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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BRHC wants your outdoor fun photos
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The Bucksport Regional Health Center is looking for
pictures of you and your family playing an outdoor game. They'd also like to know about any organizations you know of that should be featured in their newsletter.
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Please help Franklin Street United Methodist Church gather school supplies
If you would like to contribute to the supplies needed for the teachers to use in their classrooms: dry erase markers, sticky notes, black composition notebooks, hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, highlighters, and facial tissue boxes. You may drop off items at the church or bring them to the service. For more information, pl
ease contact the church office at 469-3622.
On August 28th A Blessing of the Schools Service for the community will be held at the Performing Arts Center at the Bucksport Middle School, end of Miles Lane, beginning at 10 a.m. At this time, members of the Bucksport United Methodist Church will be presenting the schools with the supplies we have collected.
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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
AUGUST will add $1 to help BACAS purchase a quality, portable sound system for Chamber and BACAS events held on our waterfront. (More details, right.)
Get your bags at the Bucksport Hannaford TODAY!!
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Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
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Fri 19 Aug, 6:00 pm
Fri 19 Aug, 8:30 pm
Sat 20 Aug, 6:00 pm
Sat 20 Aug, 8:30 pm
Sun 21 Aug, 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:
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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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.
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.
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
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 p.m.
OCC, Orland
$12/class
(no class 8/30)
Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm
Bucksport Regional Health Center ($12)
(No class 8/31)
Thursdays 1-2pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center Ellsworth FREE
(No class 8/25)
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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Arts Fest this weekend
This newsletter is so jam-packed with events and information that we actually exceeded our capacity and had to delete some things, just to get the newsletter out to you!
We'll start with the Bucksport Arts Festival, which returns on Saturday. Also on Saturday, an open house at Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, a health fair at BRHC, a wine tasting, a public breakfast, a paranormal/psychic fair at the Fort, and a tintype workshop at PMM in Searsport!
The rest of the weekend is just as full...and the weekend really starts on Thursday, when Snapshot Week comes to our Farmers' Market and Verona Wine & Design hosts a wine tasting. Scroll down below and find lots more things to do on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday...and throughout the month of August and into the fall.
We hope you'll consider gathering some school supplies to donate to the Methodist church's drive--or perhaps you'll show up and give blood at BRHC on Friday.
Whatever the shape of your weekend, we hope it brings joy, health, and prosperity to you and yours.
Enjoy your week and...send us your news!
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Maine Farmers' Market Snapshot Week at the Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market
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Snapshot week
Bucksport, ME: The Bucksport Farmers' Market is preparing to celebrate
Maine Farmers' Market Snapshot Week
on
Thursday, August 11
. This new program, developed by the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets (MFFM), is a statewide effort to celebrate peak season during National Farmers' Market Week and to capture a "snapshot" of a week in the life of Maine's farmers' markets. Join us at 99 Main Street next to the Post Office from
2pm to 5pm
on the 11th to celebrate what our market means to you and your community! 
Snapshot Week in Bucksport will include fantastic kids activities like storytelling, seed planting, temporary tattoos and coloring pages. Meet some animals from Lally Broch farm and enjoy live music! Enter the homemade salsa contest to win 2 tickets to the Common Ground Fair! You can find your ingredients at your market and bring your salsa with you on the 11th for a chance to win! We hope you will come out to shop and help us tell the story of the market - your market - through photos, shared memories, special events, and surveys. "We are really excited about Snapshot week because it is right at peak harvest so all of our farms will have their biggest and best bounty." says Hannah Hamilton of The Buckle Farm. Market manager, Rose Rapp says "Snapshot week helps bring more locally minded folks to the market. It is also a great way for me as a market manager to reach more potential local customers and folks visiting."
The Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market was founded in 2013 and now features twelve vendors. Products available include pasture raised meats, cheeses, maple syrup, baked goods, bread, eggs, seasonal vegetables, goats milk skin care products, egg shell jewelry and more! Many vendors accept WIC and via the market information both, customers can shop with SNAP benefits and receive Maine Harvest Bucks bonuses for fruits and vegetables.
Our market is excited to be one of over 50 markets throughout the state participating in the first annual Snapshot Week. Market farming in Maine dates back centuries, and the Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market is proud to be part of this long tradition. If you haven't experienced Maine's farmers' markets recently, now is the time!
To learn more about Snapshot Week at the Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market, contact:
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North Bucksport United Methodist Church
1147 River Road
Bucksport, ME 04416
207.991.2372
T.K. Sampson
P.O. Box 1456
Bucksport, ME 04416
207.469.0777
Building needs; contracting, new construction, remodeling, roofing, and siding!
Luxurious Goat Milk Soaps using milk from their pet dairy goats.
The Mission of The Purple Iris Foundation is to raise awareness, educate, support, and give hope to individuals and families affected by Pancreatic Cancer through the planting of purple iris bulbs.
Penobscot Rentals
P.O. Box 1456
Bucksport, ME 04416
207.469.0777
1-4 Bedroom Rentals in Bucksport, Castine, Orland, and Winterport
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Wine tasting at Verona Wine & Design
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Dry Creek
From our friends at Verona Wine & Design: Wine tasting of Dry Creek's premium wines. It is our pleasure to be offering this opportunity to our friends and neighbors. We hope you can join us to sample the delicousness!
August 11th, 5:30-7:30 pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive in Bucksport
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Wildland fun
Wildlands Boundary Crews, Aug. 12, 19, 26... Join Roger's Linear Rangers for some boundary marking fun. See some of Orland's most beautiful and rugged territory, and help mark Wildlands lines! Dates are every Friday through Oct. 7. To join the crew and get details on time and place, contact Brian at 812-2044 [email protected], or Roger, 567-3458 [email protected].
Perseids Meteor Shower Party, Friday, Aug. 12, 9 pm
... this year's shower promises to have double the metors - 150 an hour! It peaks on Saturday, but there'll be plenty to see Friday. Meet at the Wildlands South Gate at 9 pm to walk in about a mile (you may also drive in if you need to). Bring something to lie on and bug spray. No rain date. For more info, Jennifer Riefler, 469-2045 [email protected].
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Arts festival returns this weekend
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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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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:
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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GPMCT at CBNFH Open House
Join GPMCT at the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery open house on Saturday.
Fly-tying demos, children's fish migration game, BBQ, hatchery tours. Displays by the Friends of Craig Brook, Great Pond Mountain Land Trust, Maine Warden Service and Downeast Salmon Federation.
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Wine tasting at BookStacks
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Nearly Spontaneous Wine Tasting
Saturday, August 13,
4 to 6 p.m.
From Andy:
We were all set, Tammy, Jack and I, to have a tasting the last Saturday of the month until I took a look at my calendar and realized I have to be out of town that afternoon. And Jack can't make either the Saturday before or after the last Saturday, so. Boom! We're having it just two weeks after the last one. But, you know, it's August.
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At Fort Knox this weekend
The annual Psychic/Paranormal Faire returns to Fort Knox, Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14, 10 AM until 4 PM. This unusual event features presentations from ghost hunters, UFO enthusiasts and world famous author, TV personality and cryptoozoologist Loren Coleman. Psychics/card readers will be on hand for those wishing
to purchase a reading.
Coleman has written over twenty-five books and more than four hundred articles, has appeared frequently on radio and television programs, and has lectured throughout North America, as well as in London and at Loch Ness. Coleman's former cryptozoology columns, since the 1970s, have been "On the Trail," in the London-based Fortean Times and "Mysterious World" in Fate Magazine, as well as regular contributions to The Anomalist and Fortean Studies. His unique signature column, "The Cryptozoo News," was published in Strange Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, and now appears as Coleman's weblog at Cryptomundo.com
Admission to the Psychic/Paranormal Faire is the standard Fort admission plus a requested $2 event donation to help defray event costs and fund fort restoration projects. For further information on Friends' of Fort Knox special events go to their web site at fortknox.maineguide.com.
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August 13
The Bucksport United Methodist Church, at 71 Franklin Street in Bucksport, will host a breakfast buffet on
Saturday, August 13, 2016, from
6:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
This All-You-Care-To-Eat meal features many delicious entrees, beverages and homemade baked goods. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and $25 for a family of four or more. For more information, please call the church office at 469-3622 or Ed Petravicz at 469-9979.
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Bucksport's Wednesday on Main
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-16 Year Old Phenom Emily Young performs pop,rock &
country - Under the Main Street Tent - Seating Limited - BRING A CHAIR!
8/24 - Film "Rhythms Of The Heart" by Maine Filmmaker Thom Willey depicts
David Moses Bridges, Maine Passamaquoddy Canoe & Basket
Craftsman, & his journey to preserve family, life & tradition while battling
cancer. - At The Alamo Theatre, 85 Main Street, Bucksport
www.eiteljorg.org/interact/artists-in-residence/david-moses-bridges
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Sandy Point Community Club Events
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August Schedule
Sandy Point Community Club, Wednesday August 17th. The Open MicPlus music feature performance this month will be the Gawler Sisters. This local group is gaining notice locally for their folk singing, fiddle playing, fun-loving family music programs. The evening will start off at
7:00 p.m.
with a community Open Mic where anyone can come and sing a song, share a story or musical talent with the audience. After a short break with non-alcoholic drinks and snacks, the feature performance will start at
8:15
and go on till at least
9:30 p.m.
This is family fare and we encourage families with children to come, enjoy and appreciate some rollicking great music. There is a sliding fee scale and everyone will be admitted. The Sandy Point Community Club is located at 684 on Route 1 in Stockton Springs. For more information call 567-6097 or go to the website at
sandypointcommunityclub.org
Located at 684, US Route 1 in the Sandy Point village of Stockton Springs.
Contact person is Veronica Garvey Magnan, 567-6097 or [email protected]
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For more information on these events please contact the Wilson Museum, 207.326.9247 or email
[email protected]
The Wilson Museum is offering fun hands-on workshops for kids with Anita Smith. And, best of all, they're FREE! However, space is limited, so call or email to get your name on the list 207-326-9247 [email protected].
Anita Smith, a retired elementary and middle school teacher, was recognized in 2002 by Project Learning Tree as one of five Outstanding Environmental Educators in the USA. She is a Maine Master Naturalist, Project Learning Tree steering committee member, and program developer/leader at China School's Forest, an outdoor classroom in China, Maine.
Thursday, August 18 (10 - 11 a.m. and 1 - 2 p.m.)
Rock Hounds Workshop (for grade K - 3)
Rock Cycle Workshop (for grades 3 - 6)
Friday, August 19 (9:30 - 11 a.m.)
Magical Fairy House Workshop for Kids
Tuesday, August 23 (6:30 p.m.)
How Geologists Tell Time
Wednesday, August 24 (2 - 5 p.m.)
John Perkins House Fireside Cooking
Saturday, September 17 (1 - 4 p.m.)
Hide Tanning Workshop
Thursday, October 6 (1 - 2 p.m.)
Fedco Seeds Apple program
Wednesday, October 19 (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
Wednesday Spinners Workshop/Demonstration
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Free Healthy Cooking Class Series
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Begins August 17th in Blue Hill
What:
Six free classes about how to prepare healthy, delicious meals and stretch your food dollars
Where:
Halcyon Grange, 1157 Pleasant Street, North Blue Hill
When:
Wednesdays, August 17-September 21, 2016 from 2:00pm-4:00pm.
Healthy Acadia is excited to offer a free six-class "Cooking Matters" series beginning on
August 17, 2016
. Classes will meet on Wednesdays from
2-4 pm
at the Halcyon Grange, 1157 Pleasant Street, North Blue Hill through
September 21
. The series is specially designed for those struggling with a tight food budget. Classes will offer participants an opportunity to learn easy ways to prepare healthy, delicious meals and stretch their food dollars.
"Cooking Matters teaches healthy eating habits, cooking skills, food shopping, and budgeting through a fun and hands-on learning experience," said Nikki Fox, Healthy Acadia's Hancock County Nutrition Education Coordinator. In each class, under the guidance of Fox, participants will work together to create a meal and enjoy sampling their completed dishes. Free take-home ingredients will be provided for participants each week to recreate one of the lesson's recipes at home. A recipe book and other helpful kitchen tools are also provided to participants upon graduation to support cooking at home and more healthful living.
This free class series is supported by a Thriving in Place (TiP) grant, awarded to Healthy Peninsula, in partnership with 10 local community health organizations, by the Maine Health Access Foundation. Participants are requested to commit to all six classes in the series. To register for this series, please contact Nikki Fox at 667-7171 or email [email protected].
Healthy Acadia Nutrition Education Initiative classes are made possible through Maine SNAP-Ed. Maine SNAP-Ed is funded by the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which is administered by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and implemented statewide by the University of New England (UNE) through contracts with local community coalitions. Maine SNAP-Ed educates low-income families on low cost, healthy eating and active lifestyles.
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This summer from PMM...
On view at PMM from May 28 through October 16, 2016...
Inspired by the 100th anniversary of "Maine Postcard Day," Penobscot Marine Museum presents Wish You Were Here: Communicating Maine, a hundred years of images which have been used to communicate the unique qualities of Maine to the outside world. With photographic postcards, photography, and contemporary art, this exhibit explores the changes which have taken place in the images which have been used to communicate "Maine."
Seabag Visible Storage Center Open
Seabag Visible Storage Center, in the Museum's Carver Memorial Gallery is now open. Join us for an adventure of discovery as the visitor becomes the researcher. Unlike our formal exhibits with their interpreted content, Seabag presents objects without the clutter of labels except for an object identification number. Armed with a slim binder of object descriptions, this allows the visitor to focus on what catches their eye, follow their interests and discover their own stories. The whale's eyeball is a favorite!
Seabag's hours of admission are limited, check with the Admission Center for that day's scheduled openings. 207-548-0334
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Create Your Own Tintype
with AgNO3 Lab
Saturday, Aug 13
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 per tintype
Create your own beautiful family heirloom by having your "antique" tintype taken. Price includes a 2-for-1 museum admission. Space is limited, call 207-548-0334 to reserve a time.
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Tuesday nights, 6:30-7:30 pm
A new Tuesday night
Yoga with Naomi class will begin on
August 23rd, 6:30-7:30 pm in the yoga room at the OCC (formerly OCS) on School House Road in Orland.
If you enter through the main door, go left and make your way down the hall (the old Upper End) and you'll find us. There are locker rooms for changing, if you need them. Mats and props provided, or bring your own.
$50 for the 5-week series, if you sign up on or before the first night (8/23). The dates of the series wil
l be as follows: 8/23, (no class 8/30), 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27. If we have five people sign up for the series, we'll run it! If you miss a class, you can make it up at the 3:30 Wednesday class, if that works for you, otherwise you lose the class...Anyone can drop in for $12/class. ($10 for first-responders and free to clients of the Beth C Wright Cancer Resource Center.)
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Gala Concert
Friday, August 26th
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Begins September 12 in Ellsworth
What: Eight-week FREE course to help people quit tobacco and stay tobacco-free; registration required
Where: Healthy Acadia, 140 State Street, Suite 1, Ellsworth
Dates and Time: Mondays,
5:30pm - 6:30pm
, from
September 12 through October 31, 2016
Healthy Acadia is thrilled to be partnering with Cancer Support Center of Maine to offer an eight-week tobacco cessation group course in Ellsworth this fall. The classes will provide evidence-based tools and resources in a supportive, fun environment to help participants quit tobacco and stay tobacco-free. The eight-week course is free and open to the public; registration is required. Classes will meet on Mondays from
5:30pm to 6:30pm
, from
September 12 through October 31, 2016
, at Healthy Acadia's Ellsworth office: 140 State Street, Suite 1.
Cancer Support Center of Maine's Barbara Vittum will lead the eight weekly sessions. Vittum has recently provided similar tobacco cessation group classes in Washington County, which proved highly popular and successful for participants. Class participants will gain new tools for quitting through a "no blame, no shame" approach. Over the course of eight weeks, they will learn about the science behind tobacco addiction, build confidence in their ability to be tobacco free; enjoy the company of community members in a relaxed setting, and more!
Space is limited - register soon. To register or for more information, contact: Barb Vittum at Cancer Support Center of Maine, 469-6363 /
[email protected]
or Tara Young at Healthy Acadia: 667-7171 /
[email protected]
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Healthy Acadia Celebrates 15 Years
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Nominate a Community Health Champion
Healthy Acadia, a community health organization serving Hancock and Washington counties, will celebrate 15 years with community events in Ellsworth and Machias. All are invited and welcome to attend one or both events. In Ellsworth, Healthy Acadia's 15 Year Anniversary Celebration will be held on
Friday, September 9, 2016
, at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth, from
5:00pm to 7:30pm
. A similar event will be held at Machias Memorial High School on
Friday, September 23, 2016
, from
5:00pm to 7:30pm
. The celebrations will be festive, family-friendly evenings complete with food, tribute, music, raffle and community awards. RSVPs are requested to best plan for the evening celebrations. Please contact Tracey by email at
[email protected]
or phone (255-3741) to RSVP for either event.
As a highlight at each event, Healthy Acadia will honor local "Community Health Champions" - those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in the past five years to shape programs, practices, policies or environments that make it easier for people to lead healthier lives. The organization is seeking nominations from community members for "Community Health Champions" working in areas including, but not limited to:
*Active Communities/Physical Activity
*Access to Healthy Foods
*Clean Air & Smoke-Free Environments
*Public Policy & Legislative Advocacy
*Chronic Disease Prevention and Support
*Healthy Aging
*Child & Youth Development
*Social Safety Net
*Substance Education, Prevention, and/or Recovery
*Safe Routes To School
*Healthy Schools
*Access To Care
*Environmental Health
*Community Mobilization, Leadership & Leadership Development
To submit your nomination for an organization, group or individual in Hancock or Washington County, please email [email protected] by 11:59 pmon Friday, August 12, 2016. In your email message body, please include the full name of the organization, group or individual you are nominating, and briefly describe (150 words or less) why you are nominating the organization/individual for this award, their accomplishment and community impact.
Healthy Acadia engages in a broad range of initiatives that build healthier communities and make it easier for people to lead healthy lives. These initiatives include: creating healthy environments in the workplace, the home, and at school; farm to school programs; promoting active lifestyles; improving food security and nutrition; positive social development; and preventing tobacco use and substance misuse.
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Subcontracting Strategies for Small Business
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Workshop
Join Maine PTAC Program Manager, Ken Bloch as he discusses:
Why Become a Subcontractor?
Understanding the Contractual Relationship
Identifying Prime Contractors
Marketing Your Company to a Prime Contractor
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation
40 Harlow Street, Bangor
Presenter:
Ken Bloch, Maine PTAC Program Manager
Space is limited;
RSVPs are appreciated
To Register please contact Cindy Lewis at [email protected] or by calling
(207) 974-3223
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How to Request a Transcript or Copy of a Prior Year's Tax Return
You should always
keep a copy of your tax return for your records. You may need copies of your filed tax returns for many reasons. For example, they can help you prepare future tax returns. You'll need them if you have to amend a prior year's tax return. You often need them when you apply for a loan to buy a home or to start a business. Or, you may need them to apply for student financial aid. If you can't find your copies, the IRS can give you a transcript of the information you need, or a copy of your tax return.
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Loan Program for People with Disabilities Seeks Bids for New Provider
The Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program Fund Board seeks a financial services provider to assist in the administration of the program, also known as "mPower."
www.mpowerloans.org
The loans' seek to increase independence and improve quality of life of people with disabilities.
The
RFP is available from the Office of the State Treasurer.
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