The Weekly Packet - 11/7/2019
The Weekly Packet - 11/7/2019
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In this issue
A brief hike up Brooksville’s Lookout Rock on a sunny, fall day, plus exploring end-of-life issues and more in our Forum, the end of the GSA Eagles fall season, election results, and Blue Hill citizens propose a pesticide ordinance.
State referendums easily pass in lowkey election year
With two far from controversial referendum questions on the Maine ballot on Election Day, November 5, local turnout was steady but light at polls, according to town clerks across the peninsula.
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Lookout Rock Preserve ‘small gem' in Brooksville
BROOKSVILLE—Deep down Herrick Road lies Lookout Rock Preserve, opened by Maine Coast Heritage Trust this summer for anyone up for a short hike up to arresting views over Penobscot Bay to the Camden Hills, and down to Vinalhaven and Isle au Haut.
1 min
BHCS students challenge their fitness in PACER Olympics
BLUE HILL—Stretched across one end of the Blue Hill Consolidated School gymnasium October 29, 31 students were poised to take offrunning—not for speed but for endurance, in a program where students compete against their own level of fitness.
1 min
‘Special' volleyball season ends in semifinals
BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy volleyball team may have come up a match shy of an appearance in the Class C state championship, but when they took the floor in their semifinal contest against Calais, it was already a win just by showing up.
1 min
The Weekly Packet Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Penobscot Bay Press
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
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.
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