Nantucket spent Labor Day weekend savoring the final moments of a bustling summer season.

With mostly sunny skies and warm breezes, conditions were favorable for the return of Nantucket Race Week, five days in August of regattas, parties, and award ceremonies to benefit Nantucket Community Sailing.

On Sunday, August 24, Egan Maritime welcomed families and friends to its Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum for a pirate-themed, end-of-summer celebration.

On Friday, August 22, supporters of the The Trustees of Reservations gathered at The Nantucket Hotel for a night celebrating the group’s conservation efforts.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey visited Nantucket last week to tour sites related to the island’s housing and food challenges.

As Hurricane Erin passed hundreds of miles offshore, the storm’s reach was still felt on Nantucket, where pounding surf rolled in on the island’s south shore.

The music and revelry echoing across mid-island Saturday night were the sounds of the Tim Russert Summer Groove, the signature fundraiser for the Nantucket Boys & Girls Club. 

At last week’s “Thursday Night Fête,” the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts (NISDA) welcomed guests to its Wauwinet property for a lively community gathering.

Housing Nantucket turned up the volume at The Gaslight on Friday for its annual summer fundraiser. The evening raised funds to support Housing Nantucket’s mission of expanding rental and ownership opportunities for year-round islanders.

Olympic gold medalist AJ Mleczko Griswold brought the community together last week for the fifth annual Ice Out ALZ fundraiser at Cisco Brewers.

The August Fête, the annual fundraiser for the Nantucket Preservation Trust, has grown into one of the summer’s most memorable evenings for those who cherish the island’s historic architecture and neighborhoods.

Eight ‘Sconset homeowners opened their gates on Wednesday, August 6, for the annual house and garden tour by the Nantucket Garden Club. 

A Nantucket summer tradition hit all the right notes Saturday as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, led by Keith Lockhart, returned to Jetties Beach for the sold-out Boston Pops on Nantucket concert.

On Thursday, August 7, the Artists Association of Nantucket kicked off its Hale Juried Exhibition with a reception in the Big Gallery on Straight Wharf.

The Nantucket Historical Association brought its “summer of seams” to Children’s Beach on Wednesday, August 6.

Call it the summer trifecta: barbecue, bocce, and bluegrass. Sunday's fundraiser for Almanack Arts served up all three with an evening of backyard fun for all ages.

Nantucket Historical Association is calling this the “summer of seams,” and Saturday’s fundraiser, A Nantucket Night, brought the theme to life with a soirée inspired by centuries of island fashion and craftsmanship.

Guests stepped back into the Roaring ‘20s at The Great Catsby, this year’s summer fundraiser for Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals, held Friday evening at Bartlett’s Farm.

August 1 marked the 207th birthday of Maria Mitchell, the trailblazing astronomer and educator born on Nantucket.

On July 30, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket welcomed guests under a tent at Bartlett's Farm for its annual summer fundraiser.