Nantucket News

In the market for a Nantucket retreat? Always wanted a penthouse in New Hampshire's biggest city? How does the estate of a famous songwriter sound? Tonight, we've found some unusual New England properties for sale or rent, some that carry hefty price tags - that island cottage will cost you 59 million dollars - and others with interesting stories, ... (more)

Pam Belluck first met Tim Lepore five years ago, in 2007, when she was writing a short story about him for a feature called "American Album," while she was New England bureau chief of The New York Times.

The arrival of the crowds on Nantucket for Memorial Day weekend and the Figawi race brought thousands of visitorssome said the most in yearsand a welcome infusion of dollars into the island economy.

's quote: "The vacation mecca of Cape Cod has long attracted America's moneyed set with its grey clapboard houses, waterfront shopping areas and craggy beaches.

Forget Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. We reveal four places to settle down in the Bay State without spending a blue-bloody fortune.

Seafood auction king Richie Canastra broke through the drone of a five-hour fisheries meeting last week by reading a letter from a friend of his.

Summer is back in New England and you know what that means - backyard barbecues, traffic tie-ups on the Cape, and the return of one of the most storied sailing vessels on the high seas - U.S. Sen.

May 27, 1968: Robert Kennedy heckled in Oregon over gun control, a week later he was dead; 1988: Rail service returns to Cape n this day in 1988 it was announced that passenger train service to Cape Cod from throughout the Northeast will more than double this summer.

Nantucket youngsters and their parents are encouraged to take a Storywalk around the grounds of Nantucket Elementary School with Karma Wilson's "Bear's New Friend." Sponsored by the Community Network for Children, the third Nantucket Storywalk takes readers around the perimeter of the elementary-school playing fields.

For hundreds of years, Nantucket's three lighthouses Sankaty Head, Great Point and Brant Point have stood tall and proud, warning mariners of the shoals and shorelines of this island 30 miles out to sea.

C. Wonder will be bringing their selection of bright, preppy goods for your home and your closet with a pop-up location at 16 Federal St.

Nantucket police and firefighters were at 5 p.m. at the scene of a rollover motor-vehicle accident on Polpis Road with reports of 14 injuries, one of them life-threatening. According to public-safety radio traffic from the scene near Moors End Farm, 14 injuries were reported, the majority of them non-life-threatening, and Nantucket Cottage Hospital ... (more)

E. VERNON LAUX This striking black-and-white male warbler was photographed in between sessions of vigorous singing on Nantucket on May 12.

Here's what we know: Drew, 37, and her art consultant fiance, Will Kopleman , 34, flew to MVY from NYC after their swanky engagement party for 300 on a rooftop in Hell's Kitchen.

Town leaders and the island's clean-energy advocates are hoping that will be the case with six electric-vehicle charging stations that were installed at three locations on Nantucket last week.

Local residents are invited travel to Nantucket and experience the island history next Tuesday on a tour sponsored by Massasoit Community College.

Don't forget to eat out this week, as Restaurant Week Cape Cod continues through Sunday.

On Monday, the Sherborn Police Department received a call from a homeowner that coyotes had killed eight sheep and wounded several others at their home on Western Avenue.

Boston-based Mount Vernon Co. has purchased the historic 76 Main Street Inn in Nantucket, Mass.

And now for a really big fish tale. A Shrewsbury crossbow hunter set the state record last month for landing a 46-pound 5-ounce mirror carp in Lake Quinsigamond.