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{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = The Nantucket Beacon
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| type                = Weekly Newspaper
| format              = 
| foundation          = 1989
| ceased publication  = 1998
| owners              = 
| publisher           = Ann C. Olson
| editor              = Ann C. Olson
| political           = 
| circulation         = 
| headquarters        = Nantucket, MA, USA
| oclc                = 20474811
| ISSN                = 1046-6304
| website             = 
}}

 
'''''The Nantucket Beacon''''' was an American weekly newspaper that was published on [[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket Island]] from 1989 until 1998.

==History==
The ''Beacon''{{'}}s first edition (Issue I, Volume 1) was dated 9 March 1989.<ref>[http://www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89003929/] The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, "The Nantucket Beacon"</ref>  Its founder, initial editor and publisher were the same person, Ann C. Olson.<ref>[http://www.rcfj.org/files/knight23.2004.doc] International Center for Journalists, 13 July 2004 issue, ''Ann Olson''</ref>

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, [[Dow Jones Local Media Group|Ottaway Newspaper Co.]] bought the ''Beacon''. They ran it until it became unprofitable, and ceased publication in August 1998.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-b-brace/9/6a/390] Peter B. Brace, environmental writer for ''Nantucket Beacon'' until August 1998</ref><ref>Nantucket Athenium</ref>

==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.

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