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Town Office
Tax Collector/Town Clerk:
326-4518, fax 326-8039
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.; meet every other Thu.,
7 p.m., town office.
1 Town House Rd.
Brooksville, ME 04617
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
Richard Bakeman, Chm. 326-4518
Clifford Leach 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
Darene Powell 326-9556
Board of Appeals
Basil Ladd 326-4704
Jean McConnell 326-4923
James Littlefield 359-8521
Darrel 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, Alternate 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
Dee Powell 326-9556
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.-5 p.m., window
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.; Sat.,
lobby and window, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
326-4873
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 INFORMATION
Union 93
20 Hinckley Ridge Rd., Blue Hill
Arthur Wittine, Superintendent 374-9927
fax 374-2951
sbdsu93@verizon.net
Brooksville Elementary School
Corinne Pert, Prin. 326-8500
fax 326-9195
cpert@brooksville.union93.k12.me.us
School Board
Charles Tarr, Chm. 359-9469
Kathy Lirakis 326-8629
Helen Condon 326-9750
Brad Jones 326-8296
Jennifer Chase 326-8751
Enrollment numbers (12/05)
K-8 70
Grades 9-12 50
Emergency & Public Services
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FOR ALL EMERGENCIES—
FIRE, AMBULANCE & POLICE— CALL 911.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Hancock County
Regional Communication Center,
non-emergency 667-8866
Non-emergency numbers:
Fire House 359-4904
William Leck, Chief 326-8505
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.
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
Bagaduce Ferry Landing, W. Brooksville
State Information
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HANCOCK COUNTY OFFICIALS
County Seat: Ellsworth
50 State St., Suite 7
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Tel:667-9542 Fax 667-1412
www.co.hancock.me.us
County Clerk
Ray Bickford Jr.
County Sheriff
William Clark
County Treasurer
Sally Crowley
RCC/911
Linda Dunno
County Commissioner
Royce Perkins
Register of Probate
Bonnie Cousins
Register of Deeds
Alan Ott
Emergency Management
Ralph Pinkham
District Attorney
Michael Povich
STATE OFFICIALS
State Senator (District 28)
Sen. Dennis Damon
800-423-6900, 287-1515, 667-9629
dsdamon@panax.com
SenDennis.Damon@legislature.maine.gov
State Representative (District 37)
Jim Schatz
800-423-2900, 374-5126
www.mainehousedems.org/jschatz
bluehillfarm@gwi.net
Governor John E. Baldacci
1 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
287-3531
fax 287-1034
TTY 207-287-6548
governor@maine.gov
Federal Information
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FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Subject to change in November
U.S. Congressional Delegation
Sen. Susan Collins (R)
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-2523
collins.senate.gov
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
154 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510-1903
Bangor 945-0432 or 800-432-1599
Washington, DC 202-224-5344
snowe.senate.gov
Rep. Mike Michaud (D) (Second District)
437 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-6306
202 Harlow St., Room 23
P.O. Box 836
Bangor, ME 04401-0836
942-6935
Fax 942-5907
michaud.house.gov
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