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NRTA update: New route, management transition, fleet status and microtransit progress

(June 4, 2026) The Nantucket Regional Transit Authority will add its 11th bus route later this month, providing more service to the Cisco area, NRTA administrator Gary Roberts said last

Hospital proposes $69M housing and clinical complex on Vesper Lane

(June 3, 2026) Nantucket Cottage Hospital is moving forward with a $69 million plan to build a 48-unit apartment building and a new clinical facility on a largely-vacant lot it

Stranded visitors had nowhere to turn until Our House stepped in

(June 4, 2026) Nine visitors from Florida arrived on the island Saturday for what was supposed to be a half-day trip.

School Committee to file police report over alleged laxative brownies

(June 4, 2026) The School Committee has filed a police report after town government watchdog Meghan Perry brought brownies to last Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting and told members there

Rescued kiteboarder wakes from days-long coma

(June 5, 2026) Farruh Nunuzov, the 48-year-old island man who was pulled unresponsive from Nantucket Harbor last Monday and revived by emergency personnel at the town pier, has awoken from

New venues for Independence Day readings this year

(May 30, 2026) The annual readings of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights will still take place on Independence Day on Nantucket this year, one way or another.

ConCom demands answers as Sconset geotube project hangs in limbo

(May 22, 2026) The Conservation Commission is pressing the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund for answers after the group did not submit a plan Thursday for bringing its existing geotube system

Nantucket's favorite beachcomber is back at it

(May 22, 2026) If you think you’ve lost something of value that has any hint of metal in it while on Nantucket this summer, who you gonna call?

Patron sues The Muse for $1M over 2023 brawl

(June 2, 2026) A customer is suing The Muse nightclub, its ownership and two of its bouncers, claiming he was beaten outside the Surfside Road bar in 2023, leaving him

Former AAN employee alleges she was fired after defending autistic student

(May 29, 2026) A former employee of the Artists Association of Nantucket has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was fired after defending an autistic teenage art student’s participation in

National Grid: Winter electric demand on island could triple by 2050

(May 22, 2026) Electricity demand on Nantucket is rising faster than anywhere else in National Grid’s service area, putting growing pressure on an aging island power system as the utility

NPS strained by bus driver shortage

(May 28, 2026) After the unexpected departure of a bus driver, the Nantucket Public Schools are operating with a shorthanded transportation staff, leaving the district with only one large-bus driver

Dames Déjeuner: Empowerment and Veuve

(May 21, 2026) The Nantucket Wine & Food Festival is back next week for its 28th year, bringing five days of celebrity chefs, superstar winemakers, dozens of tastings and waterfront

Town planning director charged with drunk driving after off-island arrest

(May 29, 2026) Nantucket planning director Leslie Woodson Snell was arrested for drunk driving and possessing an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle in Yarmouth last month.

Nantucket Unitarian Church cancels Declaration of Independence reading as political protest

(May 27, 2026) Nantucket’s Unitarian Church will not host its annual Fourth of July reading of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights this year, because the church refuses

Town Meeting approves $44.4 million Somerset area sewer project

(May 7, 2026) Town Meeting voters approved a $44.4 million sewer expansion project Monday night with an amendment that removed a 25 percent betterment fee on property owners required to