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Everything you need to know about attending Saturday’s Pops on Nantucket »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:52:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) The 29th Annual Boston Pops on Nantucket to benefit Nantucket Cottage Hospital will be held Saturday evening at Jetties Beach.

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Seen on the Scene: The Ireland Funds Nantucket Celebration »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:47:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) The Ireland Funds celebrated its 50th anniversary last Thursday with a gala celebration at the Eel Point home of Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, who hosted the first Nantucket celebration in 1994.

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Affordable Housing Trust endorses new five-year Housing Production Plan »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:03:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) The Affordable Housing Trust endorsed a new Housing Production Plan this week, a 92-page document that will guide the town's efforts to address the housing crisis over the next five years.

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Single motherhood »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:31:33 -0400 | via WordPress.com Tag Nantucket

What’s something you used to worry about but don’t anymore?

I used to worry that something would happen to my husband before our kids grew up. I worried that he’d die and I’d be left to raise them alone. We never had life insurance policies. (Too expensive) When I had just one child (my daughter), I figured I could manage. Somehow, she and I would get by. After my son was born six years later, I was really dependent on my husband (and his income). I wouldn’t have…

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Waterfront News: Time to talk tuna »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) The moon is waning, already in its last quarter. If you look to the sky, the left side will be illuminated, typically visible through the morning hours.

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Starting small: Community sailing's youth programs get even the youngest on the water »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) Since its establishment in 1994, Nantucket Community Sailing has worked to make sailing accessible to everyone on the island.

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Perfection and Privacy on Polpis Road »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:45:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

$5,995,000

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Katherine Center an unsung hero of romance genre »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:45:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) These are my selling points for a romance novel:

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Miacomet Woods and a trail never before explored »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:45:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) It is rare that I find a trail on the map that I have never noticed before.

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America’s own: Wild, woolly and wonderful »

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:45:00 -0400 | via The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

(Aug. 6, 2026) In 1983 I went on a student-chapter trip with the Club Managers Association of America down the west coast of Florida, and somewhere along the way the group sat down to a tasting of single-vineyard Fetzer Zinfandels.