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Bits & Pieces: Amazing Geothermal
by Paula Johnson What got me started down the latest rabbit hole was a question in my inbox: “How do most Icelanders heat their homes?” As a social science teacher who taught her students HOW to take a multiple-choice test, I applied the lesson to myself. First, eliminate those choices you know to be […]
News appoints Assistant Editor
Meet Sundance, the newest member of The Marcellus News team. Sundance joins Nancy, Sarah, Carmi and Ron in helping to keep local news alive. He’s definitely the youngest member of the team at just four months and will serve as Assistant Editor. His favorite pastime is hiking at Dr. Lawless and Russ Forest parks. […]
MICHIGAN WORKS! ANNOUNCES GOING PRO SEASON
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.- Michigan Works! announced applications open today, October 14 for the popular Going PRO Talent Fund. This competitive grant opportunity provides funds to local companies for training, developing, and in some cases retaining employees. With technology changing by the day, new equipment and machinery launching across the country and beyond, and more complex […]
MHS Honors Senior Band Members & cast of “Stay Out of My Swamp”
A group of talented young musicians and masters of improv gave the marching band’s #1 rated festival show, Stay Out of My Swamp, that extra something this fall. Front row, left to right, two of the Three Blind Mice, Lyra New and Ayla Kruger, Gingerbread Man Blake Payton, and equipment mover Grayson Reynolds. Back […]
Band Notes for the week of October 20, 2025
Percussionist Cat Shelton, right, joined the other senior band members in paying homage to Band Director Katy Essex during the students’ last marching band performance, Friday, October 17. Also pictured is Julian Ahonen. -News Photo MANDATORY! – Orlando, Florida Band Trip Meeting On Sunday, October 26 at 3pm there is a mandatory Parent/Student trip […]
Team RickWorld: What we’re reading the week of October 20, 2025
The clock is ticking for the Marcellus Library’s Read Through the Decades Challenge. The Challenge concludes with a Noon Year’s Eve Party on December 31, with Team RickWorld looking to complete its domination of the adult competition! The question is, which decade will the team represent? Justin Ware: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. […]
EarthTalk® – From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine
The U.S. still exports large amounts of trash and recycling overseas, particularly plastic waste. Dear EarthTalk: Is the U.S. still sending large barges of trash and recycling overseas? If so, which countries are taking most of it and is this good or bad for the environment? – P.L., via email In what is called “waste colonialism” […]
Cal Thomas: After Gaza – What’s Next?
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com In his address to Israel’s Knesset following the release of 20 living hostages by Hamas, President Donald Trump said several things that reflect wishful thinking. Among them: “The forces of chaos that have plagued the region are totally defeated.” “The enemies of all civilization are in retreat.” And the “long and painful […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: What if the Democrats Started to Support Democrats Again?
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com When will top Democratic party officials recognize that today’s electorate is not made up of moderate centrists? Rather, most Americans are anti-establishment rebels who’ve been knocked down, kicked out, and told that they don’t matter. Indeed, our country’s true political spectrum doesn’t run right to left, but top to bottom. Right-wing/left-wing […]
Farm and Food File: You’re holding a bad hand in a rigged game
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com One of the oldest sayings in poker warns that if you’re in a game for 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who’s the patsy–the player most likely to be the game’s biggest loser–you’re the patsy. In American agriculture, you can make a strong case that this year’s biggest patsy is the […]
