Topham, Silverstein resign from Planning Commission
By Peter B. Brace, Independent Writer
The Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission voted 7-3 to hire interim planning director Andrew Vorce as its permanent planning director on Monday night. More...
Partner approvals final step in process to liquidate 48 properties on island
By Mary Lancaster, Independent Writer
New England Development Corporation owner Stephen Karp has accepted an offer to buy 48 Nantucket properties from Three Winthrop Properties, Inc. for $55 million. Consent letters for the sale, which constitutes approximately 70 percent of the company More...
As years go, 1960 was seminal, both for Nantucket, which was beginning its awakening from more than a century of somnolence, and for about 70 lads who bade goodbye to much of their youth upon receiving their diplomas from a school in the Philadelphia suburbs. More...