Lobsters and oysters dominate this week’s headlines. One is lunch and the other is business—find out which is which. The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is about to host its 9th annual Fall Festival and there is a schedule of events inside. Don’t miss it.

Public hearing Monday will address Blue Hill local issues on the November General Election ballot. Composting project faces hurdles in Brooklin and Surry.  At Home Downeast has fundraiser.

Yes, there will be limited fall sports at George Stevens Academy. Blue Hill auctions tax acquired property recouping back taxes owed. New speed checking sign on Blue Hill’s Main Street is vandalized.

A new area composting facility is planned for Brooklin. The empty fairgrounds symbolize living with the coronavirus. The Blue Hill Public Library sponsors a dialogue on race.

Blue Hill Selectmen set local referendum questions for the November General Election. Fall sports are indefinitely postponed at George Stevens Academy. Awanadjo Almanac columnist Rob McCall has a new book out.  Pushcart Press owner Bill Henderson receives a special award.

A busy news week. A lobster boat hit a ledge and partly sank off Brooklin. George Stevens Academy and Blue Hill Consolidated School provide more opening details. There was a protest at the Sedgwick Post Office. There will be a revote for the Blue Hill pesticide ordinance in November.  

The pilot and a passenger in a small plane made it safely to shore after their plane crashed in the Morgan Bay waters off Newberry Neck in Surry August 17.  Both were uninjured.  The Lawrence Family Fitness Center in Blue Hill is nearing completion. There will be  public viewing opportunities coming up.  George Stevens Academy will have a hybrid teaching model this fall.

Brooklin celebrates Roger Angell’s 100th birthday. Brooksville’s town buildings to be solar powered. New trail  in Blue Hill connects to in-town network.

COVID testing is open at the hospital in Blue Hill. Brooksville School talks opening this fall. Surry has a new guided historical tour! Find it all and more inside. 

Fall is coming up, and local schools are deep in planning their re-opening. Surry holds its latest Town Meeting ever, and the Wooden Boat Race Series is coming! All this, plus local happenings, police and court news, and more. Find it inside. 

Blue Hill votes in the 2020 budget via secret ballot referendum, plus all the local election results from the state primary. Also inside , the latest COVID-19 testing updates, a Seafood Festival is coming, and assessing sea level rise impacts in Blue Hill. Plus, police and courts, Town Topics and more, inside!

Parsing the rules around face coverings, the story of Penobscot elder Charles Shay, and Blue Hill plans a property auction. Also, we preview the Surry Town Meeting warrant, and what’s going on with the old Co-op building. Find out inside, plus Police News, Library Shelf and Coming Events.

Blue Hill shows its Pride, Black Lives Matter demonstrators return to downtown, and Sedgwick releases a statement on local social protests. Plus, citizens discuss the Blue Hill referendum, the Surry Planning Board gets busy, and our special Voter Primer.

Everything about Blue Hill’s July 14 referendum, including a contested school board race. Also inside, an interview with Sheriff Scott Kane, readers speak out on Black Lives Matter and social protesting, and community gardens are on the rise. Find it all inside!

GSA and Blue Hill Harbor School graduations are held in new ways, and BHCS marks the last day of school. Blue Hill Town Meeting will be by secret ballot referendum, and School Union 93 responds to Black Lives Matter. Read it all inside!

TradeWinds donates $100 to each graduating senior, demonstrators raise their voices for change and the Blue Hill Fair is cancelled for this year. Also, don't miss our graduation section and updated Community Concierge!

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!

Inns and hotels see shrinking reservations, GSA announces its commencement plan, and we preview the Brooklin warrant ahead of Town Meeting. Also inside, Bagaduce River alewives head for Walker Pond, fire levels a Surry home, and Blue Hill selectmen look at cutting the 2020 budget. It’s all inside!

George Stevens Academy Honor Parts, graduation plans across the peninsula, and selectmen consider public access to Sperry Pond. And, what are local restaurants planning now that inside seating is allowed? Plus, stay FITT at home with Bob McCormick, and New Surry Theatre goes live online. It’s all inside.

Love is all around us—find out how inside! Plus, the latest news ini COVID-19 testing and the peninsula’s gradual re-opening. Meanwhile, Brooklin holds town elections, GSA plans a senior spring athlete parade, and a new salon opens in Blue Hill. Plus, running 54 miles for Tree of Life. It’s all inside.

COVID-19 testing availability, how local farms are handling the pandemic, and town meetings are rescheduled…or just indefinitely postponed. Plus, Surry and Sedgwick teachers and staff hold parades, and just how many kids are learning, and eating school lunch, from home? Read it inside.

Sedgwick School unveils plan to reduce school budget. Governor Mills announces plan to ease restrictions on businesses. Also, check out our new Community Concierge for information on what local businesses are still open. 

Sedgwick looks to open up alewife runs with a project to replace the culvert at Snow’s Brook. A local mother works with Haystack's Fab Lab to make protective equipment. Read more inside!

An April nor’easter knocks out power and downs trees…then came a wind storm. Plus, Gov. Mills extends the civil state of emergency, a solar farm in Sedgwick gets planning board approval, and the chamber of commerce is changing. Plus, school update, library news and more. Find it inside! 

What’s the latest, local COVID-19 news? Plus, a Surry home is saved in an early a.m. fire, food pantries are stepping in as jobs are lost, and cracking the code of successful work-and-school from home. Also, fake news and social media can reach deep. It’s all inside.


The first COVID-19 case in Hancock County is identified in Blue Hill, a stay-at-home order is decreed, and Blue Hill elections are postponed. But what’s with all those teddy bears? And how much crab did local fishermen give away last Saturday? Plus, more local coronavirus news and our regular beats. Find it inside. 


On the peninsula, businesses, town government and schools adapt to life under COVID-19.  Plus, how are the grocery shelves doing? Also inside,  resources for those at extra risk from isolation, and readers weigh in on a range of issues. Plus, Blue Hill candidate interviews and a referendum preview. Find it inside!

COVID-19 brings school closures and cancellations across the peninsula—find the latest updates inside, including Blue Hill’s rescheduled town meeting. Surry is still deciding on a “glamping” campground, plus court and police news.

The peninsula gets ready for the coronavirus, Sedgwick holds town meeting, and Blue Hill discusses the harbor dredge proposal. Plus, Brooksville students hone math skills through cribbage, thanks to the Odd Fellows, and Maine 200 celebrations kick off. And is Sedgwick going solar? Find out inside.

Election results and issues at the polls on Election Day on the peninsula, Brooksville holds Town Meeting and Blue Hill discusses big road projects in the future. Also inside, the coronavirus is headed to our area. Plus, GSA hosts the district jazz fest, police and court news and more—all inside.

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