After unconfirmed early weekend reports of sharks in Nantucket waters, a sighting was confirmed Sunday near Cisco Beach. Harbormaster Sheila Lucy announced the sighting via the Town of Nantucket's ACK Harbormaster Twitter account, with Nantucket Police Departmentretweeting the warning. South Shore beaches closed just before 2 pm but reopened with yellow flags flying by 4 pm. Off and on during recent days, a purple flag has flown on Nantucket beaches to warn of jellyfish.
Whether or not sharks or jelly fish are near, or it's all clear for swimming and surfing, be cautioned that Nantucket beaches at Miacomet and 'Sconset are unguarded for the rest of the season, as summer lifeguards depart. It's back to school time for the young men and women who watched over Nantucket swimmers this summer.
Nantucket loves a winner With football season approaching, Boston Herald this weekend named longtime Nantucket High School coach Vito Capizzo as #6 among most winning high school football coaches in Massachusetts history. Capizzo, who died in May of 2018, fell just seven shy of 300 wins in his 45 years as the Whalers coach. The island's high school stadium was renamed Vito Capizzo Stadium in his honor.