NANTUCKET CURRENT: NANTUCKET LIFTS OUTDOOR MASK ORDER
Nantucket’s outdoor mask mandate is no more. The island Board of Health voted 3-1 Friday afternoon to rescind the local outdoor mask mandate, effective…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: STATE MAY GIVE NANTUCKET SHERIFF A PAY BUMP
Perelman “absolutely” running again in 2022. Nantucket County Sheriff Jim Perelman could be in line for a 10 percent pay raise after state lawmakers…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: NANTUCKET SEEKS EQUITY IN ISLAND VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
A demographic breakdown of Nantucket residents who have received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine shows the island is making progress,…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: NANTUCKET SCHOLAR WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Two Nantucket High School seniors won full four-year college scholarships Tuesday night when the Nantucket Golf Club selected them as the 2021 Nantucket Scholars….
NANTUCKET CURRENT: NANTUCKET’S SECOND CANNABIS DISPENSARY READY TO BLOOM
In a high-tech, subterranean nursery hidden 24 feet beneath the ground of a small lot near the airport, hundreds of marijuana plants are growing…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: WHY THE FLU DISAPPEARED FROM NANTUCKET
How many cases of flu have been diagnosed on Nantucket over the past year? If you guessed zero, you get an elbow bump. That’s…
THE HOUSE RENTAL GAME
The short-term vacation rental controversy plays out on Nantucket. With a controversial proposal that could reshape one of the pillars of Nantucket’s tourism economy—the…
THE MIRACLE ON EAST CREEK ROAD
How Our Island Home beat COVID. Over the past year, as Heather Francis arrived at work each day, the beautiful view of The Creeks…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: THE RACE TO VACCINATE
Everyone older than 15 is now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Massachusetts, but in the race to vaccinate as many people as…
NANTUCKET CURRENT: MAN CHARGED AFTER FATAL OVERDOSE
A 20-year-old Nantucket woman was found dead Tuesday night after what is believed to have been a fatal overdose from fentanyl. An island resident…