The Weekly Packet
Town Meeting 2020
The school, a private academy that serves as the high school for a number of area towns, initially had sought a much larger tuition increase in an effort to alleviate budget woes that stemmed in part from a significant decline in the number of foreign boarding students at the school.
4 min |
3/4/2020
The Weekly Packet
Four GSA jazz ensembles head to state festival
BLUE HILL—All three jazz combos and the jazz band at George Stevens Academy will move on to state competition after performing in the District 6 High School Instrumental Jazz Festival at GSA on February 26.
2 min |
3/4/2020
The Weekly Packet
Under Canvas Acadia to return to planning board in Surry
Site plan review application continued to March 11
2 min |
3/4/2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
How To Defend Your Company From Covid-19
Nine steps to making your company disaster-proof-ish
3 min |
March 09, 2020
Globe
How To Protect Your Family From Criminals
Lawman’s video series reveals important tips
1 min |
March 16, 2020
Globe
Rape Fiend Harvey To Die In Jail Hell!
Ex-H’wood honcho is doomed man in notorious NYC lockup
2 min |
March 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
Media Faces Challenges In Covering Coronavirus Outbreak
Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention.
5 min |
March 06, 2020
The Weekly Packet
Blue Hill Business Fashions New Styles Out Of Old Clothes
BLUE HILL—Suzie Milkowich was in the waiting room for a Chiropractor appointment when the name came to her.
2 min |
3/4/2020
The Weekly Packet
Sanders Edges Biden For Most Of The Local Super Tuesday Vote
Vaccine law to stay
2 min |
3/4/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
‘ART matters' program features artistic partners
DEER ISLE—The Deer Isle Artists Association brings two pairs of artistic partners to speak at the March 1 ART matters 5 program, partners.
1 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Mariner girls finish second in Class D North
BANGOR—The girls basketball team beat Katahdin for their semifinal win 48-34 on February 20 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
2 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
The language of flowers
What is merely interesting to us today—the meaning attached to a particular flower—was a virtual craze in Victorian England during the period 1820-1880 and the United States in 1830-1850.
2 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Lobster co-op begins parking lot extension
STONINGTON—The Stonington Lobster Co-op began work building 12 new parking spaces almost immediately after gaining final approval from the Stonington Planning Board on Thursday, February 20.
1 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Shepard challenges Greenlaw for school board seat
DEER ISLE—Long-time Deer Isle-Stonington school board member Lawrence P. “Skip” Greenlaw faces a challenge from William “Bill” Shepard in the upcoming March election.
4 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Kane-Lewis Productions to interview Moyers
SEDGWICK—Kane-Lewis Productions of Sedgwick recently announced that Bill Moyers, American journalist and political commentator, will be interviewed February 25 for their new documentary Truth Tellers.
2 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Mariners fall short in ‘heartbreaker' semifinal
The boys basketball team lost to Easton 50-48 in a semifinal heartbreaker February 20 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
2 min |
2/27/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
DISHS senior wins $5,000 scholarship for essay
National contest on paying for college
2 min |
2/27/2020
The Weekly Packet
‘Withdraw your request,' GSA hears at latest meeting
Towns to vote on tuition increase
2 min |
2/27/2020
The Weekly Packet
GSA Upended In Semifinal Overtime Thriller
Bangor—The George Stevens Academy boys basketball team’s post-season run was ended in a 58-60 overtime thriller against the No. 1-ranked Central Aroostook Panthers in the Class C North semifinals on February 21 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
2 min |
2/27/2020
The Weekly Packet
Kane-Lewis Productions To Interview Moyers
SEDGWICK—Kane-Lewis Productions of Sedgwick recently announced that Bill Moyers, American journalist and political commentator, will be interviewed February 25 for their new documentary Truth Tellers. The film is expected to be released later this year.
2 min |
2/27/2020
The Weekly Packet
Historic Model Ship Returns To Home Waters
Minnie May on display at Blue Hill Historical Society
1 min |
2/27/2020
White Wing Messenger
Mexico, Central America & Spanish-Speaking Caribbean
Leadership Summit 2019
1 min |
March 2020
Island Ad-Vantages
The 2020 Attack Begins On The Browntail Moth
‘Biblical plague’ expected this summer
3 min |
2/27/2020
Reason magazine
Writer Meghan Daum Thinks You Need To Toughen Up
“ IF 2018 WAS the year that the concept of ‘cancel culture’ went mainstream,” writes Meghan Daum near the beginning of The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars (Gallery Books), “then 2019 may be the year that cancel culture cancels itself.”
10+ min |
February 2020
Globe
Virus Horror: Your Cash Could Kill You
U.S. dollars flooding in from China carry terrifying disease
2 min |
March 9, 2020
Reason magazine
SENATORS PROPOSE LIMITS ON POLICE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION
A BIPARTISAN PAIR of lawmakers wants to limit the use of facial recognition technology by federal law enforcement.
2 min |
February 2020
Reason magazine
FIRED?
AMERICANS CAN LOSE THEIR JOBS FOR ALMOST ANYTHING. WHY ARE WE SO HESITANT TO GIVE PRESIDENTS THE BOOT?
10+ min |
February 2020
Reason magazine
The Corruptions Of Talking Like Trump
“This committee is not a court, nor is it a jury,” Sen. Howard Baker (R–Tenn.) informed millions of television viewers on May 17, 1973.
5 min |
February 2020
Reason magazine
Populism Comes To Chile
When The Chilean government announced on October 4 that it was hiking subway fares by roughly 4 cents in the capital city of Santiago, high school students started jumping turnstiles en masse.
2 min |
February 2020
Reason magazine
Why Alaskans Can't Get Alaskan Natural Gas
A plan to tap reserves on the far-flung northern coast of Alaska is expected to produce about 80 million tons of liquid natural gas (LNG) over the next 20 years—but thanks to a protectionist shipping law, it’s likely that Americans won’t have access to a single drop.
2 min |