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Nantucket will pilot a three-month conversion of Amelia Drive to one-way traffic starting October 5, shifting flow southwest between Waitt Drive and Ticcoma Way toward Ticcoma Way, the town announced in a News Flash posted September 18. The change is the week's most concrete municipal d…

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 …

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…

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 …

A new Realtor.com report ranks Nantucket first nationally for vacation-home concentration, underscoring the island's costliest-in-the-country second-home market. In "Nantucket Leads the Nation in Luxury Vacation Homes, at Eye-Watering Prices," Realtor.com found that vacation homes make …