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Nantucket, with its dark sky, is unique: it’s one of the few places in eastern Massachusetts where people can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. But light pollution is threatening that clear view _ and increasing health risks.
(May 8, 2023 ) Just over three and a half hours into the second session of Nantucket's 2023 Annual Town Meeting Monday night, voters by a single vote approved changing the makeup of the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission, approved new outdoor lighting regulations and rejected a ban on electric bicycles and scooters on town paths and sidewalks.
(May 8, 2023) Nantucket voters will return to the high-school auditorium at 5 p.m. today to wrap up Town Meeting, after more than eight hours of discussion Saturday. Still on tap are 12 …
(April 20, 2023) Nantucket is one of the few populated areas on the East Coast where the Milky Way is still visible to the naked eye. But if the pace and style of outdoor lighting continues at its …
The summer of 2021 has been a particularly tense one on idyllic Cape Cod for businesses, residents and vacationers.