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The Nantucket Beacon
''The Nantucket Beacon'' was an American weekly newspaper that was published on Nantucket Island from 1989 until 1998. History The ''Beacon''s first edition (Issue I, Volume 1) was dated 9 March 1989. Its founder, initial editor and publisher were the same person, Ann C. Olson. The ''Beacon'' quickly became a strong competitor to the Island's previous newspaper, '' The Inquirer and Mirror'', so after a few years the ''Mirror''s owners, Ottaway Newspaper Co. bought the ''Beacon''. They ran it until it became unprofitable, and ceased publication in August 1998.Nantucket Athenium Notable issues The 1 April 1992 issue ran April Fool's Day jokes on the first and last two pages. The front page stated that an earthquake destroyed Sankaty Head Light. Doctored photographs of the lighthouse were also on the front page. References Newspapers published in Massachusetts Defunct newspapers published in Massachusetts {{massachusetts-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the only such consolidated town-county in Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,255, making it the least populated county in Massachusetts. Part of the town is designated the Nantucket CDP, or census-designated place. The region of Surfside on Nantucket is the southernmost settlement in Massachusetts. The name "Nantucket" is adapted from similar Algonquian names for the island, but is very similar to the endonym of the native Nehantucket tribe that occupied the region at the time of European settlement. Nantucket is a tourist destination and summer colony. Due to tourists and seasonal residents, the population of the island increases to at least 50,000 during the summer months. The average sale price ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inquirer And Mirror
''The Inquirer and Mirror'', also called ''The I&M'', or "The Inky", is the weekly newspaper of record on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. It is published every Thursday morning and has been in continuous publication since 1821. ''The Inquirer and Mirror'', began as ''The Inquirer'' in June 1821 at the height of the island's prominence in the global whaling industry. In 1865 its ownership acquired another newspaper, ''The Mirror'', and the masthead that we know today as ''The Inquirer and Mirror'' was born. ''The Inquirer and Mirror'' has received many awards over the years and since 2000 has been named Newspaper of the Year multiple times by the New England Press Association (NEPA) and New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) The New England Newspaper Association (NENA) and Newspaper of the Year by Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA). ''The Inquirer and Mirror'' also publishes the magazine ''Nantucket Today''. For most of its 200 year history ''The Inquirer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dow Jones Local Media Group
Local Media Group, Inc., formerly Dow Jones Local Media Group and Ottaway Newspapers Inc., owned newspapers, Web sites and niche publications in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. It was headquartered in Campbell Hall, New York, near Middletown, New York, and its flagship was the Times Herald-Record. The Ottaway organization was founded in by James H. Ottaway Sr., owner of the ''Endicott Daily Bulletin'' of Endicott, NY, in 1936. It had grown to nine newspapers in the northeastern United States by 1970, when it was acquired by Dow Jones & Company, publisher of ''The Wall Street Journal'', and later a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Following its split into 21st Century Fox and News Corp, the company sold the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp., an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, and merged into New Media Investment Group. History Ottaway newspapers James H. Ottaway Sr. founded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Fool's Day
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved in these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has been relatively common in the world historically. Origins Although the origins of April Fools’ is unknown, there are many theories surrounding it. A disputed association between 1 April and foolishness is in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales'' (1392). In the " Nun's Priest's Tale", a vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox on "Since March began thirty days and two," i.e. 32 days since March began, which is 1 April. However, it is not clear that Chaucer was referencing 1 April since the text of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" also states that the story takes place on the day when the sun is "in the sign of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankaty Head Light
The Sankaty Head Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket island. It was built in 1850, was automated in 1965, and is still in operation. It is located at the easternmost point of the island, in the village of Siasconset. It was one of the first lighthouses in the United States to receive a Fresnel lens. History The shoals off the eastern coast of Nantucket had a long history as a hazard to navigation. The United States government decided in the 1840s that a prominent lighthouse should be erected to alert mariners to that hazard. Congress appropriated $12,000 for its construction in 1848, with additional funds totaling $8,000 in following years. The light went into service in February 1850. The tower is high; its lower portion is constructed of brick, and its upper part is granite. The light's turning mechanism was powered by a weight-driven brass clockwork, A brick house was built next to the tower at the time of its construction to house the light keeper's family. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers Published In Massachusetts
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
