In 1973, local Nantucket shop owners opened their stores late on the first Friday of December, encouraging locals to do all their holiday shopping on the island. That day evolved into an annual ...

Voters on Nantucket again rejected a measure that would have officially legalized short-term vacation rentals on the island. At Tuesday night’s annual town meeting, residents rejected a proposal that ...

When I reach Elin Hilderbrand on a recent sunny afternoon, she’s in her happy place: a Nantucket beach. I hear waves rolling in, an occasional gull, over the phone as Hilderbrand talks from 40th Pole ...