Sarah Roberts
@srobertsim.bsky.social
Currently writing features & other fun stuff at The Inquirer & Mirror on Nantucket 🗞️✨
Suffolk University xctf alum
Past: The Boston Globe, The Suffolk Journal
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Suffolk University xctf alum
Past: The Boston Globe, The Suffolk Journal
Tips? Ideas? 📧 sroberts@inkym.com
The Select Board last week approved the distribution of eight additional rental car medallions to new agencies that are not already operating on the island in a 3-2 vote. The approval excludes individuals who rent cars through peer-to-peer car rental programs like Turo.
Select Board approves distribution of eight car rental medallions
(July 24, 2025) The Select Board last week approved the distribution of eight additional rental car medallions to new agencies in a 3-2 vote.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Select Board last week approved the distribution of eight additional rental car medallions to new agencies that are not already operating on the island in a 3-2 vote. The approval excludes individuals who rent cars through peer-to-peer car rental programs like Turo.
The Nantucket Regional Transit Authority is staying fare-free thanks to an update in the state general law it operates under which now requires all regional transit authorities to operate fare-free, with the state providing funding.
NRTA to stay fare-free from now on
(July 24, 2025) The Nantucket Regional Transit Authority is staying fare-free thanks to an update in the state general law it operates under.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Nantucket Regional Transit Authority is staying fare-free thanks to an update in the state general law it operates under which now requires all regional transit authorities to operate fare-free, with the state providing funding.
The Nantucket Public Schools is losing federal funding for its English Language Learner programs, superintendent Beth Hallett told the School Committee Tuesday, saying the Trump administration is withholding education funds.
NPS losing federal funding for English Language Learner programs
(July 23, 2025) The Nantucket Public Schools is losing federal funding for its English Language Learner programs, superintendent Beth Hallett told the School Committee Tuesday, saying the Trump admini...
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July 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Nantucket Public Schools is losing federal funding for its English Language Learner programs, superintendent Beth Hallett told the School Committee Tuesday, saying the Trump administration is withholding education funds.
The Rose & Crown Pub is celebrating its 50th season this summer, making it one of the island’s longest-run restaurants and it’s still going strong.
“The Crown” has remained a late-night staple during the summer as one of the only nightclubs open seven days a week in the heart of downtown Nantucket.
“The Crown” has remained a late-night staple during the summer as one of the only nightclubs open seven days a week in the heart of downtown Nantucket.
The Rose & Crown: 50 years old and still going strong
(July 10, 2025) The Rose & Crown Pub is celebrating its 50th season this summer, making it one of the island’s longest-run restaurants and it’s still going strong.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Rose & Crown Pub is celebrating its 50th season this summer, making it one of the island’s longest-run restaurants and it’s still going strong.
“The Crown” has remained a late-night staple during the summer as one of the only nightclubs open seven days a week in the heart of downtown Nantucket.
“The Crown” has remained a late-night staple during the summer as one of the only nightclubs open seven days a week in the heart of downtown Nantucket.
The School Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a cell phone policy that will completely ban student cell phone use during school hours.
Student cell-phone use banned during school hours
(June 26, 2025) Nantucket students heading back to school in the fall can leave one thing at home: their cell phones.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The School Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a cell phone policy that will completely ban student cell phone use during school hours.
I talked to award-winning director Laurent Bouzereau last week about the making of his most recent documentary, "Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story," which will reveal the back-story behind "Jaws."
Learn more about the Nantucket Film Festival's Centerpiece Film in my feature for the I&M.
Learn more about the Nantucket Film Festival's Centerpiece Film in my feature for the I&M.
“Jaws@50:” The inside story of the first summer blockbuster
When production began on “Jaws” 50 years ago on Martha’s Vineyard, there was a period of time when its creators thought the film would end their careers.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I talked to award-winning director Laurent Bouzereau last week about the making of his most recent documentary, "Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story," which will reveal the back-story behind "Jaws."
Learn more about the Nantucket Film Festival's Centerpiece Film in my feature for the I&M.
Learn more about the Nantucket Film Festival's Centerpiece Film in my feature for the I&M.
The Nantucket School Committee on Friday approved job-title changes for three administrators.
The administrators will get the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts as the new titles come with additional responsibilities.
The administrators will get the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts as the new titles come with additional responsibilities.
School administrators taking on new responsibilities
(June 25, 2025) The Nantucket School Committee on Friday approved job-title changes for three administrators.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Nantucket School Committee on Friday approved job-title changes for three administrators.
The administrators will get the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts as the new titles come with additional responsibilities.
The administrators will get the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts as the new titles come with additional responsibilities.
The Nantucket Council on Aging has named Kathy Grieder and Lee Saperstein its 2025 Seniors of the Year an award that recognizes volunteerism by seniors who are active and involved in the community.
Grieder, Saperstein 2025 Seniors of the Year
(June 12, 2025) The Nantucket Council on Aging has named Kathy Grieder and Lee Saperstein its 2025 Seniors of the Year.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Nantucket Council on Aging has named Kathy Grieder and Lee Saperstein its 2025 Seniors of the Year an award that recognizes volunteerism by seniors who are active and involved in the community.
Attention book lovers: the Nantucket Book Festival returns to the island this week with a stacked lineup of authors including Pulitzer Prize-winner Bob Woodward, New York Times best-seller Carl Hiaasen and National Book Award winner Imani Perry.
Pulitzer winners, best sellers at 2025 Nantucket Book Festival
(June 11, 2025) Attention book lovers: the Nantucket Book Festival returns to the island this week with a stacked lineup of authors revved up to have engaging conversations with their
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June 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Attention book lovers: the Nantucket Book Festival returns to the island this week with a stacked lineup of authors including Pulitzer Prize-winner Bob Woodward, New York Times best-seller Carl Hiaasen and National Book Award winner Imani Perry.
The Select Board, acting as the County Commissioners, has endorsed a plan for the construction of a multi-use path along Tom Nevers Road, whose funding was overwhelmingly approved at both Town Meeting and the Annual Town Election last month.
Select Board approves Tom Nevers multi-use path
(June 9, 2025) The Select Board, acting as the County Commissioners, has endorsed a plan for the construction of a multi-use path along Tom Nevers Road, whose funding was overwhelmingly
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June 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Select Board, acting as the County Commissioners, has endorsed a plan for the construction of a multi-use path along Tom Nevers Road, whose funding was overwhelmingly approved at both Town Meeting and the Annual Town Election last month.
A Dunstable woman was arraigned on drug trafficking and possession charges in Nantucket District Court Tuesday following an incident that left a man who overdosed at a Heller’s Way home over the weekend in critical condition at a Boston hospital.
Dunstable woman facing drug trafficking charges after overdose that left man in critical condition
(May 27, 2025) A Dunstable woman was arraigned on drug trafficking and possession charges in Nantucket District Court Tuesday following an incident that left a man who overdosed at a
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May 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A Dunstable woman was arraigned on drug trafficking and possession charges in Nantucket District Court Tuesday following an incident that left a man who overdosed at a Heller’s Way home over the weekend in critical condition at a Boston hospital.
The Nantucket Resource Partnership is getting a new name – Nourish Nantucket – that's more in line with its primary mission of ensuring food security for islanders.
Nantucket Resource Partnership narrows its focus to Nourish Nantucket
(May 23, 2025) The Nantucket Resource Partnership is getting a new name – Nourish Nantucket – that's more in line with its primary mission of ensuring food security for islanders.
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May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Nantucket Resource Partnership is getting a new name – Nourish Nantucket – that's more in line with its primary mission of ensuring food security for islanders.
I sat down with Dr. David Lieberman this week to talk about how his career at the Food Network led to becoming Nantucket Cottage Hospital's newest primary care physician and an Internal Medicine Primary Care team member.
Read about it at the link below!
Read about it at the link below!
Former Food Network host now practicing medicine on Nantucket
(May 21, 2025) Former Food Network host and bestselling author Dr. David Lieberman has joined Nantucket Cottage Hospital as a year-round primary care physician and a member of its Internal
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May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I sat down with Dr. David Lieberman this week to talk about how his career at the Food Network led to becoming Nantucket Cottage Hospital's newest primary care physician and an Internal Medicine Primary Care team member.
Read about it at the link below!
Read about it at the link below!
A Rudder Lane man, a Brazilian national, was taken into ICE custody Monday after being arraigned on three counts of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct in Nantucket District Court.
Pavie's $500 bail was paid before ICE agents took him into custody at the Nantucket County courthouse.
Pavie's $500 bail was paid before ICE agents took him into custody at the Nantucket County courthouse.
Rudder Lane man taken into ICE custody after arraignment on lewd conduct charges
(May 20, 2025) A Rudder Lane man, a Brazilian national, was taken into ICE custody Monday after being arraigned on three counts of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct in Nantucket
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May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A Rudder Lane man, a Brazilian national, was taken into ICE custody Monday after being arraigned on three counts of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct in Nantucket District Court.
Pavie's $500 bail was paid before ICE agents took him into custody at the Nantucket County courthouse.
Pavie's $500 bail was paid before ICE agents took him into custody at the Nantucket County courthouse.
Forty students, six chaperones, 10 days in Europe and six stops between London and Berlin. All in hopes that pivotal moments in history would jump off the pages of textbooks: The result? A huge success.
Living history: NHS students trek through Europe
(May 15, 2025) Forty students, six chaperones, 10 days in Europe and six stops between London and Berlin. All in hopes that pivotal moments in history would jump off the
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May 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Forty students, six chaperones, 10 days in Europe and six stops between London and Berlin. All in hopes that pivotal moments in history would jump off the pages of textbooks: The result? A huge success.
The Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant hotel on Easton Street is heading into the 2025 season with a new look.
White Elephant’s Brant Point Grill reopens with a new look
(May 1, 2025) The Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant hotel on Easton Street is heading into the 2025 season with a new look.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant hotel on Easton Street is heading into the 2025 season with a new look.
The Nantucket Golf Club Foundation on Monday named Nantucket High School seniors Cecilia Wendelken and Biliana Dountcheva its 2025 Nantucket Scholars.
Dountcheva and Wendelken will receive a renewable tuition and fees scholarship to the college, university or technical school of their choice.
Dountcheva and Wendelken will receive a renewable tuition and fees scholarship to the college, university or technical school of their choice.
Dountcheva, Wendelken named 2025 Nantucket Scholars
(April 28, 2025) The Nantucket Golf Club Foundation on Monday named Nantucket High School seniors Biliana Dountcheva and Cecilia Wendelken its 2025 Nantucket Scholars.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Nantucket Golf Club Foundation on Monday named Nantucket High School seniors Cecilia Wendelken and Biliana Dountcheva its 2025 Nantucket Scholars.
Dountcheva and Wendelken will receive a renewable tuition and fees scholarship to the college, university or technical school of their choice.
Dountcheva and Wendelken will receive a renewable tuition and fees scholarship to the college, university or technical school of their choice.
The Museum of African American History in Boston, which owns and operates the African Meeting House on Nantucket, recently learned its sizable federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Systems that was going to fund an expansion of programs on the Nantucket campus had been terminated.
Loss of federal grant hurts African Meeting House
(April 24, 2025) The Museum of African American History in Boston, which owns and operates the African Meeting House on Nantucket, recently learned its sizable federal grant from the Institute
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April 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Museum of African American History in Boston, which owns and operates the African Meeting House on Nantucket, recently learned its sizable federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Systems that was going to fund an expansion of programs on the Nantucket campus had been terminated.
Voters will have to wait until the fall Special Town Meeting to weigh in the Conservation Commission-approved expansion of the Sconset Bluff erosion-control project after the Select Board voted 4-1 Wednesday to table Article 81 on the May 3 Town Meeting warrant.
Geotube expansion off the Town Meeting warrant
(April 17, 2025) Voters will have to wait until the fall Special Town Meeting to weigh in the Conservation Commission-approved expansion of the Sconset Bluff erosion-control project.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Voters will have to wait until the fall Special Town Meeting to weigh in the Conservation Commission-approved expansion of the Sconset Bluff erosion-control project after the Select Board voted 4-1 Wednesday to table Article 81 on the May 3 Town Meeting warrant.
Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with the incredible Nancy Thayer. We talked about her newest novel, "Summer Light on Nantucket", set to be released April 22, what's next for her and what makes this island so special. Read all about it in my latest feature.
Nancy Thayer’s 39th novel checks all her signature boxes
(April 17, 2025) Nancy Thayer’s newest novel “Summer Light on Nantucket” checks all the boxes for a comforting read, with its generational parallels, old and new relationships and her signature
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April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with the incredible Nancy Thayer. We talked about her newest novel, "Summer Light on Nantucket", set to be released April 22, what's next for her and what makes this island so special. Read all about it in my latest feature.
Figuring out what to do after high school can be daunting. College? Straight into the workforce? The military? Or, you could just start a business and donate some of the proceeds to children in need.
It’s not often that happens, but it’s what Nantucket High School senior Rafael Rodriguez did.
It’s not often that happens, but it’s what Nantucket High School senior Rafael Rodriguez did.
Young man with a plan: Nantucket High School senior Rafael Rodriguez
(April 17, 2025) Some time between sophomore and junior year, conversations among high school students and their families inevitably center around the future.
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April 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Figuring out what to do after high school can be daunting. College? Straight into the workforce? The military? Or, you could just start a business and donate some of the proceeds to children in need.
It’s not often that happens, but it’s what Nantucket High School senior Rafael Rodriguez did.
It’s not often that happens, but it’s what Nantucket High School senior Rafael Rodriguez did.
Two Nantucket High School history teachers have come up with a way to make historical events feel more real for their students: fly them across the Atlantic for a 10-day spring break trip.
NHS students setting off on trip of a lifetime
(April 17, 2025) Sitting in history class, taking notes from a PowerPoint presentation or flipping through a huge textbook, it might be hard to grasp that the places you are
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April 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Two Nantucket High School history teachers have come up with a way to make historical events feel more real for their students: fly them across the Atlantic for a 10-day spring break trip.
The Select Board was informed last night that the price tag for construction of the proposed new Our Island Home has risen to $126 million, $22 million more than the $104 million presented to town officials in December 2024.
Our Island Home cost rises to $126 million
(April 9, 2025) The projected cost of a new Our Island Home nursing home has risen to $126 million, the Select Board was informed Wednesday.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Select Board was informed last night that the price tag for construction of the proposed new Our Island Home has risen to $126 million, $22 million more than the $104 million presented to town officials in December 2024.
Today marks a new beginning for the Veranda House on Step Lane, as it prepares for its first summer season since a devastating fire tore through the building in July 2022, destroying the historic hotel and a neighboring two-family home.
See pictures of the new Veranda at the link below.
See pictures of the new Veranda at the link below.
From the ashes: New Veranda House officially opens today
(April 10, 2025) Today marks a new beginning for the Veranda House on Step Lane, as it prepares for its first summer season since a devastating fire tore through the
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April 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today marks a new beginning for the Veranda House on Step Lane, as it prepares for its first summer season since a devastating fire tore through the building in July 2022, destroying the historic hotel and a neighboring two-family home.
See pictures of the new Veranda at the link below.
See pictures of the new Veranda at the link below.
Nantucket's Family Resource Center is hosting "FRC Live" at the Dreamland this Saturday. All proceeds from the SNL-style comedy show will go towards the emergency fund to help island families in need.
Click the link to learn more about the Family Resource Center and FRC Live.
Click the link to learn more about the Family Resource Center and FRC Live.
Nantucket's Family Resource Center: A one-stop shop for support
(April 10, 2025) It doesn’t matter what stage of life you are in or what your needs are, Nantucket’s Family Resource Center can be whatever you need it to be.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Nantucket's Family Resource Center is hosting "FRC Live" at the Dreamland this Saturday. All proceeds from the SNL-style comedy show will go towards the emergency fund to help island families in need.
Click the link to learn more about the Family Resource Center and FRC Live.
Click the link to learn more about the Family Resource Center and FRC Live.