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That ship hasn’t sailed yet, but the Steamship Authority will review the company's proposal on April 19. See Boston.com.

United Parcel Service (UPS) trucks will travel from New Bedford to Nantucket via tug-propelled barges, if a freight proposal made to Steamship Authority management is endorsed by the ferry line’s board.  SSA general manager Robert Davis told the port council that 41 North Offshore LLC, a New Bedford marine company, wants a license from the […]

Knocking out power and heat to tens of thousands. just as temperatures dropped 10 to 20 degrees below average, this was nantucket saturday, under water. and today -- >> this is jason with nantucket current. most of those floodwaters have receded from the street theres still some that are iced over and flooded. >> reporter: and after a beating from giant waves, a layer of ice coated these homes along the shore. the snow didnt let up in new york, paralyzing travel. tractor-trailers overturned long...

Emergency warming shelter to help out those folks if they need it. >> so that was jason grasiadeh, an editor at the nantucket current. coming up a senior defense official says russia is moving supplies of blood to its border with ukraine. we look at how a russian invasion would disrupt the world. also ahead breaking news out of north korea and confirmation that they have fired another projectile. so how is south korea respond k? cnns will ripley joins me live. and president bidens blueprint ...

Feet of snow. strong winds and hurricane force gusts have pushed high tide into some coastal areas like nantucket. our next guest shot this video and many more today. editor from the nantucket current and senior writer joins us now. wow. the images you captured today are incredible. what have you seen as you ventured out? >> it has been a wild day on the island 30 miles out. a lot of flooding on the water front. big storm surge came in in the morning. waves had six to eight inches of snow. reall...

This week: The latest controversy at the Pilgrim nuclear power station has to do with who’s working in the plant – and who’s not. Meanwhile, the temperature rises in the fight over how Barnstable County should spend $41 million dollars. And, in a sign of the times, many COVID testing sites are closing.

The Vineyard managed not to get caught in the reservations undertow that swept up United Parcel Service (UPS) after it failed to make timely truck reservations for 2023 Steamship Authority ferry crossings on the Nantucket route. The SSA board voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow ferry line staff to: Add the carrier to trips with […]

The Nantucket Current is reporting that a project that includes two synthetic turf fields at Nantucket High School and Cyrus Peirce Middle School has been put on hold. Citing an email from the project’s landscape architect, the Current article cites the lack of support from town leaders for the project headed toward town meeting, and […]

Masks are coming off next week at schools, but some districts are hanging tight despite fed-up parents, and activists push for more oversight of the dismantling of the Plymouth nuclear power plant.

All beaches in Nantucket will become topless beaches if one resident has her way. Under Massachusetts law, men can go topless in public, but the intentional exposure of female...