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  2. Tuckernuck Island - Wikipedia

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    Tuckernuck is an island in the town and former whaling port of Nantucket, Massachusetts, west of Nantucket Island and east of Muskeget Island. Its name allegedly means "a loaf of bread". [1] The island has an area of about 900 acres (360 hectares). [2] The highest point is about 50 feet (15 m).

  3. Nantucket Forests - Wikipedia

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    These tree species require fresh water, they no longer grow on Nantucket and were never available nor appropriate for long building or ship timbers. Frequent exposure to high winds and blowing salt severely restricts the maximum possible height for both hardwood and coniferous tree species. A storm with salt saturated, winds of 60–80 mph will ...

  4. Tom Scott (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Tom Scott and Tom First met at Brown University and moved to Nantucket after graduating together in 1989. They started a business called Allserve, a floating convenience store for yachts in Nantucket Harbor. [8] Scott had previously traded his car in for a 22-foot boat, which he began taking out on the water in 1988. [9]

  5. A $2.3 million home listing in Nantucket slashed its ... - AOL

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    A $2.3 million home listing in Nantucket slashed its price by a whopping 74% after its shoreline experienced drastic erosion in just a few weeks. Sydney Lake. March 28, 2024 at 2:05 PM.

  6. Nantucket - Wikipedia

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    Nantucket (/ ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t /) is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the Cape Cod peninsula. [1] Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is the southeasternmost ...

  7. Biden says his administration working with FBI on hoax ... - AOL

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    NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that his administration was working with the FBI to address "swatting" and bomb threats made this week targeting ...

  8. Madaket Ditch - Wikipedia

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    The ditch was first dug circa 1665 by English settlers and Native Americans as the first public works project on Nantucket. It runs roughly southwest for about 1 mile and was cut as freshwater channels running through freshwater cattail marsh and salt marsh, in order to create more meadow and catch fish running through it in a weir .

  9. List of islands of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The islands of Massachusetts range from barren, almost completely submerged rocks in Massachusetts Bay (e.g. Abbott Rock, first on the list below) to the large, famous and heavily visited Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The recent history of Massachusetts' islands includes creation by flooding, connection to the mainland and subsumption into ...