(Dec. 31, 2025) A 71-year-old man who led Nantucket police on a miles-long "low speed" vehicle chase earlier this month had most of his criminal charges dropped Wednesday morning in Nantucket District Court.
A Black Guillemot was a surprise in Hither Creek on Dec.23. First spotted off the end of the pier at Jackson Point, it was seen there the following day and again on Dec.27.
(Dec. 31, 2025) Immigration enforcement reached a flashpoint on Nantucket in 2025 following a large-scale operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that on May 27 resulted in dozens of arrests and prompted strong reactions from local, state and federal…
(Dec. 31, 2025) Downtown businesses took a hit the first week of August when a trio of bomb threats closed Main Street, all targeting the Polo Ralph Lauren store.
(Dec. 31, 2025) One of most high-profile property disputes of 2025 centered on a quiet stretch of property in Cisco, where allegations that a homeowner cut down his neighbor’s trees to improve an ocean view escalated into a civil lawsuit…
(Dec. 31, 2025) It was a big year for best-selling Nantucket author Elin Hilderbrand with Peacock film crews and A-list stars coming to the island for the book-to-screen adaptation of her book “The Five Star Weekend” and the release of…
(Dec 31, 2025) Nantucket’s deer herd, the most densely populated in the state, emerged as a public health priority in 2025, prompting new efforts to address the issues it causes including vehicle collisions, habitat damage and the spread of tick-borne…
(Dec. 31, 2025) It was a pivotal year for combatting hunger on Nantucket. Island nonprofit Nourish Nantucket (formerly Nantucket Resource Partnership) came into its own under a new name with the same mission, and banded together with other organizations to…
(Dec. 31, 2025) Sometime in “early 2026,” a nearly century old brick building that used to be part of Nantucket’s industrial waterfront will be torn down.
(Dec. 31, 2025) A dead sperm whale estimated to be about 50 feet long and weighing over 50 tons that washed up on the north shore drew many Nantucketers to 40th Pole beach in late November.
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