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Search suspended for 6 people on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston
Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter
A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore.
Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast again, causing problems from New Jersey to New England
Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
A persistent nor’easter batters US Northeast, causing coastal flooding, outages and at least 1 death
A slow-moving, powerful storm crept along the coast of the U.S. Northeast on Saturday, producing high winds that caused power outages while whipping up big waves and heavy rains that created dangerous conditions.
Nor’easter brings wind restrictions to the bridges, ferry cancellations and coastal flooding risk
Level I restrictions took effect at 5:55 a.m. on the Pell, Mount Hope and Jamestown Verrazzano bridges; Block Island ferry service was cancelled Friday and disruptions were expected to continue
On This Day in History – March 9, 1774: Tornado on Nantucket
Weather journals of the day reported a brief tornado on Nantucket Harbor which destroyed the lighthouse, several barns, shops, and small buildings.
Strong winds and waves batter Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard as Hurricane Erin moves out to the sea
Nantucket’s airport recorded winds of up to 45 mph (72 kph) overnight into Friday.
Nantucket officials accuse offshore wind developer of going into hiding since Trump’s election
Officials in Massachusetts’ Nantucket island on Tuesday accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since Donald Trump’s election after a massive wind turbine broke apart last year and its fragments washed up on beaches.
Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches
The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on beaches for months has agreed to a $10.5 million settlement to pay local businesses for their economic losses, officials said Friday.
A stormy season for short-term rentals on Nantucket
Town Meeting, lawsuits, and pending seasonal community changes create unpredictable environment for the island
ICE raid in Nantucket sees 12 removed by Coast Guard boat
At least 12 people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Nantucket on Tuesday, May 27, according to local news.