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Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026

One Nantucket-resident obituary was published this week: Gillispie, Robert John, 82, a longtime resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Summit and Basking Ridge, New Jersey, who died suddenly on Nantucket on August 20, 2026. He was remembered as a devoted husband, father, brother, and…

Nantucket Deed Records Show $17M Sale as Most Disclosed Prices Remain Hidden

Seven deeds were recorded on Nantucket between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2026, but only two carried disclosed sale prices, ranging from $4.2 million to $17 million with a median of $10.6 million among those two transactions. The period's most notable transfer was 21 Berkeley Ave., which sold…

Nantucket Housing Office Launches Rooted Renters Program

Nantucket's Housing Office launched a new Rooted Renters program and detailed Lease to Locals funding in its August newsletter. The quarterly update, released Wednesday, August 26, also touched on the 2026 Housing Production Plan, the town's blueprint for adding year-round housing, and …

Nantucket Deeds Show Eleven Transfers in Late July, No Sale Prices Disclosed

Eleven property transfers were recorded in the Nantucket County Registry of Deeds between July 24 and Aug. 22, but none of the deeds disclosed a sale price, so a price range and median could not be calculated for the period. Notable transfers included Nantucket Town's acquisition of 9 A…

Nantucket's Only Priced Sale In Deed Records Reaches $3.5 Million

Eight properties changed hands in Nantucket between July 17 and Aug. 15, according to newly recorded deeds, but only one transaction disclosed a sale price: 47 Morey Lane, which sold for $3,500,000 on July 17 in a transfer from two individual trustees to the Stephanie R. Waltrip Revocab…