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Brooklin Donates Fire Truck To Storm-Ravaged Bahama Town
The Weekly Packet

Brooklin Donates Fire Truck To Storm-Ravaged Bahama Town

Neighboring towns pitch in

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11/14/2019
All Articles Approved At Blue Hill Special Town Meeting
The Weekly Packet

All Articles Approved At Blue Hill Special Town Meeting

$50,000 grant, snow removal budget, road plan

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11/14/2019
Veterans Day Program Brings Stories To Life Through Song
Castine Patriot

Veterans Day Program Brings Stories To Life Through Song

CASTINE—At what price freedom? The songs and stories of Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz drew a poignant picture of the men and women behind World War II abroad and the war effort at home Veterans Day, November 11, to Witherle Memorial Library.

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11/14/2019
Mariner Teams Cruise To Conference Championships
Castine Patriot

Mariner Teams Cruise To Conference Championships

CASTINE—It was a busy weekend of North Atlantic Conference championships, with men’s and women’s soccer championships, as well as volleyball, all being played on the Maine Maritime Academy campus.

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11/14/2019
DISHS presents David & Lisa at the Reach
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DISHS presents David & Lisa at the Reach

DEER ISLE—Deer Isle-Stonington High School students will perform the comedic drama David & Lisa this weekend at the Reach Performing Arts Center.

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11/14/2019
Organization raises awareness of flotation safety
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Organization raises awareness of flotation safety

STONINGTON—Representatives of Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety were on the Stonington Fish Pier on Friday, November 8, with lifejackets and wetsuits heavily discounted to local fishermen.

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11/14/2019
IEC stores make switch to new supplier
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IEC stores make switch to new supplier

STONINGTON—Patrons of Burnt Cove Market in Stonington and The Galley in Deer Isle will soon see new, and more, products on the shelves, as both stores have switched wholesale suppliers.

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11/14/2019
Grace Morey crowned Miss Maine Teen USA
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Grace Morey crowned Miss Maine Teen USA

Will use platform for climate change awareness

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11/14/2019
Deer Isle Vet immortalized in watercolor exhibit
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Deer Isle Vet immortalized in watercolor exhibit

DEER ISLE—When Coast Guard veteran Jodi Mosher met artist Mary Whyte in 2012, she was sitting in the harbormaster office in Stonington filling out paperwork, unaware of who Whyte even was.

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11/14/2019
Camden National Bank recognizes ‘Leaders & Luminaries'
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Camden National Bank recognizes ‘Leaders & Luminaries'

Camden National Bank recognized six nonprofit board directors with a 2019 Leaders & Luminaries Award along with $22,000 in grants for their respective organizations.

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11/14/2019
Techlife News

Facebook Says It Removed 3.2B Fake Accounts In 6 Months

Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months.

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November 16, 2019
Why It Feels Like Everything Is Going Haywire
The Atlantic

Why It Feels Like Everything Is Going Haywire

Social media rapidly changed how we communicate, in ways that destabilize democracy. What can we do about that?

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December 2019
The Atlantic

Against Reconciliation

The gravest danger to American Democracy isn't an excess of vitriol –It's the false promise of civility.

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December 2019
What Art Can Do
The Atlantic

What Art Can Do

The power of stories that are unshakably true

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December 2019
Can This Marriage Be Saved?
The Atlantic

Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Applying the techniques of couples counseling to bring reds and blues back together again

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December 2019
How America Ends
The Atlantic

How America Ends

A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?

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December 2019
Lookout Rock Preserve ‘small gem' in Brooksville
The Weekly Packet

Lookout Rock Preserve ‘small gem' in Brooksville

BROOKSVILLE—Deep down Herrick Road lies Lookout Rock Preserve, opened by Maine Coast Heritage Trust this summer for anyone up for a short hike up to arresting views over Penobscot Bay to the Camden Hills, and down to Vinalhaven and Isle au Haut.

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11/7/2019
State referendums easily pass in lowkey election year
The Weekly Packet

State referendums easily pass in lowkey election year

With two far from controversial referendum questions on the Maine ballot on Election Day, November 5, local turnout was steady but light at polls, according to town clerks across the peninsula.

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11/7/2019
New pastor brings experience to Sunshine Advent Church
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New pastor brings experience to Sunshine Advent Church

DEER ISLE—With over 40 years of experience in the church, new Sunshine Advent Christian Church pastor Dwight Dean said his new location is the “perfect fit” for him to finish out his career.

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10/31/2019
New Penobscot Pastor Felt ‘Call' To Small Town Maine
Castine Patriot

New Penobscot Pastor Felt ‘Call' To Small Town Maine

PENOBSCOT—After a year of interim pastors, parishioners of South Penobscot Baptist Church received a permanent placement with pastor Jake Clement’s official installation in September.

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11/7/2019
Castine's John Gardner profiled in new book
The Weekly Packet

Castine's John Gardner profiled in new book

Book launch party November 17

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11/7/2019
Quarterfinal win historic for GSA volleyball team
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Quarterfinal win historic for GSA volleyball team

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy volleyball team made history on October 26 when they took a 3-0 win over Machias for the program’s first ever playoffwin.

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10/31/2019
Parking Ordinance Amended In Castine
Castine Patriot

Parking Ordinance Amended In Castine

CASTINE—Several proposed changes to Castine’s parking ordinance were approved by selectmen following a public hearing on November 4.

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11/7/2019
‘Special' volleyball season ends in semifinals
The Weekly Packet

‘Special' volleyball season ends in semifinals

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy volleyball team may have come up a match shy of an appearance in the Class C state championship, but when they took the floor in their semifinal contest against Calais, it was already a win just by showing up.

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11/7/2019
Love of Maine leads new pastor to Deer Isle
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Love of Maine leads new pastor to Deer Isle

DEER ISLE—Parishioners at the Deer Isle Sunset Congregational Church, UUC have been led by a new minister for the last two months, as Vicki Reeser has taken over the position.

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10/31/2019
Castine's John Gardner Profiled In New Book
Castine Patriot

Castine's John Gardner Profiled In New Book

Book launch party November 17

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11/7/2019
BHCS students challenge their fitness in PACER Olympics
The Weekly Packet

BHCS students challenge their fitness in PACER Olympics

BLUE HILL—Stretched across one end of the Blue Hill Consolidated School gymnasium October 29, 31 students were poised to take offrunning—not for speed but for endurance, in a program where students compete against their own level of fitness.

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11/7/2019
Rockbound Rebekah's a mission of giving back
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Rockbound Rebekah's a mission of giving back

STONINGTON—Visitors to the annual Fishermen’s Day, or Halloween enthusiasts at the Stonington Spooktacular, and other events around town, may have seen booths and crab rolls by the Rockbound Rebekah’s.

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10/31/2019
Eagles fly into semifinals after overtime heroics
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Eagles fly into semifinals after overtime heroics

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy boys soccer team moved on to the semifinals after a 2-1 win over Washington Academy on October 29, but it was not without some late-game heroics.

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10/31/2019
Mill Stack Demolished With Hardly A Bang
Castine Patriot

Mill Stack Demolished With Hardly A Bang

BUCKSPORT—First reports from the police department told would-be onlookers that demolition of the tall pollution control stack at the site of the former paper mill would take place on October 29, between 6 and 10 a.m. So folks began to gather on the waterfront, along Main Street, and across the river at Fort Knox before daybreak on Tuesday.

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10/31/2019