(May 6, 2024) Nantucket Firefighters responded to the second island wildfire in less than a week Sunday afternoon. The fire was contained to an approximately 100-by-100-foot short grassy area just …
( Jan. 24, 2024 ) The Select Board has expressed broad general support for having a multi-million-dollar indoor athletic facility on the island, but suggested it could be a project best spearheaded …
(Jan. 3, 2024) The board of directors of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy announced the election of Burton Balkind as president and Susan McFarland and Maureen Phillips as directors. Founded in …
The year began with the birth of the first baby of the year. Christian Stockigt was born at 7:13 a.m. Jan. 2 at Nantucket Cottage Hospital to Teodora and Steven Stockigt. He weighed 7 pounds, 7.1 ounces and measured 20 inches.
(Nov. 23, 2023) On Aug. 27, 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant stepped off the River Queen at Steamboat Wharf. It was the first time an incumbent president of the United States would set …