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Sanders Edges Biden For Most Of The Local Super Tuesday Vote
Vaccine law to stay
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3/4/2020
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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.
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3/4/2020
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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.
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3/4/2020
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Under Canvas Acadia to return to planning board in Surry
Site plan review application continued to March 11
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3/4/2020
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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.
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2/27/2020
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‘Withdraw your request,' GSA hears at latest meeting
Towns to vote on tuition increase
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2/27/2020
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Mariner girls survive Schenck, face Katahdin in semifinals
The girls basketball team survived a tough game to beat Schenck 43-40 in a quarterfinal matchup February 15 at the Cross Insurance Cneter in Bangor.
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2/20/2020
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Questions, concerns arise at hearing for proposed ordinances
BLUE HILL—Members of the group behind the proposed town ordinances banning certain types of pesticides and unencapsulated polystyrene fielded questions from a small audience at a public hearing on Tuesday, February 12, at Blue Hill Town Hall.
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2/20/2020
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GSA combo places second at National Jazz Festival
BLUE HILL—A George Stevens Academy jazz ensemble earned second place in the inaugural National Jazz Festival in Philadelphia on February 15.
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2/20/2020
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Second half surge lifts Eagles over Fort Fairfield
BANGOR— The George Stevens Academy Eagles used a 41-point second half to upend the Fort Fairfield Tigers 67-39 in a Class C quarterfinal contest at the Cross Insurance Center on February 18.
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2/20/2020
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Eagles swim team makes waves at state meet
School records broken
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2/20/2020
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GSA swim team heads into post-season
PVCs this weekend, state championship follows
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2/6/2020
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Fire consumes Brooklin house
No casualties, structure destroyed
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2/6/2020
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Pucks fly as teams tear up the ice for annual tournament
BLUE HILL—Ice chips scattered under the skates of a lively gang of hockey enthusiasts at the Peninsula skating rink on Saturday, February 1, for the annual Peninsula Pond Hockey tournament.
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2/6/2020
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Eagles, Mariners rock GSA gym in overtime game
Both teams headed to playoffs.
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2/6/2020
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Sedgwick School Board approves 2020-21 budget
GSA tuition increase request kept separate.
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1/30/2020
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Public access to Bakeman Beach guaranteed
Recent gift by land trust welcomed by town of Brooksville
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1/30/2020
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Eagles channel late momentum swing
BLUE HILL—Just three games away from a potential appearance in the postseason, the George Stevens Academy girls basketball team is looking to roll off some late-season momentum.
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1/30/2020
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Shooting Woes Plague GSA Girls In Loss To Bucksport
BLUE HILL—After an electrical issue during the junior varsity game forced an evacuation and a delay in the start of the varsity game, the George Stevens Academy girls basketball team could not come up with the win against Narraguagus at home on January 11.
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1/16/2020
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Mariner girls team rolls over Sumner
DEER ISLE—On January 8, the girls basketball team won their only game last week easily, beating Sumner 56-21.
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1/16/2020
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Eagles blow by Golden Bucks
BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy boys basketball team took the season sweep over the Golden Bucks of Bucksport at home on Friday, January 10, with a 69-37 win.
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1/16/2020
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DI-S boys 8-2 after Jonesport loss, Sumner win
DEER ISLE—The boys basketball team lost to an experienced Jonesport team 79-63 in front of a big crowd January 7.
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1/16/2020
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Weight Room Promotes Fitness At DISHS
DEER ISLE—For the past year, Deer Isle-Stonington High School athletic director Betsy Woodward, the DISHS Booster Club and other volunteers have been working to complete a weight room project that will allow the entire student body access to workouts and fitness activities on a regular basis.
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12/12/2019
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Golden Sun Childcare Opens In Blue Hill, Sedgwick
BLUE HILL—While the unexpected closure of the Blue Hill YMCA Daycare stunned parents and left them scrambling to find child care in September, one former staff member stepped right up and fast-tracked a new one.
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12/12/2019
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GSA Girls Show Promise In Early Losses
BLUE HILL—In their opening games of the 2019-20 varsity season, the Eagles came out on the losing side but with one big reason to celebrate: the promise of better scores to come.
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12/12/2019
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Bagaduce Chorale Presents Christmas Extravaganza
Just in time for Christmas, the Bagaduce Chorale will present a program of holiday music.
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12/12/2019
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Courthouse Gallery Presents Studio Picks 2019
ELLSWORTH—Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will present its annual winter show, Studio Picks, highlighting 18 artists, three of whom are new to the gallery: Matt Barter, Tom Curry, and Kevin Beers.
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12/12/2019
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Glamping outfit meets with Surry Planning Board
SURRY—Glamping, or glamorous camping, may come to Surry with Under Canvas, a company that offers “glamping adventure packages” near national state parks.
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11/28/2019
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HERE & ABOUT
Blue Hill Bach presents a Downeast “Messiah”
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11/28/2019
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Facing budget crisis, George Stevens Academy requests tuition hike
BLUE HILL—An announcement sent to parents of George Stevens Academy students November 21 alerted them to what amounts to a financial crisis for the independent high school, which is requesting a tuition hike to $14,200 per student.
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