Island Ad-Vantages
Stonington Salt Shed Comes In Under Budget
Town responds to unfunded mandate to protect groundwater
1 min |
2/20/2020
The Atlantic
Can You Still Trust Nate Silver?
The leader of the data revolution believes he got 2016 right—and the rest of the media is in danger of getting 2020 wrong.
9 min |
March 2020
The Atlantic
The Supreme Court's Enduring Bias
Over the past half-century, siding with the powerful against the vulnerable has been the rule in almost every area of the law.
9 min |
March 2020
The Atlantic
Abraham Lincoln's Radical Moderation
What the president understood that the zealous Republican reformers in Congress didn’t
9 min |
March 2020
Mother Jones
THE MUCKRAKERS
How a bunch of gutsy Ukrainian journalists helped light the fuse that led to Trump’s impeachment
6 min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
SOUTHERN STRATEGY
Jaime Harrison is running to unseat Lindsey Graham. Does he have the blueprint to flip the Senate?
10+ min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
GHOST STORIES
Hooking up while trans at the latest frontier of misogyny
10 min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
FIELD OF SCHEMES
Are foreign fraudsters undermining American organic meat?
3 min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
Wiped Out
The hunt for a missing bacterium that might cure our modern ailments
4 min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
The Man Who Would Beat King
Can a Big Ag–bashing minor league baseball player take down Congress’ most ardent white nationalist? Not if Republicans get him first.
8 min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
Of Two Minds
By insisting that boys' and girls' brains are wired differently, proponents of single-sex education are selling all kids short.
10+ min |
March/April 2020
Mother Jones
'The Black Hills are Not for Sale'
The Lakota are fighting to protect their most sacred sites from mining—again.
10+ min |
March/April 2020
The Weekly Packet
GSA swim team heads into post-season
PVCs this weekend, state championship follows
2 min |
2/6/2020
The Weekly Packet
Fire consumes Brooklin house
No casualties, structure destroyed
1 min |
2/6/2020
The Weekly Packet
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.
2 min |
2/6/2020
The Weekly Packet
Eagles, Mariners rock GSA gym in overtime game
Both teams headed to playoffs.
2 min |
2/6/2020
Techlife News
US Says Chinese Military Stole Masses Of Americans' Data
Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said this week, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history to target consumer data.
4 min |
February 15, 2020
Techlife News
US On Track For First $1 Trillion Budget Deficit Since 2012
The U.S. budget deficit through the first four months of this budget year is up 19% from the same period a year ago, putting the country on track to record its first $1 trillion deficit since 2012.
1 min |
February 15, 2020
Island Ad-Vantages
GSA girls basketball team falls in prelim
FORT FAIRFIELD—The George Stevens Academy girls basketball team’s season came to an end on February 11, after a 27-54 loss at No. 3 Fort Fairfield in a Class C North preliminary game.
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Young cheerleaders bring home title
Island Cheer and Tumble spurs community support
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Eagles end indoor track season
ORONO—The George Stevens Academy boys and girls track teams wrapped up their season on Saturday, February 8, with the Penobscot Valley Conference Small Schools championship at the University of Maine in Orono.
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Saturday night special: DI-S girls at Cross Center
DEER ISLE— The girls basketball team has a 16-2 record and is in second place. Our only 2 losses were close games with Greenville.
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Eagle swimmers wrap up PVCs, look to state championships
BLUE HILL—Eagle swimmers are headed to the Maine state championships next week despite relatively low team scores at the Penobscot Valley Conference championships on February 8 at the University of Maine at Orono.
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Mariner boys face tough quarterfinal
DEER ISLE—The boys basketball team beat an improved Searsport team 63-42 on February 4.
1 min |
2/13/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Eagle boys team ready for playoff push
BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy boys team has made a tradition of being in the title mix during the last five seasons in the high school boys basketball tournament at the Cross Insurance Center.
2 min |
2/13/2020
Techlife News
Universities Cancel Study-Abroad Programs Amid Virus Fears
As concerns about China’s virus outbreak spread, universities all over the world are scrambling to assess the risks to their programs, and some are canceling study-abroad opportunities and prohibiting travel affecting hundreds of thousands of students.
4 min |
February 8, 2020
The Atlantic
ODE
From the outside it looks steady.
2 min |
January - February 2020
Mother Jones
MAKE AMERICA GRAZE AGAIN: THE LAST ROUNDUP
Will small farmers’ beef with Trump sway the 2020 election?
6 min |
January/February 2020
Mother Jones
The Young and The Relentless
The climate crisis generation is sick of waiting
9 min |
January/February 2020
The Weekly Packet
Sedgwick School Board approves 2020-21 budget
GSA tuition increase request kept separate.
2 min |