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Officials confirmed the first white shark sighting in Massachusetts of the 2022 season, and residents are urged to brush up on safety tips.

The region responds to the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas with activism and advice for parents. On Martha’s Vineyard, the vote to appoint a school superintendent reveals how the housing crisis is putting a strain on education. And a Cape Cod beach gets its name.

This week: Pilgrim Nuclear Plant continues to heat up a controversy over disposing of a million gallons of wastewater. The Falmouth Select Board fires its Town Manager. And rallies this weekend will protest the Supreme Court’s leaked opinion to overturn Roe vs Wade.

Ssshhhh, don’t tell our friends at the Inquirer and Mirror or the Nantucket Current, but we found ourselves a little envious of Nantucket’s town meeting last week. No, not because they discussed and approved topless bathing on town beaches, and just slightly because they only had to deal with one town meeting to get the […]

You can now bare your chest on Nantucket's beaches, but hot tubs and spas are banned in the historic districts, and plastic nip bottles are taboo island-wide.

Nantucket residents voted Tuesday to approve topless sunbathing for women on all of the island's beaches.

The residents of an island in Massachusetts topped off an annual town meeting by approving a measure Tuesday allowing women to be topless on the town beaches, a move aimed at strengthening gender equality.

The national pilot shortage has spread its wings all the way to the Cape and Islands. Fortunately, Martha’s Vineyard Airport’s ability to serve air passengers will not be greatly impacted by this trend. “I don’t anticipate a drastic change in flight availability for the Vineyard. But, the changing climate and the pilot shortage may change […]

“This is a very hospitable island, and I’m sure the Henrys will be welcome with open arms," Continue reading at RealEstate.Boston.com.

Red Sox owner John Henry shelled out $25 million on a Nantucket estate last week and is expected to purchase an adjoining property that would put the compound's price in the record books.