🌱 How will GSA’s new staff cuts affect Blue Hill students next year?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will GSA’s new staff cuts affect Blue Hill students next year?

Also on today's calendar: Clinics of Expertise and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 42 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Very windy; periods of rain, temps: high: 53, low: 25.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny; windy, colder, with a high of 35 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• GSA in Blue Hill announces staff cuts for 2026-27 school year (penobscotbaypress.com) — George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill plans to cut about $325,000 in staff costs next school year to close a budget gap driven by a decade-long enrollment decline. School leaders say all current classes, activities, and special education services will continue, and promise a more transparent, respectful layoff process than in 2023 as they pursue a five-year financial stabilization plan.
   

📸 Around Blue Hill

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Blue Hill

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 23

• Magic the Gathering for Teens and Tweens
  Blue Hill Public Library, 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 25

• Clinics of Expertise
  Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital , 57 Water St , Blue Hill
  10:00 am

Monday December 29

• Beyond Labels Discussion Group — THE RISING TIDE | News for the Blue Hill Peninsula
  Blue Hill Public Library , 5 Parker Point Rd , Blue Hill
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• Magic the Gathering for Teens and Tweens
  Blue Hill Public Library , 5 Parker Point Rd , Blue Hill
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Senior Lunch
  Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
  12:00 pm
• Figure Drawing
  ArtWaves , 1345 ME-102 , Bar Harbor
  12:00 pm
• Ukulele Jam in Surry
  The Gatherings , 1208 Surry Rd , Surry
  5:30 pm
• Home for the Holidays: Holiday Trivia
  Opera House Arts , 1 School St , Stonington
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Bridge Group
  Friends in Action , 5 General Moore Wy , Ellsworth
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime In-Person
  Southwest Harbor Public Library , not mailing address , 338 Main St , Southwest Harbor
  10:00 am
• Home for the Holidays: A Very Merry Holiday Concert
  Opera House Arts , 1 School St , Stonington
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Fiber Arts Group
  Ellsworth Public Library , 20 State St , Ellsworth
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Baker in Blue Hill. Apply here.
• Hannaford posted a job opening for PT Sanitation Maintenance in Blue Hill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blue Hill here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ellsworth

• Ellsworth residents, businesses asked to limit water use immediately until further notice (wmtw.com)
• Eliot Cutler pleads not guilty to violating probation (wgme.com)
• Arrest made in theft of nearly $38K from Ellsworth school organization (bangordailynews.com)

Bar Harbor

• Bar Harbor's Moratorium Extension Moves to Public Hearing on December 29 (barharborstory.com)
• Bath joins program to cut down food packaging waste (pressherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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