LAST CALL AT THE GAZEBO 😭 These were the final moments at The Gazebo Monday night, as owner Luke Tedeschi said goodbye to a gathering of loyal customers and longtime staff ahead of the closure of his establishment after 34 seasons in business. While the property will likely reopen next year under a new operator chosen by Nantucket Island Resorts, it was the end of an era for Tedeschi and his team. After addressing the crowd, Tedeschi drew the winning ticket for the last mudslide, served in a crystal chalice, which was was claimed by Spencer West, one of his bartenders and an island native. The raffle was a fundraiser for Addiction Solutions of Nantucket. Monday marked the final night of the final season for the Gazebo as the island has come to know it. Steve Karp’s Nantucket Island Resorts declined to offer Tedeschi an extension of his lease after 34 years, or even give him an opportunity to match any offers from other bidders. “This will be the last year of the Gazebo’s mudslide as we know it and the reason is because after this being the 34th season, I’ll be moving on because I did not get a lease renewal or even a lease renewal offer from the company that owns the real estate that I currently have a lease with, Nantucket Island Resorts (NIR),” Tedeschi told the Current in May. “You know, that’s the way that term leases are, but after all these years, I brought the mudslide to the Gazebo back in 1993, and this will be the last year of my formula and my mudslide as we’ve all got to know it, to enjoy it, and it’s become iconic.”

New info: the missing plane declared an emergency before losing contact, according to the manager of Nantucket Memorial Airport

BREAKING: A search is underway 13 nautical miles south of Nantucket for a Gulfstream aircraft with six persons on board. The FAA reported losing contact with the aircraft early Saturday morning. The Gulfstream G100 (tail #CGRJP) air ambulance was traveling from Bermuda to Boston. Coast Guard Station Brant Point has its 47-foot motor life boat in the search area now, according to master chief John Lowell, along with numerous other Coast Guard assets including an MH-60 helicopter, one HC-144, one C-130, and a 154-foot cutter searching.