The Weekly Packet - 06/04/2020

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GSA is able to defer the tuition increase request because of a federal loan. Quarantine—what do the visitors to the area think? Don’t forget the census! It’s all inside!

Federal loan allows GSA to defer its tuition increase request

BLUE HILL—Being given a forgivable loan of $732,000 has made it possible for George Stevens Academy to withdraw its current request to sending towns for a student tuition increase for the coming 2020-21 school year. At a recent special meeting, the academy’s board of trustees voted unanimously to accept the loan from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A public letter, signed by board Chair Samantha Politte and Vice-Chair Sally Mills, stated that “the PPP loan does not erase this tuition shortfall over the long term, but does allow us to get through the next few months.” The full text of the letter appears on the community Forum page 4 of this issue.

1 min

14-day quarantine isn't so bad, say some Others, not so much. And is everyone doing it?

Before they left New York for their new summer home in Stonington, Pat and Darko Hreljanovic heard there was trepidation about people arriving from out of state, especially from an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 mins

Time to fill out your census forms, Mainers!

Local response to census lags behind the nation

3 mins

Brooklin shops reopening after virus closures

Town offers a variety of wares

3 mins

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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.