The Weekly Packet - August 8, 2024

In this issue

Blue Hill names a new chief to the fire department, while Brooklin wrestles with an old boiler at its school. Sails were everywhere last weekend, with the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta as well as a statewide dinghy championship in Blue Hill Bay. Plus, the little-known story of how a Sedgwick man ran an underwater "extension cord" to an island. And a really, really big shark washes up near the Falls Bridge.

The Weekly Packet Newspaper Description:

The Weekly Packet has been serving the Blue Hill Peninsula for the last five decades. It shares the stories and news of Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Sedgwick and Surry, Maine. Steeped rich in traditions such as fishing, boat building and agriculture, the newspaper follows the lives of its people and industry while also serving as the local paper of record and reporting on the municipal and educational decisions that affect the lives of the people that call the peninsula their home. Blue Hill, with its hospital and diverse alternative health care providers, as well as its many businesses and cultural institutions, serves as a nexus for the area.