Nantucket

CAI's Kathryn Eident talks with Jason Graziadei of the Nantucket Current about the timeline of events after the historic building was defaced with racist language imagery and the questions that still linger.

The Nantucket site manager for the Museum of African American History says the community is feeling a small measure of closure from Monday’s civil court decision in a case of racist and threatening vandalism on the island, but she believes the defendant should be criminally charged.

“We are in an absolute crisis,” English teacher Page Martineau said.

The Nantucket Chamber of Commerce welcomed its new executive director on Monday.

Firefighters from Fall River, Hyannis, and Nantucket are participating in a study to see whether PFAS chemicals are working their way from firefighters’ gear into their bodies. The results could eventually help lead to the standardization of protective apparel that’s made with less – or even zero – PFAS.

Realtors, advocates and medical officials testify before state committee pushing for real estate tax to create affordable housing.

Each year, according to the Nantucket Preservation Trust and ReMain Nantucket, an estimated 8,800 tons of construction and demolition waste are shipped off island for disposal, which is not only a sustainability problem, but a historic preservation problem.

A consultant hired to advise Nantucket on whether to replace natural fields with artificial turf has ignited a fierce debate on the islands. CAI's Eve Zuckoff speaks to the consultant, and to the reporters whose story in E&E news sparked interest.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital workers who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine are nearing their termination date, according to hospital spokesman James Lanza.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is filing what he's calling the Stop the Surge Act, which would turn 13 communities into ports of entry to process undocumented immigrants.