2024

A state Land Court ruling last week involving a Nantucket rental home could set a precedent for how municipalities on the Vineyard handle vacation rentals, Vineyard officials said.

Opening day for summer ferry reservations on the Vineyard route are Wednesday, Feb. 14, beginning at 8 a.m. The Steamship Authority booked about 7,800 transactions on the Nantucket route during its opening day last week.

2023

Production designer Joe Alves had planned to scout Nantucket for the movie Jaws when his ferry was turned around. He ended up on Martha's Vineyard instead, forever changing the Island.

Anne Ganz threw a message in a bottle off a Chilmark north shore beach in 2014. It was found on Nantucket over Thanksgiving weekend, nine years after it was tossed into the sea.

A group of Nantucketers is challenging key environmental approvals for Vineyard Wind, the offshore wind energy farm under construction south of Martha’s Vineyard.

Municipal employee housing, wastewater management and town hall staffing shortages were all discussed at the inter-island meeting last week.

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