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Town of Penobscot, P. O. Box 4, Penobscot, ME 04476
Telephone: 326-4364 Fax: 326-9442
Selectmen meet: Tue., except 5th Tue., 7-8:30 p.m., town hall.
Tax Collector: Mon. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1-5 p.m.;
Tue. 4-8 p.m.; Thu. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 2-5 p.m.

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Municipal Information
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Town Description

Penobscot is a small town with a classic rural character and a tiny village area. Its 18 miles of shoreline are along the Bagaduce and Penobscot rivers.

The town supports a K-8 elementary school, several churches and a nursing home—the town’s largest single employer.

Settled after the French and Indian War and incorporated in 1787, Penobscot was established as a farming community by families with names such as Perkins, Hutchins and Wardwell. Brick production became a significant economic factor in 1807 because of the adaptability of the local clay soil. Leftover bricks can still be seen lining the shore in some parts of town. Shipping, gristmills, knitting mills, peat bogs, ice harvesting, and wood fuel and lumber completed the basis for the cyclical, rural-based economy.

Town Officials

Selectmen
Paul Bowen 326-8895
Stanley Shorey 326-4492
Harold Hatch 326-9383
Treasurer, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Registrar
Mary Ellen Gross 326-4364
Alewife Warden
Millard Wardwell 326-8560
Animal Control Officer
Robert L. Gross 469-3969
pager 759-6062
Board of Appeals
Fulton Leach 326-8746
Jonathan Allen 326-8750
Tom Adamo 326-8868
Kristie Wood, Alt.
Code Enforcement Officer
Judith Jenkins 326-4364
Finance Committee
James Gross Sr. 326-8674
Jamie Sarna 326-8219
Sally Bridges 326-8626
Paul Mercer 326-4020
Lloyd Billings, Faith DeAmbrose, Nick Henry, Audrey Bradford
Health Officer
Judy Jenkins 326-4766
Planning Board
Dana Willis, chm. 326-4364
Richard Fowler 326-8833
James Gross Jr. 326-9697
Judy McKay 326-4601
Melanie Hutchins 326-8497
Dennis Robertson, Alt. 326-4885
Plumbing Inspector
Gerold Guse 469-3055
Recreation Director
Jim Henry 326-4364
Road Commissioner
William Hutchins 326-8497
Town Moderator
Sherman Hutchins 326-8545
Elma Mae Lowell, Deputy 326-4961

Tax Information

Property assessed: real estate and some personal property tax on commercial equipment. Tax bills are mailed on July 1 and are due when received. Interest on unpaid bills is 11.0 percent annually.
Rules determined by the state are used to determine property value. Exemptions: homestead and war veterans over the age of 62.
If you want to appeal: fill out proper request papers, which may be obtained at the town office, and return them at a selectmen’s meeting, every Tue., at 7 p.m. Tax is calculated: property value times the mill rate.

Town Ordinances

Land use regulation, flood plain.

Permits

Types of permits: Building, earth moving, road building. They can be obtained at the town office or town CEO and at planning board meetings held first and third Tue. at 7 p.m.

Post Office

Penobscot 04476
Mon.-Fri., lobby 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m., window 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 1:30-4:15 p.m.; Sat., lobby 7 a.m.-12 p.m., window 8-11:45 a.m. 326-4121

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Penobscot by the Numbers
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Geographic Profile

Total area: 30,737 (48.03 sq. mi.)
Land: 30,496 acres
Bog: 634 acres
Flood: 152 acres
Inland water: 241 acres Shoreline: 18.75 miles

Population

1990: 1,131
2000: 1,344

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Education
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Education Contact Numbers

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

Penobscot Elementary School
66 N Penobscot Rd, P. O. Box 60
Allen Cole, Jr., Prin. 326-9421
fax 326-9422
www.penobscotcommunityschool.org
School Board
Jody Norton, interim member
Christine Harman 326-0596
Gerald Markley 326-9308
Karrie Prescott
Anne Hayes-Grillo
Enrollment numbers (10/08) K-8 92
Grades 9-12 46

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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 326-4296
Dennis Robertson, Fire Chief 326-4885

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

Approx. 60; Bay is the only public cemetery.

Trash & Recycling

Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, colored paper, junk mail, envelopes with windows, corrugated cardboard, plastic (#1 and #2), tin, aluminum and glass. Transfer Station hours, summer: Tue., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; winter: Tue., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Stickers required, available at transfer station.

Public Restrooms

No information available.

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Recreation
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Public Landings

Northern Bay, partial tidal launching, fresh water, Wight Pond.

Walking Trails

Starr Virginia Lampson Preserve, Rt. 199, Weinland Natural Area - trails, Gray Ridge Rd.

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