The Inquirer and Mirror

The Inquirer and Mirror, often referred to as The I&M or simply "The Inky," is the official weekly newspaper for Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. This publication comes out every Thursday morning and has been serving the community since 1821 without interruption. In addition to the newspaper, The Inquirer and Mirror also produces the magazine Nantucket Today. Originally launched as The Inquirer in June 1821 during a peak period for the island's whaling industry, it merged with another publication, The Mirror, in 1865. This merger resulted in the creation of the current name, The Inquirer and Mirror, that we recognize today.

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Millie's at the Rotary: West End Meets Mid-Island

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?
Good Dish: Thinking Outside the Easter Basket

1 week ago | ack.net | Sarah Chase

(April 17, 2025) I knew several weeks ago when I got into a habit of going to Trader Joe’s too late in the day to score a carton of eggs from the store’s daily ration that my Easter celebration this April was going to end up being far less egg-centric, except for, perhaps, a splurge on a petite tin of caviar.
Good Dish: Mastering the Masters

2 weeks ago | ack.net | Sarah Chase

(April 10, 2025) I grew up in a family that cherished playing golf as a primary leisurely pastime. My father always took Wednesday afternoons off from his dental practice to play a round of golf with buddies at a nearby Connecticut country club. My mother played weekly in a ladies’ foursome and my older brother caddied during his teenage years at the country club and was also selected to join the golf teams at the prep school and college he attended.
Good Dish: April Antidotes

3 weeks ago | ack.net | Sarah Chase

(April 3, 2025) April’s arrival is rarely greeted with cheer and enthusiasm. The month is associated with showers that bring May flowers and cruelty, thanks to T.S. Eliot’s "The Waste Land" poem. Having dreaded income taxes due April 15 doesn’t brighten the picture any, except for the fact that thereafter, the running of the Boston Marathon, Passover, Easter and Nantucket’s Daffodil Weekend can bring forth some sorely-needed optimism.
2025 Nantucket Litter Derby this weekend

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.
Another delay leaves offshore wind projects a year behind schedule

3 weeks ago | ack.net | Colin Young

(April 3, 2025) With a key date Monday being once again postponed, the state's ongoing attempt to procure more offshore wind power is now running nearly a full year behind schedule. Massachusetts selected 2,678 megawatts of offshore wind power spread across three projects in September, kicking off contract negotiations. One of those projects has since removed itself from consideration and another has flagged the potential for a four-year delay.
I&M takes home 19 awards from regional journalism competiton

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.
Shorts: Movie news you can use

4 weeks ago | ack.net | Sarah Wright

(March 27, 2025) As Inky readers know, we are in the middle of the Egan Maritime Institute’s 2025 Shipwreck Showtimes, a free film series featuring maritime themes. This year’s series started Sunday. Having a date with Robert Redford at The Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum came as much of a surprise to me as it may sound to you. But there I was, watching the then-77-year-old Academy Award-winning director battle Mother Nature in the 2013 survival drama “All is Lost.” Shipwrecked, of course.
Good Dish: March Maple Mania

4 weeks ago | ack.net | Sarah Chase

(March 27, 2025) This is the time of the year in New England that maple syrup-makers start collecting sap from maple trees to boil down into syrup, and relish in celebrating the annual harvest with festive sugarhouse open houses and special events like Maine Maple Sundays.
Massachusetts cannabis prices just keep falling: Is an end in sight?

1 month ago | ack.net | Will Katcher

(March 23, 2025) The raw numbers would be startling to a business in any industry. In four years, the retail price of cannabis in Massachusetts has plummeted by more than two-thirds. An eighth of an ounce of pot, a typical purchase for the casual smoker, sold for about $50 on average in early 2021. Today, it goes for closer to $15, according to state data. On Nantucket, however, like so many other costs, prices remain well above the state average.