Nantucket News

A winter storm is interrupting 1 of the mildest winters in recent record this weekend, bringing between a trace and two inches of snow to Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Massachusetts residents are continuing to comment on plans to invite offshore wind developers to build wind farms in a vast stretch of federal waters south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Photo by E. Vernon Laux The immature male Lazuli Bunting currently visiting the Wellfleet Bay wildlife Sanctuary will look like this by early May.

It's becoming more apparent shovels will be needed Saturday. The bigger question is will snow blowers be needed, too? The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory Friday night for eastern Massachusetts, including Sudbury, which will go into effect Saturday at 4 a.m. and last until 10 p.m. An ocean storm is expected to develop south ... (more)

A Nantucket woman accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter in an alleged exorcism attempt is competent to stand trial, according to a finding in Barnstable Superior Court on Thursday.

Two Nantucket men were arrested on drug charges this week after federal agents flagged a U.S. Postal Service package bound for Nantucket that contained over 400 pills of the prescription painkiller oxycontin.

Ever since Jan. 12, 2010, when the ground shook, buildings crumbled and 200,000 Haitian lives were lost, the words hope and sharing have grown into the centerpiece of all that Yverose "Eve" Ismael believes in.

Four island students will be honored today at a Daughters of the American Revolution luncheon as Nantucket winners of the annual DAR American History Essay Contest.

Underground Tom's fabled bunker on the edge of Nantucket's state forest is vacated, but one of the last vestiges of his handiwork - a large wicker hut - has been salvaged from the woods of Polpis and moved to the grounds of the Lighthouse School on Rugged Road.

Barnstable-- 02/09/12-- Dora Tejada is led into Barnstable Superior Court for a competency hearing in connection with the death of her daughter last March on Nantucket.

For those who know first-hand the challenges that come along with raising children, the newly-formed Nantucket Parents Network could be a prime opportunity to learn and share with other caregivers and parents within the Nantucket community.

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank recently opened its second branch on Nantucket, maintaining its status as the only community bank on the island.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 8 -- For people struggling with plantar fasciitis --- a painful and sometimes disabling foot condition -- a small, preliminary study suggests that a new type of therapy is more effective than standard cortisone injections in restoring mobility.

A storm system is developing to our south right now and moisture is expanding into the Northeast as a result.A Southern New England will be on the northern fringe of this system so we won't get much as very dry air present over the region will chew away much of what falls.A Despite that, some snow will reach the ground in SE Mass and later tonight ... (more)

In President Obama's State of the Union address, he called for an "all of the above" energy strategy.

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank has opened its second branch on Nantucket. The downtown branch is on Main St., and is the bank's 16th branch overall.

People who've never visited the Vineyard think it's-to-laugh that we have our own Occupy Movement.

Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind farms.

Federal regulators are looking for offshore wind developers in a redrawn area off Massachusetts they say is a prime spot for wind farms.

Cape Cod Five, which last year became the first new full-service bank to establish a physical presence on the island in nearly two centuries, officially opened its Zero Main Street branch Friday morning with a ribbon-ceremony outside the building.