The Weekly Packet - October 6, 2022

In this issue

The Brooklin Volunteer Fire Department will celebrate 75 years with an open house on October 15. Surry Elementary School and Blue Hill Consolidated School are switching to bottled water after PFAS, “forever chemicals,” are found in their drinking water. And the new TradeWinds gym at the Lawrence Family Fitness Center YMCA now under construction is expected to open by year’s end.

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.