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When Nantucketers rode the rails
A century ago, islanders could travel from the harbor to Siasconset by train Unlike many of Nantucket’s quaint cobblestone streets, which have well-known histories, Easy Street’s origin is as murky as the fog that frequently envelops this waterfront roadway. What can be …
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The Harwich Exchange -it was a community cornerstone
Browsing photos and postcards of the Harwich Exchange buildings from the late 1800s to the 1960s, one can observe the development of this community on the Lower Cape. In the earlier photos, Main Street in Harwich Center is merely a dirt road, and those visiting…
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Bells will be ringing
Martha’s Vineyard shop owner revives a Fourth of July tradition Each Fourth of July in the Martha’s Vineyard town of Vineyard Haven, the joyful sound of ringing bells fills the air right around 2 p.m. Since 2012, a small but dedicated group of volunteers and…
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