Nantucket Current

29/01/2025

"I'm seeing the wave of fear - my clients don't want to go to their sessions because they don't know if they'll be picked up by ICE. There are parents who are undocumented who are afraid to send their children to school. Who is going to pick them up and drop them off? I know a lot of people close to me, they do have that fear now. They decide to stay in their house and not go outside, and they’re not sending their children to school. They're afraid they’re going to take their children."

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28/01/2025

When it comes to dealing with the island's trash, the town has been in a long-term relationship with Waste Options Nantucket LLC, the company that has operated the Madaket Road landfill for the past three decades.

But that contract is coming to an end this November, and the town had issued a request for proposals last year seeking competitive bids from companies willing to take on the immense challenge of handling solid waste 30 miles out to sea.

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28/01/2025

24/01/2025

The Nantucket Fire Department attempted to rescue a deer that had become stuck in the ice of Nantucket Harbor Friday morning. Sadly, the deer passed away before firefighters could reach it in the frigid waters.

The rescue effort began just after 8 a.m. Friday morning when firefighters responded to the Great Harbor Yacht Club along Washington Street.

“We received a report of a deer stuck in the ice behind the Great Harbor Yacht Club,” Nantucket Fire Department Chief Michael Cranson told the Current. “We responded to the scene. The Harbormaster’s office and State Police also responded to assist. We deployed our firefighters out to the deer with our ice rescue equipment and recovered the animal which was deceased when we retrieved it. The Environment Police officer on the island was also notified.”

Photos by Kit Noble Photography

22/01/2025

A new TV series on the Discovery Channel will highlight the Atlantic bluefin tuna harpoon fishery off Cape Cod, and a local Nantucket pilot will be among the lead characters in the reality show.

"Harpoon Hunters" debuts this Friday, and viewers on Nantucket will recognize island spotter pilot Doug Lindley, who will be featured in his role of helping to guide Capt. Tyler Macallister and his crew to the tuna from above.

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21/01/2025

In an executive order signed just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump slammed the brakes on the nascent offshore wind industry.

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15/01/2025

BREAKING NEWS: The vessel speed reduction rule proposed by federal regulators to protect North Atlantic right whales that alarmed Nantucket's ferry operators and would have had potentially devastating effects on the island's economy has been withdrawn.

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13/01/2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the challenge of Vineyard Wind brought by the Nantucket-based nonprofit ACK For Whales, effectively ending the group's legal effort to stop or delay the wind farm under construction southwest of the island.

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09/01/2025

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09/01/2025

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey joins the opposition to NOAA’s proposed vessel speed restrictions in Nantucket Sound that are intended to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale:

06/01/2025

The Nantucket Land Bank is closing in on a deal to acquire a pair of properties off Milestone Road that have been the subject of a foreclosure, a condemnation by the Health Department, and an ongoing dispute over ownership.

Nantucket Current is the island's leading online news source. We deliver the news, stories, and people of Nantucket, unbiased and unfiltered.

03/01/2025

👼🎉 Meet Nantucket’s New Year’s Baby!

Liam Ezequiel Martinez Lopez was the first baby born on the island in 2025 arriving at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on January 2 at 8:04 a.m.

He is the son of proud parents Aminta Lopez de Martinez and Luis Martinez, and weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces with a length of 19.5 inches.

Congrats to the family and wonderful job as always to the Birthplace staff at Nantucket Cottage Hospital!

01/01/2025

Message from a friend at Nantucket Memorial Airport:

“57 orders of Chinese food from Hyannis delivered by Cape Air for which they charged each person $25 for delivery. Tom Bresette walked up to the front and paid for everyone’s delivery charge!”

Photo courtesy of Alexandra Smith

31/12/2024

‼️ Phone Scam Notice ‼️

We have become aware of a phone scam occurring once again where someone is claiming to be a Lieutenant of the Nantucket Police Department and/or Sheriff’s Court Services. This scammer is using real last names of employees of our department. This is a reminder that our department does not make phone calls seeking donations and/or seeking payments for any outstanding tickets, warrants, outstanding court appearances, etc.

If you receive a call and feel like it could be a potential scam, please do not give out your personal information, hang up and call our non-emergency phone number 508-228-1212 where you can confirm if you were actually contacted by someone from our department.

27/12/2024

Federal regulators will attend a public forum hosted by the Nantucket Select Board on January 14 to answer questions about their role in the Vineyard Wind blade failure.

Representatives from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which has regulatory authority over offshore wind developments, will attend the Zoom webinar and answer questions from island residents.

There are some ground rules, however, as BSEE officials will only respond to questions provided to them in advance, and the date to submit any inquiries is quickly approaching: Dec. 30.

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27/12/2024

🚨Calling All Bars & Restaurants🚨

Anyone open for New Years Eve and planning festivities for the evening, please email David Creed at [email protected], and we will add you to an event listing to be published in our Monday newsletter.

Thank you!

24/12/2024

Christmas Eve Red Ticket Drawing on Main Street!

The Nantucket Chamber Of Commerce’s annual drawing was held at 1pm Tuesday, as islanders gathered in Main Street with 400,000 red tickets representing nearly $10 million in sales at local businesses hoping to win one of six $1,000 prizes and the $5,000 grand prize.

And the winners are:

🎟️ John Wisenthal, $1,000,Don Allen Ford

🎟️ Melissa Dudley, $1,000, Stop & Shop Mid-Island

🎟️ Tracy O’Keefe, $1,000, Haul Over

🎟️ Katie McAveety, $1,000, Don Allen Ford

🎟️ Lynn Cossuth, $1,000, ACKcetera

🎟️ Michael Girvin (Donated to NHS Woodshop, $1,000, Island Lumber

🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ Jim Chapman, $5,000, Murray’s Toggery Shop