(Oct. 3, 2024) The Nantucket Intermediate School and Cyrus Peirce Middle School struggled, and in most cases failed, to meet state standards in the latest round of MCAS standardized testing, while the high school fared slightly better, scorin… moreIntermediate, middle schools below state MCAS standards
(Oct. 3, 2024) A major breakthrough by a lab at MIT last month could be the first major step in eradicating the Lyme disease epidemic on Nantucket. moreOf mice and men
(Oct. 3, 2024) Not in My Backyard. The term “NIMBY” is being uttered more and more in the affordable-housing debate, and it has developers and some housing advocates frustrated with the pushback from year-round homeowners who have lobbied aga… moreAffordable housing opposition: NIMBY or not?
(Oct. 3, 2024) The water temperature in the harbor has dropped to 61 degrees, still warm enough for a quick dip. moreBig, bad wolffish caught off Nantucket
(Oct. 3, 2024) The time has come for the Steamship Authority to pay the piper, and the traveling public will be asked to kick in to cover the bill. moreSSA proposing steep fare hikes
(Oct. 3, 2024) Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Ashley Wagner has competed in some of the biggest arenas in the sport, but she still remembers the tiny little rink in Eagle River, Alaska where she laced up her skates for the first time. moreFrom Olympic Ice to Nantucket Ice: Skater joins island rink
(Oct. 2, 2024) John and Kim Perkins, from Darien, Conn., have been visiting their family on the island for 35 years. moreRecreational scalloping season underway
(Sept. 26, 2024) Just 20 years after the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, four U.S. Army pilots became the first men to successfully fly around the world. moreAround the World in a Cessna - four times
(Sept. 29, 2024) Hunter Biden closed out the 2024 Nantucket Project at the White Elephant Hotel Sunday. morePhoto Gallery: Scenes from the 2024 Nantucket Project
(Sept. 26, 2024) A coalition of Nantucket business owners and island residents is forming a new organization to challenge offshore wind development. moreSmall Businesses unite against offshore wind
(Sept. 27, 2024) The Nantucket Historical Association will begin a restoration project in its whaling museum’s Hadwen and Barney Candle Factory this October to repair and restore its north brick wall. moreNHA restoring historic candle factory
(Sept. 25, 2024) Silver Street resident Cathy Ward has filed her anticipated appeal against the Zoning Board of Appeals over its recent ruling that a vacation home on West Dover Street that is used as a short-term rental twice as often as it is occupied by its owners as a residence was an al… moreWard appeals latest STR decision
(Sept. 26, 2024) Fall fell upon the island quickly last weekend, with a good old-fashioned nor’easter shutting down the harbor. moreWaterfront News
(Sept. 24, 2024) ACK For Whales is taking its case against Vineyard Wind to the United States Supreme Court, but at this point the odds are stacked against it being heard by the highest court in the land. moreACK for Whales officially files Supreme Court appeal
(Sept. 20, 2024) The $24.8 million sale of an historic Main Street mansion last Monday topped one of the busiest and most lucrative weeks in the Nantucket real estate market in years. more$24.8 million Main Street sale tops banner week for Nantucket real estate
(Sept. 26, 2024) The Select Board appointed R.J. Turcotte to the Conservation Commission last Wednesday night, filling the seat vacated by Mark Beale. moreSelect Board appoints RJ Turcotte to ConCom
(Sept. 24, 2024) Massachusetts residents already pay some of the highest electricity prices in the country and the state is going to need a lot more power as it tries to make a big shift away from fossil fuels. So how much will it cost to gen… moreState's offshore wind prices about to reset
(Sept. 25, 2024) After weeks with virtually no rain, the island was inundated with precipitation and buffeted by high winds starting Thursday afternoon and continuing for much of Friday and Saturday. moreHeavy rain floods island roads, high winds cancel boats
(Sept. 22, 2024) Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, better known as ICE, arrested five men charged with child sex crimes on-island last week. moreICE update: Federal immigration agents make five island arrests
(Sept. 25, 2024) For the second time in two years, a home-rule petition from Hillary Rayport to restructure the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission is heading to the State House thanks to a Special Town Meeting vote. moreNP&EDC member: Town Meeting vote in favor of commission changes "doesn't mean it's right"
(Sept. 19, 2024) The hope that voters can reach a consensus on comprehensive short-term rental regulation appears farther away than ever, after three articles were shot down at Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting. moreVoters shoot down STR regs again
(Sept. 19, 2024) In the eyes of Jared Smith, the best car for getting around the island isn’t a four-wheel drive Jeep, Bronco or pickup-truck. It’s his Japanese Kei truck: a 1991 Daihatsu Hijet. moreV-Kei day: mini-truck owners relieved by state decision
(Sept. 19, 2024) Several proposals to rezone property in the Surfside area and place them in the town sewer district so they could be developed into affordable year-round housing developments were shot down by Special Town Meeting voters Tuesday. moreVoters reject affordable housing proposals
(Sept. 19, 2024) The water temperature in the harbor is holding at 71 degrees. The full harvest supermoon rose early in the week in tandem with a golden globe of sun setting across the water. moreFinal Bluefin Blast all about the memories
(Sept. 17, 2024: Update 9:51 p.m.) Nantucketers on Tuesday were once again unable to reach consensus on regulating short-term vacation rentals, shooting down a trio of proposals and taking no action on several others at a Special Town Meeting… moreSpecial Town Meeting rejects short-term-rental regulations
(Sept. 12, 2024) The Zoning Board of Appeals has made it official. It ruled last Thursday that a family on West Dover Street is allowed to short-term rent their vacation home, even if they rent it more than they stay in it themselves. It reac… moreZBA rules in favor of STRs
(Sept. 18, 2024) The Steamship Authority, still plagued by staffing woes, mechanical issues and an unreliable reservations system, now has to add finding a new general manager to its to-do list. moreSSA general manager stepping down next year
(Sept. 9, 2024) Over the course of a 30-plus year career, Nantucket’s Elin Hilderbrand has written 28 novels, nearly all based on the island. moreQ&A: “The Perfect Couple” author Elin Hilderbrand talks Nantucket and her career
(Sept. 16, 2024) It's autumn on Nantucket, and the harbor is far less busy than it was just a couple of weeks ago. For the most part, the boats still here are much smaller, too. morePhoto Gallery: Boats in fall
(Sept. 16, 2024) A work crew on Monday began stripping the shingles off the Nantucket Historical Association's Old Mill on Prospect Street, just one part of a major restoration project on the property that began last month. morePhoto Gallery: Unmasking the Old Mill
(Sept. 16, 2024) The Nantucket Preservation Trust last week announced its 2024 Nantucket Preservation Awards. more2024 Nantucket Preservation Awards winners
(Sept. 12, 2024) Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting will once again give island voters the chance to weigh in on short-term vacation rentals, and possibly pass regulations that might begin to put an end to the seemingly endless debate. moreDueling STRs square off at Special Town Meeting
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