The Weekly Packet - January 2, 2025

In this issue

School Union 76 announces a 20 percent increase in its central office budget. The owners of the Brooklin General Store reflect on their first year in operation. George Stevens Academy basketball shows its fighting spirit and rapid evolution on both the boys and girls squads. Tired of frozen shrimp from a bag? Shrimp season is back in Maine after a 10-year hiatus. And, speaking of the ocean, a student explains the benefits of the Eastern Maine Skippers Program and thanks his "phenomenal" teachers.

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.