The number of homeless people on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard has increased since last year to its highest figure in 10 years, according to the annual point-in-time count released in early June. In total, the number of homeless increased to 568 people, 141 more than last year. Within that total of 568, the […]
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Private Jets and Yachts Land in Nantucket for Jefferies Takeover
(Bloomberg) — The superyacht Night Howl, all 164 lustrous feet of it, pulled into Nantucket harbor. Most Read from Bloomberg The new owner of this floating palace, Rich Handler, wasn’t aboard. He’d taken a faster route, via air, for what amounted to a brief, not-so-hostile takeover of a place that’s a summer playground for the […]
Running out of marijuana, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket get approval to ship pot to the islands
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Martha’s Vineyard was running out of pot, just as thousands of summer vacationers were starting to arrive. But on Thursday, Massachusetts regulators averted a cannabis drought by issuing an administrative order that will allow pot to be transported to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands for the first time. On Martha’s Vineyard, […]
Several ferry trips to Nantucket canceled Sunday after pilot unable to work
Several Steamship Authority ferries between Cape Cod and Nantucket were canceled Sunday due to a lack of crew members. Four round trips between Nantucket and Hyannis have been canceled due to “Crew Shortage,” according to the Steamship Authority. The pilot of the M/V Iyanough was unable to work Sunday and there were “no other qualified […]
Billionaire’s million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away
Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Nantucket beach house has been demolished due to erosion. Strict zoning rules and unstable land make it unlikely that Sternlicht will be allowed to rebuild. The ongoing erosion is causing property values to fall on parts of the exclusive island. Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Nantucket beach house is officially no more. […]
Police investigating after human remains found on Nantucket
An investigation is underway after human remains were found Thursday on Nantucket, police announced Friday. Two men looking for deer antler sheds stumbled upon the remains in a wooded area near the east end of the island just after 5 p.m. and notified the Nantucket Police Department, officials said. Officers and detectives secured the scene […]
Gray whale, species extinct in Atlantic Ocean for 200 years, seen off Nantucket
NANTUCKET – A gray whale was spotted off the Massachusetts coast recently in what experts call an “incredibly rare event.” The species has been extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for more than 200 years. Scientists from the New England Aquarium were flying about 30 miles south of Nantucket on Friday when they saw the whale […]