Nantucket News

The U.S. Coast Guard is advising mariners in the vicinity of Nantucket to beware of a heavy storm in the area.

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 Nantucket Shipwreck & ...

The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts , will hold the 35th Annual Sandcastle and Sculpture Day, Saturday, August 16, 2008 on Jetties ...

Most people imagine a Nantucket sunset of fading gold on a boat-speckled harbor.

Nearly a year after an altercation among a group of black youths and police officers on The Strip ended in accusations of excessive force and alleged racial remarks uttered by a summer officer, the Nantucket ...

A 25-foot boat became stuck on a shoal off Smith's Point Friday afternoon, and the three people aboard were rescued by Madaket Harbormaster Chris Vanderwolk.

Martha's Vineyard may have shark sightings, but Nantucket now has the real thing.

Nantucket Island Resorts principal Steve Karp confirmed yesterday that he is investigating the purchase of Fisherman's Wharf in Provincetown, but stressed that any deal should one be made is a long way from the ...

Police officer Jerry Mack and deputy fire chief Ed Maxwell examine this Murray's Toggery van as it lies on its side on Millbrook Road after flipping over Thursday morning.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting former Tyco International CEO and island summer resident Dennis Kozlowski and his wife have agreed to settle their divorce case.

This JP Noonan tanker truck struck another vehicle while turning from Williams Lane onto Sparks Avenue Wednesday morning.

A shark that washed up on Nantucket Monday was a great white, state scientists have confirmed.

Martha's Vineyard may have shark sightings, but Nantucket now has the real thing.

Nantucket Island Resorts principal Steve Karp is part of a development group looking to buy Fisherman's Wharf in Provincetown and convert it into the region's largest boating complex.

The Massachusetts FAIR Plan would no longer have to provide unlimited replacement coverage for hurricane-damaged homes under legislation wending through the State House.

A brush fire that torched a large section of dune grass at the end of Miacomet Road Friday night was extinguished by firefighters.

Nantucket's state representative Eric Turkington announced Friday that the island had received a boost in the local aid funding from the state.

The Zoning Board of Appeals voted Friday to allow the Nantucket Hunting Association to withdraw its application to erect a shooting range off Maddequecham Valley Road .

Krishna Singleton receives a hug from his mother Theran as he returns home from Iraq Thursday.

Islander Tim Madden kicked his campaign for state representative into high gear this week, establishing an office on the mainland and launching a write-in campaign for the Democratic Party nomination in the ...