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Blue Hill Mountain to close for cell tower maintenance
Blue Hill Mountain to close for cell tower maintenance

Helicopter will transport equipment, cell tower switching to T-Mobile

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Hancock County Sheriff candidates to appear at a forum
Hancock County Sheriff candidates to appear at a forum

Blue Hill Public Library to host

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Secretary of State warns of misleading websites
Secretary of State warns of misleading websites

Bellows urges voters to look for .gov websites for official voter information

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Searchers recover body of missing Blue Hill man
Searchers recover body of missing Blue Hill man

Man believed to have fallen from boat

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Memories from the Brooksville and Blue Hill mines
Memories from the Brooksville and Blue Hill mines

Anecdotes from some involved in the peninsula mines in the 20th century

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Land trust announces its director will retire next year
Land trust announces its director will retire next year

After 13 years, the Blue Hill Heritage Trust will say goodbye to George Fields next February

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LIFESTYLE

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THE BIRD GUY: Unusual cedar waxwing
THE BIRD GUY: Unusual cedar waxwing

Compare the leucistic cedar waxwing to a “normal” one

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Ellsworth music school hosts first concert at new location
Ellsworth music school hosts first concert at new location

The school’s assistance program allows for 75 percent off tuition

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BOOK REVIEW: Heartbreak, hope and forbidden romance on a Maine orchard
BOOK REVIEW: Heartbreak, hope and forbidden romance on a Maine orchard

Book Review: Grafting, a novel by Rylan Hynes

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THE U-TURN: Boat aground in Blue Hill
THE U-TURN: Boat aground in Blue Hill

Plus, not-so-feathered friends meet at a Brooksville pond

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Word Festival lineup announced, includes oral history recordings
Word Festival lineup announced, includes oral history recordings

Meet award-winning authors and learn this year’s festival schedule

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CREATE

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Gallery Within interplays 6 unusually paired materials
Gallery Within interplays 6 unusually paired materials

‘Wood metal’ gives space for less traditional art mediums at the Reversing Falls Sanctuary

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New murals to be taped along library walls
New murals to be taped along library walls

Local art teachers will have an exhibit of their own tape art

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POEM: ARMING
POEM: ARMING

Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate’s, poem ARMING  

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Popular Maine YouTuber paints landscapes of Blue Hill
Popular Maine YouTuber paints landscapes of Blue Hill

‘The Frugal Crafter’s’ process for summer landscapes

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Tool bag and spoiled food
Tool bag and spoiled food

Police log for Sept. 20-27

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PUBLIC MEETINGS

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Castine - Ordinance Review Committee Meeting
Oct 1
Castine - Ordinance Review Committee Meeting
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Castine - Selectboard Meeting
Oct 5
Castine - Selectboard Meeting
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Castine - CHPC Meeting
Oct 13
Castine - CHPC Meeting
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Castine - ZBA Public Hearing
Oct 14
Castine - ZBA Public Hearing
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Castine - Town and Gown Meeting
Oct 19
Castine - Town and Gown Meeting
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Castine - Selectboard Meeting
Oct 19
Castine - Selectboard Meeting
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Castine - Planning Board Meeting
Oct 20
Castine - Planning Board Meeting
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OPINIONS

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LETTER: Steel band concerts remind me why I returned to the peninsula
LETTER: Steel band concerts remind me why I returned to the peninsula

Recalling the pleasure of looking into the faces of hundreds of people and seeing pure, unfiltered joy

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OP-ED: The patriotism of dissent
OP-ED: The patriotism of dissent

Brooklin’s flags remind one writer of ‘the right to say when we have fallen short’

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LETTER: Principal holds moment of silence in memory of 9/11
LETTER: Principal holds moment of silence in memory of 9/11

Rebecca Gratz of Deer Isle-Stonington High School led students through the timeline—and a moment of silence—for those lost 25 years ago

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