays healthy, Gurley said.
Scientists know that the island’s scallop population largely relies on natural eelgrass beds that serve as a habitat for the creatures. The island has been dealing with a decline of eelgrass for at least a decade, however, which has hurt the scallop industry, since scallops require that habitat to mature. There is a school of thought that eelgrass growth can reduce carbon dioxide levels,
since it absorbs the gas to grow, like all plants. With the new buoy, scientists can track areas of the harbor and measure whether that is happening.
“We can make sure to repopulate eelgrass in areas where it’s been decimated and ensure that we’re best taking care of eelgrass that already exists, so it can continue to do its job in keeping the harbor safe for these organisms to live in,” Gurley said.
Data will be collected by a series of sensors and instruments built into the buoy. Updated readings will be given to scientists every 15 minutes,
year-round. Aside from acidification levels, the buoy will also track dissolved oxygen levels, temperature, total algae, dissolved nitrates and salinity, Gurley said.
The data will be combined into a figure that will be updated every 15 minutes and recorded, creating what Gurley said will be called the “Mitchell Curve.” Anyone will be able to access the data eventually, she said.
She hopes that the system will be set up within the next week or two. It will be viewable on a landing page of the MMA website, www.mariamitchell.org
Lineage: Mother and son inspired by each other’s work
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the composition was already there, she layered her colors over it, we merged the different styles.”
Kane said that even though their work is incredibly different, it’s easy to see the way they influence each other when it comes to the pieces themselves.
“On the surface they don’t look anything alike. But if you really look at both of them closely you’ll see that there’s a hand. We both have a hand that is obsessed with drawing and layers of drawing and mark-making,” she said. “Geddes has a strong hand, he’s just really good. He really takes what I have and what his father has and puts something new on top of it.”
“Art has its own alphabet. It’s a new alphabet. The garden has its own alphabet. You learn it,” she said.
Kane called art its own language. All artists have one that is unique to their art, and they have to learn from each other in order to communicate, she said.
Joanna Kane and Geddes Jones Paulsen, “Lineage,” opening reception 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, Gallery at Four India, 4 India St. On display through Aug. 31.
Courtesy of Maria Mitchell Association
The ocean acidification buoy among pleasure boats in Nantucket Harbor.
Record-breaker? 12-year-old catches 118.5-pound white marlin
By Christy Bassett Baker Contributing Writer
The water temperature in the harbor is a mild 75 degrees, despite the daily fluctuating air temperature.
The sturgeon full moon’s gravitational pull drew tides up and nearly over the docks at the Children’s Beach boat ramp Monday, as a minor flood watch was in effect.
The past week has thrown every weather curveball it could at the waterfront, from squalls to beach closures, to greasy slick days. Prior to Ernesto’s brush by, a perfect calm encompassed the island and her surrounding waters, allowing a day for memories to be made, be it by junior pack pioneers or piscators.
Last Thursday a young group of intermediate-school children, mostly Cub Scouts from Nantucket’s Pack 92, spent the day learning about the many opportunities that exist working on Nantucket’s waters.
The Nantucket harbormaster staff and Nantucket lifeguards invited the group of
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nine to join them for a morning of junior harbormaster and junior lifeguard activities and training.
The harbormaster crew took the pack on patrol to assist with speed and mooring enforcement, as well as fire-hose training from the docks.
After a morning on the harbor, the trainees shuttled to Surfside Beach, where they joined some of the lifeguard staff who generously volunteered time from their busy schedules to assist with mock rescues and ATV patrols.
The trainees learned how to read beach reports, tie lifeguard tubes, identify potential drowning victims and assist both in water and on land.
Above all, the dock staff and lifeguards taught the trainees how to respond to situations calmly, kindly and professionally. The training experience lasted only a few hours, but the memories made will not soon be forgotten.
While the junior leaders trained on land, a similar-aged
angler fought a great giant of the sea offshore, possibly breaking the junior world re-
cord. Twelve-year-old Stone Forne fought and reeled in a 118.5-pound white marlin off
the south side of the island from his family’s 39-foot Invincible named Not Sorry, Mom, captained by Elliot Sudal.
If you’ve had the pleasure of meeting young Stone, you’ll know this avid young angler did it all on his own, from rigging his baits to reeling in the trophy-size fish.
The previous junior world record for a white marlin was set in August 2011, when 11-year-old Matthew Sheehan of Boston reeled in a 102-pound white marlin off Martha’s Vineyard.
Breaking a world record isn’t just about catching the fish, there is a lot of administrative work involved, too.
Photos of the fish, angler and weight displayed on a certified scale must be submitted, along with a complete International Game Fish Association application.
If caught on conventional tackle, the submission must include the leader, hook(s), double line and at least 16.5 feet of line. Positive identification of the exact species must be provided, be it through a blood sample or signature from
a qualified fishery biologist. Catching the fish is just the beginning. The IGFA is the most widely recognized authority on gamefish and angling-related matters in the world, as such they take extreme care in reviewing all information submitted, to maintain all records and recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the field of angling.
Stone’s application has been sent in and so far the feedback has been positive. Regardless, his fish appears to be the catch of a lifetime.
Be it on the tally board or the beach, junior leaders were out in full-force last week, some learning to save lives and others breaking world records.
Watch out future generations, the upcoming class of 2032 appears promising in all areas. As the Italian novelist Cesare Pavese said, “we don’t remember days, we remember moments.” Life’s moments make the best memories.
Reach Christy at christybassettbaker@gmail.com
Seafox Circle man charged with indecent assault and battery
By Kaie Quigley kquigley@inkym.com
A Seafox Circle man was arraigned in Nantucket District Court Monday on a charge of indecent assault and battery for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a car. Not guilty and not responsible pleas were entered on behalf of Felix Perez Gomez, 44, of 2B Seafox Circle, on the Aug. 18 charge, and he was ordered to return to court Oct. 28 for a pretrial hearing.
According to the police report, Gomez’ vehicle was pulled over by police after they received a report from a woman that she had been sexually assaulted after being picked
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up near the area of Miacomet Road and Ellen’s Way. The woman was not in the vehicle and there were no cars nearby when officers responded to the scene, according to the report. While talking with officers, however, the woman pointed out a passing vehicle that she alleged was the car in which the assault took place. Officers pulled the vehicle over and found Gomez to be the driver. The woman identified him as the man who allegedly assaulted her, according to the report, and he was placed under arrest.
In other District Court news
this week, Ethan Lumley, 24, of 2 South Mill St., was arraigned on an Aug. 17 charge of vandalizing property. Not guilty and not responsible pleas were entered on his behalf, and he was ordered to return to court Oct. 28 for a pretrial hearing.
According to the police report, Lumley allegedly threw bags of charcoal at the windows of the mid-island Stop & Shop and smashed watermelons outside the store at around 2:30 a.m.
Rigoberto Chavez Regaldo, 38, of 74 Surfside Road, was arraigned on an Aug. 14 charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The charge will be dismissed on the condition he pay $100 in court costs.
After being continued with-
out a finding for one year and completing his probation without a violation, Roberto Da Rocha Silva, 60, of 3 Seafox Circle, had a Nov. 4, 2022 charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle dismissed.
After completing a year of pretrial probation without violation, Adrian Danvers, 26, of Nantucket, had a March 22, 2022 charge of forging or misusing a Registry of Motor Vehicles document dismissed.
Tristani Gigoidze, 43, of Speonk, N.Y., was arraigned on Aug. 13 charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Not guilty and not responsible pleas were entered on his
behalf, and he was ordered to return to court Sept. 16 for a pretrial hearing.
After being continued without a finding for 18 months and completing his probation without a violation, Jonathan Lake, 51, of Weston, had a Sept. 7, 2021 charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle dismissed.
After being continued without a finding for one year and completing her probation without a violation, Chevonne Pratt, 43, of 14 Silver St., will have an Aug. 1, 2022 charge of violating a harassment prevention order dismissed.
Dwayne Anglin, 34, of 1A Manchester St., was arraigned on an April 22 charge of operating an uninsured motor ve-
hicle. The charge will be dismissed on the condition he pay $200 in court costs.
Prince Fisher, 25, of 66R Pochick Ave., was arraigned on an Aug. 18 charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Not guilty and not responsible pleas were entered on his behalf, and he was ordered to return to court Oct. 28 for a pretrial hearing. Mason Lavallee, 31, of 3 Todd Circle, was arraigned on Aug. 19 charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and a license-plate violation. Not guilty and not responsible pleas were entered on his behalf, and he was ordered to return to court Sept. 16 for a pretrial hearing.
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Twelve-year-old Stone Fornes with the 118.5-pound white marlin he caught this week.
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Keep e-bikes off our paths
To the Editor:
The explosion in popularity of e-bikes and motorized scooters is resulting in safety concerns for users of the island’s bike paths.
For those not familiar with e-bikes, there are three types. Only Type 1 requires pedaling to be able to engage electronic assist, whereas Types 2 and 3 do not require pedaling and are essentially akin to mopeds or minibikes.
The Type 3 bikes can achieve speeds of 28 mph. While some cyclists on standard road bikes can achieve such speeds, they are never sustained and the overwhelming majority of cyclists not using powered bikes rarely exceed 20 mph.
I am not interested in infringing on anyone’s right to use any type of bike, including electronic. But I think the mingling of powered bikes with traditional bikes and pedestrians on the designated bike paths is fraught with risk for dangerous collisions.
Town management should consider revising whatever regulations exist for bike-path users, including exclusion of all motorized apparatus.
RICK ANGELO Cotuit
NISDA thanks Fred Clow
To the Editor: Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts would like to thank Fred Clow for joining us for our Cultural Arts Lecture Series and Silo Gallery Exhibition earlier this month.
Fred, we thank you for sharing your vivid memories of seven decades of photojournalism. Our evening together was a gift. Your amazing intuition that placed you in pivotal moments in history, your reliving of those moments with us through your photographs, sharing historical facts with exciting “bursts” of personal recollection of conversations and circumstances spanning 13 presidents, Nehru, Churchill and Eleanor Roosevelt.
We have experienced your kind nature and generosity. It seems those you photographed responded to your nature and respect, providing opportunity for unguarded and intimate portraits reflecting their character. They trusted you.
Thank you for loaning us your photographs to exhibit in our Silo Gallery and the many days you spent with Anne Conway Jennings, our Silo Gallery exhibit coordinator, recalling memories in preparation for your talk, which was a gift to the island community. We are filled with gratitude.
KATHY KELM CRONIN NISDA
STR regulation needs sharper focus
To the Editor: Jim Sulzer’s previous letter to The Inquirer and Mirror underscores the problem with proposed legislation to manage short-term rentals via Article 1 at the upcoming Special Town Meeting in September. In various places Jim uses words like “discourage,” “encourage” and “disincentive” to explain the purpose of the article. What we are dealing with here is greed. Greedy actors will find ways around “vague” or “flexible” regulations. For instance, the article proposes only eight contracts in July and August (62 days). So, what will the greedy STR owner do? Book one contract for six weeks and seven contracts for two or three days each for the remaining 20 days. Still just eight turnovers, but what kind of neighbors will those twonight renters be?
Personally, when I’m dealing with greed and how to stop it, I like language that “disallows” and “allows” . . . not discourages or encourages. Regulation needs to be sharply focused
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with clear and specific definitions, and no ability for bad actors to slip through the cracks.
I’m voting No on Article 1. PETER HOEY
Bell thanked for Land Bank service
To the Editor: I wish to thank Jesse Bell for her many years of service to the Nantucket Land Bank. In a day when job hopping is very common, Jesse Bell’s tenure of almost 20 years at the Land Bank is quite remarkable.
That should not be eclipsed by her announcement that she will be a real estate and land use attorney at a local law firm after three years as executive director of the Land Bank.
The Land Bank is an institution that enjoys bipartisan support, or all-partisan support, in Nantucket, a rarity on an island that is now fractured by disputes about development and short-term rentals. It would be difficult to imagine Nantucket without its wildly successful Land Bank.
But that success did not happen on its own. It happened because of the very hard work of the staff, including Erik Savetsky, the very long-time, former executive director.
The success of the Land Bank is also measured by the willingness of home buyers to pay the transfer fee of 2 percent. No one that I know of has ever objected to the fee. I even paid the Land Bank a fine when it was discovered that I sold a piece of land in a land swap that was of higher value than the land I received.
Jesse Bell came up through the ranks at the Land Bank. Until I read about her background, I did not know that she has both a law degree and a master’s of studies in environmental law.
She was never one to boast about her credentials. Jesse not only has a house in my former neighborhood of Angola Street and Mill Hill, but the Land Bank was instrumental in creating the beautiful Garden of the Sea at North Mill and Angola.
I should not forget to credit a neighbor, Anne Dewez, for organizing the neighbors to resist development that would have ruined the lovely view across the Pony Field and land adjacent to it.
Jesse was named the point person for the Land Bank when the Arthur Cooper memorial was first proposed for the Garden of the Sea Park. I have seldom worked with a more effective team, led by Hillary Hedges Rayport, than the one that created the memorial.
The Land Bank as the owner of the Garden of the Sea Park
was fully on board, but it was
Jesse who helped the process.
The other thing I will say is that on an island small enough to have its own gossip channels other than social media, the Land Bank has been able to stay above the political fray.
Too many times we do not know, or appreciate, the competencies and accomplishments of persons in key positions until they decide to leave.
That was my standard joke with Libby Gibson, the town manager. I realize that I am quick to judge and criticize but maybe slow to be grateful for the very hard work and dedication.
So that is the other reason that I am thanking Jesse Bell now. As a woman who has worked incognito on many large projects, healthcare in my case, I have never sought recognition. But I am also aware that many women never get the recognition they deserve.
Jesse Bell will not blow her own horn, but I can guess that she was very much part of the policy advanced by the Land Bank. We can see that clearly in the time that she has been executive director.
The Land Bank has been systematically purchasing land around the harbor so that public access to parks and beaches is maintained and coastal resiliency is enhanced.
The park on Easy Street is a jewel in an area that has long needed beautification.
All of this was no doubt set in motion by the former executive director and the board, but staffers seldom get the credit for the invaluable role they play in implementing policy.
During Jesse’s tenure, the Land Bank now has an explicitly environmental focus. That cannot be underestimated on an island facing the environmental challenges that Nantucket is and will be.
Although an organization as important and historic as the Nantucket Land Bank has to do a national search for a new executive director, those of us who have been in Nantucket for a very long time know that island experience – a depth of
it – is essential. Rachael Freeman, the interim director, would be the natural choice. And with her choice, she can continue the environmental focus that Jesse Bell, during her tenure, amplified and made explicit.
MAUREEN SEARLE
Clear and present danger on Orange St.
To the Editor: It happened again. Another car accident on Orange Street. Two weeks ago, a car parked on the side of the road in front of 45 Orange was totaled at night in a hit-and-run accident by a driver racing out of town. We are aware of at least four or five serious late-night accidents on Orange Street in the past two to three years. One car smashed into a telephone pole and destroyed a fence at the corner of Orange and Weymouth.
Another car, driven by an obviously intoxicated individual, had a direct hit with the telephone pole in front of 44 Orange. Soon after buying our home at 51 Orange St., an admitted drunk driver swerved off the road and traveled two house-lengths on the sidewalk (miraculously missing the parked cars) and destroyed the fencing in front of 49 Orange along with our fence and front stoop. Neighbors are reluctant to park their cars on the street at night.
Based on information provided by the Nantucket Police Department, there were 33 reported accidents on Orange Street from May 2017 to October 2022, 61 percent of these accidents did not involve a second car entering from a side street, and of these one-car accidents, 50 percent occurred after midnight. The circumstances contributing to these accidents are obvious. First, impatient drivers, having to drive slowly on the Main Street cobblestones, rapidly accelerate as they drive up the paved road of Orange Street.
Habitat for Humanity Nantucket has announced the four families selected to receive its newest affordable homes in Waitt Drive Village, a development of six dwellings on three lots between Ticcoma Way and Old South Road.
Comprised of four single-family homes and a central two-unit duplex, the project will bring to 22 the number of
homes Habitat Nantucket has built on the island since 2001. The families awarded the Habitat homes were: Milana Capan, a three-bedroom at 5A Waitt Drive; David Cunningham and Natasha Levens, a two-bedroom at 5B Waitt Drive; Yadira Fernandez, a three-bedroom at 9A Waitt Drive and Andre and Camila Pereira, a two-bedroom at 9B Waitt Drive.
The property was deeded by the town to Habitat earlier this year.
All four families are required to volunteer 350 of “sweat equity” toward the completion of their homes. Habitat expects to complete construction and be able to close on the transfer of
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Letters: Thoughts on STR surveys
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Second, after reaching the crest of Orange Street, as drivers race downhill, the road curves considerably to the left, thus exposing the cars and homes on the right side of the street and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.
Of course, near-accidents on the right side of the road cause drivers to instinctively steer their cars to the left, thereby risking collisions with telephone poles and homes on the left side of the street and pedestrians walking on that sidewalk.
Third, and very significantly, given the time of day when these accidents occur, many of the drivers who speed down Orange Street are intoxicated behind the wheel after a night at the bars in town. Sadly, the tragic and life-altering lessons of drunk driving have not changed behavior on Nantucket.
Repeatedly, a substantial number of the reported entries in the town’s police blotters describe instances of individuals being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. In light of the history of accidents on Orange Street, the obvious circumstances that have contributed to this history and the failure of the town to take action to address the situation, residents on Orange Street now anticipate multiple accidents every summer and fear far more serious outcomes.
Enough. It is irresponsible for the town to not take immediate action to address this clear and present danger. Otherwise, we believe it is inevitable that, in one of these future accidents, either the driver, a passenger or a pedestrian will be killed or severely injured. The town and everyone in an official position of authority should be on notice of this inevitability.
Residents on Orange Street regularly discuss how to make Orange Street safer at night. There are several ways to tackle the situation – “Slow/ Curve” signs, speed bumps, “Stop” signs where side streets intersect with Orange, police presence, sobriety checkpoint between midnight and 2 a.m. at the top of Main before cars take a left onto Orange – but it seems as though only the residents are discussing the issue and no visible changes are taking place.
The residents of Orange Street are eager partners to work with the town to come up with effective and acceptable solutions. The time to act is now.
On behalf of 33 Orange Street residents who agreed to co-sign this letter, AMY and ROSS SILVERSTEIN
Takes issue with STR survey editorial
To the Editor: I read your recent editorial about short-term rental surveys with interest. However, I disagree with several issues you raised. First, you stated that the survey Emerson College conducted was worthless because it was commissioned by ACK•Now. You also stated that all surveys are worthless, especially those conducted on behalf of an organization with “a point to prove.”
I think most people would agree that surveys are critically important and valuable tools in addressing numerous issues facing society. In fact, Emerson College plays a role in this process and has conducted surveys in more than 20 countries on public-health issues.
Their findings have also been published in prestigious academic journals. In regard to this survey, they obviously stand by their methodology and findings by virtue of publishing the full results on their website. They would also welcome a conversation with anyone who has questions about the survey.
Second, the ACK•Now survey wasn’t commissioned to prove a point. It was commissioned to address a problem the entire community is facing. In regard to the survey, you cited the finding that “70 percent believe short-term rentals have taken-long term housing away from islanders.”
However, you dismissed this statistic because you said that it was likely influenced by people who couldn’t imagine buying a house on Nantucket or that they feared any long-term rental they found could be snatched out from under them.
This is precisely the point. Investor-owned STRs are driving up the prices of Nantucket homes and many long-term rentals have been converted to STRs because they are more lucrative.
There are countless stories like this out there. However, you don’t need to rely on anecdotal evidence because there is hard data as well. Also, your reference to “homeowners” only causes more confusion.
Many STR properties are not home to anyone because, if they were, the owners would lose much of the tax benefits. Nantucket voters know the difference between a home that is rented occasionally to offset expenses and a mini hotel business in their neighborhood.
Finally, it’s important to remind your readers that we aren’t against STRs. In fact, we want to protect the rights of residents to STR their properties in the Nantucket tradition. What we’re against is having off-island investors using these homes primarily for their financial benefit.
But, alas, I am writing this response to congratulate you on your assessment of the current debate and your declarations that someone’s ox is going to get gored and that the voters deserve a straight-ahead proposal to deal with problems they perceive.
We couldn’t agree more, and we hope it is the off-island STR investors and those who profit from this assault on residential zoning and not the Nantucket community.
PETER MCCAUSLAND
McCausland is the founder of ACK•Now
Article 5 a better curb on corporate ownership
To the Editor:
Last week, the Inky editorial observed that “Town Meeting has taken corporate ownership of short-term rentals out of the equation.”
This statement could not be more wrong on the facts and wrong on the law. If we really want, as the editorial also stated, “to keep corporate ownership out” of our short-term rental market, we must pass Article 5 at the Special Town Meeting Sept. 17.
Article 5 will give voters what they thought they were getting from Article 60 passed in May: a prohibition on commercial, investment-driven short-term rentals.
Article 60 was poorly worded. It only prohibited “corporations:” a very specific type of commercial business. Left free to operate on Nantucket are other commercial business -
es such as real estate limited partnerships, beloved by private equity and hedge funds, and real estate investment trusts (REITs), often traded on major stock exchanges and open to investors from all over the world.
These businesses enjoy tax advantages that corporations do not and play a large role in our short-term rental market.
Here’s how Article 5 works. First, it preserves the protection that Article 60 gave to properties held in family limited partnerships and estate planning trusts so they remain eligible to be short-term rentals in the Nantucket tradition.
Second, it adds to our zoning laws definitions of commercial limited partnerships and investment trusts like REITs so they are prohibited from operating short-term rentals. Third, it includes a more comprehensive definition of “corporation.”
Where did these definitions come from? From our Land Bank regulations which uses definitions that are sophisticated, extensive, professional and relevant. They have been used successfully for decades. We understand what they mean.
And they mean business. They will prohibit investor-owned, commercial businesses in Nantucket’s shortterm rental market.
Please vote yes on Article 5 to rid Nantucket of investor-owned and investment-driven STRs.
PAMELA PERUN
Defends Emerson STR survey
To the Editor:
I read Kathy Baird’s letter about the short-term rental surveys, including the one conducted by Emerson College on behalf of ACK•Now.
First, to be clear, while the survey was paid for by ACK•Now, Emerson College is an independent third party, abides by strict industry and ethical guidelines, and stands by the results.
That’s why the full results are published on their website for everyone to see. In our view, Grant Sanders’ survey was not random or scientific, but yielded some interesting findings.
The Emerson survey consisted of a random sample of Nantucket residents which were weighted for accuracy. We chose to survey Nantucket residents because they are the ones most directly impacted by STRs and the housing crisis.
And, if you think there is no connection between the two, then you are living on another planet or off-island enough not to know. According to the survey, 83 percent of residents said that they know someone looking for housing and 70 percent of residents think that STRs have taken long-term housing from locals.
These results confirm what we have been saying for years: investor STRs, which are businesses in residential zones, violate zoning and contribute to our housing crisis. The most stunning result from Emerson indicates that 91 percent of young voters and 87 percent of people in the lowest income brackets see and feel the connection between STRs and the housing crisis.
These are the people Nantucket is losing, and this is the threat to the year-round community. This is the serious problem being ignored by those profiting from investor STRs.
GEORGE H. SPENCER III Director, ACK•Now
Deaths
Barbara Daniels , 74, of Nantucket, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Service information is not yet available.
Deborah Lee Larrabee , 60, of Nantucket, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. A celebration of life will be announced.
Memorial Services
A celebration of life for John Buttrick will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at the First Congregational Church on Centre Street, followed by a reception.
A memorial service for Kenneth S. Day will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26 at Bethlehem United Church of Christ in Maple Lake, Minn.
A memorial service for Robert Francis will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 at St. Paul’s Church on Fair Street. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations to NISHA in his memory are appreciated.
A celebration of life for Brent Young will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at Old Spouter Gallery, 118 Orange St.
Graduates
Tyler Roethke , a 2020 graduate of Nantucket High School, graduated Saturday, May 18, 2024 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, earning a bachelor’s degree.
Achievements
Nicholas Masereka of Nantucket was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2024 semester at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston.
Marriage Intentions
Nora Elizabeth Leisk , 32, of Bloomingburg, N.Y., to Philip Charles Tabak, 31, of Bloomingburg.
Angelique Crucillo Navarro , 30, of Nantucket, to Rogin Timtim Palopalo, 29, of Nantucket.
Ilayda Akinet, 21, of Nantucket, to Jamie Edward Berry, 19, of Nantucket.
Police chief speaks to non-voting taxpayers Saturday
Nantucket Police Chief Jody
Kasper will speak at the Saturday, Aug. 24 meeting of the town’s Advisory Committee on Non-Voting Taxpayers.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in person at the meeting trailer at 131 Pleasant St., and will be available by Zoom. The public is invited to attend either in person or via Zoom.
Kasper has been Nantucket’s police chief since January. Her appointment follows a 26-year career with the Northampton Police Department, where she had been chief since 2015. She will talk with the Advisory Committee members and the public about current issues and answer questions.
Also on the agenda for Saturday’s ACNVT meeting are discussions of noise and traffic issues and the articles on the warrant at the Sept. 17 Special Town Meeting.
Here and There
By Marianne Stanton mrstanton1215@gmail.com
The sun rose at 5:57 this morning and will set at 7:28 this evening.
Predictably, as the date for the Opera House Cup approached, the weather began to turn. The air cooled, the skies turned gray and off in the Atlantic a hurricane – this one named Ernesto – gained steam and began barreling toward Bermuda and the Northeast.
Last week I took the path of least resistance when I decided to go to the beach one morning and found myself at Jetties. Yes, Jetties. Why would an island girl like me go to that crowded tourist beach? Three reasons: Parking, ease of getting there and good swimming.
I went early enough to find myself a spot on the sand close to the water, but just above the high tide line. I planted my beach chair, spread out my towels and gear and for three glorious hours enjoyed the feel of sun on my skin, the sight of
sanderlings skittering along the sand, boats sailing across the horizon and the sound of the ocean lapping the shore. I read and I swam, and when the kids on the beach started playing lacrosse in front of me and an errant football hit my towel, I decided it was time to leave. When I stood up and gathered my things to go, I was surrounded by a sea of humanity. The beach was jam-packed. I looked toward the west, toward Cliffside, to a beach that was sparsely populated, which is almost always the case. There is a small private beach between the Jetties and the public sliver of beach, which is almost always empty and then there’s Cliffside, a private beach club. Both of these private beaches are little used, and I should know because over the years I have gone to that sliver of public beach often. What a waste of sand.
Cliffside Beach Club is now on the market for an undisclosed price. It’s likely a hefty price tag but I question the re-
turn on investment here. It’s in a flood zone, for one thing, and there are a limited number of rooms. I can’t see the town’s permitting authorities allowing high rises here or anything that would have a different visual impact on the waterfront than what is already there. But who knows?
Wouldn’t it be great if all this beachfront became available to the public? Why doesn’t the town get together with the Land Bank and look at a way at acquiring this property for the beach and parking and maybe some affordable housing. Then the beaches from the Jetties all the way to Steps Beach would be open to the public.
Nantucket has enough luxury hotels with the Nantucket Hotel and the Wauwinet and White Elephant holdings, and these days the very wealthy are more inclined to rent a luxury home with a pool and all the amenities for longer stays than rent a hotel room.
Barbara Daniels
Barbara Daniels, of Nantucket, died peacefully Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was 74.
Her daughter Susanne Hampel and her brother Andreas Hampel of Nurnberg, Germany, wish to thank the nurses and doctors at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital for their care of Barbara for the last four months.
Barbara lived on Nantucket for almost 40 years and loved the island and her clients. She had an excellent skin-care business and was devoted to her clients’ well-being.
Barbara’s love of animals was well-known, especially
Engagement
Balling and Alex
Tiffany Balling, of Nantucket, and Alex McEachern, of Raleigh, N.C., have announced their engagement to be married.
Balling is the daughter of Susan and Daniel Balling of Nantucket, and is a graduate of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. She works as an investor relations analyst for Hargett Hunter in Raleigh. McEachern is the son of Mary Jane and Ed McEachern of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., and is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. He works as a national accounts manager for Johnnie-O in Raleigh. A wedding is planned for April 2025.
Habitat: Families chosen
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the homes between December 2024 and February 2025. The award of the four homes completes the first phase of the Habitat project. The duplex units will be offered to Nantucket families in a similar process early next year. All six homes will be included on Nantucket’s Subsidized Housing Inventory, helping the town stay in “safe harbor.”
Habitat received over 40 applications for the homes. After
initial review, 33 Nantucket residents and two non-islanders qualified for the lottery, which was held Aug. 1.
Following their selection in the lottery, the applications went through a final review by Habitat’s family selection committee, which included a site visit. Each of the selected families was then reviewed and certified by the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities.
her beloved Schnauzer, Oliver. Barbara especially loved when Susanne and her husband Charlie visited.
Performing an act of kindness would be the best way to remember this wonderful human being, Barbara Daniels.
lorne@neilpatersoninc.com 508-228-3511
will be closed for the Labor Day Weekend from Friday, August. 30Monday, Sept. 2
re-opening Tues. 9/3 at 8:30 a.m.
Advertising deadline for the issue of Thursday, Sept. 5 is Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 10 a.m.
Classified deadline will be Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 10 a.m.
Tiffany
McEachern
Nantucket Police Chief Jody
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Compiled by John Stanton
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1849-175 Years Ago
Ship Fanny, of this port, with the Hope Mining Company on board, sailed yesterday for San Francisco. ***
Whalemen’s Outfits – George R. Pierce & Co. have just received Heavy Pilot Clothes, Heavy Satinets, Vermont Gray Cashmeres, All Wool Jerseys, Striped Shirtings, Ducks, Denims, Whalemen’s Pumps, Souwesters, Mattresses, Blankets, all of which will be sold to suit the times –and terms liberal.
1874-150 Years Ago
For South Seas: Ship Navigator , Capt. Palmer, to sail about August 25. Letter Bag at Bates, Cook, & Co. Ship Edward Cary, Capt. Ramsdale to sail Sept 6. For California – Ship Akbar, Capt. Wm. Worth, will sail first for Boston, August 25. ***
(Editor’s Note: The Cottage Cities were a vision of speculative real estate, residential developments, on both Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket) Visit of President Grant to Nantucket – The increasing fame of Cottage City has at last availed to attract to the “Island District” no less a personage than the President of the United States. We understand that unless some call of duty interferes with his plans, we can expect General Grant to be on the boat Thursday forenoon.
1899-125 Years Ago
(Editor’s Note: A drail was a lead fishing lure used to catch bluefish. Twenty-five fathoms equals 150 feet) A considerable crowd of people assembled on Straight Wharf to witness the trial of an ingenious mechanical invention for throwing trawls and drails. The inventor visited the island last year and his experience and observations on the old method of throwing drails by hand led him to this model, which throws a drail the very handsome distance of twenty to twenty-five fathoms using a spring and a lever.
***
Letter to the Editor – I have been a visitor to the island for several years, because it was recommended as a good place for bluefishing. I am satisfied that this season there are scarce bluefish because of taking fish in seines and nets in the harbor during the spawning season.
1924-100 Years Ago
Everybody on Nantucket was awake bright and early last Saturday morning. The air-planes were flying around, getting ready to put out to sea to join in the maneuvers with the dirigible Shenandoah, and those aviators were certainly stepping on the gas. The aviators went far out to sea and in the evening word came that the Shenandoah was about 400 miles off this island.
***
A new steamer is being built to take the place of the ill-fated Sankaty, and to be commissioned at the opening of the next summer season. It will be built at Bath Iron Works, in Maine, which constructed the Islander. The Sankaty was burned on July 30.
1949-75 Years Ago
Here and There – Labor Day is one week from next Monday . . . Huckleberries are ripe and plentiful . . . There was some rush for accommodations during the last two weeks . . . John Cadrain is making no apologies for the performance of his trotting horse which like the first Spark Plug was an also-ran . . . A Question: Will both Wauwinet Road and Hummock Pond Road both receive the new surface this year?
***
Poor Bunny: One of the golfers playing at Sconset made an unusually long drive the other day. Other long drives had been made that day but this one was exceptional in that a rabbit happened to be nibbling the grass and the ball struck him right on the top of the head and killed the poor little bunny outright.
Lifestyle
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Oates plays Dreamland
By Anna Popnikolova apopnikolova@inkym.com
Last year’s split between John Oates and his former musical partner Daryl Hall has faded into the category of old news. Oates couldn’t be happier.
“It’s finally over, no one’s asking me about it anymore. It’s refreshing. Everyone had their sensational moment and everyone likes to hear about the sensationalism of all that.
I’m glad it’s over. I feel great and I’m looking forward to all the exciting things ahead,” he said.
Hall & Oates were one of the most successful music duos of all time –they’re enshrined in the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame – but their split has allowed Oates the room to more fully dive into a solo career. He has been releasing solo music and covers, and has been playing shows around the country.
Oates will take the stage at the Dreamland Sunday. He is familiar with the island, but has never performed at the Dreamland.
“We’re ending this summer tour in Nantucket,” Oates said. “I can’t think of a better place. I’ve heard the Dreamland is a really cool venue, so between that and a lobster roll, I think I’ll be in good shape.”
Oates released his first solo album “Phunk Shui,” in 2002. Since then, he has released five more, the most recent of which, “Reunion,” came out earlier this year. He has another upcoming release in September.
“What I was doing in the past was dividing my time between touring with Daryl and doing my solo shows,” he said. “I didn’t feel like I was giving a full commitment to either thing. In the past few years, I realized that as I’ve gotten older, I want to do what I
Finding the common threads in classical music
Rossini Club’s annual concerts begin Friday
By Anna Popnikolova apopnikolova@inkym.com
For those unfamiliar with classical music, it may seem like a history lesson. Nick Davies, founder of the Rossini Club and a professional classical musician, said that understanding the context of an artist’s work is crucial when it comes to classical music.
But, it’s not everything.
“Sometimes it’s really hard to get your foot in the door when you don’t
“The art of critical thinking, of deep thinking, has been lost I feel like in the last 10 years. Any opportunity to sit down and listen to a piece of music, I relish.”
– Nick Davies Founder, Rossini Club
have the prior knowledge of how to get into these pieces,” Davies said.
“Music may not be universal but the human experience is universal. Beethoven and Ligeti probably went through similar things even though they’re born hundreds of years apart.
ROSSINI, PAGE 4B
Fresh corn off the cob best when creamed
By Sarah Leah Chase Contributing Writer
Normally, I am someone who can happily eat corn on the cob almost every single day of its summer growing season.
A recent rather painful dental surgery, however, pretty much put the kibosh on my consuming chewy foods requiring even a modicum of gnawing.
After nearly a week of living on smooth foods like yogurt and cottage cheese, I began to crave locally-grown ears of corn and decided to revisit some of my favorite recipes for corn off the cob.
Back in the 1980s and 1990s I regularly used to make a corn pudding recipe topped with the crunch of buttered Ritz cracker crumbs, but I was now in the mood for something less rich and fussy to assemble.
The recipe for Creamed Corn with Scallions and Buggy Whip Cheddar, published in my “New England Open House Cookbook” (Workman, 2015) immediately came to mind. The only problem was that the aforementioned Buggy Whip Cheddar, produced by an
Amish dairy farm in Smyrna, Maine, is extremely difficult to source.
While rifling about my refrigerator, I came across a tub of pimento cheese purchased at a nearby supermarket and decided to fold a generous scoop of it into the corn kernels simmering in a skillet on my stovetop.
Modesty aside, I found the resulting Pimento Cheese Creamed Corn to be a sublime creation and most definitely a keeper recipe, even if the taste ended up being more Southern than Yankee.
A few days later, as I was scanning through recent posts on my Instagram feed, I came across a reel of Lidey Heuck’s in which she demonstrated how to make the Coconut Creamed Corn recipe from her recently published “Cooking in Real Life” (Simon Element, 2024).
It just so happens that Lidey is a kindred corn spirit to me, in that she prefaced her recipe with this headnote: “In the two months when corn
The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket, Mass. Section B
Photo by David McClister
John Oates, one half of the former chart-topping musical duo Hall & Oates, will bring his solo show to the Dreamland Theater Sunday.
Photo by Sarah Leah Chase Pimento Cheese Creamed Corn is enhanced by plum tomatoes and cilantro.
Courtesy of the Rossini Club Nantucket soprano Greta Feeney.
John Christopher Studio Clarinetist Nick Davies.
Courtesy of the Rossini Club Horn player Valerie Sly.
OATES, PAGE 11B
Seen on the Scene: Opera House Cup
Nantucket Community Sailing hosted its post-race Opera House Cup party Sunday night at Jetties Beach, featuring live music, food by Nantucket Catering Company and the presentation of awards to the winners of the various classes of wooden sailboats that competed in the iconic race. For more photos, log on to www.ack.net
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court Department
Nantucket Division Docket No. NA24P0054EA
In the Estate of KAREN A DECAMBRA Date of Death June 08, 2017 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
To all interested persons: A Petition for Late and Limited Formal Testacy and/or Appointment has been filed by Daniel G DeCambra of Naples FL requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Daniel G DeCambra of Naples FL be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/12/2024. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM
PROBATE CODE (MUPC)
A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
WITNESS, HON. DENISE L MEAGHER, First Justice of this Court, August 12, 2024.
Sarah E Maxwell R32 Register of Probate Court
AVISO PÚBLICO DE REVISÃO AMBIENTAL
PROJETO: Lily Pond Park
LOCAL: 8 Wesco Place, 36 Lily Street, and 17&19 North Liberty Street, Nantucket, MA
PROPONENTE: Nantucket Land Bank
O(A) signatário(a) está enviando, pelo presente documento, um Formulário de notificação ambiental (“ENF”) a(o) Secretário(a) de Energy & Environmental Affairs (Questões Ambientais e de Energia) no dia 24 de agosto, 2024 (date)
Isso iniciará a revisão do projeto mencionado acima de acordo com a Lei de Política Ambiental de Massachusetts (“MEPA”, L.G.M. c. 30, ss. 61-62L). Cópias do ENF podem ser obtidas com: Ellen Biegert, Horsley Witten Group, Inc. biegert@horsleywitten.com 774-413-2900
(Nome, endereço de e-mail, telefone do proponente ou agente do proponente)
Cópias eletrônicas do ENF também estão sendo enviadas à Comissão de Conservação e ao Conselho de Nantucket (Municipality)
O(A) Secretário(a) de Energy & Environmental Affairs publicará o aviso do ENF no Monitor ambiental, receberá os comentários públicos sobre o projeto e, depois, decidirá se um Relatório de impacto ambiental é necessário. Uma visita ao local e/ou sessão de consulta remota sobre o projeto também poderá ser agendada. Todas as pessoas que desejem comentar sobre o projeto, ou serem avisadas de uma visita ao local e/ou sessão de consulta remota, devem enviar um e-mail para: MEPA@mass.gov ou para o(a) analista do MEPA listado(a) no Monitor ambiental. Solicitações de interpretação ou outras acomodações devem ser direcionadas para o mesmo endereço de e-mail. A correspondência postal deve ser direcionada para: Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Atenção: MEPA Office, referenciando o projeto acima.
Por Nantucket Land Bank (Proponente) R35
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
PROJECT: Lily Pond Park
LOCATION: 8 Wesco Place, 36 Lily Street, and 17&19 North Liberty Street, Nantucket, MA
PROPONENT: Nantucket Land Bank
The undersigned is submitting an Environmental Notification Form (“ENF”) to the Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs on or before August 24, 2024 (date)
This will initiate review of the above project pursuant to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (“MEPA,” M.G.L. c. 30, ss. 61-62L). Copies of the ENF may be obtained from: Ellen Biegert, Horsley Witten Group, Inc. biegert@horsleywitten.com
774-413-2900
(Name, email address, phone number of proponent or proponent’s agent)
Electronic copies of the ENF are also being sent to the Conservation Commission and Planning Board of Nantucket (Municipality)
The Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs will publish notice of the ENF in the Environmental Monitor, receive public comments on the project, and then decide if an Environmental Impact Report is required. A site visit and/or remote consultation session on the project may also be scheduled. All persons wishing to comment on the project, or to be notified of a site visit and/or remote consultation session, should email MEPA@mass.gov or the MEPA analyst listed in the Environmental Monitor. Requests for language translation or other accommodations should be directed to the same email address. Mail correspondence should be directed to the Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Attention: MEPA Office, referencing the above project.
By Nantucket Land Bank (Proponent) R33
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Minou Palandjian, Jeff Newton and Ann Davis; Tom Anathan, Buzz Goodall and Elizabeth Anathan.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Mike Valentine, Wendy Schmidt, Rob Macmillan, John Spencer; Dick Dobbniak, Trevor Nelson, Pablo Benjumeda, Chad Hudnut.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Hazel Murdock, David Abramski and Kari England; Leslie Forbes, Victoria Girvan and Lisa Dawson.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Eric Witte, Annie Gardner and Jeph Tausig; Harmony Oschefski, Charlotte Smith and Dorothy Lusk.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Rick Kotalac and Gillaume Touhadian; Blaise and Kat Sheppard; Bear and Greta Harding.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Lindsay Mitchell, Nick Halmos and Leeds Mitchell; Diane Tipton, David Bradt and Marguerite Davis.
Seen on the Scene: Summer Groove
The Nantucket Boys & Girls Club held its annual Tim Russert Summer Groove fundraiser Saturday night at the club. The event featured dinner, dancing and the presentation of the Tim Russert Spirit of Hope Award to John and Maureen Graf. For more photos, log on to www.ack.net
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TOWN OF NANTUCKET INVITATION FOR BIDS
SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY FENCING
The Town of Nantucket, through its Marine Department, invites bids for the supply and installation of 1,078 +/- L.F. 96 inches high, PVC coated 6 gauge chain link fencing, all components with top and bottom rails including one 20ft swing gate and one 4ft man gate as per project specifications. Bids forms and specifications are all available online at: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/nantucket Bid submissions, project information, specifications and responsive materials can be obtained from and will only be accepted through the Town’s on-line procurement portal: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/nantucket
Bid submissions will only be through the on-line portal and accepted up until 2:00 PM, September 5, 2024. Questions regarding this procurement may be submitted through the Town’s on-line procurement portal.
Any contract regarding this bid must be approved by the Town of Nantucket and the Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids if it is in its best interest to do so. R20
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court Department
Nantucket Division Docket No. NA24P0055EA
In the Estate of GEORGE F DECAMBRA, JR.
Date of Death October 13, 2023
CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Daniel G DeCambra of Naples FL requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Daniel G DeCambra of Naples FL be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/12/2024. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)
A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
WITNESS, HON. DENISE L MEAGHER, First Justice of this Court, August 12, 2024.
Sarah E Maxwell R31 Register of Probate Court
AVISO PÚBLICO DE REVISIÓN AMBIENTAL
PROYECTO: Lily Pond Park
UBICACIÓN: 8 Wesco Place, 36 Lily Street, and 17&19 North Liberty Street, Nantucket, MA
PROPONENTE: Nantucket Land Bank
El abajo firmante presentará un formulario de notificación ambiental (“ENF”) al Secretario de Energía y Asuntos Ambientales el día 24 de agosto, 2024 (date) Esto iniciará la revisión del proyecto anterior en conformidad con la Ley de Política Ambiental de Massachusetts (“MEPA”, Ley General de Massachusetts [M.G.L.], capítulo 30, secciones 61-62L). Se pueden obtener copias del ENF en: Ellen Biegert, Horsley Witten Group, Inc. biegert@horsleywitten.com 774-413-2900
(Nombre, dirección de correo electrónico, número de teléfono del proponente o agente del proponente)
También se enviarán copias electrónicas del ENF a la Comisión de Conservación y la Junta de Planificación de Nantucket (Municipio)
El Secretario de Energía y Asuntos Ambientales publicará un aviso del ENF en Environmental Monitor, recibirá comentarios públicos sobre el proyecto y luego decidirá si se requiere un informe de impacto ambiental. También se puede programar una visita al sitio o una sesión de consulta remota sobre el proyecto. Todas las personas que deseen hacer comentarios sobre el proyecto, o ser notificados de una visita al sitio o una sesión de consulta remota, deben enviar un correo electrónico a MEPA@mass.gov o al analista de MEPA que figura en Environmental Monitor. Las solicitudes de traducción de idiomas u otras adaptaciones deben enviarse a la misma dirección de correo electrónico. La correspondencia por correo debe dirigirse a Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Attention: MEPA Office, haciendo referencia al proyecto anterior.
Por Nantucket Land Bank (Proponent) R34
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Luke and Laura Russert; Lucille Hays and Maureen Orth; Elin Hilderbrand and Debbie Briggs.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Madeline Greeley, Lia Wayman and Renee Portnoy; Gaven Norton, Kellan Grenier and Gabrielle Benesh.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Liz McHenry, Lucie Cristler, Susan Chambers, Caroline Lempres, Samantha Davis and Taylor Cullen; Jamie Foster and Maureen Hackett.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Jordan Rodriguez and Joe Headen; Christian Iberger, Spencer Heydt and Whitney Lewis.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Lynn Bogle, Tom Heiser, Liz Edwards and Carlos Hidalgo; Maggie Eddy and Nicole Reindel.
Photos by Kris Kinsley Hancock
From left, Andrea and Carol Jarrett; Kenzie Mucci, Rosalie Mucci and Christina Bearce.
Rossini: Chamber group finding the common threads in classical music
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Sometimes when we listen to unfamiliar music, we don’t necessarily realize they’re trying to communicate the same thing.”
The Rossini Club’s 12th season is focused on the common threads of classical music, through centuries of composers and their work. Davies said he is fascinated with the influ-
ence of artists on each other, even if they lived hundreds of years apart.
“We’re calling this season ‘Through the Looking Glass,’ and the reason is that we’re looking at the different ways music can be transformed over time,” Davies said. “Composers even now are looking back to the eras that interest and inspire them. It’s almost like a mirror.”
The first concert is scheduled for Friday at the Atheneum, with Nantucket soprano Greta Feeney, alongside Norman Menzales on flute, Noah Kay on oboe, Davies on clarinet, Ryan Yamashiro on bassoon, Valerie Sly on horn and Wesley Ducote on harpsichord and piano. This performance, titled, “Mysterious Barricades,” features pieces by Mahler
and Hindemith, paired with Couperin and Bach.
The title of the concert is a reference to the featured piece, “Les Barricades Mysterieuses,” by Francois Couperin.
“The piece is almost like a fractal, long before we realized these images were possible. It’s like if you took a painting and kept zooming it in and you would continue to see complex images,” Davies said.
The following day, Saturday, Aug. 24, is the festival’s “Dreaming of Michelangelo” concert at St. Paul’s Church, includes pieces by Judith Shatin, University of Virginia professor and composer of “Ockeghem’s Variations,” (2000); Ligeti’s “Ten Pieces;” and the pieces by Ockeghem and Frescobaldi that inspired them.
“The whole theme is this
idea of music sort of looking at itself, music in a mirror. This is probably the most literal, if musical can be literal, version of this theme,” Davies said. “We’re taking composers from the early and late Renaissance, the earliest masters, I hesitate to use that word, of really virtuosic composing. What we have done is we’re actual-
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Dish: Now at the height of its season, fresh corn off the cob best when creamed
is in season in New York, I find ways to use it in almost everything I cook . . . this coconut creamed corn is a simple summer side I like to serve with grilled steak.” The creaminess in Lidey’s
recipe comes from a can of unsweetened coconut milk enlivened with lime juice and a subtle smidgen of chipotle chile powder. Yet another cookbook author with the same corn philosophy as mine is Joshua McFadden.
2-1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 scallions, trimmed and both white and tender green parts thinly sliced Kernels from 5 ears of very fresh local corn (about 3 cups)
3 tablespoons half and half or light cream
1/3 to 1/2 cup good store-bought or homemade pimento cheese
10 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved Sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
I consult his bestselling cookbook “Six Seasons – A New Way with Vegetables” (Artisan, 2017) for inspired vegetable recipes more than any other cookbook in my library.
I think the personal allure for me is that while this book is
1. Melt the butter in a medium-size skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced scallions and cook until just beginning to wilt, about 2 minutes. Add the corn kernels and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the corn is almost tender, about 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Swirl in the cream and pimento cheese until thoroughly incorporated. Fold in the halved tomatoes and season to taste with salt and pepper. Let simmer for about 3 to 4 minutes more. Sprinkle the cilantro over the top just before serving. Serve hot.
Serves 4 to 6.
devoted to vegetables, it is not a vegetarian cookbook. There are, of course, some intriguing corn on the cob recipes in McFadden’s book, but most of the recipes are for corn
off the cob, and he offers four different variations on sautéed corn kernels, noting that “the idea is simply to eat corn every day when it is in season.” McFadden goes on to advise,
“It is better to barely cook corn kernels, leaving them on the raw side so they stay sweet and crunchy, than to cook them too long and have them become tough and starchy.”
the chipotle powder. Taste and season with additional salt if necessary. Garnish with the toasted coconut flakes and remaining scallions. Serve at once.
Serves 4 to 6.
Coconut Creamed Corn
Pimento Cheese Creamed Corn
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Sea Horse, Spirit win 52nd Opera House Cup
By Jamie Cushman jcushman@inkym.com
When Carolyn Grant Zarrella and her husband Ron first saw the forecast for Sunday’s 52nd Opera House Cup, the couple thought the light wind would benefit the 49-foot racing cruiser Blackfish Carolyn was sailing. Instead, the wind picked up more than expected and Ron’s Alerion Sea Horse crossed the finish line first for the second year in a row to win the Opera House Cup.
“When we saw the forecast and it was under 10 knots, we both thought this could be Blackfish’s day. As we thought about kind of the family strategy, under 10 knots we’ve got a real chance (with Blackfish) and over 15 we’ve got a real chance with the Alerion,” Ron said of the cold-molded boat homeported on Nantucket that races in the Modern Classic division.
“The fact that it was a short course helped the Alerion and the fact that the wind was a little stronger than was forecast helped the Alerion.” Spirit, a 47-foot schooner skippered by Lars Forsberg out of Newport, R.I., also earned a share of the overall Opera House Cup win as the fastest plank-on-frame boat, winning the Vintage division and crossing the finish line fifth overall.
“We knew from the get-go with the course assignment that we had a chance today,” Lars’ son Peter Forsberg said. “We really assembled a special crew for this event. This has been circled on our calendar from last summer.
“We haven’t taken the boat here before, but we’ve been thinking about it for a long time. We thought Opera House would be a good showcase for her, and today we really showed what John Alden-designed (boats) and Spirit can do.”
The Opera House Cup wrapped up Nantucket Race Week, a nine-day fundraiser for Nantucket Community Sailing. For complete race results, visit www.ack.net.
Zarrella was joined by crew Chris Magee and Courtney Koos aboard Sea Horse. Magee, one of Zarrella’s best friends, crewed for Sea Horse last year and also won the Opera House Cup in 2005 as the skipper of Zingara Zarrella said his usual tactician Adam Lagerman was unable to compete due to a back injury but provided strategy, particularly as it related to the tide. Koos, who typically sails with Blackfish, subbed in a few days ahead of the race.
“We sort of sailed the perfect race,” Zarrella said. “There wasn’t a part of the race where we probably would have done something differently,
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Chris Miemiec named boys cross-country coach
By Jamie Cushman jcushman@inkym.com
The boys cross-country team will have a familiar face at the helm this fall, as Chris Miemiec has been named head coach for the upcoming season.
Miemiec previously worked with the varsity cross-country team as an assistant and as the middle-school team’s head coach, and he also serves as the head coach for the Whalers winter and spring track teams, which share many of the same athletes as the cross-country program.
“It’s pretty nice being able to work with these kids year-round,” Miemiec said. “Each season really has its own unique centerpiece to it. Cross-country, everybody’s training for one race, so you’re building up that mileage. It’s a 5K, 3.1 miles, so we’re all kind of building that volume to get comfortable. Then when you bleed into the indoor season, that’s where you can kind of have some fun.”
“It’s going to be a good fit, a smooth transition for us,” athletic director Travis Lombardi said. “He’s super-knowledgeable, a very experienced runner, very passionate, brings a lot of energy and intensity, so I think he’s going to do a really good job with this program.”
While the boys head coaching position is filled, the Whalers are now without a girls cross-country coach. Lisa Wisentaner, the longtime girls
coach who also led the boys program last season following the departure of boys coach Garry Allen, will not return this fall.
“She’s been there from the start and done so many good things with this program. The kids, the parents and fellow coaches truly respect her for everything that she’s done, so we’re definitely going to miss her,” Lombardi said.
Lombardi said the numbers for the girls cross-country program are currently low, so they are still determining whether a separate girls coach will be hired or Miemiec will lead both teams.
He said Allen will return this fall as
an assistant, along with Katie Manchester and Matthew Phipps.
While numbers on the girls side are low, Miemiec said the Whalers have plenty of runners in the boys’ program, where he expects to field a full lineup for both the middle school and the high school teams.
“We’ve done a great job with kind of building a feeder system between the middle school and the high school, on the boys side especially,” he said.
“Now it’s an opportunity to kind of get after it with the older kids, see how we do as a team, because the quality of the team this year is pretty good. It’ll be interesting to see how they do later in the season when it comes to the invitationals and states.”
Miemiec, a guidance counselor at Nantucket High School, is entering his sixth year on-island. The Hubron, Conn. native ran indoor and outdoor track in high school, earning all-state honors before going on to join the Coastal Carolina University track team.
The cross-country teams began practice Monday ahead of their first meet of the season scheduled for Sept. 10 at home against Sturgis West.
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Top left and bottom left photos by Karen Ryan, top right and bottom right photos by Jamie Cushman
Clockwise from top left: the Alerion Sea Horse, skippered by Ron Zarrella, was the first boat across the finish line to win the 52nd Opera House Cup, the classic wooden boat regatta held Sunday on the waters of Nantucket Sound; Outlier, skippered by Harvey Jones; the tall-ship Lynx, skippered by Sean Caniff, crosses the starting line; Spirit, a 47-foot schooner skippered by Lars Forsberg, also earned a share of the Opera House Cup as the fastest plank-on-frame boat.
Photo by Jamie Cushman Bianca Santos lines up a pass during volleyball practice Monday, which marked the first day of practices for most of the Whalers fall sports teams. For more photos from the first day of fall sports practices, turn to page 8B and log on to ack.net.
Chris Miemiec
OHC: Sea Horse secures first consecutive Opera House Cup victories in decades
but it was largely due to a lot of preparation and great, great strategic input from Adam, who was in bed, and the ability to pick up a really good sailor who picked up the boat pretty easily and really helped Chris and I out a lot. (Koos) helped a lot as kind of a rose between two thorns between Chris and I.”
Zarrella said last year he didn’t realize Sea Horse had a chance to win until they were about 50 yards from the finish line. After realizing how well Alerions can perform on the Opera House Cup’s course, Zarrella and crew underwent much more rigorous preparation for this year.
“Doyle Sails did a terrific job with a new set of sails. We had the boat hauled, the bottom burnished a couple of days before the race, so we were going to do everything we could to repeat,” Zarrella said.
Blackfish won the Spirit of Tradition division, a class of boats that don’t meet the definition of classic wooden sailboat but are allowed to compete because they add to the spectacle to the race.
“I sailed Blackfish with my dear old girlfriends who I have sailed with for years. We used to charter a J/105 from Nantucket Community Sailing and sail every Wednesday night together for the summer,” Grant Zarrella said. “So it wasn’t our normal professional crew, instead it was just friends. It was just all about being with friends.”
The Blackfish crew also included Grant Zarrella’s longtime friend Gary Jobson, a retired America’s Cup tactician and television commentator for Olympics and America’s Cup coverage.
Other division winners included Columbia, skippered by Kevin Hegarty, in the Classic division and Physalia , skippered by Jeffrey Tucker, in the Alerion division. Onawa, skippered by Steve Gerwirz and Brady Schofield, posted the fastest elapsed time, navigating the 11.32 nautical milescourse in one hour, 35 minutes and 26 seconds.
Last year’s regatta was
marked by high winds and rough seas, but Sunday’s race featured lighter wind around 10 knots and was largely unaffected by Hurricane Ernesto, which brought strong rip currents to the south shore over the weekend.
While they compete against each other in the Opera House Cup, Carolyn and Ron can usually be found sailing together, working well as a pair on the water despite the old adage about married couples struggling to sail together.
Grant Zarrella is a former year-round resident who started the sailing program at Great Harbor Yacht Club, where she served as the sailing director for 15 years. Her husband is a longtime summer resident who has been coming to Nantucket for about 30 years.
“There’s all this kind of urban legend about husbands and wives sailing together, but we have very different skills and are pretty complimentary on a boat,” Ron said.
“I’m thinking inside the boat with crew work and he’s outside the boat getting around the race course,” Carolyn said. “I think that’s what makes it easy for us to sail together. We have different strengths on the boat, for sure.”
Spirit also featured a familial atmosphere, with the father and son duo of Lars and Peter Forsberg, along with the Johnson and Askew families.
“We had three families on board, and that’s the best part for me, the family sailing,” Lars Forsberg said. “No professional would ever do that.”
A total of 48 boats began the race, with all but one finishing.
Members of the Nantucket High School sailing team competed aboard an International One Design boat, finishing third among the five IODs.
“We had so much fun. We had music going at some points, but we always had our eyes on the horizon,” NHS skipper Rory Murray said. “We were always looking for other boats, looking for wind shifts, looking for more pressure, better current. We kept everything in our mind and sailed as fast as we could.”
August 20 Brant Point Runners
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court Department
Nantucket Division Docket No. NA24P0057EA
In the Estate of MARIE DOSTALER also known as: Marie Helene Simone Dostaler Date of Death September 10, 2022
CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Valerie Dostaler-Touchette of SaintEustache, PQ and Richard Touchette of Hillsboro Beach FL requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Valerie Dostaler-Touchette of SaintEustache, PQ and Richard Touchette of Hillsboro Beach FL be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
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WITNESS, HON. DENISE L MEAGHER, First Justice of this Court, August 14, 2024. Sarah E Maxwell R36 Register of Probate Court Dave
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BOARD OF APPEALS is scheduled for 1:00 PM on Thursday, September 05, 2024, in the Public Safety Facility Building at 4 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA, 02554 and remote participation via Zoom Webinar. Information about viewing the meeting can be found at https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/138/Boards-Commissions-Committees. A complete copy of each application is on file with the Zoning Board of Appeals at the office of Planning and Land Use Services at 2 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA 02554. Requests to review an electronic copy of the complete application materials may be submitted via e-mail to wsaad@ nantucket-ma.gov. Written comments for the September 05, 2024 , meeting received by 3:00 PM on Thursday, August 29, 2024, will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting.
NEW BUSINESS (Initial Public hearings and votes may be taken):
Surfside Crossing, LLC
File No. 25-24
This matter is on remand pursuant to the order of the Housing Appeals Committee in Surfside Crossing, LLC v. Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals, No. 2019-07, and the order of Nantucket Superior Court in Meredith v. Housing Appeals Committee, C.A. 2275-00025. The Applicant is seeking a Comprehensive Permit in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 40B and ZBA File No. 20-18, in order to allow a multi-family project consisting of 156 condominium dwelling units in 18 multi-family buildings. The application and supporting materials are available for public review at the Zoning Board of Appeals office at 2 Fairgrounds Road between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. The Locus is situated at 3, 5, 7, and 9 South Shore Road and is shown on Assessor’s Map 67 as Parcels 336, 336.9, 336.8, and 336.7 and is shown as Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1 on Plan Book 25, Page 50 as recorded at the Nantucket Registry of Deeds. The total lot area of the combined parcels is approximately 13.6 acres. Evidence of owner’s title is recorded in Book 1612, Page 62 at the Nantucket Registry of Deeds. The property is located in a Limited Use General 2 (LUG-2) and within the Public Wellhead Recharge District.
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Photo by Jamie Cushman
The crew of Katrina, from left, Harmony Oschefski, Cedar Hwang, Charlotte Smith,Susan Tiedemann Comeau, Kristin Pedersen, Dorothy Lusk, Thorpe Leeson and skipper Barbara Kranichfeld after crossing the finish line of the 52nd Opera House Cup on Nantucket Sound Sunday.
Photo by Jamie Cushman
Sentebale, an Alerion skippered by Sabine Leonhard Griffin, finished sixth.
Rare Gull-billed Tern spotted at Sesachacha Pond this week
By Ginger Andrews Contributing Writer
It’s not often we get to see a Gull-billed Tern on Nantucket, let alone an adult in breeding plumage.
First spotted Aug. 14, it hung around through Saturday. Birders were delighted when, with patience, they were able to see it on the sand spit in the southwest corner of Sesachacha Pond.
It was a “lifer” for several, meaning the first glimpse they have had of a particular species in their life.
This bird did not stay still, resting or preening, the entire time. It often took off, circling the pond and disappearing multiple times.
But birders who waited it out were rewarded when it flew back to the same spot, consistently hanging out with a flock of Laughing Gulls and occasional smatterings of Least, Common and Forster’s Terns.
This is our fourth Gull-billed Tern record for the island. Previous sightings were April 30, 1982; April 11, 1983 and Aug. 8, 2002. Locations included Bartlett Farm’s big field and Great Point. The bird in 2002 was in first summer plumage. Like other southern species, it has been edging its way north over the past century or so.
Forbush, writing in the 1920s, commented on it as “a mere straggler here from the tropics . . . so rare as to be of no economic importance in the Northeast.”
In his day the closest breeding colonies were in the Bahamas. It is a cosmopolitan species, with subspecies found in parts of Europe, Africa and
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Asia, wintering in Australia. Formerly known as the Marsh Tern, there is much speculation that it may once have been more common, but suffered from hunting for the millinery trade in the late 19th and early 20th century. By the 1950s it was found in salt and freshwater marshes along the Atlantic coast. It nested as far north as the Carolinas, wintering along the gulf. While current East Coast colonies are in central New Jersey, it has now advanced as a breeding bird as far as Long Island, N.Y.
Ornithologists think the adult seen last week may have come from such a colony. Sightings of loners such as ours have now advanced as far north as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, so they are definitely on the move. In Europe Gull-billed Terns do not breed until the age of
5, but some California birds breed at age 3. European birds have recorded longevity up to 15 years, while those in the United States have been documented to over 13.
They do not stay in the same location to breed every year, so their current numbers are hard to pin down. But although their presence is locally erratic their numbers in the U.S. are presumed stable overall.
Gull-billed Terns are no longer in the same genus with other terns where they were originally classed. They are very omnivorous, eating insects foraged from the air.
They will pick a fish off the water’s surface, but not dive like other terns. In some ways their habits are more aggressively gull or jaeger-like.
They eat crabs and lizards from the ground, and will also predate the newly-hatched chicks of other terns or skimmers in the same colony.
They have been known to
Teach a child to
steal fish from other terns, flying up on them from behind and grabbing the food out of their mouths. Given their size and pirate-like habits, perhaps their rarity here is not such a bad thing.
Another rarity landed at Coskata Friday and at Sesachacha Pond Sunday afternoon: a Stilt Sandpiper.
They are fresh water waders, easy to overlook among the Yellowlegs. They nest in a few spots around the Arctic Ocean from Alaska to Nunavut, with a couple of sites on the western side of James Bay.
They are among the longest of long-distance migrants. Mainly traveling through the interior U.S., some follow coastal routes in the fall.
They fly to northern South America, where they molt into new feathers before completing the trip further south to the interior of South America.
It was an exciting week overall. A Tricolored Heron was seen at First Point on Coatue, along with two Glossy Ibis. Both were on the move, although chased by several birders without success.
Very vocal Lesser Yellowlegs dominated the Sesachacha Pond shoreline but an occasional Greater Yellowlegs provided a pleasant size contrast.
A Flock of 15 Arctic Terns was reported off Tuckernuck early in the week. Clapper Rails continued at the University of Massachusetts field station, along with Yellow-crowned Night-Herons. Several Little Blue Herons were also reported.
fish and you’ll never regret it
By Cam Gammill
Contributing Writer
A great friend reached out to me last week after his son caught a couple of false albacore from the boat.
Kyle Snell used to take his son Carter out fishing every Sunday morning at 5 am. This was a time when I coached Carter and I loved their persistence.
Kyle said even if I just give him donuts we’ll both have a good morning. It turned out those Sundays mornings worked out for both of them, because these days Carter loves to fish and many days is out fishing his old man.
There is nothing better as a father. So to receive the text from Kyle last week that Carter had landed some albies made my heart sing.
We have had a very good push of false albacore in the last few days. They are worth targeting, if you are patient and are OK coming back empty-handed.
We have fish around and they can be caught, but you can also go tides without seeing them at all. For the most part, they have been on the east side of the island and showing themselves. Anglers have been catching them from the boat and the beach but without consistency.
Speaking of consistency, we have lacked it entirely this week. This swell and the storm system did not help at all. It seems as though every tide we are seeing something different out of our fishery. Perhaps the only staple has been Great Point.
The point is still holding a lot of bonito. These fish are showing themselves and are aggressive. Anglers from the boat and beach are being rewarded but it is not as good as it was over the last few weeks.
Having said this, it is still better than we can ever remember. Use smaller metals and reel quickly. These fish are
For now, the west end is holding stripers and that is an indication that we’ll have them in Old Man and in the eastern rips as well. Let’s hope this storm didn’t change the bait cycle, but we should be OK.
Bluefish continue to puzzle us. Just as we seem to find them, they disappear. We’ve had some smaller fish come into our fishery from the west end. These fish are in the two-pound range and are super-fun.
The bigger fish come and go from the east side of the island. But when they are on, it is super-exciting. These fish can also funnel into the Chord of the Bay.
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attacking on instinct. We have not been able to tar-
get bass in our normal spots with this swell, it is just too dangerous. But we fully anticipate it to be productive once we can hit the edges again.
We’ll learn a lot these next few days, so get on the water and figure it out. That is the fun part about fishing, especially with September around the corner.
Tight lines.
Cam Gammill is co-owner of Bill Fisher Tackle.
Photo by Janette Vohs
This Gull-billed Tern excited birders at Sesachacha Pond for four days this week.
Courtesy of Cam Gammill
Carter Snell with a false albacore he caught on the east side of the island this week.
Fish Finder
First Day of Whalers Fall Sports Practices
Looking: President Bill Clinton and first Lady Hillary Clinton visit island in 1999
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1974-50 Years Ago
Editorial – The slow progress of the Nantucket Sound Islands Trust bill through the House and Senate this summer and the continued pressure toward development of Nantucket’s vulnerable wild lands and shores make it painfully clear that at this point the most effective weapon to protect our heritage is conservation.
can be done about obtaining a piece of land at Commercial Wharf to use as a place for landing dinghies. The piece they have in mind is the former site of the old Petrel Wharf.
*** The Board of Selectmen last night said they would see what
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1999-25 Years Ago
To those of you venturing
A HYBRID PARTICIPATION PUBLIC HEARING of the NANTUCKET ZONING
BOARD OF APPEALS is scheduled for 1:00 PM on Thursday, September 12, 2024, in the Public Safety Facility Building at 4 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA, 02554 and remote participation via Zoom Webinar. Information about viewing the meeting can be found at https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/138/Boards-Commissions-Committees. A complete copy of each application is on file with the Zoning Board of Appeals at the office of Planning and Land Use Services at 2 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA 02554. Requests to review an electronic copy of the complete application materials may be submitted via e-mail to wsaad@ nantucket-ma.gov. Written comments for the September 12, 2024 , meeting received by 3:00 PM on Thursday, September 5, 2024, will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting.
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Faith & George Breen
File No. 26-24
The Applicants are requesting relief by Special Permit pursuant to Zoning Bylaw Section 139-33.A(1)(a). Specifically, the Applicants are seeking to raise the dwelling structure approximately four inches (4”, 19’6 to 19’10”) to move the dwelling up out of the ground and to construct a new foundation that will provide a crawl space. There is no change to the structure itself. The structure is pre-existing nonconforming with respect to side and rear yard setback requirements. The structure is sited as close as zero feet from the southerly side yard lot line; as close as about .4 feet from the lot line on Front Street on the east; as close as about .8 feet from the northerly lot line; and is conforming as to front yard setback requirement on Broadway, which is zero in the ROH. Locus is situated at 19 Broadway and shown on Assessor’s Map 73.1.3 as Parcel 111. Evidence of the Owner’s title is recorded in Book 1725, Page 259 with the Nantucket County Registry of Deeds. The site is zoned Sconset Old Historic (SOH).
Rugged Scott, LLC
File No. 27-24
This matter is on remand pursuant to the order of the Housing Appeals Committee in Rugged Scott, LLC v. Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals, No. 2018-01. Pursuant to Chapter 40B Sections 20 through 23 and CMR 56.00 to determine whether the proposed modifications to the comprehensive permit, specifically the addition of a garage on Lot 27, within the easement area shown on the plan, as well as the garage and use easement on Lot 27 identified in the easement grant, are substantial. This determination should also consider the context of the reciprocal easement granted by Lot 28 to Lot 27, as depicted on the plan. Loci are situated at 8 Blazing Star Road (Lot 27), and 1 Blue Flag Path (Lot 28) and shown on Assessor’s Map 67 as Parcel 826, and Assessor’s Map 67 as Parcel 827. Evidence of the Owner’s title are recorded in Book 1590, Page 196, and in Book 1593, Page 70 with the Nantucket County Registry of Deeds. R38
around Tom Nevers last weekend, don’t be confused. You’re still on-island, even if you heard the strains of Little Feat’s “Dixie Chicken” roll over the moors, the crunch of metal and the thud of colliding bumpers. It was only the annual Demolition Derby and it drew
500 people to watch the crashem, smash-em fun.
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Most Nantucketers caught little more than a glimpse of President Bill Clinton during his first visit to the island last Friday, as the focus was very much on First Lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton and her possible run for a U.S. Senate seat in New York . . . The First Lady helped efforts to restore the nearly 200-year-old Methodist Church building by designating it as an “American Treasure.”
Photos by Jamie Cushman
The Whalers boys and girls soccer, volleyball, field hockey, cross-country and cheerleading teams held their first practices Monday, while the football team began practicing Friday. The golf team is set to begin preseason practices this week. Clockwise from top left: The football team huddles up during the first day of practice; Alex Ivilov, left, defends against Bryan Meija during boys soccer practice; Adney Brannigan lines up a pass at girls soccer practice; From left, Finley Seip, Numa Solano, Rory Murray and Nick Ferrantella complete a lap at cross-country practice; Goalie Shelbi Harimon stands in net at field hockey practice. Log on to ack.net for more photos from the first day of fall sports practices.
Horoscope: August 22-August 28
Thursday, August 22
An Aries moon sets a fast pace today. If you are well-organized, you can be most productive. Projects that require physical labor and exertion will come together easily. The sun enters Virgo at 10:55 a.m., until the fall equinox arrives Sept. 22. An alignment of Venus to Mars can spark romantic attractions this evening.
Friday, August 23
The Aries moon aligns with retrograde Mercury at 8:44 a.m. and becomes inactive for the remainder of the day. Therefore, it’s important to carefully organize your time. Finish old business rather than starting anything new. A Taurus moon arrives at 8 p.m. and forms a stressful contact to Pluto at 8:17 p.m. However, the positive side of the Taurus moon surfaces after that, prompting you to relax and enjoy favorite pastimes this evening.
Saturday, August 24
Although the planet Mercury continues retrograde travel, bringing its share of confusion, snafus and delays, a stable Taurus moon promises a relaxing weekend. Whatever you do to enjoy life, this is the weekend to indulge yourself. Today the Taurus moon forms no major planetary contacts. Kick back, relax, unwind and recharge your batteries.
Sunday, August 25
Yesterday’s forecast remains in effect today. The Taurus moon interacts with five planets until 9:40 p.m., when it aligns with Neptune and becomes inactive. Take a vacation from routines and responsibilities. Instead, follow your bliss. Treat yourself to favorite pastimes or spend quality time with friends and family. A Gemini moon arrives at 11:04 p.m. and interacts with Pluto at 11:17 p.m.
Monday, August 26
Because the sign Gemini is ruled by the planet Mercury, its retrograde effect becomes more evident in this period. Expect the unexpected. You are likely to be forced to deal with sudden reversals, disruptions or cancellations of plans. Maintain a flexible schedule. The fourth-quarter phase of the moon begins at 5:26 a.m. until the new moon Sept. 2. Love is the name of the game this evening, when Venus interacts with Uranus.
Tuesday, August 27
The Gemini moon continues active travel throughout the day, repeating yesterday’s forecast. Slow down. In addition, the Gemini moon generates a restless, changeable mood, warning you to avoid jobs that are tedious, time-consuming and require attention to detail. Instead, influences are
prime for handling a variety of small jobs, running errands or adding finishing touches to projects. A lunar alignment to Mars makes for a fun evening. Gather with friends and go for the good times.
Wednesday, August 28
At 3:14 a.m., the Gemini moon becomes inactive until 4:47 a.m. when it enters the sign Cancer. In addition, a polarity of Venus to Neptune takes the spotlight until 4:25 p.m., when it culminates. This combination is great for creating fiction and make-believe. It warns, however, against getting caught up in financial schemes or investments. Nevertheless, the best news today is the fact that at 5:14 p.m. the planet Mercury, standing at 22 degrees of Leo, begins direct travel. The next retrograde cycle of Mercury begins in November.
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Oates: Rock & Roll Hall of Famer takes the stage at Dreamland Theater Sunday
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want to do, the way I want to do it, and that’s when I made the decision.”
“Reunion” is an album inspired by his relationship with his father. It came out in May of this year. It is a step away from the rock music of the duo – songs like “Rich Girl,” “Maneater” and “Out of Touch” that made them famous – and into Oates’ preferred style, which leans heavily into folk and blues.
After the album’s release, he went on the “Reunion” tour, which is finishing up on Nantucket. It’s not a traditional tour, Oates said, the way he and Hall used to perform.
“I don’t like living in hotels,” he said. “I like being at home. At the same time, I like to play, so I try to balance it out.”
His new touring model is to travel, play a few shows, and return home. He and his wife split their time between Aspen, Colo. and Nashville, Tenn.
“I’ve been on tour for my whole life. It’s not really a tour that starts and stops, I just play shows all the time. This upcoming run starts in Philadelphia and goes to Boston and Beverly, and goes down to Nantucket. I like to go out for four or five runs and go home for a while, and then play more shows,” he said.
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ly putting these pieces next to pieces that were inspired by them much, much, much later.”
The third concert, Monday at St. Paul’s is a benefit concert for Nantucket Food, Fuel and Rental Assistance, called “Is that All?” a reference to a line by Lewis Carroll from “Through the Looking Glass.”
This concert will feature Hungarian music and Western European music, including pieces by Mozart and Brahms, inspired by traditional Hungarian folk music.
Finally, the festival will feature two performances of “A Winter’s Journey,” or “Win-
terreise,” produced by Feeney, Aug. 29 and Sept. 1 at the Dreamland Theater. The performance is a reimagining of Franz Schubert’s 24-song cycle, written into songs from German poet Wilhelm Muller’s work.
“The poetry takes center stage,” Feeney said. “That’s what makes the art song so important and so beloved by musicians. Art songs are distinct from folk songs or pop songs because the poetry, the text, has been chosen for its sophistication and cultural significance.”
Feeney said she focused the visual elements to hopefully
amplify the listening experience for the audience, and create a sort of dreamlike experience.
“I present a visual poem to accompany the poem, which will hopefully take the audience through this psychosis in a beautiful way,” she said.
“My goal is to relax the audience and slow down their inner tempo and just transport them into another state. An hour and a half will pass and they’ll wake up and think, what just happened? Was that a dream?”
The festival also includes an evening of cocktails, charcuterie and 1920s jazz, featuring Feeney and pianist Wesley
Deadline – Mondays at 2:00 pm
Ducote Sunday at St. Paul’s.
The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Rossini Club.
Davies said this year’s festival is a much-needed opportunity to step back from the world’s fast pace and dial into art.
“The art of critical thinking, of deep thinking, has been lost I feel like in the last 10 years. Any opportunity to sit down and listen to a piece of music, I relish,” he said For a complete schedule of concert times, locations and performers, visit www.therossiniclub.org
“It’s not like in the old days when you would book 40 shows and go out on a bus and do all the shows back to back.”
At the Dreamland, he’ll be playing songs from the recent album, some of the classics, and some covers. Oates said the show is a tribute, more than anything else, to the music that shaped him.
“It’s a musical tribute to my history, to the music that made me want to become a musician as a little kid,” he said. “I play solo material, and some standards, stuff that have been great American popular songs over the years. I’m a musical historian. I like to look at the history of
the American popular song.”
The show won’t just be music. Oates wants to give the audience a glimpse of the song inside the song, the process behind the art they listen to. There’s a lot, he said, that goes into creating music.
“I like to pay tribute to those who came before me. I feel like I’m part of a legacy of American popular songwriters. I talk about the songs, the way they were written. It’s a storyteller’s type show,” he said. John Oates, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, Nantucket Dreamland, 17 South Water St. Tickets at nantucketdreamland.org
LEGAL NOTICE
In accordance with the state and federal regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), this notice is to inform the community of our intent to destroy personally identifiable information related to special education services and special education records maintained for students who were graduated from or left the Nantucket Public Schools between the years 2008-2017.
If you wish to maintain this information for your personal records, please contact Debra Gately, Ed.D. at gatelyd@ npsk.org. Otherwise, the information will be destroyed on August 30,. 2024..
Please be advised that the records may be needed by the student or the parent(s) for social security benefits or other purposes.
Records to be destroyed are as follows
• Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
• Evaluation Reports
• Test Protocols (Available for inspection only; no copy will be provided)
• Notifications of Meetings
• Notices of Action
• Review of Existing Data Summaries
• All other personally identifiable information within the Special Education file
Reasons for Destruction:
The reason for destruction of the above listed items is because they are no longer needed to provide educational services and/or it has been more than 7 years since individuals received special education services in the Nantucket Public Schools.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
through September
508-325-7856 or 703-969-2434
PUBLIC NOTICE
A HYBRID PARTICIPATION PUBLIC HEARING of the NANTUCKET PLANNING BOARD is scheduled for 4:00 PM, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024, in the PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY at 4 FAIRGROUNDS ROAD and via Zoom Webinar and live streamed on the Nantucket Government TV YouTube Channel. The complete application materials detailing the proposals and the requested waivers are on file with the Planning Board at 2 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA, and may also be reviewed digitally. Requests to view any related documents digitally can be emailed to wsaad@nantucket-ma.gov. Written comments for the meeting must be received by MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2024, to be provided to the Planning Board in advance of the meeting and may be addressed via email to wsaad@nantucket-ma.gov.
SDC Nantucket, LLC – 86A & 88 Old South Road
The Applicant is requesting a Major Commercial Development (MCD) Special Permit pursuant to Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws (also known as the Zoning Act) and Section 139-11 of the Nantucket Zoning Bylaw to construct a new commercial building that would service both PepsiCo Bottling and Frito-Lay. Additionally, the Applicant requests waivers for inclusionary housing (Section 139-11h and traffic study (Sections 139-23B(2)(b) and 13923C). The file with a copy of the complete description of the proposal is available for review at Planning and Land Use Services. The site is shown as Nantucket Tax Assessor’s Map 68 Parcel 400 and 419.1 and on Land Court Plan 16514-23 and 30, Lots 400 and 573. Evidence of Owner’s Title is shown as Certificate of Titles 15944 and 17741 on file at the Nantucket County District of the Land Court.
• Louie Dog, LLC – 16 & 18 Tomahawk Road
The Applicant is requesting a Special Permit pursuant to Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws (also known as the Zoning Act) and Section 139-7A of the Zoning Bylaw for an apartment in the Commercial Industrial (CI) zoning district. The complete application detailing the proposal is available for review at the office. The site is shown as Nantucket Tax Assessor’s Map 69 Parcels 358 and 359 as Lots 221 and 223 on Land Court Plan 26984-8. Evidence of Owner’s Title is in Certificate of Titles #26320 & 25655 on file at the Nantucket Registry District of the Land Court.
Albert Gird & Carol Ann Gird – 10 South Pasture Lane
The Applicants are requesting a Special Permit pursuant to Section 139-8F of the Nantucket Zoning Bylaw and Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws (also known as the Zoning Act) to create a Rear Lot Subdivision. The site is shown as Nantucket Tax Assessor’s Map 80 Parcel 297.2, Lot 6 Plan File 8-F. Evidence of Owner’s Title is in Book 1896 Page 92 on file at the Nantucket Registry of Deeds.
Richard Joseph Leider & Jane Leider, Trustees of the Richard & Jane Leider Revocable Trust – 64 & 62 Sankaty Road
The Applicants are requesting a Special Permit pursuant to Section 139-8F of the Nantucket Zoning Bylaw and Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws (also known as the Zoning Act) to create a Rear Lot Subdivision. The site is shown as Nantucket Tax Assessor’s Map 49
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) given by 3 Brewster Road LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company whose last known address is 3 Brewster Road, Nantucket, MA 02554, Attn.: Daniel C. Burrell, Manager, to Bank of America, N.A., a National Banking Association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, the present holder, which Mortgage is dated August 13, 2019, and registered on April 25, 2022 with the Nantucket County Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 173855, as noted on Certificate of Title No. 26686, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at public auction at 1:00 P.M. on September 19, 2024, on the premises described below, said premises believed to be known as 3 Brewster Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, all and singular, and as more fully described in said Mortgage, to wit: Lot No. 111 on Land Court Plan No. 10937-8 dated May 27, 1980 and Registered with Certificate of Title No. 9260.
Together with the right to use Brewster Road, in common with others, for all purposes for which roads can be used in the Town and County of Nantucket.
Said premises will be sold subject to and/or with the benefit of any and all rights, agreements, restrictions, easements, improvements, covenants, outstanding tax titles, municipal or other public taxes, assessments, liens or claims in the nature of liens, and existing encumbrances of record existing and/or created prior to the Mortgage.
Said premises will be sold subject to all leases and tenancies having priority over said Mortgage, to tenancies or occupation by persons on the premises now and at the time of said auction, to the extent that any such tenancies or occupation may be subject to said Mortgage, to rights and claims of personal property installed by tenants or former tenants now located on the premises having priority over said Mortgage and also to all laws and ordinances including, but not limited to, all building and zoning laws and ordinances.
Said auction sale may include all of the articles, fixtures and equipment now or hereafter situate on the premises or used or intended to be used therewith, as provided in the Mortgage. In the event of a discrepancy between this notice and the Mortgage as to the description of the real estate, the Mortgage will control.
TERMS OF SALE:
Bidder(s) shall be required to demonstrate prior to the commencement of bidding at the auction the ability to deposit cash, bank treasurer’s check or certified check in the amount of $100,000.00 and the highest bidder shall be required at the time and place of sale to deposit in cash, by bank treasurer’s check or certified check the amount of $100,000.00 with the balance of the purchase price in cash or certified check shall be paid in or within fourteen (14) days from the date of sale thereafter to Locke Lord LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02199, at which time the deed for the premises shall be delivered. The successful bidder(s) of the premises, immediately upon conclusion of the bidding, shall in addition to posting the deposit as aforesaid be required to sign a Memorandum of Sale including the above terms of the auction sale. The Memorandum of Sale shall provide that the deposit paid at the time of the sale shall be forfeited if the purchaser(s) does not comply strictly with the terms of the Memorandum of Sale. The purchaser(s) will be responsible for the payment of state documentary stamps and any and all fees, including recording fees, associated with the transfer of title.
Mortgagee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Further, mortgagee reserves the right to sell to next-higher bidder(s) should the highest bidder default under the Memorandum of Sale, or otherwise.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the time and place of sale.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Present Holder of said Mortgage
Attorney for said holder: Adrienne K. Walker, Esq. Locke Lord LLP 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02199 (617) 239-0100 R37
Courtesy of John Oates John Oates will wrap up his “Reunion” tour Sunday at the Dreamland Theater.
Dining Out
45 Surfside Bakery, 45 Surfside Rd., (774) 333-3981, Pastries, sandwiches, smoothies and more! Mon-Sat 6:30 am to 2:00 pm • Sundays 7:00 am to 2:00 pm • Order online via: 45Surfside.com • Deliveries: delivery.com
167 Raw, 167 Hummock Pond Rd., (508) 228-2871, Open daily from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm • Food Truck Open from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm • Cisco Brewery Raw Bar Open Saturday, Sunday & Monday • 167raw.com
American Seasons, 80 Centre St., (508) 228-7111, • Dinner: Daily 5:30 pm to close• Bar open until late • americanseasons.com
Bartlett’s Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Rd., (508)228-9403, Market Open: Daily 8:00 am to 7:00 pm • Garden Center Open: Daily 8:00 am to 5:00 pm • Offering coffee and pastries, fresh prepared foods and daily lunch and dinner specials • bartlettsfarm.com
Bla eyed susans Black Eyed-Susan’s, 10 India St., (508) 325-0308, Breakfast walk-in only: Thurs-Tues 7:00 am to 1:00 pm • Closed on Wednesday mornings for breakfast • Accepting dinner reservations up to 2 weeks in advance • 3 dinner seatings available @ 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm • Closed on Tuesdays for dinner blackeyedsusansnantucket.com
Boathouse, 2 Sanford Rd., (508) 228-8226, Open: Daily 10:00 am to 9:00 pm • Online orders & deliveries via: delivery.com delivery app or boathousenantucket.com • touch less payment option • Kiosk available inside • Eat-in, take-out and outdoor seating.
Born & Bread, 35 Centre St., (508) 228-3700, • Offering freshly baked bread, sandwiches, pastries and more • Open: Tue-Sat 8:00 am to 3:00 pm • bornandbreadnantucket.com
Breeze at The Nantucket Hotel, 77 Easton St., (508) 228-4730, A la Carte Breakfast: Daily 7:30 a.m to 10:00 a.m. • Brunch: Sundays 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. • Lunch: MonSat 11:30 am to 2:00 pm • Dinner served on either the Sailor’s Valentine front porch or in Breeze: Tue-Sun 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm • Old Fashioned New England Clambakes: Every Summer Monday (June 17 – August 26) Seatings between 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm • thenantuckethotel.com/dining/
Brant Point Grill at The White Elephant, 50 Easton St., (508) 445-6574, Breakfast: 7 days 8:00 am to 11:00 am • Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30 am to 2:00 pm • Dinner: 7 days 5:30 pm to 10 pm thenantuckethotel.com/breeze
The Brotherhood, 23 Broad St., (774) 325-5812, Kitchen: 11:30 am to 10:00 pm daily • Bar: 11:30 am to 12:00 midnight daily • Full menu available for take-out at brotherhoodnantucket.com
Casa Real, 16 Macys Lane, (774) 485-2027, Offers breakfast, lunch & dinner • Open: Mon-Fri 11:30 am to 9:00 pm • Sat & Sun 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm • Breakfast: Sat & Sun 8:00 am to 1:00 pm • Bar stays open until 1:00 am • casarealrestaurant.com
The Chanticleer, 9 New St., Siasconset, (508) 257-4499, • Lunch: Daily 11:30 am to 1:30 pm • Dinner: Daily 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm • chanticleernantucket.com
Club Car, 1 Main St., (508) 228-1101, Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner • theclubcar.com
The Corner Table Cafe, 22 Federal St., (508) 228-2655, Open: Daily 7:00 am to 5:00 pm • cornertablenantucket.com
Cook’s Cafe, 6 South Beach St., (508) 228-8810, Open: Daily 8:00 am to 3:00 pm • cookscafenantucket.com
Counter on Main, 45 Main St., (508) 680-1225, • Breakfast, lunch & ice cream: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm daily • Order take-out at nantucketislandkitchen.com
Crosswinds, 14 Airport Rd., Nantucket Memorial Airport (508) 228-6005, • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner: 6:00 am to 9:00 pm daily Offering affordable dinner specials 7 nights a week • crosswindsnantucket.com
Downyflake, 18 Sparks Ave., (508) 228-4533, Breakfast: Thurs-Tues 6:30 am to 2:00 pm • Lunch: ThursdayTues 11:00 am to 2:00 pm • Sunday: Breakfast ONLY from 6:30 am to 1:00 pm • Closed on Wednesdays • Take-Out Window is now open! • thedownyflake.com
Dune 20 Broad St., (508) 228-5550, • Dinner: daily 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm • Bar opens at 5:00 pm to late • dunenantucket.com
Faregrounds, 27 Fairgrounds Road, (508) 228-4095, Kitchen Opens: Tue-Sat 11:30 am until 9:00 pm • Sundays: Kitchen closes at 3:30 pm • Bar stays open until last call and on Sundays from 11:30 am to 5:00 pm • Closed: Mondays • Inside, outside dining and take out available • thefaregrounds.com
Fusaro’s, 17 Old South Rd., (508) 228-4100, • Dinner: Mon-Sat 4:30 pm to close • Order take-out at fusarosrestaurant.com
Galley Beach, 54 Jefferson Ave., (508) 228-9641, Open: MonSat 11:30 am to 9:30 pm • Sundays: 10:30 am to 9:30 pm • galleybeach.net
Island Kitchen, 1 Chin’s Way, (508) 228-2639, Breakfast & lunch: 7:00 am to 2:00 pm daily • Dinner: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm daily • Ice Cream Counter Open: Daily 7:00 am to 10:00 pm • Order take-out at nantucketislandkitchen.com
Millie’s, 326 Madaket Rd., (508) 228-8435, Restaurant open: Daily 8:00 am to 9:30 pm • Market open: Daily 8:00 am to 9:30 pm • milliesnantucket.com
Millie’s at the Rotary, 1 Sparks Ave., (508) 514-5200, Open: Daily 8:00 am to 9:30 pm • milliesnantucket.com
Moors End Farm, 40 Polpis Rd., (508) 228-2674, Open: Daily 8:00 am to 6:00 pm • Farm grown produce including: lettuce, arugula, herbs, cucumbers, peppers, carrots, beets, tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, Swiss chard, summer squash cheeses & other grocery items and of course our vast array of cut flowers • moorsendfarm.com
Nantucket Bake Shop, 17 Old South Rd., (508) 228-2797, Open: Mondays-Sat 6:30 am to 1:00 pm • Tues-Sat 6:30 am to 4:30 pm • Closed: Sundays • nantucketbakeshop.com
Nantucket Lobster Trap 23 Washington St, 508.228.4200 Lunch: Daily 11:00 am to 3:00 pm • Dinner: Daily 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm • Take out available from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm • nantucketlobstertrap.com
Nantucket Tap Room, 29 Broad St., (508) 228-2117, Lunch: Daily from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm • Dinner: Daily from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm • No food from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm • Bar open all day • nantuckettaproom.com
Noemi’s Dumplings Authentic Homemade Traditional Dumplings, Available: Tue-Sat 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm • Saturdays: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm @ Farmers Market • View our menu and order online at noemidumplings.com or text (508) 901-3476 or, The Whale, 38 Main St., (508) 825-5897, Dinner: Daily from 5:00 pm • Lunch: Mon - Sat 11:30 am to 2:00 pm • Brunch: Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm • otwnantucket.com
The Pearl, 12 Federal St., (508)228-9701, Open: Wed-Sun 5:00 pm to close • Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays • Boarding House extension Open: Thurs-Sun 5:00 pm to close • Closed: Mon-Wed pearlnantucket.com
The Proprietors, 9 India St., (508) 228-7477, • Dinner: ThursTues from 5:00 pm • Closed: Wednesdays • proprietorsnantucket.com
Roastd at Airport Gas,10 Airport Rd., Open: Daily 6:00 am to 4:00 pm • Coffee bar and specialty foods • Grab and go breakfast • roastdgeneralstore.com
Salvadoreña Food & Market, 63 Old South Rd., (508) 3324770, Offers breakfast, lunch & dinner • Open: Mon-Fri 6:30 am to 8:00 pm • Saturdays from 6:30 am to 7:00 pm • Sundays from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm • Call ahead to order take out • facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063594129278
Sandbar at Jetties Beach, 4 Bathing Beach Rd., (508) 228-2279, Open: daily from 11:30 am to 8:00 pm • Hours are weather dependent • jettiessandbar.com
Sea Grille, 45 Sparks Ave., (508) 325-5700, Dinner: Daily 5:00 pm to close • Take out starts at 5:00 pm • theseagrille.com
Ships Inn An American Brasserie Ships Inn 13 Fair St., (508) 228-0040, • Dinner: WedSun 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm • Closed: Monday and Tuesday • shipsinnnantucket.com
Siam to Go, Nantucket Ice Rink, 1 Backus Ln., (508) 228-siam (7426), • Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Dinner: Mon-Fri 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm • Order take-out at SiamToGoNantucket.com
Pizzeria Gemelle, 2 East Chestnut St., (508) 901-5958, Open: Tues-Sun 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm • pizzeriagemelle.com
Sister Ship at the Faraway Hotel, 29 Centre St., (508) 203-6889, • Dinner: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm daily • Courtyard open: Thurs-Sun 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm farawayhotels.com
Something Natural, 50 Cliff Rd., (508) 228-0504 , Open daily from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm • Bread (including Pink Salt sourdough), cookies, cookie dough, SN drinks, homemade soups, and dough balls delivered daily to island markets • somethingnatural.com
Straight Wharf, 6 Harbor Square, (508) 228-4499, Dining room: Daily 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm • Bar grill dining: Daily 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm • Bar: Daily until 1:00 am or “The Summer Wind,” whichever comes first • straightwharfrestaurant.com
The Summer House, 17 Ocean Ave., Siasconset, (508) 257-9976, Dinner: 5:00 pm to close • Last dinner seating at 10:00 pm • Bistro Lunch: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm • Last Bistro lunch seating at 7:00 pm • Sunday Brunch 11:30 am to 3:00 pm thesummerhouse.com
Surfside Taco Stand, 2 Broad St., (508) 960-7070, Open: Daily 8:30 am to 2:00 am • surfsidenantucket.com
Topper’s, at The Wauwinet, 120 Wauwinet Rd. (508) 228-8768, Breakfast : 7 days 8:00 am to 10:30 am •Lunch Daily 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm • Dinner: Daily 6:00 pm to close • Deck menu: Daily 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm • Brunch: Sat & Sun 11:30 am to 2:00 pm • wauwinet.com/dining
Ventuno, 21 Federal St., (508) 228-4242, • Dinner: Tues-Sun 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm • Bar
Yummy, 63 Surfside Rd., (508) 228-2712, Open: Mon-Sat 7:00 am to 8:30 pm • Sundays from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm • yummynantucket.com
Great Point Properties
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THE ART OF LIVING
CISCO | $27,500,000
Beds: 6, Baths: 6f/3h Gary Winn & Bernadette Meyer
MONOMOY | $4,495,000
Beds: 6, Baths: 5f/1h
Gary Winn
TOM NEVERS | $9,875,000
Beds: 4, Baths: 6f/1h
Gary Winn & Morgan Winn
TOWN | $4,495,000
Beds: 4, Baths: 4f/1h
Gary Winn
CLIFF | $23,750,000
Beds: 6, Baths: 6f/3h
Gary Winn
EEL POINT | $17,750,000
Beds: 6, Baths: 5f/1h
Gary Winn & Morgan Winn
BRANT POINT | $15,995,000
Beds: 6, Baths: 5f/1h Gary Winn
TOWN | $4,750,000
Beds: 5, Baths: 5f/1h
Gary Winn, Morgan Winn, Susan Lazarus
SURFSIDE | $5,995,000 Beds: 8, Baths: 8
Gary Winn, Morgan Winn, Susan Lazarus
MADAKET | $2,995,000
Beds: 4, Baths: 2
Gary Winn
POINT | $4,995,000
Beds: 5, Baths: 4
Gary Winn & Morgan Winn
| $10,995,000
Beds: 5, Baths: 5f/1h
NEVERS | $2,595,000
Beds: 3, Baths: 2
TOM
Gary Winn
CISCO
Gary Winn
BRANT
19 Sherburne Turnpike | LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!! One of the last remaining vacant lots near Lincoln Circle. This 22,859+/- sq. ft. lot measures approximately 85’ X 260’. Utilities located on Sherburne Turnpike. HDC-approved plans by WorkshopAPD (Andrew Kotchen) for a 6,091 sq. ft. main house, garage w/studio above totaling 1000 sq. ft., pool and shed. Survey and Building sketch in Documents. Site plan available upon request. 12.5% ground cover in R20 zoning. | $6,995,000.00
3 Lyford Road | 2.45 ac Vacant Land with Views | Joyce Montalbano Panoramic bluff ocean views, short distance to beach below, eight bedroom potential on this site, additional room for a pool and a pickle/tennis court.
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Step into this one-of-a-kind antique home sure to delight any fortunate new owner. Nestled within easy reach of town and Steps Beach, this is a timeless gem. The back deck and yard has ample room for gardening, games and evening barbecues.
Substantially oversized lot(s) in highly sought after Cliff neighborhood within walking distance to Town, beaches and the popular Westmoor Club.
• Favorable zoning - 5,000 sq ft minimum lot size, 30% allowable ground cover.
• Town water and sewer.
Tom Nevers | $11,000,000 Town | Reduced to $3,050,000
Penny Dey, Principal Broker, GRI, ABRM
Linda Bellevue, GRI, CBR
Heidi Drew, ABR, RSPS, SRS
Peter DuPont
Alison K. Forsgren, e-Pro, NAR Green, SRES
Angel Conrad Frazier
Mary D. Malavase, GRI, ABR, SRS, RSPS
Jane B. Miller, ABR, RSPS
Meg Ruley, ABR, RSPS
Lisa Sherburne, ABR, RSPS
Melinda Vallett
Geri Walker, RSPS, SFR
Mary O’Donnell, Office Manager
Erikka Perkins, Rental Manager
Yesenia Valer, Office Assistant
Property Transfers
The following property transfers were recorded in the Registry of Deeds from Aug. 9-15, 2024:
1. 12 Eat Fire Spring Road Realty Trust to Nick Johnson: 12 Eat Fire Spring Road, dwelling, 3.41 acres, $12,500,000.
2. Alex Wiegers to Surfside Ackscape LLC: 3 Nonantum Ave., dwelling, .69 acres, $7,200,000.
3. Glenn A. Ferguson, trustee, CGJ Irrevocable Trust, to 2 Old Mill Court II LLC: 2 Old Mill Court, dwelling, .18 acres, $5,675,000.
4. Brooks Realty Trust to James A. and Anna Beakey: 19 Tennessee Ave., dwelling, .69 acres, $4,000,000.
5. Donald J. and Susan G. Pegg to Abby Onderdonk de Molina and John A. Eldredge Jr.: 20 Berkley St., dwelling, .23 acres, $1,650,000.
The following transactions were exempt from the Land Bank transfer fee:
NHA Properties Inc. to Norman Vernon Frazee and Jennifer Rae Frazee: 8 Honeysuckle Drive, $995,000.
NHA Properties Inc. to Neil and Shaylyn Leigh Maguire: 10 Honeysuckle Drive, $995,000.
Constance C. Peters to Jacqueline Vesey and Janine Lyons: 15 Swain St., Building A, Unit 5, Interval Week 20, $1.
John H. Ehrlich to John Harvey Ehrlich, trustee, John Harvey Ehrlich Revocable Trust: 23 Milk St., $0.
Betsy J. Bogin to Martin R. Goldfarb: 6 South Cambridge St., $0.
Steven and Elizabeth Bush to World Enough LLC: 8 Grand Ave., $0.
Beth Ann Meehan to Beth Ann Meehan Revocable Trust: 3 Ridge Lane, $0.
Kathleen and Keith Wallace to Keith Wallace: 4 Fintry Lane, $0.
Thea K. and Peter H. Kaizer to Katherine and Evan Schwanfelder: 5 Weweeder Ave., $0.
34 Cannonbury Lane LLC to William H. Franklin: 34 Cannonbury Lane, $0.
Elizabeth B. Sibley and Robert J. Liddle to Elizabeth B. Sibley and Robert J. Liddle, trustees, Wood Land Trust: 15 Teasdale Circle, $0.
Jill M. Johnson (99 percent) and Hayley LaPiene (1 percent) to Daffodil Johnson LLC (99 percent) and Hayley LaPiene (1 percent): 10B Daffodil Lane, $0.
Jill M. Johnson to Daffodil Johnson LLC: 10A Daffodil Lane, $0.
Land Bank revenue for Aug. 9-15, 2024 was $620,500.02. Year to date revenue is $12,043,957.02. Land Bank income is derived primarily from the collection of a 2 percent transfer fee on real estate transactions, subject to certain exemptions.
Cream of the crop waterfront estate
FEATURES • Three Bedrooms • Four-plus Bathrooms • Sweeping Water Views • Boardwalk • Expansion Possibilities
If a waterfront escape is what you seek, look no further than this Beacon Lane retreat that features three bedrooms and four-and-two-half bathrooms in an idyllic part of Quidnet.
Fronting Sesachacha Pond, this property also has views of the ocean and Sankaty Lighthouse. Tucked behind a gate and down a long, private driveway lined with hedges, this one-of-a-kind estate has two private homes, two garages, a boardwalk to the water, an infinity edge pool, flower and vegetable gardens and access to tennis courts.
With an eight-bedroom septic system and over 5,000 square feet of ground cover remaining, this property provides endless growth possibilities for the next homeowner.
The main dwelling is located closest to the pond. The first floor has soaring cathedral ceilings throughout and windows that draw the eye outward toward the water. The open-concept layout makes this level ideal for entertaining.
The foyer has glass walls, with the living room to the left that has a fireplace and a set of French doors. Adjacent to the living area is the dining room, with the eat-in kitchen beyond that has high-end appliances including a Wolf stove, Sub-Zero refrigerator and a Miele dishwasher.
There is a separate pantry behind the kitchen and mudroom with a desk area and a wall of cabinets that provide an ample amount of storage.
To the right of the entry is a half bathroom and a sitting area with a pocket door that
opens to the primary suite.
This bedroom has a spacious bathroom with double sinks, an oversized shower and a separate toilet area. The suite also has a walk-in closet and access to the yard and outdoor shower.
The basement level of the main dwelling has a finished room at the bottom of the staircase that has full French doors that open to a sunken patio area with steps leading to the lawns and gardens.
Additional space on this level can easily be converted into guest bedrooms, a media room, additional gym space or a wine room. The options are endless with the current rough plumbing and egress in place.
The secondary dwelling, located opposite the main dwelling on the other side of the pool, has a set of French doors that open to a living room with cathedral ceiling, an eatin kitchen and a half bathroom.
A staircase off the living room leads to the lower level that has two large bedroom suites, a sunken patio space accessed through a set of French doors and a playroom with a full bathroom and a laundry area with an LG washer and dryer.
The two garages on the property have automatic overhead doors. This property also includes access to a community Har-Tru tennis court.
Photos courtesy of Great Point Properties
The eat-in kitchen of this Beacon Lane home has high-end appliances by Wolf, Sub-Zero and Miele.
The living room has a vaulted ceiling, access to the deck and sweeping views of Sesachacha Pond and the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.
Top: This bedroom also has a vaulted ceiling, access to the outdoors and panoramic water views. Bottom: This bathrom has a walk-in tiled shower.
The dining room, convenienlty located just off the kitchen, can seat 10.
The living areas of both the main house and the guest house are open and airy, with vaulted ceilings and plenty of windows.
The infinity-edge pool is located between the main house and the guest house, and bordered by a wood deck perfect for entertaining.
How to Help Your Neighbor
Food Assistance & the Food Pantry
The Food Pantry provides supplemental groceries and food staples to no and low income individuals and families. The Pantry, located in the Greenhound Building at 10 Washington Street and is open year-round.
The Pantry is currently open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3-6 p.m. There is also home delivery available for clients not able to leave their homes due to illness or injury.
Rental Assistance
The Rental Assistance Program provides lower income island residents with a short term rental subsidy to keep them housed during periods of financial need including help with rent to move them out of substandard housing, loss of housing due to the sudden sale of the property, to avoid eviction depending upon the circumstances.
Applicants must be year-round Nantucket residents having lived here a minimum of 2 years, unless special circumstances warrant an exception.
Shelter Assistance for the Homeless
The Warming Place Program, now under the operations of the NFFRA provides both a day
Volunteering:
We have volunteer opportunities mainly at the Food Pantry, and Warming Place. If you are interested please go to www.assistnantucket.org/volunteer and fill out the form.
Donations:
Donations can be made online
www.assistnantucket.org or to mail a check please use Post Office Box 2597, Nantucket, MA 02584
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and overnight shelter for the homeless adults of Nantucket. For more information contact ackhomelessnessteam@gmail.com
Fuel/Utility Assistance
The Fuel/Utility Assistance program assists residents, both renters and homeowners, to apply for benefits under the Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program or the Salvation Army Home Energy Program for heat.
For those residents not qualifying for these benefits, and for those requiring assistance with other utility assistance (electric, water) we will assist with a minimum payment to prevent shut-off until a more permanent financial arrangement with the vendor can be made.
Medical Travel
The Medical Travel Assistance program assists low-middle income Nantucket residents who have to travel off-island for medical appointments and treatments that they would not otherwise be able to afford to go to.
To apply for Medical Travel and Related Services Assistance go to www.assistnantucket.org or email Janis Carreiro at nffra@assistnantucket.org
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2597, Nantucket, MA 02584 Website: assistnantucket.org
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This Week on Nantucket
August 22 - August 29
– In This Issue –
• Island Calendar
• Delicious: Ships Inn
• MusACK: MayQueen
• Walk with Neil: Mid-Island Magic
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
Thursday, Aug. 22
Women’s Walking Network
7:30 a.m. Thursdays. E-mail for this week’s location. Open to all. Trails are chosen to fit the needs and abilities of the group. Intended for marginalized genders including women, women-identifying individuals and non-binary and gender non-conforming people who are comfortable in a space that centers on the experiences of women. E-mail meg@ snowandblair.com to sign up.
NanPuppets
9:45 a.m. Thursdays, Atheneum garden, 1 India St. Join Lizza Obremski and her puppet friends for a half-hour of fun. Bring a blanket. Canceled in the event of inclement weather.
Historic Downtown Walking Tour
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday, Nantucket Whaling Museum, 13 Broad St. Walk through historic downtown Nantucket with a museum guide and discover the unique history of the island. The tour transports visitors on a journey through Nantucket’s past and
tells the story of the rise and fall of the whaling industry, the rise of tourism and the impacts the island’s economy had on social and racial development on Nantucket.
Live Music: Morgan Skelly and the Old Crows
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Morgan Skelly and the Old Crows cover artists like Tom Petty, Kenny Chesney, John Mellencamp, The Eagles, Jason Aldean and others. Second show Friday.
Creative Community Collaborative
6 p.m. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 23 Wauwinet Road. Join fellow island creatives to collaborate, create and build community while listening to musicians try out new material.
Dreamland Conversation: Emily Sweeney
6 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Boston Globe reporter Emily Sweeney will discuss unsolved cold cases of the Cape and Islands. Tickets at www. nantucketdreamland.org
THURSDAY, PAGE 15
Courtesy of Collie Buddz
Bermudian reggae artist Collie Buddz will play The Chicken Box next week.
The wide world of Pinot Gris
By Peter McEachern Contributing Writer
The grape known as pinot comes in many shapes, colors, clusters, names and terroirs. Many of us can name pinot and its synonyms everywhere, yet the better part of them are more cousins than siblings or twins.
A few to remember
Pinot Nero, Pinot Negro, Spatburgunder, Blauburgunder, Dijon Clone 113, 114, 115, 667, 777, Pommard Clone 5 . . . I could go on, but there are over 1,000 registered clones within the family known as Pinot Noir.
Then we have the related Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meuniere, Pinot Teinturier and Pinot Noir Precoce.
A bit of history
The pinot varieties are probably the oldest and, therefore, the most genetically diverse of all wine-grape families.
The best known is Pinot Noir, the great red grape of Burgundy. Another red cousin, Pinot Meuniere, is prolific in Champagne. Pinot Blanc, the true white pinot, is a fairly recent mutation of the variety. It produces a fairly full-bodied wine that’s often hard to distinguish from wine made from the Chardonnay grape (genetically half Pinot Noir).
The top seller: Pinot Gris
Pinot Grigio is widely considered an easy-to-drink, uncomplicated wine. Don’t be deceived. The “gray pinot” is a devious grape. According to the local climate and popular taste, it changes identity like a spy.
Whether you catch up with it as Italian Pinot Grigio, French Pinot Gris or an American white going by either name, it’s almost always a wonderful wine at a decent price.
Photo by Franck Legros
A panoramic view of vineyards surrounding the village of Riquewihr along the Alsatian wine route.
Courtesy of Peter McEachern Hillside vineyards in Alto Adige, Italy.
The Wine Cellar
In all its guises, this wine is made from the same gray pinot grape, but it appears in a wide range of styles: lean and racy, ripe and full-bodied and variations in between.
The gray pinot developed somewhere between noir and blanc. And, like a lot of middle siblings, it’s a little confusing.
A single cluster of ripe Pinot Grigio grapes may have fruits ranging from golden yellow to brownish pink, and an individual grape can show the entire rainbow of hues on its skin.
There’s never enough pigment to impart more than a deep golden color to the wine. But there can be plenty of flavor, especially in a warm climate.
Most of us are familiar with the fruity Pinot Grigios from cool northern Italian vineyards, whether we know it or not.
According to the beverage industry tracker Impact Databank, Italian Pinot Grigio is the best-selling imported table wine in the United States, accounting for more than 6 million cases in 2022 and more than 12 percent of total imported wine consumption.
To taste the pure, vibrant beauty of the grape, look for Pinot Grigios from Collio. For a more upscale and serious Pinot Grigio, try the Alois Lageder, with its glowing fruit offset by a fine edge of minerality
from the limestone soil of the Alto Adige region.
Alsatian renditions of the gray pinot, known as Pinot Gris, are typically rich, full-bodied and sometimes sweet but balanced by the grape’s abundant acidity.
Trimbach’s Pinot Gris is perfumed, round, fruity and brisk. The Hugel Pinot Gris is a little more oily and honeyed. Yet, an undercurrent of ripe acidity keeps it as clean and juicy as a bite of fresh white peach.
Deiss is another ripe version, with floral aromas and layers of peach, apricot and plum flavors.
Oregon’s Willamette Valley has proved to be hospitable to the gray pinot. King Estate, near Eugene, made an early commitment to the variety and has a track record of excellent bottlings.
King Estate Pinot Gris 2021 shows the honeyed peach side of the varietal’s character in a dry but wonderfully fruity, crisp and mouth-filling wine.
Napa Valley is an unlikely source of Pinot Grigio. Isn’t that terrific Cabernet climate too warm for dry, fragrant whites? Yet the valley has produced several remarkable Sauvignon Blancs over the years.
CELLAR, PAGE 18
Photo by Luca Piccini Basile
Bunches of pinkish-brown Pinot Gris grapes hanging on the vine just before the harvest.
Burchell Farm a mid-island hidden gem
By Neil Foley
Contributing Writer
Mid-island walks can often be overlooked. Getting from point A to point B or Stop & Shop seems to be the main directive in this part of the island, unless looping through historic cemeteries is your thing.
So, in the spirit of discovery, come find a special mid-island stroll.
Head down Miacomet Avenue, along the western side of Miacomet Pond, until the houses fall away and the left side opens. Park alongside the avenue and first take a wander through the grassy field along the pond.
Yellow sulfur butterflies flit actively among the maturing grasses and ripening blackberries.
Follow the mowed path close to the pond edge and stop at the memorial rock for Edie Ray, a kind soul, passionate animal advocate and gifted birder who left us this past winter.
Edie was an inspiration and helped to touch the lives of nearly every birder on
Nantucket and those who have made special journeys to come bird-watch on the island.
She was instrumental in my experience and training on Nantucket, showing me great birding spots, teaching me how to band American oystercatchers and being a welcoming force of nature in all things ecological.
I miss her banding buffets and phone calls of who saw what and where, asking me to keep an eye out for something flying by.
Whenever there was something we needed to check in on later, she would put on a strong Bostonian accent and say “We’ll tawk.” When you get the chance, stop here at the rock, “tawk” to Edie, listen for a while, and note her presence in one of her favorite places.
Walk the grassland loop around back to the avenue and cross into the awaiting trailhead of Burchell Farm.
This Nantucket Land Bank trail net-
Photo by Neil Foley
The Mizzenmast section of the island’s Coast to Coast Trail offers a peaceful trek the heart of the mid-island, one of the most developed parts of Nantucket.
Photo by Neil Foley
This rock memorializes island resident and avid birder Edie Ray.
Walk with Neil
work is hidden in the dense shrubs and neighborhoods of mid-island but allows you access to over 70 acres of protected space along Miacomet Pond.
The first section of the trail passes through a tall stand of tamarack trees. Also known as larches, these deciduous conifer trees have short clusters of needles along their drooping branches which they shed each fall.
Listen as black-capped chickadees chip overhead, looking for insects and fruit among the scraggly branches.
Burchell Farm’s mixed pine forest has a dense and shrubby understory dominated by bayberry, black cherry and highbush blueberry.
The delicious blueberries are long gone by this point in the summer, such is the speed of our fast-paced active season.
There is always next year, so if you missed out there is reason to set a reminder in mid-July to take advantage of Nantucket’s beautiful and delicious wild harvest.
Bayberries, however, are just ripening, though not edible for humans.
The clusters of waxy gray berries are an important food source for migrating and overwintering songbirds, as well as
culturally important sources of fragrant wax for candles.
Bayberry candles were colonial methods of freshening and deodorizing houses, particularly around the new year.
Continue along the narrow and densely lined path. Cross the dirt road and meet the Mizzenmast Trail, winding westward. Take a left at the T intersection to follow the Coast-to-Coast Trail south along the ridge line above Miacomet Pond.
Sections of the trail skirt the edge of the pond where common woolgrass seedheads bob softly in the wind and cattail reeds line the water’s access points.
The further south you venture, the more the forest falls away and you emerge into the soft, open grasslands of the Smooth Hummocks Preserve.
This southern trail access is just west of the Miacomet Golf Course’s first green and is a welcome landmark on the island-spanning Coast to Coast Trail, though these ambitious and exposed routes may be best left for when the cool winds of fall settle in.
Neil Foley is the interpretive education coordinator and ecologist at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.
Photo by Neil Foley
Left: Ripening blackberries beside the path along Miacomet Pond. Right: Tamarack trees, also known as larches, line the paths at the Land Bank-owned Burchell Farm.
Ships Inn: Romantic dining with classic technique
By Marianne Stanton mrstanton1215@gmail.com
For 34 years Mark Gottwald has been turning out delicious dishes in the romantic atmosphere of his subterranean Fair Street restaurant, The Ships Inn.
It is one of our favorite fine dining restaurants on the island, and we try to get in at least once during the summer season. Twice if we’re lucky. Soft lighting, white tablecloths and cuisine defined by Gottwald’s classical French training add up to a stellar dining experience.
A long list of loyal patrons returns year after year for dishes such as Steak au Poivre, which has been on the menu since day one. It is the same recipe Gottwald used when he cooked at the legendary Le Cirque in New York City for three years before coming to Nantucket.
It is my favorite dish at The Ships Inn. An eight-ounce dry-aged New York
strip steak is covered with peppercorns, cracked by hand, seared and then lapped with a Bordelaise sauce. Dauphinoise potatoes and baby vegetables are served alongside.
Two other steaks on the menu give meat-eaters a choice. There’s a filet mignon and a Steak Frites which has replaced the Short Ribs and Spaetzle that used to be on the menu.
Gottwald explained that the economics of preparing the short ribs became untenable, both in terms of cost of the product and labor involved. The steak frites is a welcome replacement.
There are plenty of fish dishes to choose from as well: swordfish, cod, halibut and a particularly delicious paillard of salmon with a sauce made from a reduction of
Photo by Marianne Stanton Fluke with ratatouille.
Photo by Marianne Stanton
The plum tart has thick slices of fruit baked into the crust.
Photo by Marianne Stanton
The Steak au Poivre at The Ships Inn has been on the menu since day one, with good reason. It’s a crowd favorite among loyal customers.
Malbec and balsamic.
Gottwald maintains his commercial fishing license, so sometimes the fish on the menu is something the chef caught on his day off.
I usually start with a Caesar salad – by far the best on the island – or the creamy cauliflower soup with Vermont cheddar.
When we went earlier this month, however, I opted for the gumbo and was glad I did. It is far superior to most gumbos I’ve had where the flavors can be muddy and the shrimp overcooked.
Gottwald explained the technique that delivers this unique flavor. It all starts with the roux, a mixture of flour and butter cooked slowly until the color turns a burnished brown, like a copper penny. Then he whisks in the stock, a mix of half chicken stock and half lobster stock which adds an unparalleled depth of flavor.
The shrimp in the gumbo is cooked to order, rendering it tender and juicy. There are also slices of the requisite andouille sausage. Flash-fried thin slices of okra showered with a peppery spice are the crowning touch.
On our last visit, the chef also offered a Caprese salad featuring tomatoes from his native Hanover County, Va., which DELICIOUS, PAGE 18
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Photo by Marianne Stanton Caprese salad with Hanover Country, Va. tomatoes, the most flavorful in the country.
MayQueen leaving their moody vibe behind
By Anna Popnikolova apopnikolova@inkym.com
At the end of the 2019 folk horror film “Midsommar,” Florence Pugh’s character Dani is crowned by a Swedish cult, while her boyfriend burns in a human sacrifice behind her. Dani sobs in a crown and dress made entirely of wildflowers, her attire as the cult’s designated May Queen.
Natasha Recorder thought the story would make a great name for a (mostly) female rock band.
“It’s inspired by ‘Midsommar,’ which is the original spooky element,” Recorder said, “I wanted it to be a female-fronted band, so I liked the idea of having Queen in the name.”
And so MayQueen was born. Recorder and her friend Lucy Horgan, both horror fans and childhood friends, started the band three years ago.
Now based in New York City, they play with Natasha’s sister Laura on keyboards and their friend Cameron Coker on drums. The group has released several
singles, with their first release in 2021, and is currently in the recording studio for some new music.
MayQueen will play the Gaslight Thursday, Aug. 29, their second time playing the downtown venue. Recorder and Horgan said they’ve been coming to the island since they were young, so performing is a happy opportunity to see old friends.
“We actually played at the Gaslight Labor Day weekend last year, which was super-fun and we had a blast. We couldn’t resist coming back for more. But Thursday this time. Which may be even more fun than Friday,” Horgan said. “We’ll see.” MayQueen’s live shows are a mix of their original songs and fun covers to build atmosphere. They said they want their shows to be danceable, but to keep the music unique.
Covers of their favorite artists and biggest influences, like Blondie and Beach Bunny, are a staple of a MayQueen live
Courtesy of MayQueen
New York City-based MayQueen will return to the Gaslight next Thursday with a more upbeat, danceable sound.
Courtesy of MayQueen
Natasha Recorder and Lucy Horgan formed MayQueen three years ago.
MusACK
MayQueen’s shows are a combination of original tracks and upbeat covers. show. Their work is also inspired by Wet Leg and Alvvays, and reminiscent of recent indie rock artists like Sir Chloe, Dazey and the Scouts and the Regrettes.
“We’ve been having more and more upbeat stuff. We find that playing live is more fun for us and the audience. If you’re at a show and break into a slower song, that’s the time people go get a drink or talk to their friend, so we try to balance it and balance the energy. We like sprinkling in covers, since our originals aren’t always known by our entire audience,” Recorder said.
Usually, covers are songs like “One Way or Another” by Blondie and “Sports” by Beach Bunny. Based on the music they listen to, Horgan said, their style shifts.
“I think we’ve become a little bit more upbeat with the music and just definitely inspired by the people we’re listening to at the moment. We’ve just been adding more harmonies, harmonies between bass and guitar, adding keys and synth on some of the songs. I think our style has changed a little bit,” Recorder said. In the beginning, Recorder wrote most of the music and she said her lyrical style
was a lot like writing poetry. Over time, she said, she wanted her work to be more direct and literal in its message.
MayQueen’s first single, “Worst Nightmare,” came out in 2021. Their second and third singles, “Oh Tell Me” and “Alright” came out the following year.
“I can’t call you on the road anymore/’Cause you have me blocked on your cell phone/And you/You’ll be falling away now/I can’t/Call you by name now,” the vocal duo sings in “Alright,” which is a slower, more ballad-like song than their earlier release.
“Does freedom exist in your hands?/I don’t think these were a part of God’s plans/I’ll take the chances you’ve left me,” they sing in “Oh Tell Me,” where the guitar and vocals sound like they could be straight out of a Destroy Boys album.
The beginning of their shift from their earlier moody sound to a more recent bubbly vibe was their 2023 release, “Cherry Whipped Cream.”
“Sugarcanes in veins makes you insane/I’m not yours to tame/ Not yours to blame/ Red kiss on a cheek/No, it wasn’t
MUSACK, PAGE 22
Courtesy of MayQueen
The beginnings of baseball on Nantucket
The Nantucket Historical Association
The earliest evidence of interest in baseball on Nantucket appears to be an item in the July 8, 1871 issue of The Inquirer and Mirror, reporting that “The annual base ball contest between Harvard and Yale came off on Wednesday afternoon and was won by Harvard. It was the most warmly contested game for several years.”
Apparently, the college boys had introduced the game to Nantucket and played here regularly. Similarly terse and distant observations filled the newspaper that day.
A man had invented a dishwashing machine in Connecticut; a dog from Virginia had been trained to transport mail between two towns.
It seemed that all of the excitement was off-island, and the writers felt the world passing them by. Whaleships no longer crowded the island’s harbor, and
the liquid gold of whale oil had ceased to fuel the island’s economy.
The seeds of a new tourist economy were sown and were slowly germinating. Further evidence of the town’s sluggish state appeared in a column discussing the recent passing of Independence Day, “almost without our knowing it and save for the blowing of horns by the rising generation, the town was even more than ordinarily quiet.”
The island’s inhabitants craved something fresh and exciting.
On a warm Saturday afternoon in July 1875, 18 young men played one of the earliest recorded “base ball” games in Nantucket’s history. The contest was waged between “a nine composed of Nantucket boys and a picked nine.”
Most, if not all of them, probably did not own a glove. They likely shared a
single bat and ball. We can only imagine what they used for bases, or home plate.
The field’s surface was probably uneven and rough, a far cry from today’s carefully manicured diamonds. Yet despite their humble grounds and gear, the players and spectators were filled with excitement. A new form of recreation had arrived.
The Nantucket nine fell behind in the early innings, but ultimately battled back to win 29 to 25. The Inquirer and Mirror saw a bright future for baseball on Nantucket, noting, “Considering that the players had never been upon the field before together, the game was very well played; and with practice they would make exceedingly strong teams to beat, for the ‘stock’ is there, and it only requires practice to bring about good results.”
Nantucket’s aspiring ballplayers were diligent in practicing. By 1878, island schools were fielding teams of their own.
One of the earliest documented con -
tests between Nantucket schools occurred in June 1878, between the high school and the Coffin School. The high school prevailed, 25 to 21.
The Inquirer and Mirror continued to feel great enthusiasm for this new-found recreation, noting, “we would like to see other nines formed and think a little interest on the part of those interested would bring about favorable results.”
By 1880, the hopes articulated in print were being realized. Permanent teams from Nantucket and Sconset had been formed, and a rivalry had developed between the two clubs.
On July 14, 1880, a game between them “drew forth the largest number of spectators ever seen upon a baseball field here.”
The large crowd witnessed an interesting spectacle. Early in the afternoon, when the two teams assembled, it appeared that the Sconsets would be most decidedly outmanned.
The Nantuckets had nine players,
Courtesy of Nantucket Historical Association
A baseball game with a large crowd in attendance on the Cliff around 1915 with the Seacliff Inn in the background..
From the Collection
while the Sconsets could only manage six. Play commenced nonetheless, and in the early innings, the Sconsets were terribly disadvantaged.
Mercifully, after two innings, they “were much strengthened by securing the services of Messrs. Whitney and Perkins, formerly of the Howards, of Brockton.”
With an eight-man lineup, the Sconsets provided a brilliant display of offensive firepower, scoring 21 runs, while the Nantuckets managed just 11. In the top of the ninth inning, controversy arose.
Barnum, a pitcher noted for his “left-handed curving,” was pitching for Sconset. He apparently committed what is known as a balk.
The balk rule is a bit complicated. Essentially, the rule limits a pitcher’s ability to deceive base runners into making mistakes.
The specific infraction committed by Barnum is unclear. Perhaps he pretended to start throwing the ball to home plate and stopped, or he may not have set his feet properly on the mound before throwing home.
The umpire was probably doing his best to understand the game’s rules, but in doing so, he made a curious, albeit entertaining, mistake.
The Nantuckets had a runner at third base. Upon the umpire’s issuance of the balk call, the runner started casually
walking toward home plate.
The pitcher observed this and decided to throw the ball home. The umpire immediately declared the base runner out. This led to an angry exchange between the two clubs and the umpire. Despite the controversy, the game was completed, and The Inquirer and Mirror tried to sort out the matter later.
An article summarizing the game declared, “If our interpretation of the plain English of Sec. 7 of Rule 5, is correct, the Sconsets were decidedly in the wrong in their action. We shall wait to obtain the authority of those better versed in the matter before commenting further upon the subject.”
The people of Nantucket had readily embraced baseball, but they were still trying to understand its rules.
The newspaper’s colorful coverage in the following weeks provides fascinating reading. Some time after the game, The Inquirer and Mirror’s staff read a letter from a man writing under the clearly impartial pseudonym of “Sconset.”
He apparently took issue with their interpretation of the balk rule. Apparently quoting from a rule book, he noted that upon a balk being called, “every player running the bases shall take one base without being put out and shall do so on the run.”
Since the Nantucket base runner was
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not running home, he was, according to “Sconset,” most decidedly in the wrong.
The newspaper responded by stating that he “was correct in his opinion of the controversy, in the recent Nantucket-Sconset game, and we shall have to take the cucumber.” (cucumber: “an ignorant victim of a cheat”).
They went on to say that he had “hinted at a little prejudice on our part in favor of the Nantuckets – a soft impeachment we modestly deny, for we always desire to deal fairly with all parties.”
This controversy likely fueled local gossip for at least several weeks.
The game continued growing in popularity among the locals. Eventually, the Nantuckets and Sconsets faced more competition. The skating rink fielded a team, known as the Rinks. New teams with whimsical names kept popping up. Games were played in Surfside between the Cranks and the All Mightys.
By the late 1880s, teams representing the northern and southern sides of Main Street would be competing as well. Nantucket had a strong case of baseball fever.
As is often the case with any newly acquired talent or skill, Nantucket’s ballplayers soon wished to test their athletic prowess against teams from the mainland.
Early contests did not yield auspicious results. At the end of July 1880, the Nan-
tucket nine traveled to Cottage City on Martha’s Vineyard to compete against the local club there.
Apparently, they “came back after a Waterloo defeat.” Cottage City pounded Nantucket’s pitching for 24 runs, while the Nantuckets managed only five.
Perhaps even more humiliating was the fact that the game lasted just seven innings, as the Nantuckets had to leave in order to catch the steamer home.
Despite this setback, the local press offered words of encouragement. “Don’t feel discouraged, boys,” The Inquirer and Mirror wrote. “Strengthen the weak places with stronger players, if they can be found, and practice together, and we will warrant that the result will be different when the Cottage Citys call on you ‘at home’.”
In time, local teams would face competition from New Bedford and Martha’s Vineyard, among other places, with mixed results. However, one of the greatest moments for Nantucket’s ballplayers came at the end of the decade, in August 1889, when they tested their talents against a team from Yale.
Yale University’s baseball program has a long and celebrated tradition, being among the nation’s oldest, established in 1865. Some 23 of their alumni have played in the major leagues.
COLLECTION, PAGE 22
More in common than we think?
“The
Wisdom of Wolves”
By Annye Camara Contributing Writer
After completing award-winning documentary films about beavers, cougars and marine ecosystems, Jim Dutcher turned to studying wolves.
Jim and his wife Jamie lived with wolves in a camp on the edge of Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness for six years, filming, recording and observing the social hierarchy and behavior of the now famous Sawtooth Pack. The result was “The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack.”
Jamie thought they should move closer to the pack to be “social partners” with the wolves, which they did.
It was joyful for them and for the wolves. The couple stay close to the pack even now, and the wolves remember them and surround Jim and Jamie with happy howls. The Dutchers now live in Ketchum, Idaho.
Wolves live in a family – OK, a pack –and are very much like us humans. There is an alpha male and an alpha female. The two teach the pups how to find food, how to play so their bodies strengthen, how to look to the alpha male for signals, they sleep together.
Being close is important to pass knowledge to future generations, Jim says. Also, he writes that wolf packs do not kill other wolves’ pups. Wolves share this
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instinct like us. Also, wolves will not eat dead ravens.
When pups are adopted and brought to the pack, all the wolves play with the new pups like gifts: howling and cuddling them.
All the pups and the beta wolves look up to Kamots, the leader, who is gentle but serious, a teacher to his pups, as he knows that care and concern is his main responsibility.
When Kamots’ mate, Chemukh, gives birth, he waits for the brood to be four months old, and then he begins to teach: to assert, to join with the adults, to develop skills and personality, to be able to work with the adults.
To be together is key. Jamie writes that wolf packs are like us. As much as they admire individual prowess, we are only as good as our collective effort.
Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about the wolves of India but of course, he was writing about us, too: “For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”
Wolves play. Jim and Jamie happily document that the wolves play “tag” all day, their appetite for fun is undiminished.
Plus, wolves in this way build strength and physicality, and this builds camara-
derie and their pack’s bonds. Kamots observes his pups and the other pack members for strengths and liabilities. A wolf needs to grow up and make a contribution.
So we come to the “senior wolves,” who aren’t pitied or cared for, they’re needed. The presence of elders is what shapes the very character of a wolf pack. They are wise mentors.
Before Jim began this project, many people thought that a wolf pack was just a group of individuals who stuck together for mutual benefit.
When the Sawtooth Pack came into his life, he realized that they were so much more.
“A pack is an extended family, wholly devoted to one another, bound together by a common purpose and at times what seemed like a common mind,” he writes. Jim and Jamie Dutcher believe, after so many years of study, that wolves and humans are quite the same.
Think for a minute, we both prioritize these values: family first, lead with kindness, one for all and all for one, never stop playing, teach the young and respect the old, stay curious and cherish another.
Would you agree that our values are aligned with those of the wolves?
Annye Camara is a library associate at the Nantucket Atheneum.
Courtesy of Jamie and Jim Dutcher
Jamie and Jim Dutcher lived with a pack of wolves on the edge of the Sawtooth Wilderness in Idaho for six years.
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
(Thursday, continued from page 3)
Geschke Lecture: AI in the Arts
6 p.m. Great Harbor Yacht Club, 96 Washington St. Piera Riccio will explore the cultural, social and artistic possibilities of AI. Tickets on calendar page of www.nantucketatheneum.org
Live Music: Jacob Butler
6 p.m. Thursdays, The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Island singer-songwriter Jacob Butler will perform.
“Clue”
7 p.m. Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents “Clue,” based on the 1985 movie inspired by the classic board game. Through Aug. 24. Visit www.theatrenantucket.org for tickets and additional dates.
Owl Prowl
8 p.m. Thursdays, Maria Mitchell Association Research Center, 2 Vestal St. Listen for the calls of nocturnal animals and birds and watch for owls as they begin their nightly activity. Register on the calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org
Live Music: Joshua Tree
10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Island favorite Joshua Tree, a U2 tribute band, will perform. 21 and over. Additional shows Friday and Saturday.
Live Music: Local Notes
10 p.m. The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Island band Local Notes, featuring Gabe Zinser, Hunter Gross, Aidan Sullivan, Jerry Mack, Jason Sullivan and lead singer Natalie Mack, will perform.
Live Music: Stop Light Observations
10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Charleston, S.C.-based Stop Light Observations play a blend of rock, pop and indie, infused with electronic beats and soulful vocals. 21 and over. Second show Friday.
Friday, Aug. 23
Conservation Walk: The Serengeti 8:30 a.m. RSVP for location. A two-mile walk led by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation through open grasslands and outwash plains. RSVP on events page of nantucketconservation.org
FRIDAY, PAGE 16
CUSTOM IN-GROUND POOLS & SPAS
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Lizza Obremski’s NanPuppets will be in the Atheneum garden Thursday and at Children’s Beach Saturday.
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
(Friday, continued from page 15)
Nantucket Cottage Hospital Annual Meeting
9 a.m. Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 57 Prospect St. The meeting will include an update on the state of hospital operations as well as strategic plans for the future. The hospital will also recognize several volunteers, staff and community members who have provided exemplary service and leadership during the past year. The public is welcome.
Nature Ramble
10 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. Explore gently rolling trails through sand-plain grassland and coastal heathland habitats with a Linda Loring Foundation staff member. Visit the events page of www.llnf.org to register.
Book-Signing: Katherine Bucknell
10:30 a.m.-noon, Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Author Katherine Bucknell, director of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, will sign copies of her book, “Christopher Isherwood Inside Out.”
Playground Pals
10:30 a.m. Discovery Playground, Old South Road. A weekly playgroup for all ages with a parent or guardian. Stories read in English and Spanish. Free. Dropin.
Art Opening: Old Spouter
5-7 p.m. Old Spouter Gallery, 118 Orange St. The gallery will host an opening reception for its “Artists of the Gallery” exhibition.
Art Opening: Gallery at Four India
6-8 p.m. The Gallery at Four India Street, 4 India St. The gallery will host an opening reception for its exhibition of works by mother-and-son artists duo Joanna Kane and Geddes Jones.
“Down to the Sea in Ships”
6 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Pianist Jennifer Maxwell will accompany the 1922 classic silent film “Down to the Sea in Ships” with a live original piano score. Tickets at nantucketdreamland.org
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Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market is downtown every Saturday.
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
Live Music: Jacob Butler
6 p.m. Fridays, The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Island singer-songwriter Jacob Butler will perform.
Rossini Club Concert
6:30 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. The Rossini Club – Greta Feeney, soprano; Norman Menzales, flute; Noah Kay, oboe; Nick Davies, clarinet; Ryan Yamashiro, bassoon; Valerie Sly, horn and Wesley Ducote, harpsichord and piano, will perform works by Mahler and Hindemith, Francois Couperin and C.P.E. Bach. Free.
Saturday, Aug. 24
Nantucket Clean Team
8 a.m. Handlebar Café, 15 Washington St., and Ladies Beach, entrance to Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm. The Nantucket Clean team meets Saturdays from spring through fall to pick up trash around the island for an hour. Bags and pickers provided.
Farmers & Artisans Market
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cambridge Street, between Federal and South Water. Sustainable Nantucket hosts a market of fresh local produce, island cottage-industry artisans and food. Free, weather permitting.
NanPuppets
10 a.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. Join Lizza Obremski and her puppet friends for fun at the beach. Weather permitting.
Live Music: Tales of Joy
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Southwestern Connecticut reggae band Tales of Joy will perform. Second show at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Rossini Club: Dreaming of Michelangelo
6:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Church, 20 Fair St. The Rossini Club presents musical works from the Renaissance paired with the 20th and 21st century masterpieces they inspired. Tickets, $30.
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The Nantucket Clean Team meets every Saturday from spring through fall to pick up trash around the island for an hour.
Delicious: Romantic dining with classical French technique
(Continued from page 9)
he’d had flown to the island. Hanover County tomatoes are acknowledged to be the best-flavored tomatoes in the country due to the terroir in which they are grown.
Sorry, Bartlett’s. The salad was, indeed, memorable, with thin slices of fresh mozzarella layered with tomatoes and garnished with basil oil.
The Fried Calamari with Ponzu Sauce is another favorite, and if we’ve been lucky enough to grab one of the six seats at the Dory Bar, then my husband and I will often share this as an appetizer.
Desserts are not to be missed. The Ships Inn is the only island restaurant offering soufflés. The flavors change, but there’s always a chocolate soufflé, often a Grand Marnier, and maybe a fruit-flavored soufflé. These need to be ordered when you place your dinner order.
On our most recent visit, the pastry chef offered a plum tart, thick slices of fruit baked into a crust that tasted like frangipane.
The Ships Inn is open from Memorial Day to the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. 13 Fair St. (508) 228-0040. www.shipsinnnantucket.com
Delicious is a food column devoted to exploring the island’s foodscape, and reporting on new trends in cuisine, old favorites and what I deem truly delicious. You will not read about anything in my column which I don’t personally feel is worth your dining dollars. I’m happy to receive your tips of places you like that I should consider trying. Reach me at mrstanton1215@gmail.com and put Delicious in the subject line or follow me on Instagram @mrgs32
If I’m not getting a chocolate soufflé, then it’s the Dory Cake for me, a tall, multi-layered slice of yellow cake, sandwiched with chocolate ganache. Think of the best birthday cake you’ve ever had.
Cellar: The wide world of Pinot Gris stretches across Europe
(Continued from page 5)
It promises to further demonstrate its diversity with Pinot Grigio, especially in the cooler southern parts of the valley.
Predictably, Napa Valley Pinot Grigios tend toward a ripe, full-bodied style. Yet, while the California sun brings out the grape’s more exuberant fruit and flower flavors, the cool nights preserve enough acidity to keep the wines fresh and juicy.
Wines like these take the classical Italian Pinot Grigio style to new heights. A particularly impressive rendition of the French Pinot Gris model comes from Chalk Hill Estate in Sonoma County. Chalk Hill Estate Pinot Gris 2001 is the California epitome of the French model.
These bigger, riper Pinot Grigios from California and Oregon represent a distinct New World incarnation of an old grape. Inevitably, new terroirs and winemaking practices blur the distinctions between the classical European models.
This evolving new identity may require the devious gray pinot to acquire yet another alias.
Some numbers and facts
• Italy, 47,508 acres under production; USA, 19,439 acres; Germany, 13,076 acres; Australia,10,024 acres; France, 8,085 acres; and New Zealand, 6,985 acres for a total vineyard area of 126,020 acres.
• Pinot Gris is a color mutation of Pi-
not Noir, and the grape clusters do show a pinkish-gray hue, which inspired its name, “gray pine.”
• Despite its French origin, the largest producer of Pinot Gris is Italy, where it’s known as Pinot Grigio and has a lighter, zesty style.
• With extended skin contact during vinification, Pinot Gris can produce copper-colored wines with incredible complexity and tannic structure.
• Pinot Gris is one of the few grape varieties that can naturally develop botrytis cinerea, the concentration of sugars and flavors, leading to the creation of dessert wines.
• In Germany, Pinot Gris is known as Grauburgunder, producing a rich, full-bodied wine with a balanced, refreshing acidity.
Peter’s picks
• A summer quencher would be Alois Lageder’s Porer Pinot Grigio from Sud Tirol or Alto Adige.
• The show stopper is the Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen De Thann Clos St. Urbain from the Alsace.
Peter McEachern is the general manager of the Nantucket Yacht Club. He has been buying wine, creating wine lists and running wine tastings since 1983. He can be reached at peter@nantucketyachtclub.org
Zind-Humbrecht, Alsace, France.
Courtesy of Peter McEachern
Photo by Marianne Stanton
The shrimp in The Ships Inn gumbo is prepared to order then added to the broth.
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
(Saturday, continued from page 17)
Classical Concert: Stephen Porter
7 p.m. Atheneum Great Hall, 1 India St. Vocalist Stephen Porter will perform a program of music by Clara Schumann, Liszt, Schubert and Beethoven. Free.
Live Music: Buckle & Shake
10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own alt-country band Buckle & Shake will perform. 21 and over.
Sunday, Aug. 25
Bird Walk
7:45 a.m. Maria Mitchell Association classroom, 33 Washington St. Explore Nantucket’s avian landscapes with island bird guide Ginger Andrews. Children 8 and up welcome with an adult guardian. Register on calendar page of www.mariamitchell.org
Ukulele Drop-in
5:30 p.m. Sundays, Nantucket Community Music Center, 56 Centre St. No instrument? No problem. All ages welcome. Free, but registration required at nantucketmusic.org
NOWNEWOPEN
Live Music: Julia Newman
6 p.m. Sundays, The Rose & Crown, 23 South Water St. Nantucket singer-songwriter Julia Newman will perform.
7 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. Singer-songwriter John Oates, half of the popular multi-platinum 1980s pop duo Hall & Oates, will perform. Tickets at nantucketdreamland.org
Live Music: Wet
10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Brooklyn-based indie pop band Wet will perform. 21 and over.
Island favorite Joshua Tree, New England’s premier U2 tribute band, will play The Chicken Box tonight through Saturday.
Aug. 22-29 Calendar Highlights
(Monday, continued from page 19) Courtesy of Stop Light Observations
Americana, blues, folk, R&B, soul and reggae singer-songwriter Alex Rohan will perform. Second show Tuesday.
Harborview Concert: Foggy Roots
6 p.m. Dreamland Theater Harborview Room, 17 South Water St. Nantucket’s own roots reggae band Foggy Roots will perform. Tickets at nantucketdreamland. org
Open Night at the Observatory
9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Loines Observatory, 59 Milk St. Maria Mitchell Association staff lead this viewing of the moon, planets, star clusters, nebulae and other galaxies. Register on the calendar page of www.mariamitchell. org.
Tuesday, Aug. 27
Music in the Morning
Live Music: Collie Buddz
10 p.m. The Chicken Box, 6 Dave St. Bermudian reggae artist Collie Buddz will perform. 21 and over. Second show Wednesday. Tickets at thechickenbox.com
Live Music: Doug & Co
10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Nantucket’s own Doug & Co will perform. 21 and over.
Wednesday, Aug. 28
Birding Field Trip
7:45 a.m. Linda Loring Nature Foundation, 110 Eel Point Road. Explore Nantucket’s birding hot spots and observe birds in their natural habitats. Binoculars, spotting scopes and field guides available. Register at llnf.org/events
Book-signing: Elin Hilderbrand
11 a.m.-noon, Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main St. Best-selling island author Elin Hilderbrand will sign copies of her novels, including the latest, “Swan Song.”
S.C.-based Stop Light Observations will play the Gaslight tonight and Friday. WEDNESDAY, PAGE 22
Enjoy outdoor dining on our deck overlooking Nantucket Bay, or reserve your table inside. Either way, you’ll experience the island’s only AAA 5-diamond restaurant which has also earned the prestigious Wine Spectator Grand award for 26 consecutive years.
9:45 a.m. Atheneum garden, 1 India St. Join Lizza Obremski in the garden for songs and singing games. Space is limited.
Photo by John Seip
Aug. 22-29 Calendar
(Wednesday, continued from page 20)
Live Music: Buckle & Shake
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. Nantucket’s own alt-country band Buckle & Shake will perform.
Summer Decks DJ Series
6 p.m. Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. DJ Pete Ahern of Audio Architechs will man the tables. Tickets at nantucketdreamland.org
Atheneum Knitting Group
6:30 p.m. Atheneum first floor, 1 India St. Calling all knitters. Gather your projects and supplies and knit with a group of beginners and veteran knitters. Free.
Live Music: Easy Honey
10 p.m. Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. Charleston, S.C.-based rock and roll band Easy Honey will perform. 21 and over.
Thursday, Aug. 29
Native Plant Landscaping Tour
9 a.m. Nantucket Conservation Foundation, 118 Cliff Road. NCF plant research ecologist and botanist Kelly Omand gives a tour of the Foundation grounds showcasing the makeover of the landscape, from removal of invasives to a biodiversity meadow. Register on events page of nantucketconservation.org
Live Music: Mesha Steele
4 p.m. Cisco Brewers, 5 Bartlett Farm Road. New York reggae fusion singer-songwriter Mesha Steele will perform.
Sea Shanties
5:30 p.m. Children’s Beach bandstand, Harborview Way. The Nantucket Historical Association and Egan Maritime Institute host Bill Schustik and friends for an evening of maritime music.
Collection: Beginnings of baseball
(Continued from page 13)
The team was a tough adversary, and most of the players probably walked with a confident swagger. They came to Nantucket ready to compete. The island’s players wanted to field the best team possible, for they did not wish to experience another “Waterloo defeat” in front of the home crowd.
Therefore, it was concluded that the best option was for the two rivals to join forces. The Nantuckets and Sconsets pulled the best players from their lineups and created a new team, dubbed the Scontuckets.
Shortly thereafter, the contest was waged. It was a warm Tuesday afternoon at the ball grounds near the Cliff, and large crowds were present.
The Scontuckets did not disappoint, defeating Yale 10-4. The local pitcher, Mr. Highlands, baffled Yale’s hitters, record-
ing 10 strikeouts.
It was, undoubtedly, one of the proudest moments for Nantucket’s ballplayers. They had put aside their personal rivalry to represent their small island community.
However, just two days after their great victory, old rivalries were renewed. The Sconsets and Nantuckets played a tight game, which ended bitterly when Nantucket captain Echeverria “kicked at the umpire’s decision and left the grounds with his men, thus forfeiting the game to the Sconsets.”
In the decades that followed, baseball grew into an extremely popular summer activity. Many different clubs would be formed, and spirited rivalries continued to fuel local competition. Many notable Nantucketers, including Edouard Stackpole, readily embraced the game.
Excerpted from an article by Erik Ingmundson, published by the Nantucket Historical Association.
MusACK: MayQueen at Gaslight
(Continued from page 11)
so sweet,” they sing.
Their most recent release, “Order Up” is reminiscent of Daisy the Great’s “Record Player Song” that blew up across social media a few years ago, sung with catchy harmonies and an upbeat tune.
“In the beginning, I leaned toward words that sounded nice and now we’re leaning toward capturing feelings, vignette memories, finding a way to cap-
ture a memory or a feeling in a couple of lyrics,” Recorder said.
“We’re really excited to play and I think it’s going to be super-fun,” Horgan said.
“Nantucket treated us well last year and people want to dance out there so we’re excited and we just like to have fun. Get away from the day job.”
MayQueen, 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Gaslight Nantucket, 3 North Union St. 21 and over.
