The Weekly Packet - 05/28/2020

In this issue

Inns and hotels see shrinking reservations, GSA announces its commencement plan, and we preview the Brooklin warrant ahead of Town Meeting. Also inside, Bagaduce River alewives head for Walker Pond, fire levels a Surry home, and Blue Hill selectmen look at cutting the 2020 budget. It’s all inside!

Fire levels summer home in Surry

SURRY—For the second time in three weeks, a Toddy Pond summer “camp” went up in flames.

1 min

George Stevens Academy announces commencement plans

BLUE HILL—George Stevens Academy will honor the Class of 2020 with an online class night on Saturday, June 13, at 7 p.m. and online commencement exercises on Sunday, June 14, at 1 p.m. The school also announced its senior class honor parts.

1 min

Inns, hotels report shocking drop in reservations

‘There’s been tons of cancellations’

3 mins

New substation may keep more lights on

BLUE HILL—The electricity distribution substation being built along route 172 in Blue Hill, just north of the fairgrounds, will include several updates designed to make the local power grid more resilient.

1 min

LIBRARY SHELF

We’ve taken advantage of this extended closure to catch up on some long overdue projects that will benefit our patrons.

2 mins

The alewives are running

Making their annual Bagaduce River run

1 min

Need a break from stay-at-home? Take a hike!

Penny’s Nature Preserve in Blue Hill

1 min

Blue Hill Selectmen take aim at town, school budgets

Spurred by projected revenue drop

3 mins

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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.