Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

The Harvest Moon over Nantucket Monday night 🌕🌕🌕 nights like these remind us why this island is so magical ✨✨

Concerns raised about risks of high-powered e-bikes on-island (Oct. 2, 2025) Town officials are growing increasingly concerned e-bikes are getting out of control.

As e-bikes get faster and more powerful, towns everywhere are debating how to keep roads and paths safe.

On Nantucket, police are warning that high-powered models are creating new risks for riders and pedestrians alike. 🚲⚡️

Full story: www.ack.net/crime-courts...

Unresponsive paddle boarder pulled from Polpis Harbor (Oct. 1, 2025) An unresponsive man was pulled from Polpis Harbor Wednesday evening after authorities responded to the area for reports of a missing paddle boarder.

A paddle boarder was found unresponsive in Polpis Harbor. Members of Coast Guard Station Brant Point and the Nantucket Harbormaster responded to the scene around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The condition of the paddle boarder is unknown at this time.

Check here for updates: www.ack.net/unresponsive...

High school motivational speaker’s social media accounts full of gender bias (Sept. 30, 2025) School officials were prompted Monday to explain themselves after it was revealed a motivational speaker who took the stage at Nantucket High School Friday espouses controversial beli...

Nantucket High School brought in a motivational speaker to inspire students. Instead, students and parents discovered his social media was full of misogynistic and gender-biased content — sparking debate over how schools vet outside speakers.

Read more: www.ack.net/education/hi...

Proud moment for the Inquirer and Mirror 🎉 The Inky was honored with the Distinguished Newspaper award at the New England Newspaper & Press Association conference, recognizing excellence in journalism across the region. 📰💙

Read more here: www.ack.net/business/i-m...

Last night, the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce held their annual membership awards. Congrats to the winners! 🏆🏆

- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
- Bill Hoenk Photography
- 97.7 ACK FM
- Cisco Brewers
- Nantucket Golf Club
- Nantucket Pharmacy

Two STR articles likely at November Town Meeting (Sept. 24,2025) It appears there will be a Special Town Meeting this fall on short-term rentals after all.

It appears there will be a Special Town Meeting this fall on short-term rentals after all… 🏡🏡🏡

Read the full story here:
www.ack.net/news/two-str...

“60 Minutes” chronicles efforts to combat Lyme disease with genetically-modified mice (Sept. 20, 2025) For the past five-plus years, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been working with genetically-modified mice in an attempt to find ways to combat Lyme

Nantucket residents and Lyme Disease researchers featured on “60 Minutes” @60minutes.bsky.social this week. www.ack.net/health-care/...

Land Bank considering new tool to reduce deer herd (Sept. 11, 2025) The state’s new “deer damage permit” program could become a powerful tool for large landowners confronting Nantucket’s deer problem, offering more options than the regular hunting sea...

Land Bank considering new tool to reduce deer herd www.ack.net/conservation...

SSA proposing fare hikes for next year (Sept. 10, 2025) The Steamship Authority is proposing another round of fare hikes to cover an expected increase in operational costs next year, and for the first time since 2021,

SSA proposing fare hikes for next year www.ack.net/news/ssa-pro...

Wind industry strikes back: Ørsted sues to overturn stop-work order The battle between the Trump administration and the offshore wind industry is heating up.

Wind industry strikes back: Ørsted sues to overturn stop-work order www.ack.net/news/wind-in...

Laura Gallagher Byrne forms new youth stage company Laura Gallagher Byrne’s name has been synonymous with youth theater on the island for decades, so it only made sense that she announced the formation of her own nonprofit stage

Laura Gallagher Byrne forms new youth stage company www.ack.net/arts-and-ent...

Transfer fee pitched as missing link in housing approach www.ack.net/housing-cris...

Ignoring feds, Massachusetts will ensure access to vaccines (Sept. 6, 2025) Massachusetts will require insurance companies to cover vaccinations for all state residents, no matter what the Trump administration recommends, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday.

Ignoring feds, Massachusetts will ensure access to vaccines www.ack.net/health-care/...

Water restrictions tighten as island faces long road out of drought www.ack.net/news/water-r...

Planning Board rejects doctor's proposed Naushop office www.ack.net/health-care/...

Another buoy lifted off Great Point www.ack.net/news/another...

Remembering 9-11 www.ack.net/opinion/edit...

Bluefin tuna time: More monsters landed (Sept. 11, 2025) The moon is currently waning from last weekend’s full corn moon, which lasted through the dawn hours of early week mornings.

Bluefin tuna time: More monsters landed www.ack.net/lifestyle/bl...

Democracy: A nice form of government, "if you can keep it" www.ack.net/opinion/oped...

A Safe Place settling into new home on Amelia Drive (Sept. 4, 2025) Hope. Light. Warmth. Those are the feelings Jennifer Frazee hopes the new home of A Safe Place can evoke when a survivor of sexual or physical abuse

A Safe Place settling into new home on Amelia Drive www.ack.net/news/a-safe-...

Nourish Nantucket receives $1 million anonymous gift (Sept. 1, 2025) The anonymous donor who gave Nourish Nantucket $1 million late last month was very clear about how they wanted the money to be used.

Nourish Nantucket receives $1 million anonymous gift www.ack.net/news/nourish...

New effort aims to thin deer herd, fight food insecurity (Sept. 3, 2025) In 1922, fishermen rescued an exhausted buck swimming in Nantucket Sound and set him free on the island. A few years later, a summer resident bought two

New effort aims to thin deer herd, fight food insecurity www.ack.net/environment/...

Feds move to vacate New England Wind permit www.ack.net/business/fed...

Shangri‑La latest to close its doors after lease ends in September Shangri-La Kitchen, the eclectic Asian restaurant and pizzeria on Orange Street, will close its doors at the end of the month.

Shangri‑La latest to close its doors after lease ends in September www.ack.net/news/shangri...

Hospital expands orthopedics services (Aug. 28, 2025) Nantucket Cottage Hospital has added four physicians to its orthopedic program, expanding access to advanced surgical and sports medicine care on the island.

Hospital expands orthopedics services www.ack.net/happening_no...

School enrollment dips 3 percent www.ack.net/education/sc...

Giant sea turtle washes up dead at Great Point (Sept. 1, 2025) A giant leatherback turtle washed ashore on Great Point Sunday.

Giant sea turtle washes up dead at Great Point www.ack.net/environment/...

Habitat for Humanity welcomes new homeowners to Waitt Drive (Aug. 18, 2025) Habitat for Humanity Nantucket recently announced that the first two families have moved into their new homes on Waitt Drive.

Habitat for Humanity welcomes new homeowners to Waitt Drive www.ack.net/happening_no...

Could Massachusetts repeal legal marijuana sales? (Sept. 1, 2025) A ballot initiative offered for next year’s state election would ask Massachusetts voters whether they want to repeal the state law allowing for legal marijuana sales.

Could Massachusetts repeal legal marijuana sales? www.ack.net/business/cou...