Stabbing near Nantucket ferry docks rattles wealthy island enclave as summer crowds arrive

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Three teens were stabbed at Narragansett Town Beach as hundreds of people packed the beach, with video showing beachgoers physically fighting and causing mayhem. (Video: Joe Guadette) A person was stabbed Tuesday morning in the heart of downtown Nantucket, just steps from the ferry docks that funnel thousands of summer visitors onto the famously wealthy Massachusetts island, authorities said. Nantucket police said officers responded at 10:23 a.m. to South Beach Street between Broad Street and Oak Street for a reported stabbing. The area is by a busy commercial stretch near the Steamship Authority ferry terminal, where tourists spill into the island’s cobblestoned downtown. The injured person was treated at the scene and rushed by the Nantucket Fire Department to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, police said. NANTUCKET - AUGUST 13: Evening light falls on bo