Nantucket News

Two Jamaican men were arrested over the weekend and charged with cocaine trafficking after police seized more than eight ounces of cocaine through controlled buys and a search warrant executed at a home near Nantucket Memorial Airport.

Nantucket has invested more than $70 million in public infrastructure projects over the past three years, yet only a fraction of that money has gone to local tradesmen and builders at a time when they are all but desperate for work, as residential construction has almost completely dried up and left them scrambling.

Do you know a Nantucketer serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan? Do you know a Nantucketer who is serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan? Please let us know who they are! The Inquirer and Mirror would like to recognize those islanders who are serving their country in next week's edition, which will hit newsstands just after ...

The nation's first offshore wind farm faces more delay after a Massachusetts official said two Indian tribes' claim to Nantucket Sound needed more study.

Fallout from the Madaket landfill's $2.7 million Solid Waste Enterprise Fund deficit is seeping into Nantucket's classrooms.

From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion.

The world-renowned Nantucket bay scallop. Commercial scalloping season opens Monday, with predictions of a fruitful harvest.

Convicted murderer Thomas Toolan's bid for a new trial in Nantucket Superior Court has been rejected.

The board of directors of the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket announced last Wednesday night at their annual meeting that they are no closer to finding the 53-year old theatre company a permanent home than they were a year ago.

Nantucket's Fiscal Year 2010 Preliminary Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills were issued Friday, Oct.

Jim Perelman, an island court officer and caterer, has announced his intention to enter the Nantuck et County Sheriff race next year, becoming the first known candidate who will challenge incum bent Richard Bretschneider.

When assistant town manager Malachy Rice refused to hand over a consultant's draft report to selectmen chairman Michael Kopko earlier this year, it set in motion a series of events which played a large role in Rice's growing conflict with town counsel Paul DeRensis and his eventual controversial resignation announcement earlier this month.

Nantucket finds itself at the top of the heap this year for the annual Cond Nast "Traveler" Readers' Choice Awards.

The Steamship Authority and Hy-Line Cruises have canceled service through at least late morning due to high winds across Nantucket and Cape Cod.

A strong storm system that arrived late Saturday night continues to pummel Nantucket with wind and rain on Sunday, and the National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning and wind advisory for the island.

State Attorney General Martha Coakley is blasting a National Grid electricity rate hike request that would affect 1.2 million of the utility's electricity customers.

Benny is available for adoption at HCWS . This is the first time one of my pet rescue stories has ever recommended a music video, but a unique band called " You Scream I Scream " recently joined forces with the SPCA in Nantucket, MA.

The Nantucket Planning and Economic Develop ment Commission has reaffirmed its support for a so-far untested plan to curb erosion of the island's beaches by sink ing man-made structures beyond the surf.

Plans are underway for the 36th Annual Daffodil Flower Show sponsored by the American Daffodil Society and the Nantucket Garden Club, Inc.

A power outage hit parts of the island Friday afternoon, as Nantucket businesses and residents gear up for one of the last big tourist weekends of the season.