Nantucket

The first coronavirus vaccines landing on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket were given to health care workers Thursday morning.Emergency room physician…

Once, there was a famous shark, and a boat that inspired one of the most famous movie lines of all time. The Orca, the fishing boat from Jaws, is long…

Nantucket is experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases, and officials are concerned about risk factors that could feed the outbreak.The 40 people diagnosed…

The U.S. Census deadline comes in less than two weeks, on Sept. 30, and many local residents haven’t responded, especially on the Islands.Nantucket and…

A team of Florida college students is developing a plan to protect Nantucket’s historic district from sea level rise, storm surge, and tidal flooding.…

Nantucket’s ban of single-use plastics is officially underway."Single-use, petroleum-based plastic products" like plastic straws, drinking cups and lids,…

Volunteers on Nantucket and around the region are breaking out the sewing machines to stitch masks for local health care workers. Friends Allyson Mitchell…

The Nantucket Cottage Hospital will begin transferring patients to its new building on Wednesday. It’s the island’s only hospital, and the new building…

The commercial bay scallop season opened on Nantucket at the beginning of November and will run through the end of March, but for bay scallopers, this…

Nantucket is gearing up for the summer season, when it becomes a prime vacation destination. But for a portion of the island’s year-round population, it's…