Town Contact Information
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Town of Brooksville, 1 Town House Rd., Brooksville, ME 04617
Telephone: 326-4518 Fax: 326-8039
Tax Collector/Town Clerk: Mon., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.;
Wed., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Thu., 6-8 p.m.
Selectmen in office: Wed., 9-11 a.m.
Selectmen meet every other Thu., 7 p.m., town office.

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Municipal Information
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Town Description

With 53 miles of coastline, Brooksville is well-known for boating and kayaking along the Bagaduce River. Also an attraction is the pristine beauty of Holbrook Island Sanctuary, a nature preserve that is part of the state’s parks system. Buck’s Harbor is a yachting center for the area. The last handbuilt home of back-to-the-land pioneers, Scott and Helen Nearing, is located here, operated as The Good Life Center.

The town was once five distinct villages, each with post office, school, church and store. Its economy has been variously driven by farming, fishing, copper mining on Cape Rosier, a granite quarry, saw mills, grist mills and tourism. While no longer arriving by steamboat, tourists continue to play a role in the local economy, as does shoreland property development.

Town Officials

Selectmen
Darrell Fowler 326-4518
Richard Bakeman 326-4518
John Gray 326-4518
Registrar of Voters and Town Clerk
Amber Bakeman 326-4518
Treasurer
Freida Peasley 326-4518
Office Assistant
Gayle Clifford 326-8824
Tax Collector
Joanne Van der Ebb 326-4518
Animal Control Officer
Robert Gross 469-3969
Board of Appeals
Basil Ladd 326-4704
Jean McConnell 326-4923
James Littlefield 359-8521
Horace Snow 326-8217
Darrell Fowler, Alt. 326-8769
Brooksville Community Center Commission
Betsy Jones, Chm. 326-8296
Philip Wessel, Treasurer Laura Hale, Dean Cousins, Gleason Allen, Rhoda Clifford, Molly Varnum, Diane Harmon, Bobby Herrick
Budget Committee
James Littlefield, Chm. 326-4645
Ann Ebeling, Robert Tredwell, Basil Ladd, James Littlefield, Earl Clifford Jr., David Ludlow, Matthew Freedman, Ruth Robinson, Ralph Chapman
Code Enforcement Officer and Plumbing Inspector
Lewis Hutchins 326-4518
Planning Board
Meets 1st Tue., 7-9 p.m., town office.
Donald Condon, Chm. 326-4333
Gerald Gray 326-0583
Denis Blodgett 326-8008
Christopher Raphael 326-4341
Philip Wessel 326-8710
Phil Friend, Alt. 326-8309
Road Commissioner
Mark Blake 326-8736
Sealer of Weights & Measure
Horace Wardwell 359-8953
Assessor's Agent
RJD Appraisal 326-4518

Harbor Committee Sarah Cox, Chm. & Harbormaster 326-9622
John Gray, Selectmen Advisor 326-8229
Chris Bates 326-9633
Donald Condon 326-4333
Bob Vaughan 326-4210
Ed Black 326-4816
Marcia Chapman 326-8537
Paul Venno 326-4728
Dir. Emergency Management
Matt Dow 326-4904

Tax Information

Types of properties assessed and subject to tax are real estate and personal property.

Bills mailed late July and due Oct. 31.

Interest rate on unpaid bills: 11 percent, charged after Oct. 31.

Rules used to determine property value: presently based on valuations. Tax exemptions: churches, benevolent organizations, town property.

How tax is calculated: Mill rate is subject to change each year.

Town Ordinances

Flood plain, shoreland zoning, subdivision, harbor ordinance, entrance on roads and barking dogs.

Permits

Plumbing, septic, shoreland.

Post Offices

Brooksville 04617
Mon.-Fri., lobby, 7 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; window 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 2-4:15 p.m.; Sat., lobby, 7-11 a.m. and window, 8:30 -10:30 a.m.
326-4873

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Brooksville by the Numbers
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Geographic Profile

Total area: 21,631 (33.8 sq. mi.)
Land: 21,631 acres
Bog: 0
Flood: 424 acres
Inland water: 506 acres
Shoreline: 53.75 miles

Population

1990: 760
2000: 911

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Education
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Education Contact Numbers

Union 93
20 Hinckley Ridge Rd., Blue Hill
P. O. Box 630
Arthur Wittine, Superintendent 374-9927
fax 374-2951


Brooksville Elementary School
1527 Coastal Road
Corinne Pert, Prin. 326-8500
fax 326-9195
ccpert@brooksvilleschool.org

School Board
Charles Tarr, chm. 359-9469
Helen Condon 326-9750
Brad Jones 326-8296
Jennifer Chase 326-8751
Margaret Fowler 326-4170

Enrollment numbers (12/05) K-8 77
Grades 9-12 35

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Emergency & Public Services

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FOR ALL EMERGENCIES—
FIRE, AMBULANCE & POLICE— CALL 911.

Fire Department

To report a fire: 911

Hancock County
Regional Communication Center,
non-emergency 667-8866

Non-emergency numbers:
Fire House (non-emergency) 326-4904
Matt Dow, Fire Chief 326-4904
Call Fire Chief for fire permits

MEDICAL SERVICES
Non-emergency numbers:
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital (Blue Hill) 374-2836
Bucksport Regional Health Center (Bucksport) 469-7371
Castine Community Health Services (Castine) 326-4348
Island Medical Center (Stonington) 367-2311
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital (Ellsworth) 667-5311
MedNow Clinic (Ellsworth) 667-4655

POLICE
Non-emergency numbers:
Hancock County Sheriff's Department
667-7576
State Police Information
1-800-432-7381

PUBLIC SERVICES
The Next Step Domestic Abuse Hotline
1-800-315-5579/667-4606
Poison Control Center 1-800-442-6305
Winter Road Information 511

Cemeteries

Bells, Edgewood, Evergreen, Hillside, Lakeview, Mount Rest, West Brooksville Church

Trash & Recycling

Blue Hill/Surry Transfer Station, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. See listing under Blue Hill. 374-5458

Public Restrooms

No information available.

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Recreation
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Walking Trails

Holbrook Island Sanctuary 326-4012

Managed by The Conservancy Trust of Brooksville, Castine and Penobscot, maps will be available for the following areas: Bagaduce Ferry Landing, W. Brooksville; Snow Natural Area, N. Brooksville.

Public Landings

Buck's Harbor, South Brooksville

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