Nantucket

What does National Geographic consider the best island in the world? Tahiti? Capri, Italy? Lord Howe Island, Australia? Nope. According to its recent book, "The 10 Best of Everything," it's actually Nantucket, which takes the coveted spot in the ten best islands category.  Nantucket? No disrespect to the Massachusetts hotspot, but it seems a bit of an odd choice on a list that doesn't even include Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, or the Bahamas. Travel writer Leslie Thomas came up with the list for National Geographic and had the following to say about...

C. Wonder will be bringing their selection of bright, preppy goods for your home and your closet with a pop-up location at 16 Federal St. in Nantucket this summer. The colorfully cheerful brand was founded by J.Christopher Burch (who co-founded his ex-wife's namesake brand, Tory Burch ) in 2011 and boasts brick-and-mortar locations in New York and New Jersey. The shop pops up on June 8 and will host a grand opening extravaganza through the weekend featuring a complimentary candy bar, a gift-card-giving prize wheel, and ice cream social (Sat.

WHO Kathy Sidell WHAT Sidell's father, Jack, was a banker known for launching the careers of chefs like Jasper White, Lydia Shire, Chris Schlesinger, and Todd English. Her sister, Stephanie Sokolove, is the founder and executive chef of Stephanie's on Newbury. After a career in filmmaking, Kathy opened the Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill in 2004. She is currently producing a TV series for a cable network with partner Bob Richardson, who just won an Oscar for best cinematography for "Hugo," and working on a book, "How I Met Food: Living the...

Say, don't I know you? That's what a few folks were saying at the Nantucket Wine Festival's harbor gala Thursday when Drew Barrymore (inset) walked in. The pregnant actress, who's engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman , is at the wine fest to hype her Barrymore Pinot Grigio. (Of course, being in the family way, Barrymore poured some wine but didn't drink any.) Others in the crowd included Kopelman and his father, former Chanel chief executive and Boston native Arie Kopelman , Nantucket Wine fest founder Denis Toner , Nantucket Island Resorts managing director ...

Could the sale of one single-family property boost the entire state's housing market? Maybe, if it goes for anywhere near the asking price of $59 million. The waterfront property, which features 20 rooms and 9 1/2 baths on a 70-acre parcel, was put up for sale Sunday. It is located at Nantucket's Polpis Harbor, a particularly exclusive part of an island dotted with multimillion-dollar houses. Unless the price ends up being dropped dramatically, it would be the biggest residential sale on Nantucket - and probably in all of Massachusetts - in recent memory, according to listing broker Gary...

NANTUCKET -- The last time Robert Foster saw his friend Beth Lochtefeld, she was chatting excitedly about her impressive new boyfriend, a Columbia-educated former New York bank executive who shared her love for art, music, and literature. Lochtefeld, a 44-year-old New York entrepreneur, longed to finally get married and start a family, and she had high hopes for Thomas Toolan III. "As we were parting, she held up two crossed fingers, like, maybe he's the one," recalled Foster.

Looking for some last-minute summer fun for your family this year? The town's Recreation Department has announced that it is still selling tickets for its Nantucket Spectacular, a day trip to the island on Aug. 13. The price for the adventure is $79, and includes a round-trip ride on Fox Tours coach buses from Melican Middle School to the Nantucket ferry dock in Hyannis, as well as the ride to and from the island. The group will be taking the 9:20 a.m. boat to Nantucket and the 4 p.m. ferry for the return trip.

C. Wonder will be bringing their selection of bright, preppy goods for your home and your closet with a pop-up location at 16 Federal St. in Nantucket this summer. The colorfully cheerful brand was founded by J.Christopher Burch (who co-founded his ex-wife's namesake brand, Tory Burch ) in 2011 and boasts brick-and-mortar locations in New York and New Jersey. The shop pops up on June 8 and will host a grand opening extravaganza through the weekend featuring a complimentary candy bar, a gift-card-giving prize wheel, and ice cream social (Sat.

NANTUCKET - The Seven Sea Street Inn looks like another old house on this island, with weathered cedar shingles and a widow's walk that looks harborward from the roof. Inside, the red oak post-and-beam design feels like a smart renovation of a fusty old building. So it's a surprise to learn that owners Matthew and Mary Parker built the inn in 1987. It has touches of luxury - soft white robes in the closet, flat-screen televisions on the walls, iPod clock radios, DVD players, high-thread-count sheets - but is neither sleek nor modern.

NANTUCKET -- For the fourth consecutive year, residents of Nantucket are asking the state for permission to limit the number of motor vehicles on the island. There is currently no limit, and residents are concerned because the number of cars and trucks registered on Nantucket jumped 77 percent over the past decade. The Cape Cod Times reports that population on Nantucket has nearly doubled since 1990. A home-rule petition was approved at Town Meeting this month, and was sent to Beacon Hill.

What does National Geographic consider the best island in the world? Tahiti? Capri, Italy? Lord Howe Island, Australia? Nope. According to its recent book, "The 10 Best of Everything," it's actually Nantucket, which takes the coveted spot in the ten best islands category.  Nantucket? No disrespect to the Massachusetts hotspot, but it seems a bit of an odd choice on a list that doesn't even include Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, or the Bahamas. Travel writer Leslie Thomas came up with the list for National Geographic and had the following to say about...

By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent A variety of unusual and familiar events await wine and food lovers at the 16th annual Nantucket Wine Festival May 16-20. For example, one event, "The Greatest Chef You Never Heard Of," Damon Baehrel, of Basement Bistro in Earlton, N.Y., which has a two-year waiting list to get in, has been hailed by Thomas Keller of French Laundry fame as one of America's greatest culinary talents. Baehrel's cuisine will be featured at the event, at a location to be announced and, of course, paired with wine.

Environmental officials are considering a proposal to designate the coastal waters of Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds and the islands as an area where discharges of treated and untreated boat sewage would be prohibited. The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to approve the "no discharge" designation, which would prohibit discharges within the town boundaries of Chilmark, West Tisbury, Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Gosnold, Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis,...

Could the sale of one single-family property boost the entire state's housing market? Maybe, if it goes for anywhere near the asking price of $59 million. The waterfront property, which features 20 rooms and 9 1/2 baths on a 70-acre parcel, was put up for sale Sunday. It is located at Nantucket's Polpis Harbor, a particularly exclusive part of an island dotted with multimillion-dollar houses. Unless the price ends up being dropped dramatically, it would be the biggest residential sale on Nantucket - and probably in all of Massachusetts - in recent memory, according to listing broker Gary...

WEST BARNSTABLE - Law enforcement officials combed through a wooded area off Route 6 for much of the day yesterday in search for evidence related to the suspicious disappearance last month of Trudie Hall, a Nantucket woman who was expecting her first child. A team of State Police, Barnstable police, and officials from the Barnstable County sheriff's office headed into the area off Service Road with dogs, all-terrain vehicles, and mountain bicycles. A State Police helicopter flew overhead several times.

BARNSTABLE - The discovery of Trudie Hall's remains has provided authorities with new evidence in their two-year quest to find her killer. "Though Trudie will never speak again, by finding her she has told us much," Michael O'Keefe, Cape & Islands district attorney, said during a press conference Tuesday announcing the identification of the skeletal remains found Thursday. "Among other things, she has told us how many times she was shot and with what kind of bullets. " Hall, 23, a certified nursing assistant from Nantucket, was four months pregnant when her...

Bob and Paula Butler opened their Nantucket abode for the American Ireland Fund, and guests included Putnam Investments poobah Bob Reynolds and wife Laura , Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth , former GE CEO Jack Welch and wife Suzy , Boston Capital kahuna Jack Manning and wife Lyle Howland , Boston Company CEO Bart Grenier and wife Lesley King , former congressman Bill Delahunt , chef ...

NANTUCKET -- A controversial one-week February deer hunt on Nantucket has been canceled by the state. The special season debuted last year as a way to thin out Nantucket's burgeoning deer population and reduce the island's risk of tick-borne diseases, which health officials believe is the highest in the country. But some residents complained about hunters on private property, and alleged inhumane behavior, including that pregnant deer were killed. The town Board of Selectmen wrote to the state urging it to cancel the hunt, and the state...

WHO Kathy Sidell WHAT Sidell's father, Jack, was a banker known for launching the careers of chefs like Jasper White, Lydia Shire, Chris Schlesinger, and Todd English. Her sister, Stephanie Sokolove, is the founder and executive chef of Stephanie's on Newbury. After a career in filmmaking, Kathy opened the Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill in 2004. She is currently producing a TV series for a cable network with partner Bob Richardson, who just won an Oscar for best cinematography for "Hugo," and working on a book, "How I Met Food: Living the...

When a New York spinoff of Bravo's reality show "Million Dollar Listing New York" premieres Wednesday, Boston resident Michael Lorber will be among those selling real estate to Manhattan's 1 percent. Though he counts himself a Yankees fan (he grew up on Long Island), he's a graduate of Babson College and pals with Linda Pizzuti Henry, wife of Red Sox owner John Henry. So we'll let that one slide. Lorber, who spent summers on Nantucket and now owns two homes there, splits his time between Boston and New York.