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Brooksville Maine is a small coastal town with a laid-back community

lifestyle and diverse industries from fishing to plumbing to computer

graphics and marketing.

We hope you will enjoy our website!

Hello Brooksville,

I hope you had a safe, filling and happy Thanksgiving. We've had a couple of days to relax and reassess as we enter the Holidays and the last month of 2020. What a year! (That's all I've got)

Each day we hear that the COVID 19 case numbers are increasing. Scary, but there is good news, a vaccination, actually 3 of them, are on the way. However we can't let our guard down until they actually arrive at a doctors office near us! We have to hang in there a bit longer.....

....so as we have done throughout the past 8+ months we need to continue to practice the steps which have kept our numbers and percentages down compared to so much of the country.

Practice safe and social distancing. Wear a mask when around others.

Wash your hands frequently.

Hopefully it'll be for just a bit longer!

Tonight we have something else to think about. Though warm, it looks like some or all of us may lose power.

Storm info -

Since we were last in this position the power company has changed ownership again. Versant's outage form seems very similar to Emera's and equally user friendly.

Ok, you all know what to do -

1. Have your electric bill with account number somewhere easily accessible. (email and phone numbers to report an outage)

2. Jot your physical address, contact info and zip code on a piece of paper and leave it with your electric bill info.

3. Make sure to charge your phone(s)

4. Have your flashlight close at hand.

5. Draw off some water.

VERSANT POWER contact info

www.versantpower.com

(207) 973-2000 or 1-855-363-7211

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATION info

(Same number for both phone & internet)

1-844-968-7224

As always, remember to check in on your neighbors in the morning. A quick phone call from a friend is always appreciated! Please feel free to share this message.

Stay safe, be well, & be kind Brooksville,

Gayle

(Below you will find a notice from the Broadband Committee regarding Brooksville's current broadband service and a link to test the speed of the service you currently have.)

The Maine Broadband Coalition is asking all Maine residents to do an Internet speed test on their computers/tablets/cell phones connected to Wi-Fi in order to determine the spectrum of internet speeds in all of our towns.The results of these tests will determine in part where the Maine broadband funding will be prioritized and should help all towns to gather the necessary data to submit for grants elsewwhere. In Brooksville, the internet work group is requesting that everyone possible run the test so that we have excellent quality data for Brooksville. Almost none of us have acceptable broadband speeds and if we can demonstrate this with a large number of participants, it hopefully will improve our chances of any state funding that is available. It's very easy to do. Go to the Maine broadband coalition website:

https://www.mainebroadbandcoalition.org/speed-test-info.

Read the instructions and scroll down to "run the test". It takes only a minute to determine your speed and have it entered into the Maine Broadband Coalition database. You can then look at the map of Brooksville to see what the internet speeds are in various locations in town. The yellow dots have higher speeds (but still inadequate) and typically are closer to the Consolidated Communications substations. Your dot will not be shown immediately but should be posted later.

Letter from Doug Cowan MD and Selectmen with information about the CoVid-19

Letter from Doug Cowan, MD and Selectmen.docx Size: 14.62 Kb

The town office is open

Monday and Wednesdays

9 AM to 2 PM

and Thursday nights

6 PM to 8 PM

for curbside service.

You can still call, fax and email us.

CALL 326-4518

FAX 326-8039

Email town.office@brooksvillemaine.org

TAX COLLECTOR – tax.collector@brooksvillemaine.org

TOWN CLERK – town.clerk@brooksvillemaine.org

TREASURER – treasurer@brooksvillemaine.org

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – jdevlin04617@gmail.com

PLUMBING INSPECTOR – johnhgray42@gmail.com

LIBRARIAN – brook@brooksvillelibrary.org

HARBORMASTER – harbormaster@brooksvillemaine.org

FIRE DEPARTMENT -

CHIEF, Matt Dow 479-1911

EMERGENCIES - dial 911

FOR A BURN PERMIT

http://www13.informe.org/burnpermit/public/index.htmlt

Mailing address:

TOWN OF BROOKSVILLE

PO BOX 314

BROOKSVILLE, MAINE 04617

FIND US -

Brooksville Maine Town Office - on FaceBook

Website - www.brooksvillemaine.org

The Brooksville Volunteer Fire

Department is now having their

Thursday night meetings.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW

FOR A BURN PERMIT.

http://www13.informe.org/burnpermit/public/index.htmlt

2021 DOG LICENSES are available.

All dogs must be registered annually by December 31st

The 2020 licenses expire December 31, 2020. To avoid a$25 late fee please pay by December 31st.

WE NOW ACCEPT CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS.

2019 Annual Town Report

Click below to see reports:

2019 Brooksville Annual Report .pdf Size: 7590.78 Kb

Annual Town Reports

Sedgwick Brooksville Town

Landing Committee

Walker Pond Meeting

meets the 2nd Thursday of the month

at 5:30 pm at the Sedgwick Town House.

The Harbor Committee

meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm, at

the Public Service Building .

Mark Shaughnessy, Chairman

Debrae Bishop, Harbormaster 207-664-4885

Email Address harbormaster@brooksvillemaine.org

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S HOURS

The CEO will be in on Wednesdays, between the hours of 9 a.m

and 12 p.m.

CALLAHAN MINE SUPERFUND SITE

Community update for July 2020

www.epa.gov/superfund/callahan

Directions to the Walkers Pond Landing

(Sedgwick Brooksville Town Landing)

From Coastal Road ME175 in Brooksville turn right onto Caterpillar

Hill Road, ME15/ME 175, go 1.4 miles, turn right onto Cooper Farm Road (*just past a scenic turnout, the Cooper Farm Road is the 1^st

road on right after turnout). Almost .2 miles on the Cooper Farm

Road, on the right, is the Walkers Pond Road. The Walkers Pond Road

is a mile long dirt road. Speed limit on this road is 15 mph. At the end

of this road is the Sedgwick Brooksville Town Landing.

BLUE HILL / SURRY TRANSFER STATION

207-374-5458

Starting March 29, 2020 the hours are changing as follows:

Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

DEMO HOURS: 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

CLOSED ON ALL HOLIDAYS EXCEPT FOR

LABOR DAY

HELP US FIND YOU IN AN EMERGENCY!

House number signs, green & white $10.00 each
to order call 326-4904

Leave your name, phone number & address.

We will gladly make them up for you.

Thank you for your help.

THE BROOKSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT