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The Blue Hill handbook

Living in Blue Hill, ME: what to set up and who to call

To register to vote, go to the Blue Hill Town Clerk: Blue Hill runs its own elections. Children in Blue Hill attend Blue Hill.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Blue Hill, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Blue Hill.

Electricity

Power comes from Versant Power

Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Blue Hill. Its homes paid an average of 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 5% of Versant Power’s home customers do, and Versant Power still delivers it.

Start or move service: versantpower.com · (207) 945-5621

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Harbor View I & II water system

The Harbor View I & II water system supplies Blue Hill: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 97% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 40 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0092165.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Blue Hill

92% of 1,348 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Fidium FiberFiber80%2,000/2,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber60%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless30%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless8%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Blue Hill’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Blue Hill.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Blue Hill kids go to
PK–8Blue Hill Consolidated SchoolBlue Hill

Blue Hill is in Blue Hill.

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Blue Hill is in ZIP code 04614

ZIP codes where Blue Hill residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Blue HillZIP’s residents in Blue Hill
04614Blue Hill, ME100%100%
Area code207Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Blue Hill

Who supplies Blue Hill’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Harbor View I & II water system (EPA ID ME0092165). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Blue Hill?

Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Blue Hill?

Fidium Fiber, Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Blue Hill?

04614. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Blue Hill in?

Blue Hill.

How do I register to vote in Blue Hill?

In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Blue Hill Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.