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Turmoil at the wine festival
(June 20, 2024) Nancy Bean, who has run the Nantucket Wine & Food Festival for the last decade, feels she is being shouldered out of her own event. She was stunned on Monday to hear the announcement that Gordon’s Fine Wine had reached a multi-year deal with the White Elephant to host a separate food and wine event in May.
Rayport, De Molina vie for at-large NP&EDC seat
(June 17, 2024) One is a Nantucket Historical Commission member and Planning Board alternate. The other is an outspoken critic of municipal planning practices. One will be appointed as an at-large member of the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission next week. Abby De Molina and Hillary Rayport are vying...
Title Island
(June 20, 2024) The boys lacrosse team made 12 trips off-island this season, but Saturday’s boat ride home was the one they will remember. There was some extra luggage coming back to the island: the state championship trophy. Nantucket survived a physical, nail-biting battle in the Div. 4 title...
From humble beginnings . . . A state title was born
(June 20, 2024) It took 27 years to build a lacrosse program from scratch to winning the Div. 4 state title. And while it was the 2024 team that was the one to lift the state championship trophy, those who have been around Nantucket lacrosse at the high school and youth level in the years since the sport took off on the island will tell you that their success was decades in the making.
STR subcommittee rolls out its recommendations
(June 20, 2024) Nantucket's short-term rental subcommittee on Thursday reached a framework for regulating STRs that it hopes to bring to Special Town Meeting in September. It includes a limit of one STR property per owner, eight rental contracts in July and August, and no limit on rental contracts in the offseason. It also includes some legacy protection for current STR owners.
Seen on the Scene: Book Festival Author Dinner
(June 20, 2024) The Nantucket Book Festival was held last week, featuring four days of author talks, readings, panel discussions and other events. Its fundraising author dinner was held Friday at the White Elephant Hotel. Kris Kinsley Hancock took these photos.
Frank J. White Jr.
Frank J. White Jr., a longtime resident of both Connecticut and Massachusetts, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 23, 2024 at the age of 85, with help from the kind and caring doctors, nurses and staff of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. In his life, Frank moved through various beautiful college towns. He...
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
(June 20, 2024) Even though George Gershwin composed the music to accompany the “Summertime” lyrics written by Dubose Heyward in 1934 as the opening aria for the “Porgy and Bess” opera, many of the lines sound to me as if they could have been written about present day Nantucket.
Jam Berries bring California funk east
(June 20, 2024) Colin Leske grew up on Nantucket blasting music from The Grateful Dead and The String Cheese Incident at beach parties. From a young age he listened to the music of his parents’ generation: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young.
Dune: Reliable fine dining on Broad Street
(June 20, 2024) There are not many chefs on the island with the longevity of Michael Getter. He has 34 years in the fine dining business on Nantucket in three very different restaurants. Now in his 16th year as chef/proprietor of Dune on Broad Street, he reflected recently on his culinary journey here which began in 1990 at 21 Federal, then run by Chick Walsh.
A short history of Nantucket baskets
(June 20, 2024) There are four distinctive elements that define a Nantucket lightship basket. The basket is woven on a mold, the staves are made of rattan, the weavers are of cane and the basket has a solid wood base. Baskets with these characteristics developed on Nantucket during the course...
Gary Hamblin
Gary Hamblin, 69, a native of Nantucket and longtime pillar of the community, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2024 in his home, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Gary was born Feb. 15, 1955 to the late Donna and George Hamblin and grew up in their home on Delaney Road. He was an only child, but Gary lived a life that was anything but lonely, warmly welcoming scores of people into his heart.
Truro entrepreneur expands transportation business into Nantucket with latest acquisition
Raphael Richter, owner of Mercedes Cab Company, Inc, acquired Valley Transportation Services of Massachusetts, Inc. Ritcher’s transportation empire now includes Pilgrim Transit, Mayflower Trolley & Excursions, The Funk Bus, Cape Cab, Cape Destinations and All Cape Truck Service. The company employs 180 year-round and 20 seasonal employees. Richter, who...
Overcoming obstacles
(June 20, 2024) Growing up in El Salvador, Wendy Amaya’s family prioritized work over education. By the age of 14, she was already working to support herself and her younger sister Mirna. But Amaya was committed to getting an education. After coming to the United States two years ago,...
Rockin' for a good cause
(June 20, 2024) Rock out on Saturday night by catching the Devo documentary at the Nantucket Film Festival, then head over to the Gaslight for a post-show party featuring the alt-country sounds of Buckle & Shake to benefit MusACK, the nonprofit that supports year-round children's music programs on Nantucket and beyond.
Tough End In Title Game For Knights
The hope was that the third time would be the charm for the Sandwich High School boys’ lacrosse team. Unfortunately that was not the case last Saturday, June 15. For the third season in a row the Blue Knights had their season end in the Division 4 state championship game, watching the other team celebrate a title. Nantucket took the championship trophy back across the Sound, as they held off a dramatic late charge by the Knights to hold on for a 7-6 win, capping off a 21-1 year with the first title in their program history.
This Nantucket rental costs $100,000 a week. Yes, really.
A weeklong Cape getaway could now run you six figures — at least for the renters of one particularly opulent Nantucket estate. The seven-day rate for the beachside compound at 94 Tom Nevers Road, located on the southeast side of the island, clocks in at a whopping $100,000 for the remainder of the summer season, according to its listing on the website of local agency Jordan Real Estate.
Bill Belichick, 72, and girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, seen for the first time together on his boat in Nantucket
Bill Belichick and his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, publicly flaunted their romance for the first time as they enjoyed a boat ride in Nantucket. The retired New England Patriots coach, 72, and the former cheerleader, 24, were spotted heading aboard his $225,000 vessel — named VIII Rings — Wednesday, per photos obtained by Daily Mail.
One of the Top Beer Gardens in the U.S. is a Popular Spot Here in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has lots of amazing spots to stop in for a cold one. As we have hit the Summer months, it's time to enjoy the warmer (and not so hot as its been) weather and stop in at a great spot to enjoy a drink possibly on the patio, out in a courtyard, a balcony or a terrace, or perhaps even up on a rooftop. In fact, there is one particular Massachusetts spot that was selected as one of the top 10 best beer gardens throughout the entire U.S.
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