Nantucket News

Urban planning group to study downtown

The Inquirer & Mirror - Wed Aug 06

Experts from the world-renowned Urban Land Institute will visit Nantucket in mid-October to explore potential solutions to downtown Nantucket's economic, social and environmental challenges , the project's ...

Rockefeller May Be Linked To Murder

WBZ-TV - Tue Aug 05

The man known as Clark Rockefeller will be brought back to Boston Tuesday to be charged with the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter last week.

Accident victim's body recovered from Nantucket pond

Cape Cod Times - Tue Aug 05

The body of an island man originally from El Salvador was recovered from Sesachacha Pond yesterday afternoon after his boat capsized Sunday morning, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said last ...

Two island men charged with hate crime in alleged beating

The Inquirer & Mirror - Mon Aug 04

Two Nantucket men were charged with a hate crime Monday in Nantucket District Court for the alleged beating of a foreign man on Swain Street.

Lest Nantucket Forget The Wrecked, The Rescuers

Manila Bulletin - Mon Aug 04

Nantucket, Mass. -- Proof that this island, now better known for trophy homes, celebrity chefs, and private jets, retains strong links to its past lies in the community's response to the reopening of the ...

Forty percent fail liquor license compliance checks

The Inquirer & Mirror - Mon Aug 04

Forty percent of Nantucket's bars, restaurants and package stores sold alcohol to a minor during a recent compliance check conducted by the Nantucket Police Department.

No. 1 plate fetches $147,000

Cape Cod Times - Sun Aug 03

What could you buy with $147,000? A high-end luxury vehicle, like an Aston Martin or a Rolls Royce? Top 25 plates "1" $147,000 112 bids "4" $35,500 28 bids "8" $20,500 10 bids "9" 19,500 15 bids "2" $17,280 15 ...

Retail Riding a Wave in Nantucket

Women's Wear Daily - Fri Aug 01

Shopping is the third major pastime on this crescent-shaped island of swanky, gray-shingled second homes - right behind sailing and sunbathing.

Basket holds a key to village beautification

Barnstable Patriot - Fri Aug 01

BASKET BALL Judy Caccioli, left, and Helen Hinckley, members of a Nantucket Basket work group, with an assortment of baskets made by Caccioli.

Police seize 137 pot plants

The Inquirer & Mirror - Fri Aug 01

The summer harvest on Nantucket was bountiful for island law enforcement agencies.