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Sharpening of the Millstone

April 29th, 2008 10:30am

Tags: Community Interest, History

Millstone Sharpener Rob Grasi shows us the yearly task of sharpening Nantucket's millstone.

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Verbatim: Preston's Fire

April 13th, 2008 7:18am

Tags: Community Interest, History

Welcome to Verbatim, a re-telling of anything and everything on Nantucket through your own words. We accept photos, writing, and pretty much anything else that is an expression and celebration of the community we live in and the beauty around us. In this week's Verbatim, H Flint Ranney provides pictures and a written account of Preston's Fire in May of 1979.

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Nantucket Preservation: Restoration of 12 Orange St., Part V

April 11th, 2008 9:23am

Tags: Community Interest, History, Home and Garden

Mark Goldweitz, President of Garrison Square Management, shows Michael Molinar the progress of 12 Orange Street as it nears the end of the renovation. Take a look and see what a wonderful property it has turned into.

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Who's Haunting the Unitarian Church?

April 5th, 2008 8:57am

Tags: History

Don’t believe in ghosts? After taking a look at our coverage of the supposed haunting at Nantucket’s Unitarian Church on Orange Street, you might become a believer. Many say that a spirit roams the church. Some say it's the spirit of Seth Swift, the first reverend of the church. Take a look and see for yourself whether or not the Unitarian Church is haunted.

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Maria Michell, A Lasting Legacy

April 4th, 2008 9:12am

Tags: Community Interest, History

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Maria Mitchell on Nantucket

March 27th, 2008 10:24am

Tags: History

Maria Mitchell was America's first female astronomer, the second person to discover a comet and called Nantucket her home. Listen to Janet Schulte, Jascin Finger, and Vladimir Strelnitski as they talk about the life and times of Maria Mitchell.

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The Nantucket Cobblestone

March 12th, 2008 9:14pm

Tags: Community Interest, History

If Nantucket's history was a house, the walls could be covered with photos of famous local notables like Maria Mitchell, Frederick Douglas, Lucretia Mott and Ted Anderson; souvenirs around the house would include arrowheads from the famous Wampanoag Indians, harpoons from whaling, and whale-oil burning lantern. And you could bet that the whole road leading up to the historic structure would be lined with cobblestones.

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Absalom Boston Monologue

March 8th, 2008 8:35am

Tags: Arts, Community Interest, History

Take a peek as Neville Richen gives us a taste of his monologue where he portrays the famous black whaling captain Absalom Boston.

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The Goodrich Organ on Nantucket

March 6th, 2008 2:39pm

Tags: History

William Goodrich built an organ for the Unitarian Church on Nantucket in 1831 and today it remains the oldest functioning organ built in the United States. Unitarian Church members, Susan Jarrell, Ted Anderson, and Marcia Hempel talk about the history of this one of a kind organ. See more on the history of the Unitarian Church on Nantucket.

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An Interview with Nat Philbrick

February 27th, 2008 11:34am

Tags: Books, History

Nantucket author Nat Philbrick spoke to a large crowd at The Whaling Museum on the history of Quakerism on the island as part of the Nantucket Historical Association's Brown Bag Lunch series. Afterwards, we got a chance to catch up with Nat to talk to him about his writing, what inspires him, and what the future holds for his writing.

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