The Weekly Packet - August 22, 2024

In this issue

A beloved blueberry field faces development, upsetting residents, who packed a planning board meeting. Brooklin loses its principal to another school. Ten thousand years of Wabanaki history reverberates in a tale of "great loss and great survival." And you might need a bigger boat...because there's a great white shark that's been killing seals in the area, a scientist says.

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.