OPEN 9am to 3pm
Tuesday - Friday
CLOSED Monday
Information Center is open 24/7.
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Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market is Open Every Thursday 2PM to 5PM
Next to the Post Office
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Wahl's Dairy Port Flavor of the Day
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Meals are served Monday, Wednesday & Fridays at 11:30AM
125 Broadway in Bucksport.
Everyone is welcome. For reservations call 469-3632
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Support BACAS at Bucksport Hannaford
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 We invite you to be part of the "Sound Waves on the Waterfront" Fundraising Challenge
Each Blue Bag with the Good Karma Message bought during
JULY and AUGUST will add $1 to help BACAS purchase a quality, portable sound system for Chamber and BACAS events held on our waterfront.
Get your bags at the Bucksport Hannaford TODAY!!
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Bucksport Regional Health Center is looking for a lead Patient Services Representative.
In addition to regular responsibilities as a Patient Services Representative of registering and scheduling patients, this person will also be the lead responsible for daily workflows, overseeing the smooth operation of the front desk staff, managing reports, creating good working relationships with other departments and ensuring that all front desk goals are met. The ideal candidate will have front office experience in a medical office of not less than 1 year and demonstrated leadership capabilities.
Qualified and interested candidates may submit their resumes to
Starr Micalizzi for consideration.
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Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
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Fri 15 Jul, 6:00 pm
Fri 15 Jul, 8:30 pm
Sat 16 Jul, 6:00 pm
Sat 16 Jul, 8:30 pm
Sun 17 Jul, 2:00 pm
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A Century of Movies at the Alamo
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Every third Sunday of the month at 6pm through November, the Alamo is going to show a different film from a different decade that the Alamo has served our community. The schedule is as follows:
July 17:
Hitchcock Double Feature: Vertigo (1958) and Rear Window (1954)
August 21: The Sound of Music (1965)
September 18: Young Frankenstein (1974)
October 16: Big (1988)
November 20: Fargo (1996)
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River Cruises in Bucksport
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River Cruises offered by
Stockton Harbor Cruises in Bucksport!
Wednesday:
2PM to 4PM
6PM to 7:30PM
Thursday:
10:30AM to 12:30PM
1:30PM to 3:30PM
Tickets:
$25 adults
$18 children
(under 3 FREE)
207.322.5530
Reserve your ticket today! Depart from Bucksport Town Dock.
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Pirate Festival
Saturday, July 16th
10AM until 4PM
Ghosts of Fort Knox Guided Tour
Friday, July 22nd
8PM to 11PM
Yellow Brick Roard - A Tribute to Elton John
Saturday, July 23rd
7PM to 9PM
20th Maine, 15th Alabama Civil War Encampment
Saturday & Sunday
July 23rd & 24th
The Alison Chase Dance Troupe, from NYC brings Dancing with Steel En Plein Air Performance
Fri., Sat. & Sun.
July 29th, 30th, & 31st
5:00PM
Shakespeare Comes to Fort Knox
Thursday - Sunday
August 4th - 7th
6PM
Scottish Tattoo
Saturday, August 13th
5:30PM to 8:00PM
Paranormal Psychic Faire
Saturday & Sunday
August 13th & 14th
Granite Cutting Demonstration
Saturday & Sunday
August 20th & 21st
10AM to 3PM
Pet Day Weekend
Saturday & Sunday
August 27th & 28th
Ghosts of Fort Knox Guided Tour
Saturday, September 10
8PM to 10PM
The 15th Annual Medieval Tournament
Saturday, September 10
10AM to 4PM
Moon Viewing at the Penobscot Narrows Observatory
Saturday, September 17
8PM to 10PM
Spend the Night at Fort Knox with East Coast Ghost Trackers
Saturday, October 8th
6PM to 11PM
Fright at the Fort
October 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th & 29th
5:30PM to 9PM
For more details please
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Story Time at Buck Memorial Library
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The Buck Memorial Library on Main Street offers a free story time each Wednesday from 10:30AM to 11AM.
Children of all ages are welcome.
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Orland UMC Public Suppers
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Bean Supper!
First Saturday of the Month - served buffet style. 5PM to 6PM at the Orland United Methodist Church in the Orland Village.
August 6
September 3
October 1
Baked Beans, Casseroles, Salads, Biscuits, Beverage, Pies
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Free Small Business Advising for Bucksport Bay Area
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Thinking about starting a business? Or do you already own one? There's a new small business resource for the Bucksport Bay area ready to help you with everything from starting, to maintaining and growing your business. The business advising is confidential, offered at no charge and provided by the Maine Small Business Development Centers.
August 5
September 9
October 14
November 4
December 2
Bangor Savings Bank
89 Main Street
Bucksport
By appointment only
Please contact
Better Egner at 207.664.2990
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BEGINNER-FRIENDLY
Healing Hatha Yoga
Tuesdays 4-5pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center, Ellsworth FREE
Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm
Bucksport Regional Health Center ($12)
Thursdays 1-2pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center Ellsworth FREE
Discounts for first responders
All classes FREE to Beth Wright Center clients
All classes are for adults and teens. Anyone under 18 must have a signed waiver from their parent or guardian. Children under 13 are only permitted by the instructor. Mats and props are provided and no yoga experience is necessary.
More details online
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Newsletter redesign
In our continuing effort to serve our members to the best of our ability, we've redesigned our newsletter to make it more streamlined, easier to read, and more satisfying to look at.
In this issue, we share news of lots of fun, delicious, interesting, and educational opportunities including a Hitchcock double feature at the Alamo, small business advising sessions (free!), gentle yoga classes, a BACAS fundraiser, and Fort Knox summer events.
Read below for all of this, plus the Pixie Harbor Hoopla, a job opening at BRHC, and the senior center meal schedule--and more!
We'll be very busy this week and next as we get ready for this year's Bay Fest, but send us your items of interest and we'll do our best to spread the word. We're still looking for some volunteers for the Fest, so if you can help, be sure to get in touch!
We welcome your feedback on the new newsletter and, as always, everything we do.
Enjoy your weekend, your week--and...send us your news!
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Calling all fairies, pirates, elves, wizards, hobbits and gnomes to Pixie Harbor Hoopla in Bucksport!
Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce brings this first year event to Bucksport this summer in response to Friends of Fort Knox's Pirate Day held the day before. Pixie Harbor Hoopla is a "magical" themed festival and a friendly uplifting fun day! Fairies & Pirates of all ages are invited to join us on the waterfront for a day of enchantment on
Sunday, July 17th from 11am to 4pm.
Dress in your finest Fairy and Pirate Costumes or come as you are! Sail on a pirate ship, build fairy houses, fencing demonstration by Down East School of Fencing, launch water balloons with the Challenger Learning Center's giant catapult, bubble fountain fun, and shop in the vendors' village for your next adventure!
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Huckleberries Grand Opening
& Ribbon Cutting
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Join us for a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting at 10AM located at 81 Main Street in Bucksport. Help us celebrate and welcome our NEWEST Chamber Member
Huckleberries Card & Gift. They will be open until 7PM so you can stop by anytime opening day!
Specials & Discounts good through Sun. 7/24
- FREE cookie cutter with a $25 purchase
- Small Yankee Candle apothecary jars will be $6, normally they sell for $10.95.
- Large Yankee Candle jars - 2 for $40. Savings of $7.99 per jar
- Jigsaw puzzles from White Mountain and Springbok 20% off
- Salsa closeout $3.95 each
- Journals Unlimited 30% off
- Several jars from Stonewall Kitchen products will be open to sample!
Raffles...Drawing will be held on Tue. 7/26
- Raffle for a Gift basket with over $50 in products
- Raffle for four $25 gift certificates.
Huckleberries Card & Gift is a unique card and gift shop who just relocated to Bucksport from Brewer. A shop where you never know what you might find and a shop proud to feature the best in Maine and American made products.
Tue. 10AM to 6PM
Wed. 10AM to 7PM
Thur. 10AM to 6PM
Fri. 10AM to 7PM
Sat. 10AM to 6PM
Sun. 11AM to 3PM
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Volunteers Needed!!!
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Bounce House Volunteers needed on Saturday and Sunday -
July 23 & 24th from 10am to 4pm
Volunteers are needed to assist with the bounce houses at the Kids Center in the parking lot behind the Bucksport Town Office.
Volunteers need to monitor the bounce house and watch the number of children in the houses to ensure their safety.
There are 2 shifts available 10am-1pm and 1pm-4pm. Also need folks to set up starting at 8am. Call our office at 469.6818 if you are interested in helping!
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Schedule of events found at
You can find your parade applications, pie bake off entry forms, talent show application and rules, AND 5K Fun Run applications in the information center at the
The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce office, 52 Main Street Bucksport. Open 24/7 so grab what you need what you can!
Thank you to our sponsors!
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy, Bangor Savings Bank, Big Jay Tree Service, Bucksport Motor Inn, Bucksport Regional Health Center, Chandler's Cabinet Shop, Dead River, Fairpoint Communications, Fellows, Kee, Tymoczko & Pierson, LLC, Front Street Shipyard, Hannaford, Harbor View Grille. Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home & Wahl's Dairy Port.
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July Business Buzz
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 Stockton Springs Community Library is governed and operated by a staff of dedicated volunteers. SSCL is an independent not-for-profit 501c3 organization.
The Stockton Springs Community Library shares space in Colcord House with the owner of this historic building, the Stockton Springs Historical Society located at 6 Station Street in Stockton Springs, Maine
Stockton Springs Community Library does not charge a membership fee to anyone, regardless of residence. The Library has six computers (4 PCs, 1 MAC, & 1 PC Laptop) available for patron use in the Library and free Wi-Fi throughout the facility.
Some of their events coming up are
"Kitchen to Table International Buffet" Fundraiser at Stockton Springs Community Library -
Saturday, July 16 at 6pm and The Great Event Community Yard Sale in Stockton Springs
Saturday, September 10 Reserve your space today!
207.567.4147
www.stocktonspringslibrary.org
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 Spend a day in the historic village of Castine, enjoying the French and Native American culture through music, food, film, lectures on French and Native American history, re-enactments, children's activities, French cooking demonstrations and village walking tours.
Start the day with French toast on their newly renovated historic Main Street and stay to experience the history from the water, with Castine Harbor boat tours. Then run the Baron's Beach & Beacon 5K race as the sun sets over Penobscot Bay. Full Schedule of Events
Questions? Call Castine Town Hall at 207.326.4502
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Fresh Perspectives on Peary's North Pole Quest at Buck Memorial Library
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 On July 16, 1905, the SS Roosevelt, a vessel built on Verona Island for Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, departed New York for the Arctic on her maiden voyage. George Wardwell, a Bucksport, Maine resident, was the chief engineer. Wardwell went on Peary's 1905-06 and 1908-09 expeditions. His unpublished journals and photographs provide accounts of not revealed in the published accounts of other expedition participants. Using Wardwell's journals, Peary's papers, and archaeological work at one of Peary's base camps, Dr. Kaplan will provide fresh insights into this historic set of expeditions. Also, she will reflect on contemporary Arctic challenges and opportunities 107 years after Peary reach the North Pole.
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Penobscot Marine Museum Presents
Communicating Maine: Maine Women Authors of the 1950s
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5 Authors, 5 Libraries
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July 14th, 6:00PM at Searsmont Town Library:
Contentment Cove by Miriam Colwell
July 21st, 6:00PM at Winterport Memorial Library:
The Day Before Winter by Elisabeth Ogilvie
August 3rd, 7:00PM at Lincolnville Community Library:
Selections by Louise Dickinson Rich
August 11th, 7:00PM at Carver Memorial Library:
Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase
August 16th, 6:30PM at Belfast Free Library:
Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore
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This book discussion series complements two events at Penobscot Marine Museum:
July 28th, 7:00PM: Keynote address by Sandy Phippen: how these authors' works paint rich portraits of Maine's landscape and way of life.
August 18th, 7:00PM: Panel to discuss how the novels of Mary Ellen Chase, Elisabeth Ogilvie, Ruth Moore, Miriam Colwell and Louise Dickinson Rich provide different portraits of the people and the state of Maine.
For more information about the book discussions, call Carver Memorial Library, 548.2303
For more information about the keynote and panel, Call Cipperly at PMM, 548.2529 ext. 212
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Wine Tasting on the Yankee
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Are YOU ready to Perform Your ALS Off? BACAS (Bucksport Area Cultural Arts Society) will be sponsoring the Perform Your ALS Off Variety Show Friday, ,July 15 at 7:00PM at the Bucksport Performing Arts Center!!
Ticket Price: $10 (or more if you wish). Tickets are on sale at BookStacks! Tickets not sold in advance, will be available at the door.
Perform Your ALS Off is a fundraising event for the Bangor Walk to Defeat ALS. Proceeds to benefit the The ALS Association Northern New England Chapter.
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Meet and Greet Pirates of the Dark Rose
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Friday, July 15th
5 PM until 6:30PM
at the Bucksport Town Dock
WVII Will be broadcasting LIVE for the 6 PM news
Event Details: The Pirates of the Dark Rose, led by Captain Crudbeard, will be sailing to the Bucksport Town Dock, to greet the general public in advance of Pirate Day, at Fort Knox, Saturday, July 16th, from 10 AM to 4 PM. On Friday, the pirates will give spectators a taste of the mayhem, swordplay and frivolity that precedes Fort Knox Pirate Day, on Saturday. Friday presents a great photo opportunity for those so inclined.
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Bucksport United Methodist Church Bake Sale at Bucksport True Value
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 The women's group (W.S.C.S.) of the Bucksport United Methodist Church will hold its first bake sale of the season on
Saturday, July 16th at the Bucks
port True Value store from 9:00am to 1:00pm.
They will be offering home made pies, yeast rolls, baked beans, cookies, fudge and all the wonderful goodies that you have found in the past at the bake sales!!! So stop by and treat yourself.
All proceeds go to the outreach programs of the Bucksport United Methodist Church's Women's Society for Christian Service. For more information, please call Chris Petravicz at 469-9979.
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Public Dance to Benefit Orland Community Playground Project
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A benefit Silent Auction will be held during the Dance! Some of the items include an Autographed Baseball signed by Kevin Youkilis & Luis Tiant, a Quilt, a Bird Feeder, 2 oil changes, Stephen King's 'End of Watch' book, Wooden Toys, 2 Fitness Center Memberships, (2) Lethabo Day Spa Massages, Face Shave/Beard Trim with Deko, Lethabo Pedicure, Woven Kitchen Items in a Basket, Turned Bowl & Pen set, and much more!
All Proceeds will benefit the Orland Community Playground Project!
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Youth Service Sunday at Sandy Point Congregational Church
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Sunday, July 17 at 9:00AM the Congregation Church of Sandy Point Sunday School students will present a service containing readings and song sequences. The music will span several centuries and contain very contemporary tunes given a spiritual twist. The services are fun and spiritual and uplifting.
They are always a joy. This month's service has the theme of You Have A Friend In Jesus and will be at 9:00AM during the regular service. Fellowship and coffee to follow after the service. The church is located at 698 Rt 1 in Stockton Springs. For more information call 567-3073 and leave a message.
Someone will get back to you. Everyone Welcome!
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Wilson Museum July Events
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For more information on these events please contact the Wilson Museum, 207.326.9247 or email
[email protected]
Tuesday, July 19
9:00AM to 4:00PM
Amulet Weaving Workshop, Susan Merrill
Hutchins Education Center, 112 Perkins Street Castine
Wednesday, July 20 - 10:00AM to 3:00PM
Kaleidoscope Workshop, Sue Rioux
Hutchins Education Center, 112 Perkins Street Castine
Thursday, July 21 - 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Raw Food Meal Preparation Class, Joanne Steenberg
Hutchins Education Center, 112 Perkins Street Castine
Friday, July 22 - 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Mad Science Physics Olympics, Mad Science of ME
Hutchins Education Center, 112 Perkins Street Castine
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Bucksport Heart and Soul Block Party
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Bucksport Heart and Soul Invites YOU! Get to know your neighbors, enjoy free food, and share your story in fun and interactive ways!
When: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Where: We will gather at the Reggie Ginn Field off of Spofford Avenue (in the Town Site in Bucksport.)
Host/Hostess: Nancy Minnot, Chris Johnson, Kate and Max Corwin
Dinner Menu: Italian Sandwiches (ham, turkey and veggie), potato chips, water and lemonade.
FREE Entree and Drinks from Heart & Soul -
Attendees are invited (although not required) to bring a side dish or dessert.
Party Theme: Place Memory Storytelling Attendees will divide into smaller groups and each group will be furnished with a photograph of a place in Bucksport and will be invited to share their favorite memories from that location. People are welcome to bring their own photographs and place memory stories to share. Learn more at
www.bucksporthearandsoul.com
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Bucksport's Wednesday on Main
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 Stesha Cano -Jazzy, Soulful Blues - New England Music Awards Nominee for Musician of the Year!
Under the Main Street Tent
Wednesday, July 20 -
5:30PM
Easy to listen to, hard to define, singer-songwriter Stesha Cano has been making music in multiple genres since she stepped on the scene in 2005. Whether she's singing jazz standards or rhythm and blues or modern pop, Stesha breathes life into every syllable. She'll take a song you've heard a hundred times and stretch it in new directions - maybe the beat has changed, or the inflection of a phrase, an edge that wasn't there in the original. Her own compositions are as crisp as the stars and as deep as the ocean, memorable yet mysterious, calling you back for a second listen, and a third.
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Open Mic at Sandy Point Community Club
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 Wednesday, July 20 from 7:00PM to 9:30pm at
Sandy Point Community Club
(
684 US Route 1, Stockton Springs.)
Open Mic Plus with featured performers David Dodson playing creative and original folk, rock, blues, and country classics.
The Open Mic format is from 7:00PM to 8:00PM the public is invited to play, sing, tell a story, read a poem or do some comedy stand-up for the general audience. This opening is free to all. From 8:15 to 9:30 p.m. there will be feature performers. Admission is on a sliding scale. Snacks and beverages will be available.
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The Good Kettle Wine Tasting
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The Good Kettle Wine Tasting is Thursday, July 21 from 5:00PM to 7:00PM. Featuring selected fine wines from Central Distributers to benefit the Waldo County Humane Society.
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Northeast Historic Film Symposium
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Northeast Historic Film - Screening New England
17th Annual NHF Summer Symposium
Thursday, July 21-Saturday, July 23, 2016
at the Alamo Theatre, 85 Main Street - Bucksport!
This year's gathering will explore New England's dramatic scenery, local crafts and industries, and hardy and photogenic peoples in films from the beginnings of cinema in 1895 forward. Members of the public will join film scholars, students, film buffs, and technical specialists in celebrating New England's rich film history and the Alamo's role in that story. Many presentations include film from NHF's celebrated archival collections.
"Treasures from the Archives," a special opening night screening of early 20th Century films from the NHF collection curated by Liz Coffey of the Harvard Film Archive, kicks off the symposium.
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FREE public events as part of Screening New England: Summer Symposium
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To help celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Northeast Historic Film, NHF is offering two free, public events:
Thursday, July 21 at 7PM
You're invited to take a glimpse into the NHF archives with Vintage Vault Rarities, a special program curated by Liz Coffey, Film Conservator, Harvard Library's Media Preservation Services.
Saturday, July 23 at 4PM, NHF will present From Stump to Ship: A 1930 Logging Film made by Alfred Ames, president of the Machias Lumber Company in Washington County, Maine.
Ames not only documented his family business, but he also created a cinematic record of the pre-industrial lumber industry.
Donations are most gratefully accepted.
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