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by Will Robinson Less than a month after almost 300 Brooklin voters flocked to the polls, a clerical error in the town office rendered the positive vote invalid. This halts the $4 million school renovation project before it can begin and throws the 2024-25 school budget process into disarray. “A lot of work on this just went down the tube because someone forgot something along the way,” said School Union 76 Superintendent Dan Ross at a special school board meeting on January 8.

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Photo Gallery Major work needed on Fisher House The Jonathan Fisher House has been selected by Maine Preservation for their annual list of Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Places of 2023. Jonathan Fisher House exterior, side view. From left, 1814 House, 1896 addition, and 1979 addition. Photo courtesy of PTF Assessment Jonathan Fisher House interior Jonathan Fisher House interior, attic.

News Feature Blue Hill Originally published in The Weekly Packet, January 4, 2024 Now on ‘most endangered’ list of historic Maine places Wood pilaster base at vestibule entrance that fell off, exposing powder post beetle damage at wood blocking. The Jonathan Fisher House has been selected by Maine Preservation for their annual list of Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Places of 2023.

by Michael Dickerson The Blue Hill Select Board discussed two proposals at the December 27 meeting, submitted by Sparky Clifford and Clifford Nevells, to rebuild four town floats. The four floats will be 20 feet in length and between 12 and 14 feet in width, according to select board member Scott Miller. The bids from Clifford and Nevells were $56,000 and $48,000, respectively.

Photo Gallery The Weekly Packet invites all area elementary schools to send holiday art and writing for this issue. Brooklin School and The Bay School did not participate this year.

Photo Feature The 2023-2024 George Stevens Academy girls basketball team The 2023-2024 George Stevens Academy girls basketball team, front row from left: Bailey Joyce, Madison Brackett, Emma Perry-St. Peter, Halle Clifford, Jasmine Emerton, Jazzlyn Smith, Caroline Walden. Back row: Mya Schildroth, Corina Walden, Amelia Jackson, Layla Hutchins, Taylor Grego, Camryn Allen. Photo by Erik Atwell

by Moira Sankey and Will Robinson A brutal storm ripped through the entire state on Monday, December 18, into Tuesday, December 19. Hundreds of thousands of residents were left without power statewide. Power company repair, fire department and public works crews worked through the day and night and the next day, clearing trees and fixing downed power lines. According to Versant Power, outages peaked at 96,000 customers, well over 50 percent of the total customers served.

U.S Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Edward Markey (D-MA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AL) have led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement (FISH Wellness) Act. This legislation aims to build upon the success of the Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research & Training Program to better address the range of occupational safety and health risks facing fishermen, including worker fatigue and substance use disorder.