The Weekly Packet - November 21, 2024

In this issue

There were plenty of questions but no answers when 200 people showed up at a hearing about the future of three dams crucial to regulating local water levels. Meanwhile, vandals ruin it for everyone, as Blue Hill is forced to install security cameras at Town Park. On a happier note, the chamber of commerce sets a date for its annual tree lighting ceremony in Blue Hill. Residents have engaged in talks with a developer to try to save the Salt Pond blueberry barren. And George Stevens Academy students record oral histories of iconic Blue Hill Mountain.

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.