The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

01/26/2025

Around 30 Serbian islanders stood at the Milestone Rotary Sunday to show support for students and citizens protesting against the government in their home country.

Protests have been breaking out across Serbia since the roof of a train station in the city of Novi Sad collapsed Nov. 1, 2024, killing 15 people.

Thousands of Serbian citizens, especially students, have been protesting the last two months because they say corrupt government leadership did not take proper action to prevent the disaster.

Demonstrations have continued amidst rising tensions in the country. Most recently, a woman drove her vehicle into a crowd of protestors, injuring one person.

“Students (in Serbia) have been consistent, committed, and extremely brave. The least we can do from this side of the world is send our support,” islander Ivana Stoyanov told The Inquirer and Mirror Sunday.

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12/24/2024

🎟️🎄 Congrats to the winners from this year’s Red Ticket Drawing!

Jim Chapman won the $5,000 grand prize off a ticket from Murray’s Toggery Shop.

There were also six $1,000 winners- John Wisenthal, Melissa Dudley, Tracy O’Keefe, Katie McAveety, Lynn Cossuth, and Michael Girvin, who is donating his winnings to the wood shop at Nantucket High School.

More photos soon at ack.net.

12/20/2024

en route with your presents. 🎅🏼📬❄️

12/16/2024

The Steamship Authority has added a new freight boat to its fleet. The M/V Barnstable, a former offshore supply vessel bought by the SSA to be turned into a vehicle ferry three years ago, was commissioned in Hyannis Harbor Monday.

Two more converted boats, the M/V Aquinnah and M/V Monomoy, will also be joining the fleet when they finish being retrofitted.

The ceremony Monday lasted an hour and was capped off with a christening done by the family of SSA Barnstable rep. Robert Jones.

The Barnstable will be making its maiden voyage to Nantucket today without any passengers. It has not yet finished the trials required to carry travelers or cars. It will arrive at the Nantucket SSA terminal around 2:30 p.m. Monday and self-guided tours will be available to the public for an hour.

The boat is expected to start making trips with passengers next month once trials are completed, SSA officials said. It will be replacing the decades-old M/V Gay Head, which was sold by the SSA to Harwich construction company Robert B. Our Co., Inc last week.

More photos and coverage soon at ack.net.

12/12/2024

🚁🤙 Photos from today’s buoy removal effort near Great Point.

More online soon at ack.net.

12/10/2024

Harbormaster Sheila Lucey advising boaters, swimmers, surfers and beach-goers that recent erosion at Madaket Beach has exposed dangerous construction debris in the surf and shorebreak.

The area should be avoided if at all possible.

Lucey said her staff will be monitoring the beach over the winter for the presence of additional debris.

“As the season gets closer we will make some decisions about removing it if it is necessary for public safety,” she said.

“We don’t know if anything else will become exposed as the season progresses but we will stay on it.”

The debris – chunks of concrete and metal support bars – is likely from homes that were removed or damaged by heavy surf and erosion in the past.

12/08/2024

National Grid announced Sunday the power outage that curtailed Christmas Stroll celebrations was caused by two sections of underground electric cable that needed to be replaced.

Crews from the electricity provider have been on-island since Saturday evening, working to restore power to the affected downtown areas.

Power was expected to be restored around 1 p.m. Sunday for the 236 customers still without power. The total number of customers affected this weekend was around 1,400.

Read the full updated story at ack.net and stay tuned for more coverage.

12/07/2024

🎅🏼🎄 Scenes from the 50th annual Christmas Stroll in downtown Nantucket.

Thousands packed Straight Wharf and Main Street Saturday to greet Santa Claus as he arrived around 12:30 by Coast Guard boat. He eventually stopped at the top of Main Street and took Christmas wishes from children at the Pacific National Bank.

More Stroll coverage coming soon at ack.net.

12/05/2024

For the last four years, Jill and Scott Kelley have been hosting State Troopers and Secret Service agents for a lunch at their Baxter Road home, near Sankaty Light.

The tradition started during Joe Biden’s first presidential visit to the island in 2021, when a scheduling snafu left some of the security team without meal plans.

“Trooper (Kevin) Bates mentioned to me that none of the men had a Thanksgiving meal planned for them and everything was closed on the island,” Jill Kelley said Sunday.

“They were forgotten, and I didn’t want it to be that way,” she said of the State Troopers and Secret Service.

The Secret Service and state police were so grateful they each presented the Kelleys a plaque with messages thanking them, which they have in their home.

“They’re really good people, and they’re so grateful,” Jill said. “People forget about them. I like to show our appreciation.”

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11/29/2024

Hey Joe! 😀👋👍🇺🇸

President Joe Biden and the first family spent the afternoon in downtown Nantucket Friday, eating lunch at the Brotherhood of Thieves and eventually making their way to Main Street for the annual tree lighting ceremony.

See more coverage of the presidential visit at ack.net.

11/27/2024

Grape Crush! Nantucket wins Island Cup at Fenway Park

(Nov. 26, 2024) Regulation time wasn't enough, but after two long years, the Island Cup is headed back home to Nantucket.

11/25/2024

🇺🇸✈️ Preparations for President Joe Biden and family’s annual Thanksgiving visit continue as the first family is expected to arrive on-island this week.

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster and Coast Guard C-130 Hercules were spotted dropping off members of the presidential detail today at Nantucket Memorial Airport.

Stay tuned for more presidential coverage throughout the week.

11/11/2024

USS Nantucket commissioning Saturday in Boston; Watch party at VFW

(Nov. 11, 2024) The USS Nantucket, a 388-foot U.S. Navy combat ship, will be commissioned Saturday at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.

11/11/2024

📸🇺🇸 Nantucketers turned out for the island’s annual Veteran’s Day memorial service despite dreary weather Monday.

Island veterans, public safety officials, Boy and Girl Scouts, and others marched from the American Legion on Washington Street to the war memorial on Federal Street for a brief service.

See more photos at ack.net

11/09/2024

https://www.ack.net/lifestyle/a-nantucket-veterans-day-story/article_005c7edc-9ea9-11ef-904d-032f0f73ebc8.html

(Nov. 9, 2024) In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on the island, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, nicknamed "The Walking