Nantucket’s annual July Fourth water fight was canceled Monday as a result of drought conditions on the island, officials ...

The Main Street water fight may be canceled because of the drought, but there's still plenty more to do on Nantucket on ...

Less than a day after the state declared Nantucket was in a drought, the island’s main water pump failed, triggering an ...

State Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Bethany Card has declared Southeastern Massachusetts, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard a “Level 1-Mild Drought” zone, after sporadic rainfall ...

Drought conditions have persisted in the Bay State for the past couple years. ... The map also shows that Martha's Vineyard is abnormally dry, with Nantucket in a moderate drought.

Nearly all of Massachusetts is in a critical drought — one step away from an emergency — after months with little rainfall, the state announced Tuesday. The drought has led to brush fires ...

Recent precipitation made a significant impact on the drought conditions throughout Massachusetts. In the Boston area and along most of the coastline, which was hit hard by the recent nor'easter ...

Drought status in Massachusetts in monitored both by the federal U.S. Drought Monitor, ... The map also shows that Martha's Vineyard is abnormally dry, with Nantucket in a moderate drought.

The Monitor also declared Nantucket -- which had been the one part of the state yet to be classified at all -- "abnormally dry," one step short of a drought. Nantucket and a sliver of western ...

The Nantucket Conservation Foundation owns about a third of the island’s land and monitors ongoing changes in pollinators, precipitation, drought, forest management and invasive plants and species.

While we know this event is a longtime favorite, conserving water is something we all need to take seriously right now,” an island official said.