After a briefing on proposed Board of Health septic rule changes affecting Hammock Pond and the Wellhead Protection District, the Nantucket Planning Board voted to have staff draft a letter requesting a joint meeting with the Board of Health and regional partners to clarify costs, credits and housing impacts.

School officials told town representatives that special‑education tuition, rising residential placements and on‑island transportation together account for a large and growing share of the district’s budget; circuit breaker reimbursements and federal grants partially offset costs.

Peter Burke, executive director of the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, told the Visitor Services Advisory Committee that Stroll attendance was roughly flat year‑over‑year but that a widely viewed on‑site incident highlighted gaps in messaging, permitting and short‑term sheltering; the committee also reviewed visitor data, new permit forms and stranded‑passenger plans.

At a Jan. 6 meeting, commissioners and petitioners debated how to restructure the Nantucket Regional Commission's membership — including whether at-large seats should be elected or appointed, sector representation, and term limits — and agreed to let staff draft merged language for review at a follow-up meeting. No formal vote was taken.

Clearing has begun for Ticcoma Green, Nantucket's $59M affordable rental project at 6 Fairgrounds Rd...

The Nantucket Affordable Housing Trust on Jan. 6 authorized the chair or vice chair to execute documents for a $3.714 million package (a $1,857,000 grant and $1,857,000 loan) to support a 32‑unit Sparks Avenue rental development, buying down eight units to 80% AMI and counting all 32 on the town's subsidized housing inventory (SHI).

Three-parcel Nantucket property sells for $18 million

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The Nantucket Historical Commission voted 4–2 to endorse adding a decorative “hurricane lamp” insert to the town’s dark‑sky pilot fixtures and recommended allowing globes on a short Main Street block if capped at 1,000 lumens; commissioners urged more public outreach and DPW coordination before broad rollout.

The Nantucket Land Bank Commission voted to raise the first-time homebuyer ("m") exemption to $1.4 million for 2026, citing the jump in median purchase prices through Nov. 30; the change requires owner-occupancy for five years and will be recorded with a lien.

Select Board and engineers detailed the Somerset needs‑area sewer extension ($43.3M) and SRF deadlines: the town must act by May/June 2026 to preserve Clean Water Trust funding options and to qualify for possible 0% financing; staff discussed cost recovery options (sewer capacity fee, betterments) and potential phasing constraints.

Select Board and staff presented the town’s recommended Fiscal 2027 operating and capital budgets — including $226M of potential capital projects and $159M of possible debt exclusions — and previewed tax‑impact estimates and a Jan. 14 public hearing on the FY27 budget.

59 S Shore & 14 Tripp Drive, Nantucket, MA 02554 is a single family home listed for sale at $39,900,000. This is a 9-bed, 9-bath, 10,147 sqft property.

A newly-built 6,500-square-foot home with six bedrooms, pool and two-bedroom cottage in Nantucket’s Cliff neighborhood has sold for just under $9.6 million, the state's top luxury home sale for the week.

During Nantucket’s 51st Annual Christmas Stroll, a sudden fight broke out on Federal Street just after the Santa parade. Men—many of them wearing Ralph Lauren and Burberry—ended up in a heated showdown that turned a festive scene into a chaotic melee. The confrontation involved people in their 20s as well as older men, and one witness compared the clash to the rivalry in “West Side Story” but in expensive fashion.

(Dec. 1, 2025) Shotgun deer-hunting season opened statewide Monday, and by late afternoon Nantucket’s check-in station at the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility had recorded just 83 deer on the fi...

Staff reported progress with consultants selected to conduct MACRIS surveys funded through an offshore-wind grant, a $30,000 MHC preapproval application (with $20,000 town match) for a preservation plan, and four Community Preservation Committee projects advanced to the warrant. Staff also described a recent workshop adapting state continuing-education materials to Nantucket's context.

Joe and Hunter Biden were out in Nantucket’s bustling downtown, carrying a caravan of grandchildren along as they shopped up a notch before Thanksgiving. The

(Nov. 25, 2025) The end of the dead sperm whale saga was reached late last week when one of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used

Award-Winning Restaurant on Nantucket Bay Taps Into the Island's Rich Supply of Fresh Ingredients TOPPER’S at The Wauwinet is part of White Elephant Resorts and proudly belongs to the prestigious…