Already Short-Handed, Island Businesses Brace For Late Summer Worker Exodus
byThe severe labor shortage left most Nantucket businesses short-handed all summer, but now as college-aged workers return to school with still a few busy…
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Despite Overwhelming Defeat, ACK Now Insists Short-Term Rental Restrictions Will Eventually Pass
byJust hours after ACK Now suffered a stinging defeat at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting, when voters slammed the door on its bid to restrict…
Sconset Erosion Control Project in “Failure”
byThe Sconset Beach Preservation Fund’s erosion control geotube project along the Sconset Bluff was found this week to be in failure of its permit…
TUESDAYS WITH DAVID
byLessons in the timelessness of friendship. This is not a story about someone rich and famous. He wasn’t a CEO or an MVP. In…
The Rebirth of an Icon
byThe Old Nesbitt Inn reopens its doors as the rebranded and restored 21 Broad Street Hotel. The Nesbitt was one part of a group…
The Son Also Rises
byLuke Russert emerges out from the shadows of his parents Luke Russert has “LK 12:48” tattooed on his inner bicep. Flip to that passage…
Setting the Record Straight
byAfter serving eight years in prison, Dennis Kozlowski returns to the island for the Nantucket Project. In the public imagination, Dennis Kozlowski, the former…
The Investigator
byThe Public Thoughts of a Private Eye From his back porch on Nantucket, the most powerful private investigator in modern American history looks out…
Goodwill Hunter
byA lifelong summer resident is on a mission to link charities with donors around the world. Hunter Ziesing is the first to admit that…
Sitting Pretty
bySteven Swift is Keeping Handcrafted Furniture Alive on Nantucket For forty years, the name Stephen Swift has been synonymous with exquisite, custom-built furniture. Now…