May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is also the anniversary of my older sister Gaby's suicide at the age of 47, when my son was 8 months old. The following piece was originally posted on... Read More

Anniversaries.  Momentous days, marking the times of our lives.  Red letter days.  It’s the first anniversary of NantucketChronicle.com, and thanks to our dedicated writers, blogg... Read More

Adults in black pants and white aprons, lanyards with badges.  Carts full of food and equipment hurling down the hallways, the smell of cigarettes by the loading dock and the privilege of using t... Read More

877) 474-3310 877) 474-3310 On occasion, the internet goes out.  Our cell phone battery is dead.  We need to speak with a real live person about a pet emergency.  Times like these are... Read More

I’ve been married…almost…A few times…Whoopsie.  Almost being the operative word.  There’s a reason I never made it down the aisle as of yet.  I have lea... Read More

Memorial Day comes to the island with spinnaker set and a red hat; war has drifted far from our shores in this late May. We have no draft lotteries or volunteer musters anymore, nor does anyone burn t... Read More

Interview with Kathryn Kay, author of The Gilder. Sometimes, late starts are the best starts of all. For Nantucketer Kathryn Kay, whose first novel, The Gilder, was published in 2012 when Kathryn was... Read More

  With summer around the corner, I’ve noticed the dog population (and the human population) slowly increasing. It’s always exciting and a little overwhelming to see the seasonal folk... Read More

The Figawi is this weekend, an event that fills up our harbor with boats sailing in a race across Nantucket Sound and back, and with other boats for the Memorial Day Weekend, which means the potential... Read More

Featured Listing - 7 Autopscot   With a thinning inventory of properties under the one million dollar price point, this property appears to be a great value. 7 Autopscot is located in... Read More

Peppers come in myriad shapes, sizes and heat levels.  The Scoville Heat Index, invented by Wilbur Scoville, ranks peppers in order from mildest to hottest. It starts with zero being the mildest... Read More

This past winter the Grand Union supermarket pulled out of town and the Island's already limited grocery options became even narrower. Nantucket now only had one true supermarket, and the Stop... Read More