While most people view this point on the calendar as approaching the mid-year mark, those in the island real estate industry see it as just passing the first quarter, months before sales activity reaches its peak and provides a true indication of how the market is faring. More...

Nantucket's summer residents need only walk two or three city blocks - popping their heads into Nantucket's galleries - to view (reasonably expensive) works by 19th and 20th century American artists. A stroll along Old South Wharf can yield the purchase of a painting from a gallery in a charming, converted fishing shack, whose floors are clean and painted white. More...

We can remember when all the people celebrated Memorial Day. How many will do it this year? Now the celebration is left to the stalwarts of the American Legion, the Board of Selectmen and a few hardy veterans who march to the cemetery and go through the traditional ceremony. More...

With Memorial Day upon us, islanders turn to the green, green fairways of the Nantucket links. Of Nantucket's four golf courses, two of them are open during the summer for public play: Miacomet Golf Course and the venerable Siasconset Golf Course - each of which, coincidentally, are hewn from former farmland. More...

CYCLE-LOGICAL RUMBLINGS No longer must cyclists navigate the heavy traffic of Old South Road, nor must those on foot walk a dangerous narrow trail along the roadside to reach their destinations. The Old South Road bike path, having been partially ready and open since last summer, is now complete from the Rotary out to the intersection of Old South Road and Macy's Lane. More...

It's a huge treat for us to view a new Nantucket luxury home in the process of being built. Not only do we get to see amazing craftsmanship, we also get to talk to the craftsmen. We see the dedication, the hard work. We take in the scent of newly milled wood and paint and plumber's putty. We view the home in its raw and undecorated state. More...

1. A house on 2.2 acres at 69 Pocomo Road sold to 69 Pocomo Nominee Trust of Greenwich, Conn. from George Townsend, Virginia Glasgow, Stephen E. Townsend, James R. Townsend and Margot T. Young of Rochester, N.Y. for $5,300,000. The property is assessed at $6,336,900. The land bank fee is $106,000. More...