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The Sunny Side

By Cecil Barron Jensen

N Magazine (September 1, 2023) — A quick chat with the Community Foundation for Nantucket’s new executive director, Sunny Daily. Read the full interview by Robert Cocuzzo here.

Voices raising in song

By Cecil Barron Jensen

The Inquirer and Mirror (May 25, 2023) — They’ve put in the work, countless hours of practice over the last four months. And today ACKapella, Nantucket Community Music Center’s new concert choir made up of 10 students ages 13-17, will sing a cappella on the big stage: the historic National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Read…

String program at NIS soars

By Cecil Barron Jensen

The Inquirer and Mirror (April 27, 2023) — Nantucket Intermediate School expanded its musical offerings this school year to include a string program, approximately doubling the number of students in its music program over the previous year. Read the full article by Jamie Cushman here.

NEW TEAM TO RUN NANTUCKET’S CORNER TABLE CAFE & CULINARY CENTER

By Cecil Barron Jensen

Nantucket.net Blog — The Corner Table and Nantucket Culinary Center, run for the last seven years by Greg and Joy Margolis, will retain the name as it reopens under new leadership and management, ReMain Ventures announced. The team, formed under the name Un Altro, will be led by local restaurateurs Taylor Oliver and Andrea Solimeo…

Summer population up 69 percent, but workforce down

By Cecil Barron Jensen

The Inquirer & Mirror (August 5, 2022) — They are numbers that describe life on this island and the growth that seems to be changing that way of life. They reflect a 69 percent increase in the island’s peak summertime population between 2014 and 2021, and a 13 percent decline in the seasonal workforce, reported…