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🌱 How a $150 bounty per deer could reshape Nantucket this season

Coming up: Fall Workshops on the Nantucket Patch calendar

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Morning Nantucket! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a $150 bounty per deer could reshape Nantucket this season
  • What did this nor'easter uncover beneath a busy Nantucket beach?
  • Why are shipwreck beams suddenly visible again on Nantucket's south shore?

Also on today's calendar: Wine & Rinds and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Breezy with periods of sun, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Dollars For Deer: Conservation Foundation Launches New Incentive… (nantucketcurrent.com) — Nantucket hunters can now earn $150 per donated deer through a new Nantucket Conservation Foundation program that turns venison into meals for islanders facing food insecurity. With an estimated 10,000 deer on the island, officials hope the incentive will reduce dangerous overpopulation, cut tick-borne disease risk, and protect local vegetation.
   

2. Nor'easter Unearths 1884 Warren Sawyer Shipwreck on Nantucket Beach (memesita.com) — Newly exposed beams from the 1884 Warren Sawyer shipwreck are drawing attention along Nantucket's south shore near the Sewer Beds, where beachgoers unknowingly drove over the buried remains all summer. Egan Maritime Institute staff are surveying the site and reminding residents that the wreck is legally protected, offering a vivid window into Nantucket's shipwreck-filled maritime past.
   

3. Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor'easter (dailypress.net) — Shipwreck remains have reemerged along Nantucket's southern shore after a powerful nor'easter, and Egan Maritime Institute staff are working with state archaeologists to identify the vessel, possibly the 1884 Warren Sawyer. Locals discovered the exposed beams near the Sewer Beds drive-on beach, where summer traffic unknowingly passed above the buried wreck, underscoring both erosion risks and Nantucket's shipwreck-rich history.
   

4. Ponte Vedra Beach Man, Retired Navy Sub Commander, Charged With Raping Deckhand Aboard His Yacht. (Rebecca Rosenberg, St. Johns Citizen, September 14, 2026) (blogspot.com) — A retired Navy submarine commander who keeps his yacht in Nantucket Harbor has pleaded not guilty in Nantucket District Court to rape and indecent assault charges involving a 22-year-old deckhand living aboard his vessel. Prosecutors say the alleged assault occurred in August after a dinner outing, while the defense calls the accusations baseless, with the case continuing in court this fall.
   

5. Massachusetts cottage bought as a gamble now sits mere feet from 40-foot coastal drop (thecooldown.com) — A small cottage at 93 Baxter Road on Nantucket's Sconset Bluff now sits just a few feet from a 40‑foot drop as erosion rapidly eats away the shoreline. The risky 2021 purchase highlights the island's contentious geotube erosion-control project, ongoing legal battles, and the difficult choices facing Nantucket homeowners as storms and rising seas reshape the coast.
   

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    Friday October 2
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    The Garden Center, 33 Bartlett Farm Road, Nantucket
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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