Kaie Quigley

(May 21, 2026) Is behavior on Nantucket’s bike paths getting better? Nantucket Police Chief Jody Kasper certainly thinks so.

Travis Nichols with Tommy Hines of Chicago after Nichols dug up his lost wedding band.

) Nantucket didn't hold a Memorial Day parade this year, but the community still honored its fallen heroes with a solemn service Sunday at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

(May 27, 2026) Nantucket’s Unitarian Church will not host its annual Fourth of July reading of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights this year, because the church refuses

Eduvigis Peralta, Damaris Carpio, Marta Harding and Melany Mendez.

The lot at 18 Vesper Lane where the two structures would be built.

The annual readings of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights will still take place on Independence Day on Nantucket this year, one way or another. Two new venues are on the table following the Unitarian Universalist Church's decision to not host the tradition as a political protest.

Nantucket High School held its Senior Ball Friday evening at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. Many members of the Class of 2026 gathered at the Creeks Preserve overlooking Nantucket Harbor beforehand for photos with family and friends.

Two boat crews, an off-duty firefighter and emergency medical technicians from the Nantucket Fire Department collaborated to rescue a 40-year-old man who was found floating unresponsive near the town pier Monday afternoon.

An island resident is in a coma at a Boston hospital after being found unresponsive in Nantucket Harbor Monday afternoon.