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22Events this week
6Free things to do
90New spots
84New stories

● Checked Tuesday, October 20, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Nantucket

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 22 events, day by day →

Mah Jongg Wednesdays

Wednesday 8:30am · Cape Cod Coffee

Paper Pantry and TakeAway Meal

Wednesday 1pm · St. David's Episcopal Church · Free

Taste of Dennis

Wednesday 5:30pm · Pelham House Resort

Autumn Memories on the Cape ~ Craft & Crop Weekend

Thursday 9am · Bayside Resort

Edgartown Old Westside Graveyard Walking Tour

Thursday 4pm · Old Westside Graveyard

New in Nantucket

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Nantucket Aesthetics

Health & Wellness

Smooth things out: If you’ve been meaning to retire the razor or fade that old ink, Nantucket Aesthetics has been at it since 2016, trusted on-island for laser hair and tattoo removal.

nantucketaesthetics.com ↗

Sandbar at Jetties Beach Bar & Restaurant

Nightlife

Sunset sips, anyone?: Sandbar at Jetties Beach Bar & Restaurant is peak island mode, with toes-in-the-sand seating, panoramic views of Nantucket Sound, and a kitchen turning out pristine, freshly shucked oysters, crispy seafood, and those legendary beachside burgers.

jettiessandbar.com ↗

Nantucket’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Nantucket’s best →

Most read in Nantucket

The five stories Nantucket readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Calls for New Bedford Service Gain Support of Steamship GM - The Vineyard Gazette

    The Steamship Authority’s general manager, Alex Krsyka, has expressed his strong interest in expanding ferry service in New Bedford to a full-fledged ferry port.

    Full story at vineyardgazette.com ↗

  2. PFAS chemicals are in most Mass. rivers and waterways tested in new report

    A report by MASSPIRG Education Fund, Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center, and Frontier Group has revealed that most of Massachusetts rivers, ponds, and other waterways detected contamination from PFAS chemicals.

    Full story at wgbh.org ↗

  3. See Inside Coastal Nantucket Home Designed by One of Jackie O.'s Favorite Boutiques

    Nantucket Looms, one of Jackie Kennedy Onassis' favorite boutiques, was designed by principal designer Stephanie Hall and master weaver Rebecca Peraner.

    Full story at housebeautiful.com ↗

  4. "It's A Mystery" Expert Says Nantucket Shipwreck Remains Likely Not…

    David Robinson, the director and chief archaeologist of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, has stated that the remains exposed by a rare fall nor’easter that hit Nantucket are likely not fragments of the schooner Warren Sawyer.

    Full story at nantucketcurrent.com ↗

  5. Vibrio Infection Sidelines Island Fisherman - The Vineyard Gazette

    Donnie Benefit, a 68-year-old Edgartown resident and captain of the Edgartow town dredge, contracted a rare form of vibrio, which can lead to severe infections including gastrointestinal inflammation (gastroenteritis) and redness or swelling around a wound.

    Full story at vineyardgazette.com ↗

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