News on Nantucket

Consumer Reports: Outstanding Cup of Coffee Hard to Find

2010-02-22T12:00:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Starbucks and Green Mountain sit atop ratings heap</div><div><p>You may have a hard time finding that standout cup of coffee.</p><p>None of the 37 caffeinated and decaffeinated varieties tested by Consumer Reports coffee experts earned...

Less garbage out

2010-02-24T13:48:19Z

<div id="subtitle">New efforts to reduce pressure on landfills are springing up around the country</div><div><p> Movements to reduce residential and commercial garbage have sprung up from time to time, only to fade away because the level of cooperation needed to have an effect never materialized.</p><p>The latest movement, under way in many parts of the country, has a better chance of succeeding because many segm...

Hurricane Bill nears US after brush with Bermuda

2010-02-25T19:27:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Hurricane Bill raises alarm at Obama vacation spot after brushing Bermuda, cutting power</div><div><p>A weakening Hurricane Bill spun northward Saturday, churning up rough seas, creating dangerous rip tides and closing beaches to swimmers up and down the eastern seaboard, including Boston </p><p>A city that cradled the American Revolution and once threw wild tea parties, today Boston hosts a party of a different kind, as one of the nation’s premier July 4th destinations. More than 200 events make up a fun-filled week-long calendar during the annual Boston Harborfest, which kicks off in late June and continues through the Independence Day holiday. ...

Kennedy not part of annual sailboat race

2010-02-27T06:34:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Kennedy sits out annual sailboat race, even though his 50-foot schooner was registered</div><div><p>Sen. Edward Kennedy is not competing in the annual sailboat race between Nantucket and Cape Cod, even though his boat was registered.</p><p&...

JetBlue pilot smells smoke, returns flight to JFK

2010-03-02T03:25:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Nantucket-bound JetBlue flight returns to Kennedy Airport after pilot smells smoke in cockpit</div><div><p>JetBlue says one of its flights returned to Kennedy Airport shortly after ta...

Restaurant of the Week(end): Sfoglia

2010-02-28T15:04:23Z

<div><p> </p><p> Top 10 Greenmarket Restaurants, #5 </p><p>The name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue—Sfoglia, which in Italian refers to an uncut sheet of pasta. Everything else does, however, at this sweet, ambitious little ristorante just catty-corner to the 92nd Street Y. Unusually, owners

Great white shark carcass washes up on Nantucket

2010-03-04T12:49:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Great white shark carcass washes up on Nantucket; first time in decades</div><div><p>Scientists have determined that a carcass found on a beach on Massachusetts' Nantucket island is a great white shark.</p><p>State Energy ...