(April 27, 2026) The 50th annual Nantucket Community Daffodil Flower Show, sponsored by the Nantucket Garden Club and accredited by The American Daffodil Society, was held Saturday and Sunday at The Nantucket Inn, with over 1,500 people attending.
A dog that entered a home and killed a cat in March will be at the center of a Select Board hearing Wednesday on whether it should be deemed dangerous.
(April 27, 2026) Three islanders have applied to be appointed by the Select Board and Planning Board to fill the planning seat vacated by John Kitchener earlier this month.
A harpooned whale was known to drag whaleboats for miles before finally giving in and dying. Nantucketers called this a sleigh ride. A colorful term to describe a brutal and exhausting process, for both man and beast. In the days when I visited Nantucket, I relished the sweet air and the quiet, but could never quite forget the industry which supported the island’s decades of prosperity, evidenced in the Captain’s Houses along Main Street. This poem is a tribute to the island as I knew…
(April 26, 2026) The varsity sailing team traveled to the Hyannis Yacht Club Sunday to compete in the O’Day qualifiers against 13 schools from around the region.
(April 26, 2026) The Whaling Museum was packed Friday evening for the Nantucket Historical Association's Flower Power Party to benefit the NHA. Photos by Kaie Quigley.
(April 26, 2026) Thousands of islanders and visitors gathered downtown and in Sconset to celebrate a half-century of the famous Daffodil Festival Saturday.
(April 25, 2026) Nantucket's Daffodil Festival is in full swing, with sunny skies and crisp temperatures, but that hasn't dampened the spirits of the thousands who descended upon the island this weekend to enjoy the festivities.
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Qorvis Holding Inc., a leading global strategic communications and advisory firm, hosted an exclusive White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) Watch Party this evening at Butterworth's, one of Capitol Hill's most talked-about gathering spots for…
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