Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition NEWS UPDATE JetBlue to offer round-trip service from Nantucket to New York      JetBlue announced today that it will begin seasonal service to Nantucket from JFK airport in New York on May 24. A daily flight in each direction will be augmented by an additional flight on Fridays and Mondays. More ... McGrath sells Island Air to partners BY MARY LANCASTER       The planes are still his, but Bill McGrath, Jr. last Thursday sold the Island Air business to the three partners in IAP LLC headed by current Island Air president W. Scott LaForge. More ... IN SEASON       Winter finally moved in over the past few weeks, belying an otherwise mild season. The so-so scallop season has crunched to a halt with most harbor waters chocked with ice. Above, a boat is locked in at Hither Creek, where chunks of ice are left on the marsh at low tide. More ... JetBlue and Cape Air to announce partnership BY MARY LANCASTER       Today at noon officials with Cape Air and the Forest Hills, N.Y.- based carrier JetBlue are expected to unveil the details of what is anticipated to be a new marketing partnership between the two companies. Although media spokesmen for the airlines would not reveal specifics of the plan prior to t... More ... GLOBAL WARMING ADMITTED LIVING WITH IT AND SLOWING IT IS THE NEXT CHALLENGE BY PETER B. BRACE       Fifth in a Series Green is one of eight colors approved by the Historic District Commission. It is not, however, a hue wholly representative of our collective environmental consciousness when it comes to land development and construction, despite half the island being preserved as open space and... More ...