Joshua Balling

1 day ago | ack.net | Joshua Balling

(April 24, 2025) Craving a Millie’s taco, quesadilla or po’boy but don’t feel like trekking all the way out to the west end of the island, or at this time of year, they’re still a month away from opening? You’re in luck. Millie’s at the Rotary opened April 3, with an expanded menu very similar to its big sister out in Madaket. Queso? Check. The Pocomo? Pork carnitas with roast poblano peppers, onion and tomato salsa? They’ve got that. How about the Muskeget, Millie’s signature lobster roll?

3 weeks ago | ack.net | Joshua Balling

(April 3, 2025) Time to get trashy. The sixth annual Nantucket Litter Derby will be held from 6 a.m. Saturday through noon Sunday, with an after-party and awards ceremony at Cisco Brewers. More than 87,000 pounds – 43.5 tons – of litter have been removed from the environment by Litter Derby participants over the past five years.

3 weeks ago | ack.net | Joshua Balling

(March 31, 2025) The Inquirer and Mirror took home 19 awards, including seven first-place honors, at the New England Newspaper and Press Association's 2024 Better Newspaper Competition, presented over the weekend in Portland, Maine. The awards come on the heels of the I&M being named a NENPA Distinguished Newspaper in its circulation category at its annual fall conference in October. First-place awards were presented to:• Mary Sharpe and Peter Halik for online/virtual event promotion.

1 month ago | ack.net | Joshua Balling

(March 20, 2025) The NBA champion Boston Celtics are about to have new ownership, and it has Nantucket ties. Summer resident William Chisholm, co-founder of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Symphony Technology Group, is purchasing the team from the Grousbeck family for $6.1 billion, the most money ever paid for a professional sports franchise in North America.

1 month ago | ack.net | Joshua Balling

(March 12, 2025) Lace up your running shoes and put on some green Saturday morning if you're interested in some exercise and good-natured competition. The 13th annual Shamrock Run to benefit Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals kicks off at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Cisco Brewers at 5 Bartlett Farm Road. There will be two Little Leprechaun Leaps prior to the race, one for children 18 months to 4 years, the second for children 5-10.