Island Ad-Vantages
The amazing people we meet through the year
As reporters, writing for deadlines sometimes makes us lose sight of all the stories we have written over the course of the year. So, when your boss asks you to recap the highlights of your year, you lean on the archives to remember what you have written.
2 min |
1/2/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Mariners locked in halfway through season
DEER ISLE—The boys basketball team beat Bucksport 73-56 on December 19. We led 20-12 after the first quarter and built the lead more after that. Bucksport had a couple players suspended, so they were no match for us.
1 min |
1/2/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Junior class leads GSA track team in Orono
ORONO—A small portion of the George Stevens Academy indoor track team competed in the second meet of the season at the University of Maine in Orono on December 28.
1 min |
1/2/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Eagles notch win over Searsport
Undefeated streak continues
1 min |
1/2/2020
Island Ad-Vantages
‘People' Stories Made This A Year To Remember
While every town saw its share of municipal and school issues, and keeping the public informed is a hugely important part of my work as a reporter, it was the stories of local folks doing cool, often civic-minded things that stood out for me in 2019.
2 min |
1/2/2020
The Weekly Packet
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.
2 min |
11/28/2019
The Weekly Packet
HERE & ABOUT
Blue Hill Bach presents a Downeast “Messiah”
2 min |
11/28/2019
The Weekly Packet
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.
3 min |
11/28/2019
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
The Rise of New Spain
Within a couple of years of arriving in Mexico, Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire.
3 min |
January 2020
The Weekly Packet
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.
1 min |
12/12/2019
The Weekly Packet
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.
1 min |
12/12/2019
The Weekly Packet
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.
1 min |
12/12/2019
The Weekly Packet
‘More confident' DISHS boys basketball team begins season
DEER ISLE—The boys basketball team has good numbers with many of the last year’s team that did make the tournament returning. I noticed in the scrimmage with Narraguagus that we have gotten taller and more confident.
1 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Proposed Blue Hill ordinances to require petitions, votes
Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance, Unencapsulated Polystyrene Ordinance
3 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
GSA boys basketball team feeds off culture of success
BLUE HILL—Success on the basketball court has become a culture for the George Stevens Academy boys basketball program, and with the season start only a few days away, the team has been busy preparing for what coach Dwayne Carter hopes will be another strong showing for the Eagles.
2 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Garden Club establishes Blue Hill Community Garden
BLUE HILL—This summer, the Blue Hill Garden Club partnered with Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Gleaning Initiative to plant public pick-your-own grow boxes in downtown Blue Hill.
2 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Experience, depth key as Mariners enter season
DEER ISLE—The girls basketball team returns most of last year’s team that went to the Eastern Maine finals. Though our expectations will be high, Coach Randy Shepard is working to get the best combinations with each position.
1 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Castine gallery owners go “green-er” this Thanksgiving
Art for conservation
2 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Buck's Harbor Market will keep the lights on this winter
Open year-round
2 min |
12/5/2019
The Weekly Packet
Blue Hill YMCA opens senior center
BLUE HILL—The Blue Hill YMCA has found a way to utilize the space left vacant when the Blue Hill Childcare Center closed in September. That space has now been converted into a senior center for senior YMCA members and the general senior population to gather for coffee, puzzles, board games and socializing five days a week.
2 min |
12/5/2019
The Atlantic
Cool It, Krugman
The self-sabotaging rage of the New York Times columnist
10 min |
January - February 2020
The Atlantic
The Woman Who Made Modern Journalism
Ida Tarbell helped pioneer reportorial methods and investigative ambitions that are as potent today as ever.
10 min |
January - February 2020
The Atlantic
How Flamenco Went Pop
The Spanish star Rosalía has made the harrowing music of Andalusia into a global phenomenon.
6 min |
January - February 2020
The Atlantic
The Myth Of Free Shipping
How retailers hide the costs of delivery—and why we’re such suckers for their ploys
7 min |
January - February 2020
Island Ad-Vantages
Weight Room Promotes Fitness At DISHS
Weight Room Promotes Fitness At DISHS
1 min |
12/12/2019
Island Ad-Vantages
Stonington student is a ‘STAR'
Stonington student is a ‘STAR’
2 min |
12/12/2019
Island Ad-Vantages
Mariners carry over success from last season
DEER ISLE—The girls basketball team took on a young George Stevens team and beat them 57-23 on Friday, December 6.
1 min |
12/12/2019
Island Ad-Vantages
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.
1 min |
12/12/2019
Island Ad-Vantages
Deer Isle Garbage Man Retires After Half A Century Of Work
DEER ISLE—For 53 years, Stanley Joyce has left his house every day, driven up and down the island in sun, snow, rain or wind, and collected the garbage of Deer Isle and Stonington residents. Now, at the age of 76, he has traded in that life for one of retirement.
2 min |
12/12/2019
Castine Patriot
Trinity Episcopal Church Leader Settles Down On Maine Coast
CASTINE—Life has taken Trinity Episcopal Church priest Donna Downs around the world, from Connecticut to Tokyo, Japan, England and more, but one small town on the coast of Maine always remained a constant.
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