AppleMagazine
A Cruel Paradox: Beating Virus Means Causing US Recession
The coronavirus is dealing a death blow to the longest U.S. economic expansion on record, triggering layoffs and putting intense strain on the nation’s financial system.
6 min |
March 20, 2020
The Weekly Packet
Sedgwick voters approve $3.1 million budget
GSA tuition vote later
3 min |
3/12/2020
The Weekly Packet
Odd Fellows, cribbage and honing math skills
Governor Brooks Lodge #142 mixes fun and learning for students
1 min |
3/12/2020
New York magazine
This Will Get Worse
The grim math of a coronavirus future.
8 min |
March 16-29, 2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Stonington ballfield project handed over to town
Now it’s up to Town Meeting
2 min |
3/12/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
School board election voided
Deer Isle approves warrant articles, funding requests
3 min |
3/12/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Elvis rekindles memories in Stonington
STONINGTON—When Elvis impersonator Don Boudreau began to croon “Love Me Tender” at the March 5 Salt Air Seniors lunch at the Community of Christ Church, Edie Courville smiled and said, “That was one of my favorites.”
1 min |
3/12/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
DISES students take aim at packaging waste
STONINGTON—Four students from Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School stood up in front of the local select boards and asked them to support state legislation that would push companies such as Amazon to cut down on wasteful packaging.
1 min |
3/12/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Cheer contest draws hundreds to DISHS
DEER ISLE—An estimated 800 cheerleaders, families, friends, judges and a DJ filled the Deer Isle-Stonington High School gym on Saturday, March 7, for the fourth annual DI-S cheering competition.
1 min |
3/12/2020
The Atlantic
SOMETHING IN THE WATER
Opposition to water fluoridation, while often vocal, has been largely a fringe crusade. But solid evidence for fluoridation’s value is surprisingly hard to find.
10+ min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
Reiki Can't Possibly Work. So Why Does It?
The 20th-century Japanese healing therapy is now available in many hospitals. What its ascendance says about shifts in how American patients and doctors think about health care.
10+ min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
WHAT HAPPENED TO JAKE MILLISON?
WHEN A YOUNG RANCHER WENT MISSING, HIS FAMILY SAID HE’D SKIPPED TOWN. BUT HIS FRIENDS KNEW HIM BETTER THAN THAT, AND THEY REFUSED TO LET HIM SIMPLY DISAPPEAR.
10+ min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
IT'S ALL SO… PREMIOCRE
A guide to the new age of Potemkin luxury
7 min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
The World's Favorite Drug
The dark history of how coffee took over
10 min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
THE PERKS OF BEING A WEIRDO
How not fitting in can lead to creative thinking
7 min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
Hilary Mantel Takes Thomas Cromwell Down
As the author’s remarkable trilogy ends, her epic hero’s self-mastery is newly in doubt.
10+ min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
The Reigning Master of Family Drama
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, his first set outside of Japan, showcases the great director’s signature theme.
8 min |
April 2020
The Atlantic
How to tackle a Giraffe
The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think. Saving it begins with a daunting act of physical courage.
10+ min |
April 2020
Globe
Shocking Fear: Pope Dying Of Coronavirus!
Coughing fits strike terror as Rome reels from killer plague
3 min |
March 23, 2020
Techlife News
Cluster Of Coronavirus Cases Is Tied To US Biotech Meeting
A biotech meeting at a hotel in downtown Boston appears to be the source of a cluster of the coronavirus in the U.S. — and a warning for employers who are still holding big gatherings as the outbreak spreads.
3 min |
March 14, 2020
Techlife News
US Wholesale Prices Fall 0.6%, Biggest Decline In 5 Years
U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.6% in February, the biggest decline in five years, led by a sharp drop in energy costs.
1 min |
March 14, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Why was Iran hit so hard?
Iran is dealing with one of the world’s worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus, and the disease was quick to reach the top ranks of the government.
5 min |
March 16, 2020
National Enquirer
Coronavirus Will Kill 7 Million Americans!
Unstoppable plague bringing chaos & economic disaster
2 min |
March 16, 2020
Reason magazine
How Bad Is Online Harassment?
AND HOW DANGEROUS IS IT FOR THE FUTURE OF FREE SPEECH?
10+ min |
April 2020
Reason magazine
Just How Good Is Trump's Economy, Anyway?
IF DONALD TRUMP has his way in November’s presidential election, he’ll coast to victory on the strength of the economy.
10+ min |
April 2020
Reason magazine
The Not-So-Great Society
Historian Amity Shlaes on the good intentions and bad results of LBJ’s war on poverty
10+ min |
April 2020
Techlife News
High-Profile Companies Pull Out Of SXSW Amid Virus Outbreak
A rising number of high-profile companies and speakers have withdrawn from the upcoming South by Southwest music and arts festival amid mounting concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus.
1 min |
March 07, 2020
Techlife News
United Is First To Cut US Flying Due To Virus Outbreak
United Airlines will reduce flights, freeze hiring and ask employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as the airline struggles with weak demand for travel because of the new virus outbreak.
3 min |
March 07, 2020
Techlife News
China's Factories Try To Shield Workers As Output Revives
To keep his 40 employees indoors and away from China’s virus outbreak, the manager of an electronics factory in Dongguan, near Hong Kong, says he hired a cook and arranged dormitories for them.
3 min |
March 07, 2020
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Coronavirus Infects The Global Economy
Information about the markets and your money.
2 min |