Nantucket Current

08/06/2025

Final:

#4 Nantucket 8
#5 Ipswich 5

Whalers advance to the state semifinal for a second consecutive year and will play #1 Cohasset. Date and time TBD.

07/06/2025

😳 wild scene at the ‘Sconset Bluff today.

Thankfully the dump truck didn’t go over the edge and everyone was ok 🙏.

The operation was part of the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund’s effort to once again cover the erosion-control geotubes at the base of the the bluff with 3,000 to 4,000 cubic yards of so-called mitigation sand.

“We saw it happen - I was certain it was going over and somehow, luckily, did not,” said Matt Gattuso, who shared these photos with the Current. “We asked the guy standing on the ground if he wanted assistance and he said no, but he was going to ask a boss or colleague for help. He jumped in his van and departed. Driver I presume was still in truck. We went down to the lighthouse for less than 10 minutes, came back and the truck was gone. We thought it must have gone over. My buddy jumped out to look over edge and said it was clear. So, I don't really know how it was rectified. I would guess that someone with a winch or tow truck would have had to pull the nose down - but it just seems as though it happened so quickly.”

06/06/2025

The Massachusetts Land Court judge has ruled in Cathy Ward’s short-term rental lawsuit against the town and her neighbors. It reads in part: “the current Nantucket Zoning Bylaw does not allow rentals shorter than 31 days of "primary dwellings" in the Nantucket Residential Old Historic district, except for "the rental of rooms within an owner-occupied dwelling unit."

We are updating this story as reaction and analysis rolls in: https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/judge-rules-against-the-town-in-short-term-rental-lawsuit

06/06/2025

The 7:40 am Hy-Line cruises ferry left the dock but immediately returned to Straight Wharf following an alleged assault on board, several passengers told the Current. Nantucket Police boarded the vessel and escorted one man off the boat. We have reached out to the Hy-Line and NPD for more information.

UPDATE: “This incident involves a minor so I am limited in what I can share. I will say the incident involved two people, one of which is a minor and at this time no charges will be filed. The Hy-Line staff did an excellent job handling the situation and assisting us while we gathered all the details of the situation,” - Nantucket Police Lt. Angus MacVicar

“Unfortunately, this a police matter so we are not at liberty to share any information,” Hy-Line Cruises president Murray Scudder

06/06/2025

A 40-foot power boat ran aground at First Point in Nantucket Harbor Thursday evening with four people on board, prompting a response by Coast Guard Station Brant Point and TowBoatUs. There were no injuries reported. The boat, named "The Pantha Tu," ran "pretty far up" at First Point just before 9 p.m., according to Coast Guard Station Brant Point BM2 Thomas Fishback. TowBoatUs was able to refloat the vessel around 11 p.m. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor, Fishback said. "I guess they were not paying attention, as far as what they were saying to us," Fishback said.

06/06/2025

05/06/2025

After designating Nantucket and most of Massachusetts as "Sanctuary Jurisdictions Defying Federal Immigration Law," the page and post on the Department of Homeland Security website has now been taken down by the Trump administration.

Here’s the the link now: https://www.dhs.gov/sanctuary-jurisdictions?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKuZjVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp1Vb0JtFlzlkQuWLTuLgI40Ol_TOwjxI6J0VU5jjptPfqkUpl_INOmSHqnw5_aem_bRjMT87Z10Fb-sNizIhmUg

05/06/2025

Goodnight from the west end

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04/06/2025

The Steamship Authority's former freight boats may get a new lease on life and continue to serve Nantucket.

The M/V Gay Head and the M/V Katama were both sold at bargain prices last year to the Robert B. Our Co., the Harwich-based construction firm that has completed several large projects on Nantucket and is currently working on the multi-year, multi-million-dollar sewer main replacement project.

The Robert B. Our Co. has renamed the vessels the M/V Tom Nevers and the M/V Tuckernuck, and the company has proposed a new freight service between Nantucket and New Bedford called Offshore Tug & Transportation LLC.

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