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Vol 10 Issue 4
Autumn 2018
Vol 10 Issue 4
Real Estate News & Property Listings
Real Estate News & Property Listings
NAREB Member Directory
Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers ACK Distinctive Properties, LLC.
P.O. Box 254 Nantucket, MA 02554 508-330-4432 fcco@ntket.com
Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate
508-228-7707 82 Easton Street Nantucket, MA 02554 nantucketrealestate.com
Bamber Real Estate
508-228-1416 PO Box 26 Nantucket, MA 02554 bamberrealestate.com
Bass Point Realty
508-228-6515 85 Pleasant Street Nantucket, MA 02554 basspointrealty.com
Craigville Realty
Islandwide Realty
Denby Real Estate
J Pepper Frazier Co
508-775-3174 PO Box 216 West Hyannisport, MA 02672 craigvillebeach.com 508-228-2522 2 Thirty Acres Lane PO Box 901 Nantucket, MA 02554 denby.com
Edith Delker Real Estate 508-257-9698 27 Stone Post Way PO Box 790 Siasconset, MA 02564
Exit Cape Realty
508-499-2200 4527 Falmouth Rd Cotuit, MA 02635 exitcaperealty.com
Fisher Real Estate
508-221-1115 PO Box 2726 Nantucket, MA 02854
508-228-4407 21 Main Street Nantucket, MA 02554 fishernantucket.com
Boyce Realty
Great Point Properties
Better Homes @ ACK
508-257-6962 PO Box 453 Siasconset MA 02564
Centre Street Realty
774-333-5154 34 Centre Street Nantucket, MA 02554
Chatfield-Taylor Real Estate 508-228-5828 91 Washington Street Ext. PO Box 1881 Nantucket, MA 02554 chatfield-taylor.com
Compass Rose Real Estate 508-325-5500 137A Orange Street Nantucket, MA 02554 compassroserealestate.com
Congdon & Coleman Real Estate
508-325-5000 57 Main Street PO Box 1199 Nantucket, MA 02554 congdonandcoleman.com
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508-228-2266 1 North Beach Street Nantucket, MA 02554 greatpointproperties.com
Grey Lady Properties
508-257-0064 5 Chuck Hollow Road PO Box 2668 Nantucket, MA 02584 greyladyproperties.com
Harbor Light Properties 508-680-1367 25B Washington Street Nantucket, MA 02554 harborlightproperties.com
Hunter, Reed & Company 508-325-7000 55 Eel Point Road PO Box 1450 Nantucket, MA 02554-1450 HunterReed.com
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Island Properties
508-228-6999 35A Old South Road Nantucket, MA 02554 islandpropertiesre.com
508-228-6396 PO Box 987 Nantucket, MA 02554 kenneth.lindsay@comcast.net 508-228-3202 19 Centre Street Nantucket, MA 02554 jpfco.com
Jordan Real Estate
Reinemo Realty
508-680-1839 9 Cachalot Lane Nantucket, MA 02554
’Sconset Real Estate
508-257-6335 Post Office Square PO Box 122 Siasconset, MA 02564 sconsetrealestate.com
Shepherd Real Estate
508-228-4449 8 Federal Street Nantucket, MA 02554 jordanre.com
508-228-5668 Zero Main Street Nantucket, MA 02554 coopershepherd.com
Killen Real Estate
Tea Rose Realty
LandVest
Territory Real Estate
Lee Real Estate
Vaughan Machado Real Estate
508-228-0976 10 Easy Street, PO Box 1166 Nantucket, MA 02554 killenrealestate.com 508-325-5090 Anchor Village 37 Old South Road #5 Nantucket, MA 02554 508-325-5800 10 South Beach Street Nantucket, MA 02554 leerealestate.com
Maury People
Sotheby’s International Realty 508-228-1881 37 Main Street Nantucket, MA 02554 maurypeople.com
Nantucket Realty Advisors
508-367-9557 15 N. Beach Street Nantucket, MA 02554 info@Nantucketrealtyadvisors.com
Nantucket Residential Properties Inc
508-280-4420 3 Lyons Street, PO Box 206 Nantucket, MA 02554 carol@nrpre.com
Osprey Real Estate
508-228-7890 PO Box 955 Nantucket, MA 02554 ospreyrealestate@comcast.net
508-228-7719 22 Golfview Drive PO Box 19 Nantucket, MA 02554 877-860-2239 10 Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 www.Territory.com
508-228-5062 5 Sesapana Road PO Box 1095 Nantucket, MA 02554 vaughanmachado@comcast.net
Welch & Associates Inc. RG 508-228-7777 7 Nashaquisset Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 steph@welch-associates.com
Westbrook Real Estate
508-257-6206 PO Box 262 Siasconset, MA 02564 westbrookrealestate.com
Windwalker William Raveis
508-228-9117 12 Oak Street Nantucket, MA 02554 windwalkerrealestate.com Massachusetts has a mandatory licensee-consumer relationship disclosure that will be provided to you, the consumer, by the real estate agents that you choose to work with. Please make sure to complete this form with your broker, so that agency is disclosed.
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NAREB Welcome
Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers
Welcome to Nantucket … or even better welcome bACK! Have you been coming to Nantucket for years and always dreamed of owning a home here? Do you have a property on Nantucket that you are thinking of selling? Perhaps you have a home here you’d like to list as a summer rental? Or, maybe, you’re not quite ready to build or buy here, and you’re looking to rent a home on Nantucket for your next vacation. You’re in the right place. Nantucket offers some of the most beautiful and valuable real estate in the United States. Here you will find a rare combination of beautiful beaches, world class restaurants & shops, a low-key lifestyle and an enduring commitment from the community to preserve Nantucket’s significant history and conserve its stunning beaches and open land. No wonder Nantucket draws so many visitors every year from across
the United States and the world … many of whom ultimately choose to buy, build or rent a home here. Whatever you need and whenever you need it, if it involves real estate on Nantucket, we, the Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), are here to provide you with the local knowledge, resources and professional expertise to help you accomplish your goals. NAREB is comprised of 39 offices and nearly 300 agents. Our members are experienced and knowledgeable real state professionals who strive for excellence every day. So when you need anything real estate related on Nantucket, contact a NAREB office or talk to one of our agents and take the first step towards a great real estate experience!
NAREB Executive Board
President/ Past President Ken Beaugrand • Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate Vice President Gloria Grimshaw • Jordan Real Estate Secretary/Past President Dalton Frazier • J Pepper Frazier Company
Treasurer Cynthia Lenhart • Compass Rose Real Estate
Past President Edward Sanford • Great Point Properties
Member-at-Large Michael O’Mara • Berkshire Hathaway Island Properties Member-at-Large David Boyce • Boyce Realty
Publications Committee
Education Committee
Community Outreach Committee
Bruce Beni Lee Real Estate
Chair Marion Roland Conley J Pepper Frazier Company
Chair Heidi Drew Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate
Debbie Killen Killen Real Estate Jeff Lee Lee Real Estate
Jack Bulger Grey Lady Real Estate Lara Hanson Congdon and Coleman Real Estate Kim Owen Jordan Real Estate
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Kim Owen Jordan Real Estate
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Contents
Volume 10 • Issue 4 • Autumn 2018
NAREB Member Directory........................................................ 2 NAREB Welcome....................................................................... 4 Real Estate by the Numbers..................................................... 8
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Nantucket Gold..........................................................................10
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Nantucket Autumn & Holiday Event Highlights.................... 12
Nantucket Events
Broker Directory......................................................................125
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Real Estate by the Numbers
Numbers below were calculated from 3/1/18 to 8/31/18. The best month for closings on Nantucket during this time period was March 2018. Buyers of Nantucket real estate have come from CA, CT, FL, DC, DE, FL, IA, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WV, SINGAPORE, with the majority of buyers from Massachusetts. Statistics provided by Nantucket Comparable Sales Service.
Number of properties sold
Total Dollar Volume:
$409,709,000*
213*
*Does not include properties in the housing convenant program, condos, co-ops
Of that, 134*were homes, and 35**were vacant lots
Average purchase sale price:
$1,375,485 HOUSES $2,275,060 LOTS
properties sold at an average of 96% of the list price
(ROUNDED)
Average time on the market:
9 MONTHS
Highest dollar sale:
$17,500,000 HOUSE $13,125,000 LOT
Lowest dollar sale:
$301,300 HOUSE $100,000 LOT
(ROUNDED)
** Vacant lot sales numbers for this period are skewed upwards because of Cannonbury Lane sales, which were lumped together. The average would be different if each individual lot was broken out.
Mar 2017
Mar 2018
$75,933,350
Aug 2017
Total Dollar Volume
Total Sales 42
$85,899,500
Aug 2018
Total Sales 35
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Total Dollar Volume
$98,388,100 Total Dollar Volume
$48,100,410
Total Sales 32
Total Dollar Volume
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Photo: Michael Torissi
Nantucket Gold
T
he clean harbor water of Nantucket and healthy eel grass beds support the world’s oldest continually sustained wild bay scallop fishery. These sweet buttery morsels are only available fresh from the sea November 1 through the end of March. But with a recreational license, you can catch some yourself starting October 1. Fall and winter scalloping has been a way of life for generations on Nantucket. Native Americans who first lived on Nantucket ate scallops, but until the late 1800s, the European settlers used them only as codfish bait, thinking them inedible. In his book The Story of Old Nantucket, islander William F. Macy recalls when this attitude changed, during the 1870s: “…the winters dragged, and there was still much unemployment for part of every year. The summers were short and a long way apart, and three thousand people could not live on three months’ business. Then, all at once, it seemed, someone discovered that scallops were good to eat, and would bring a good price in New York. The flats and shoal waters round the island were fairly covered with these heretofore despised bivalves...This gave many Nantucket men a new winter occupation, and since those days hundreds of thousands of gallons of ‘eyes’ have been shipped from the island, bringing hundreds of thousands of dollars of good money to the townspeople.” For more than a century, generations of islanders depended on scalloping for income during the winter months. The island’s scallop industry is suffering from habitat loss and ecological stress, cultural changes, and shifts in the island economy. According to the Nantucket Shellfish Association website (nantucketshellfish.org), scallopers “rise before dawn to be on the water by 6:30 am between November and March (unless the temperature drops below 28 degrees or the wind is howling). They set out in small, open-decked boats, frequently alone, or with just a partner to help them haul their dredges. Locating scallops requires an intimate knowledge of the complex, ever-changing contours of the harbor floor, though most have never seen it... “In a banner year they are often back at the dock and enjoying a cup of coffee by 9 a.m., secure in the knowledge that they’ve just brought in several hundred dollars worth of succulent shellfish. 10 nantucket HOME
“Once the scallop boat is back at the dock, the scallops, still in their shells, are brought ashore and taken to a shucking shanty, where they wait to be opened. With three quick flicks of a knife blade, veteran shuckers open the shells and separate the meat. It’s a repetitive job, but the best shuckers can go through thousands of shellfish a day. And the industry couldn’t survive without them.”
Mary Marks of Oyster Crackas Seafood Market might agree: “When I was young, my mom told me to stay out of the shanties. I thought it was because of what went on in there, but one day I went and there were huge piles of scallops in front of me that had to be opened—mom put on her apron and helped me, and that was when I realized it was the hard work she was warning me about… but it’s what every Nantucket kid did back when—we all knew how to open scallops—that’s how we made money for gas.” It was not uncommon for island teens to come home from high school to several hundred fresh scallops waiting to be shucked. Continue on page 112
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Nantucket Autumn & Holiday Event Highlights
Here are some regularly scheduled autumn events plus a few of our favorites for fall and the holiday season. For an up-to-date calendar of events, visit Nantucket.net.
Celebrating the Arts
Theatre
Nantucket Arts Festival: September 29 to October 7
The Cocktail Hour by Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
continues through Sunday, October 7. A celebration of the broad array of arts and culture on Nantucket, with visual, musical, theatrical, literary, and other fine arts along with appreciation of the island’s historical, architectural, and other cultural assets. This year’s theme of “Avoiding the Usual - Experiencing the Unforseen in Unusual Ways” is meant to be interpreted literally, figuratively, or playfully. Nantucketartscouncil.org.
Cool Yule Holiday Party: November 30, 5:30 to 7:30pm
Celebrate art and artists at this annual holiday party and reception in the Artists Association Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. nantucketarts.org
Live Music Almost Every Day at Cisco Brewers...
Nantucket’s famous winery-brewery-distillery is also one of the island’s favorite spots for live music yearround. Every day of the week they feature live bands, some local, some regional, all offering great music for dancing or for listening while you relax with friends. Check out ciscobrewers.com for times and who’s playing.
Night Life Open Nights: Watch the Stars
Join Maria Mitchell Association’s professional astronomers for a tour of the starry sky and for telescopic viewing of the Moon, planets, nebulae, galaxies, and more. Open night programs continue off-season several times a month at 59 Milk Street Ext. and are weather permitting. Call the Observatory at 774-325-1081 to verify dates and times. mariamitchell.org
“Night Watch” Whaling Museum Overnight
This family event is designed for parents and their children ages 8 to 11, with crafts, games, exclusive access to the museum’s exhibitions, and more. Participants will sleep in designated exhibition spaces. Tickets at nha.org
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Through October 6; tickets at theatreworkshop.com A funny and moving play by A.R. Gurney, that tells with warmth and humor the story of a family shackled by the past and tantalized by the future. 508-228-4305.
The Diary of Anne Frank by Nantucket Dreamland Children’s Theatre
October 4-14; tickets at nantucketdreamland.org A drama adapted from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and performed by the Dreamland Actors Theatre and directed by Laura Gallagher Byrne.
Miracle on 34th Street by Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
November 15-December 9; tickets at theatreworkshop.com A musical version of a holiday classic. The 3pm performance on November 18 is free to seniors with reservations. 508-228-4305.
A Nantucket Christmas Carol by White Heron Theatre
November 22 - December 8; tickets at whiteherontheatre.org Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens & set on Nantucket, this delightful production will put you in the holiday spirit. 508-825-5268.
Benefits Ladies’ Night: November 8 from 6 to 8 pm
Local artisans, craftspeople, and merchants gather at Bartlett’s Farm for a holiday show and sale that each year benefits a different island organization. Start your holiday shopping at this event where you can buy local! Suggested donation at the door. 33 Bartlett Farm Road. bartlettsfarm.com
Cold Turkey Plunge: November 22 at 9am
The annual Cold Turkey Plunge is a fundraiser for the Weezie Library For Children’s programs and services. Hundreds of people take a dip in the harbor promptly 10 am and raise money by getting their family, friends, and coworkers to sponsor them. Prizes awarded for best costume, most money raised, and largest group participation. Rain or shine at Children’s Beach, Harbor View Way. Continued on page 123
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Nantucket Gold - Continued from page 10 Nantucket bay scallops are smaller than sea scallops, and the edible meat inside is about the size of the tip of your thumb (60 to 100 per pound). In addition to being smaller, they are sweeter and more tender than sea scallops, and thus highly prized. They are tasty raw or seared top and bottom quickly over high heat. Nearly every holiday party on Nantucket includes a platter of fresh Nantucket bays wrapped in bacon and broiled. Recreational scalloping can only be done manually, using a pushrake or dipnets while wading, diving, or snorkeling. Equipment needed for this can be purchased on-island at Brant Point Marine on Washington Street. To be legally harvested, scallops must have a raised, well-defined growth ring on their shells (yes, someone may be out there to check your catch). Recreational scallopers are allowed one bushel per license per week and are permitted to go scalloping only Wednesday through Sunday. If the temperature is below 28 degrees before 10 am, a red flag goes up at the Harbormaster’s office to announce “no fishing”: young scallops die when exposed to air that cold. Our native scallop, the Northern Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians irradians) is found from Cape Cod to New Jersey. They have a relatively short life span, generally between 18-30 months in the northeastern USA. In northern areas like Nantucket, bay scallops can spawn in both the late summer and early fall, when the temperature in the water columns drops or rises through the range of 68-72 degrees. Along its edge, or mantle, a bay scallop has 30 to 40 bright blue eyes. Each eye has a lens, retina, cornea, and optic nerve, enabling it to see movement and shadows and to detect predators. Along the edge of the mantle are tentacles that are sensitive to chemicals in the water. Bay scallops scoot along by clapping the two sides of their shell together to force water away from the mantle cavity. When young, they attach themselves to eelgrass: this helps them avoid bottom-feeding predators such as crabs. As bay scallops grow, they drop to the sediment surface in the vicinity of eelgrass beds and move on to tidal flats or shallow sandy areas to feed at high tide. Unlike other bivalves, scallops don’t bury themselves; they
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have a clean side face down in the sand and a “dirty” side facing up that accumulates algae and small barnacles and growths. There are many things that can endanger a scallop population. Storms in late spring and early fall can send scallop larvae into the ocean or stir up silt and sediment that may choke the gills and filtering apparatus of the scallop. Nor’easters may push seed and adult scallops onto shore. Nantucketers are especially willing to gather together on bitterly cold mornings after large storms to scoop up scallops and return them to the safety and relative warmth of the water. Even persistent northerlies (winds from the north) can stack scallops like sea foam on the beaches along the southern side of Nantucket Harbor. The life cycle of the bay scallop is directly tied to eelgrass, which grows in the shallow waters around Nantucket. The scallops settle on grass leaves as juveniles, and as they grow older, they live in the eelgrass beds, which provide shelter from predators. In the 1930s, eelgrass beds up and down the Atlantic coast were decimated by a disease called wasting disease. As a result, bay scallops disappeared from Nantucket and elsewhere. Gradually the eelgrass returned to Nantucket, coming back first in Madaket and then in the harbor. But it was not until the 1950s that eelgrass fully re-colonized areas of Nantucket Harbor. Some key stressors that can knock out an eelgrass bed include the blockage of light due to high sediment levels from land erosion. High nutrient levels, caused by the excessive use of fertilizers, runoff and sewage outflow indirectly affect grasses by allowing excessive algae to grow both in the water and on the grass blades, further blocking the necessary light. Boat propellers and impellers have torn rooted vegetation out of bottom sediments and some types of dredging has caused severe scarring of underwater grass beds. Continued on page 122
Photos: Michael Torrisi
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Nantucket Gold - Continued from page 112 The Town of Nantucket is extremely proactive and professional in their stewardship of the bay scallop populations. Shellfish biologist Tara Riley and her team have significantly upgraded the Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery, providing productive and efficient phytoplankton grow-rooms to feed millions of tiny scallop larvae they grow into juvenile scallops that can be successfully released. In 2010, they released 5 million competent larvae; by 2012, that number increased to 170 million. The number of scallop larvae released by the hatchery continues to increase. Tara Reilly explained: “We can put lots and lots of scallops into the harbor, but we really need the eelgrass: it’s an important component for holding those scallops.” (from John Stanton’s 2016 film The Last Nantucket Bay Scallop?) Nantucket homeowners can help protect eelgrass by getting wastewater facilities (septic/sewer) inspected and maintained correctly and by not putting chemicals or materials down the drain that can damage these systems. Make sure that your landscaper is following the fertilizer best management practices and is licensed for fertilizer application through the town. Boat owners can do their part by using responsible boating practices. Know what the boat draws so the boat or propeller don’t scour the bottom. Make sure your anchor and mooring are properly set or installed to prevent dragging or scour, this may include not anchoring in eelgrass areas. Use charts and navigation to pick
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routes that have the least possible chance of impacting the bottom. Wash a boat out of the water, and pump out all black or gray water through pump-out facilities. The Town offers free summer pump-out service through the Harbor Master’s office. If you’d like to try harvesting scallops, recreational shellfish licenses are available for those 14 years and older at the Nantucket Police Department, 4 Fairgrounds Road. For photos and details on Nantucket scalloping, read the book Scallop Season: A Nantucket Chronicle by Jim Patrick and Rob Benchley; it is available at Mitchell’s Book Corner. Or watch John Stanton’s film The Last Bay Scallop? — a link to a version of the film is on nantucketshellfish.org/ nantucket-bay-scallops
Nantucket Autumn & Holiday Event Highlights For an up-to-date calendar of events, visit Nantucket.net.
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Holiday House Tour: Christmas Stroll Weekend
The House Tour features a small group of Nantucket homes, historic and historically updated, on display within the historic core district. Each home is decorated for the holidays, and visitors are allowed to tour the first floor of each home. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Nantucket Public Schools.
Autumn & Holiday Festivals & Fun Cranberry Harvest Festival: October 6 from 11am to 4pm
Learn about the history of cranberry farming on Nantucket, participate in the family activities, or relax and enjoy the music and the spectacular autumn scenery. Don’t forget to bring home a pound or two of Nantucket cranberries for the holidays. Rain or shine at Milestone Cranberry Bog; free event, parking $20 a car. nantucketconservation.org
Photo: Susan Hostetler
Halloween Downtown on Nantucket: October 31 at 4 pm
Adults and children are invited to don their Halloween costumes and gather on Main Street to join the parade, trick-or-treat together, and enjoy some old-fashioned fun with live music and plenty of candy. Main Street will be closed for this event.
Festival of Wreaths: Preview November 20; Show November 21 & 23-25
This community event features an array of wreaths beautifully crafted by local residents, businesses, schools, and organizations that are displayed during the week of Thanksgiving (closed Thanksgiving Day). Visitors can bid on their favorite wreaths in a silent auction to benefit the Nantucket Historical Association’s year-round outreach efforts. nha.org
Nantucket Noel starts November 23
Nantucket Noel begins Thanksgiving weekend with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling Friday, November 23. Main Street (closed to traffic) teems with well wishers who gather in anxious expectation as the countdown begins and over 150 trees come alive in a blaze of light with caroling filling the air.
Nantucket Christmas Stroll: November 30 to December 31
Organized by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Nantucket Christmas Stroll Weekend festivities are centered around Main Street, though most downtown shops and restaurants also have celebrations. Live music begins in the morning around 11 am. At 12 noon, the Town Crier leads guests to the wharf to see Santa arrive. There are costumed carolers, a talking Christmas tree, craft shows and markets, and more. For a complete listing of events, visit Nantucket.net & ChristmasStroll.com.
25th Annual Festival of Trees: Preview Party: November 29 Display: November 30 to December 31
The Festival of Trees is the Nantucket Historical Association’s holiday tradition that begins during Stroll weekend and transforms the Whaling Museum into a festive winter wonderland for the entire month of December. This event features Christmas trees decorated by artists, merchants, members of nonprofit organizations, & children. nha.org
Nantucket Red Ticket Drawing: December 24
Nantucket residents gather on Main Street Christmas Eve afternoon to see which of them has won the $5,000 prize and several $1,000 prizes. Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce.
Nantucket New Years Eve: December 31
The Nantucket Hotel on Easton Street offers New Year’s Eve fun for all ages. Dust off your bell bottoms and hustle on over for their 5th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball. This disco spectacular will include hors d’oeuvres, a dessert buffet, champagne toast at midnight, live music, and dancing. New Year’s Events for kids and teens are also available. Tickets at thenantuckethotel.com or call 508-228-4747.
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