NOAA Sets New Vessel Slow Zone Off Nantucket to Protect Whales

NOAA has set a new vessel slow zone off Nantucket to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales this summer. The federal marine-safety notice, identified as SEC SENE BNM 0085-26 and first flagged in a Forth News report headlined "NOAA Issues New Right Whale Slow Zones Off Massachuse…

Nantucket REACT recommends Surfside Road parcel conveyance for $18,853

Nantucket REACT advances two Surfside Road parcel actions and debates alternate membership.

Nantucket Launches TPAC, Electing Officers and Reviewing Island Transportation Priorities

Nantucket forms Transportation Public Access Advisory Committee, consolidating three predecessor boards.

Nantucket CPC Approves $122,538 in Grants, Flags Decades of Easement Violations

Nantucket's Community Preservation Committee approved $122,538 in fund requisitions and confronted a sweeping disclosure that its preservation easement arrangements may be legally invalid.

Nantucket Parks and Recreation eyes $625,000 rebuild of both Little League fields; soccer club's fall registration deadline looms.

Nantucket's Parks and Recreation Commission is preparing a roughly $625,000 Community Preservation Committee funding request, developed with the Nantucket Little League board, to rebuild both Little League fields — new netting backstops, fencing, dugouts, batting cages, a scoreboard, bl…

One of eight Nantucket deeds discloses sale price this month

Nantucket recorded eight property deeds between June 19 and July 18, but only one listed a sale price: $355,000, in a transaction naming Citizens Bank N.A. as buyer. The other seven transfers, on streets including Sankaty Road, Lowe Beach Road, Miacomet Avenue, Boynton Lane, Hydrangea L…

Nantucket Historical Commission advances three surveys, flags town-owned demolition proposals

Nantucket Historical Commission advances three concurrent historic surveys and reviews a multi-use bike path impact study.

Nantucket Parks Commission Approves Two Children's Beach Permits, Previews $2 Million in Projects

NANTUCKET — July 17, 2026 — Nantucket Parks and Recreation Commission approves two Children's Beach permits and previews $2 million in capital projects. The commission, meeting July 17, unanimously approved a permit for a 75-person outdoor workout class at Children's Beach on August 3, organized by CAV

Nantucket Parks Commission Approves Church Beach Baptism, Advances Multiple Capital Projects

Nantucket Parks Commission approves church beach baptism request, advances capital project pipeline for fall.

Nantucket Land Bank Approves $348,175 in Lily Pond Construction Contracts

Nantucket Land Bank approves nearly $350,000 in Lily Pond contracts and hears Sconset park redesign concept.

Nantucket Tops National Luxury Vacation-Home Rankings, Report Finds

New national housing data crowns Nantucket the country's top vacation-home market, with entry-level prices near $14 million. A Realtor.com research report found vacation homes now make up 55 percent of Nantucket's total housing stock, roughly 17 times the national average, underscoring …

Nantucket Finance Committee Unanimously Approves $2.8 Million in Year-End Budget Transfers

Nantucket Finance Committee approves more than $2.8 million in year-end budget transfers.

Nantucket Select Board Unanimously Approves FY26 Year-End Budget Transfers

Nantucket Select Board unanimously approved year-end general fund and enterprise fund budget transfers July 13, closing out fiscal year 2026 with approximately $1.4 million in salary restorations to town departments.

This Week in Nantucket County: Jul 5 - Jul 11

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