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Select Board convenes Monday morning

The Select Board meets Monday, Oct. 19, at 11 a.m. Also in today's brief (13 items): Select Board convenes Monday morning; Real Estate Assessment Committee meeting time updated; Planning Board meets Monday afternoon; Community Preservation Committee meets Tuesday morning.

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Real Estate

Only One Of Seven Nantucket Sales Carries Recorded Price So Far

Nantucket's Registry of Deeds recorded seven property transfers between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, but only one listed a sale price: 8 Ash Street, which sold for $9,100,000, sellers Block Bayou ACK LLC to buyer Eight Ash ACK LLC.

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Shipwreck not Warren Sawyer, expert says

Expert disputes identification of south shore shipwreck as Warren Sawyer vessel. From our own coverage: Council on Aging previews senior expo.

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Government · Other Committee

Land Bank awards $9 million housing contract

The Nantucket Land Bank Commission approved a $9,038,600 contract to build affordable housing from relocated historic buildings. Commissioners unanimously awarded the construction contract to J.J.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026

This week's obituary notices column carries one Nantucket-resident obituary. Karnash, Dorine E., 78, who divided her time between Summit, NJ, and Nantucket, MA, died unexpectedly on October 4, 2026, her 78th birthday. Raised in Glassport, PA, outside Pittsburgh, she is remembered in her…

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Five property transfers recorded, pricing still lags

Nantucket's registry recorded five new property transfers this week as pricing details lag behind the deeds. From our own coverage: Nantucket logs five more property transfers. Also in today's brief (15 items): Indigenous Peoples' Day observed Monday; Visitor services panel meets Tuesda…

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Real Estate

Only One of Five Recent Nantucket Deed Transfers Shows a Recorded Price

Nantucket's registry of deeds recorded five property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only one carried a sale price in the data so far: $254,000, for a property sold by Habitat for Humanity Nantucket Inc. to David Cunningham and Natasha Levens. Prices for the other four trans…

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Schools face tougher graduation rules by December

Nantucket schools face new state graduation requirements as MassCore compliance drops sharply. From our own coverage: Conservation Commission weighs Sankaty Head wetland relocation; Grant panel opens fiscal 2028 human services cycle. Also in today's brief (18 items): Nantucket diner's lotter…

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Government · Council on Aging

Council on Aging Approves Minutes, Preps Expo

The Nantucket Council on Aging approved its September minutes 5-0 and previewed an October 17 senior expo at the high school. Chair Robert Kucharavy will draw raffle winners among 33 vendors, while member Erin Lynch joins a lawyer and housing consultant Jim Monte on an opening panel.

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