*NOTE: Some of you may not be seeing the entire newsletter. If you scroll down to the very bottom and see a message that reads "view entire message", click it and you will be able to view all the fun things happening in our area!
Visit our website| www.bucksportbaychamber.com
In This Issue
Chamber Hours
OPEN 9am to 3pm
Tuesday - Friday
 
CLOSED Monday
Information Center is open 24/7.
Farmers' Market
Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market is Open Every Thursday 2PM to 5PM
Next to the Post Office
Market is open through the end of October!
Like us on Facebook
Playing at the Alamo Theatre...

Fri 23 Sep, 6:00 pm
Fri 23 Sep, 8:00 pm
Sat 24 Sep, 6:00 pm
Sat 24 Sep, 8:00 pm
Sun 25 Sep, 2:00 pm
Sun 25 Sep, 6:00 pm
A Century of Movies at the Alamo
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:

October 16: Big (1988)
November 20: Fargo (1996)
Fort Knox Summer Events
fort

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
Story Time at Buck Memorial Library
library
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.
Orland UMC Public Suppers

Bean Supper!
First Saturday of the Month - served buffet style. 5PM to 6PM at the Orland United Methodist Church in the Orland Village.

October 1

Baked Beans, Casseroles, Salads, Biscuits, Beverage, Pies
Free Small Business Advising for Bucksport Bay Area
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.

October 14
November 4
December 2

Bangor Savings Bank
89 Main Street
Bucksport
By appointment only
Please contact Better Egner at 207.664.2990
Craft fair
Crafters wanted
30th Annual 
BHS Craft Fair
Saturday, November 19th

Seeking Crafters
Please contact:
Matt Morrison
matt.morrison@rsu25.org  or 469-6650
Yoga with Naomi
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

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 special permission from the instructor. Mats and props are provided and no yoga experience is necessary. 

Questions? Contact Naomi Graychase (Yoga with Naomi) 207.370.9589

More details online
Like us on Facebook
Quick Links













Smart Datamap Services Newsletter










Sep 23, 2016 
Fall is here
autumn_leaves.jpg
Autumn is upon us

Well...it's official. The summer is over and the fall has begun. As we welcome the turning of the leaves and the cooling of the days and nights, we invite you to get busy exploring local opportunities for learning, growing your business, and enjoying fall fun.

Coming up, we have Golftoberfest on October 1st, Ghostport on October 22nd, and Fright at the Fort during three October weekends. The farmers' market in Bucksport will be open through October and Searsport Shores is hosting a seaside sing-along this weekend.

GPMCT invites you to come enjoy the trails--and become a member. 

We also share praise for Camden National's charitable giving, a call for crafters for a holiday craft fair, and events at the Wilson Museum, Stockton Springs Library, Buck Memorial Library, Fort Knox, and Penobscot Marine Museum.

Scroll down to learn more about all of these things and more.

Enjoy your week and...send us your news!
Chili Cook-Off Sponsor Wanted
Ghostport
Our past sponsor can't organize the Ghostport Chili Cook-of this year, so we're looking to you for help! 

You could use this as an opportunity to promote your business and partner with the Chamber of Commerce.  Your logo and name will appear on all promotional material for the cook-off. 

Your duties would include: recruiting helpers; setting up at 12pm; providing prizes for winners; cleaning up, after judging ends at 2pm; and, of course, and having fun!   

Please contact us today if you are interested or have questions! 
September Business Buzz
Business Buzz
YOU'RE INVITED to a potluck and performance at SEARSPORT SHORES OCEAN CAMPGROUND!

Our Business Buzz for the month of September is Searsport Shores Ocean Campground. As a final celebration of them being featured this month Astrig and Steve have invited all Chamber members to their Old Time Jam performance and potluck on  Saturday, September 24. Potluck starts at  5:30pm and performance is at  7pm

It sounds like a great time, we encourage you to join and say thanks for supporting the Bucksport Bay Area! 
Golf, beer, and prizes!
The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Tournament brings us back to the Searsport Pines Golf Course on  Saturday, October 1 . Registration starts at n oon  and Shot Gun Start at  1:00 pm

They served as a wonderful home for the tournament in the past and this year we return with added fun. Starting at  2:00 pm  the public is invited to join us and the bratwurst will be served and the beer will start flowing! After your trip around the golf course, invite your friends and family to continue the party with us! Enjoy German cuisine for dinner with lots and lots of beer! Oompah music, a stein hoisting championship, and other Oktoberfest themed activities!

The annual tournament has always been a remarkable event and we hope you will be able to participate this year. If you have any questions, please give us a call at (207) 469-6818 or email alecia@bucksportbaychamber.com
"Fudge for Fireworks"
Raffle tickets
"Fudge for Fireworks" raffle tickets available at the Chamber office, all proceeds will go to the  Bucksport Bay Festival  Fireworks Fund. You can also buy your  Bucksport Historical Society  2017 calendars here too! Stop by and see us! Tuesday through Friday 9am to 3pm. $2 per ticket or three tickets for $5.
GPMCT Fall Membership Fling
Support the trails

GPMCT Fall Membership Fling! Show some love for your favorite trails this fall! Support wildlife habitat, recreational trails, clean water and working forests in western Hancock County - join or renew your membership! CLICK HERE to give online or download a Membership Form. Memberships make a great gift, too - we'll send a card, newsletter and Wildlands map to the recipient. Join by Nov. 1 and be eligible to win gift certificates and GPMCT swag!  
Camden National Bank Recognized
'Business Supporter of the Year'

The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter has recognized Camden National Bank as its "Business Supporter of the Year" for 2016 in honor of the Bank's efforts in supporting the shelter and Maine's homeless through its Hope@Home initiative and involvement in the annual Hike for the Homeless fundraising event. The award was presented at the Bangor shelter's annual meeting at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club in Brewer  on Tuesday, September 20th .

"We are so honored to be recognized in this way," said Greg Dufour, president and chief executive officer of Camden National Bank, after accepting the award. "When we first started our Hope@Home program almost two years ago, our goal was to support shelters throughout our state, but also help raise awareness by using the opportunities that we have to talk, even if it's just for a few minutes, about homelessness in our communities. So far, we've had that conversation with our customers over 900 times and have raised $95,000 for Maine's homeless shelters."

Through the community-based, statewide Hope@Home program, Camden National Bank donates $100 for every new home it finances to a local homeless shelter in the homeowner's name.

Dufour continued, "It's the shelters - the directors, volunteers and employees - as well as local law enforcement and first responders who are doing the hard work to help solve this problem in Maine. We're just proud that Camden National Bank can play a small role and help contribute to these efforts and everything they do on a daily basis."

For more information on Hope@Home or how to join Camden National Bank's efforts to help Maine's homeless individuals, children and families, please visit  CamdenNational.com/hopeathome.
Get free help with tobacco cessation
Not too late to join!
This free 8-week Tobacco Cessation Group Class (on Mondays), from  5:30-6:30 pm  at the Healthy Acadia office at 140 State Street was originally scheduled to begin last week, but was delayed a week due to instructor availability. The instructor has said that new participants can still join next week if they were unable to make it to the first class.
Wine Tasting at BookStacks
wine_glass_different.jpg
Welcome Fall 
Wine Tasting,
Saturday, Sept. 24, 
4 to 6 p.m.

From Andy:
That's it: summer's over, and I have to say it was a great one.   To help mark the equinox we're going to have a remarkable tasting.  My friend Jack Scully of Easterly Wine will return to present the flights, and answer your questions and comments.  The unhappy news is BookStacks' Denise Gordon will be out of town that day, so we will be without her delicious palate-clearing munchies to  pair with the wines.  I'll do the best I can.
Small Business Essentials
Five workshops on the Essentials of Small Business

Refresh your business skills with this comprehensive workshops series

Who should attend: Potential, new and long time business owners looking to learn or refresh their business skills


Cost: Free with Registration! Includes light meal
.
Sign up for one, or attend them all:

 

Essentials of Business Planning - September 27

Marketing your Business October 4

Small Business Financials - October 11

Financing your Business October 18


Time:  6 - 8  pm

Stockton Springs Community Library Events
Stockton Springs

  Jill Kulbe to Speak About Health Care Directives at Stockton Springs Library

On  Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 pm , Jill Kulbe, MSN, will speak at the Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) as part of a monthly series of lectures entitled "Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Seniors at Home in Stockton Springs."

Her presentation will focus on Health Care Directives and as part of the program she will conduct a workshop to help people fill out their own advance directives.

An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.

Kulbe retired in 2013 as Director of Waldo County Home Health Care Services and continues to be active in assisting seniors in healthy living.

This series of talks at SSCL is in response to the growing interest in "Aging in Place" a widespread movement geared towards helping senior citizens stay in their homes as long as possible as they age. With the current growing number of elders, this movement has the potential to improve the quality of life for many seniors. 

The program is free and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information visit   www.stocktonspringslibrary.org  or call 567-4147.   
Workshop at Senior Center
Medicare 101
Chester Bunsick, a former presenter during the spring Healthy Living Workshops, will be giving another workshop at the Bucksport Senior Center on  Tuesday, October 4th  from  1 to 2 p.m.  His topic will be "Medicare 101".  A question and answer time will follow the presentation.  So "Baby Boomers" and others, take notice and join the group of learners! 
Healthy Cooking
Free Healthy Cooking Class Series Begins October 4 in Bucksport

What: Six free classes about how to prepare healthy, delicious meals and stretch your food dollars

Where: Bucksport High School, 102 Broadway, Bucksport

When: Tuesdays, October 4-November, 2016 from 5:00-7:00pm

Bucksport. Healthy Acadia is excited to offer a free six-class "Cooking Matters" series in Bucksport beginning on  October 4, 2016 . Classes will meet on Tuesdays from  5:00pm to 7:00pm  at Bucksport High School through  November 8 . 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 offered by Healthy Acadia in partnership with RSU25 Adult Education. Participants are requested to commit to all six classes in the series. To register for this series, please contact RSU Adult Ed at 469-2129 or register online at  www.res25adulted.com

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.
Aging and loss 
Workshop

Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County is offering a new program of support for individuals who have experienced the variety of losses associated with aging. These losses may include the death of a spouse, family members and friends, impaired health, financial insecurity and changes in life roles.  The losses associated with aging can result in uncertainty, loneliness, sadness and decreased self-esteem, but support is available to ease these challenges.

The workshop will be offered on Tuesdays from  10:00 - 11:30 a.m.  beginning  October 11  and continuing through  November 29  (no meeting on  November 22 ), at the Bucksport Senior Center, 125 Outer Broadway, Bucksport.  The workshop is free of charge, but pre-registration is required.  To register, or for more information, call Janice Ronco at Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, 667-2531, or visithospiceofhancock.org  .  

This workshop is supported in part by the Maine Community Foundation. 
Penobscot Marine Museum news and events
Seeking volunteers
PMM is set to host its first ever "Last Night at the Museum" on Saturday, October 15 from 5-7pm.  To create a successful event, we need volunteers young and old to improvise as the spirits of sea captains lost at sea, the widows waiting for the husbands to return, young boys who left as crew never to return and daughters lost at sea aboard their fathers' ships.  We also need a couple of "night watchmen and women" to lead groups through the Sea Captain's House.  

If you are interested, please join us for a quick information session on Wednesday, September 21 at 5:30 pm on campus at the Fowler-True-Ross House, at 1 Church Street in Searsport. For more information, please call 207-548-2529.

Administrative Assistant / Store Manager
Penobscot Marine Museum is hiring an Administrative Assistant / Store Manager is a year-round, 32 hour a week position with benefits. The position is primarily weekdays, but with occasional evenings and weekends required.
Wilson Museum  Events
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 orinfo@wilsonmuseum.org.

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, October 6 (1 - 2 p.m.)
Fedco Seeds Apple program  

Wednesday, October 19 (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.) 
Wednesday Spinners Workshop/Demonstration

International Maritime Film Festival
Tickets are on sale for the International Maritime Film Festival

The inaugural International Maritime Film Festival is pleased to announce the weekend schedule for the upcoming festival. Tickets are currently on sale at  maritimefilmfestival.com . The festival will take place  September 30-October 2, 2016  at the Alamo Theatre in downtown Bucksport, Maine.
 
Friday, September 30
 
4:00 pm Opening reception in the lobby of Alamo Theatre
 
5:30 pm Into The Gyre
Runner up in the Feature Film category
Into the Gyre  documents a groundbreaking expedition to study the location, extent, and effect of plastic pollution in the North Atlantic Gyre. Thirty-four volunteer researchers, scientists, and sailors participated in this five-week-long journey in a 135-foot tall ship to the Sargasso Sea, east of Bermuda. The film closely follows four of the researchers as they collect, count, and archive the plastic. Along the way the film examines the history of plastics, the adverse effects it is causing in the ocean, and possible solutions to this problem. 44 minutes
 
6:15 pm Q&A with Scott Elliot, Into the Gyre Director
 
Saturday, October 1
 
9:00 am Coffee and pastries in the lobby of the Alamo Theatre
 
9:30 am Raw Faith
In this incredibly rich story of one family's relationship with a mission, a ship, and each other, we meet the McKaysand their ship, RawFaith-the 88-foot home-built galleon they construct on the shores of the Pleasant River in Down East Maine. The construction project begins as a family-focused endeavor, but it ultimately tests the family's unity and challenges their individual and collective notions of commitment and obligations to themselves and each other. 1 hr 37 minutes
 
11:15 am Q&A with Gregory Roscoe, Director of Raw Faith
 
11:45 am The Long Haul
Grand Prize winner in short film category
The Long Haul  follows one woman as she heads to sea in a fishing boat. In the eerie night or under the still-bright sun, it's not always clear where or when this ["this" needs to be defined, so "it," in the next sentence, is clearly understood] is. It appears as a dream removed from the particulars of the woman's circumstances and so in her melancholy narration she might not just be describing her own life alone, but also ours. 10 minutes
 
12:00 pm Break for lunch in Bucksport
 
1:30 pm The Weekend Sailor
Grand prize winner in feature film category   
In 1973, the United Kingdom organized the first head to head sailing race around the world, inviting expert crews from Europe and other countries against each other. The Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, which today is called the Volvo Ocean Race, took the sport to its limits. The British Royal Navy purchased six yachts to train 800 men and chose the best four 10-man crews for each of the four legs of the race. An inexperienced Mexican man, Ramon Carlin, also signed up; he was in his fifties, and had a crew that included his wife, son, family, and friends. Although he was a weekend sailor, and although he became the laughing stock of the race and faced racism from the British press, he beat every competing nation.  1 hour, 14 minutes
 
3:00 pm Looking For a Hero
The producer of this film states that "My father always said he wasn't a hero. But a newspaper article tucked away in a family album told a different story. I set out to uncover the details of a rescue he was involved in almost 60 years ago. Who did he rescue? Where are they now?" This short documentary brings some of the details to light in an attempt to find the true story surrounding the rescuers and the teenage crew that was almost taken away too soon on an August day in 1958. 20 minutes
 
3:30 pm Q&A with Russ Lane, Director of Looking for a Hero
 
4:15 pm In Our Wake
From lobster pots and four-masted schooners to whitewater canoeing and seine fishing,
step back in time to 1901 and travel through the decades as we explore Maine's nautical
past. Through home movies, travelogues, silents, and talkies we look at Maine's boats,
freshwaters, harbors, and people. These moving-image clips are focused on Maine's history and multi-dimensional relationship with the waters in and around the State-a relationship ranging from working boatbuilders and lobstermen to tourists water skiing on our lakes and yachtsmen racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. 1 hour, 10 minutes
 
5:45pm  The Restorer's Journey
Spotlight series selection
  The Restorer's Journey  is a cinematic portrait of the man who took on a monumental task to change the course of wooden boat history. Jon Wilson's passion for preserving wooden boats has inspired generations of boat builders, boat owners, and boat dreamers. When he launched the first issue ofWoodenBoat magazine in 1974, he had no idea how the effect would ripple out into the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of readers on every continent. Self-taught and self-made-guided by mentors who "appeared" just as he needed them-Jon Wilson will leave an indelible mark on the boating world and beyond.
 
6:30 pm Q&A with Jon Wilson, subject of The Restorer's Journey
 
7:00 pm Evening wrap up
 
Sunday, October 2
 
9:00 am Vixen's Voyage
Runner up in short film category
Eleven years ago, Bruce and Tiffany Halabisky decided to abandon the conventional life and set sail around the world in a small wooden boat. They had two children along the way. Vixen's Voyage is a glimpse into their life at sea, and of the places they visited. 14 minutes
 
9:30 am Vanishing Sail
Spotlight series selection
There is a small group of islands in the Lesser Antilles where the traditions of boatbuilding were once crucial to the survival of local communities skimming a living from the sea. Hundreds of sailing vessels were once launched here, more than anywhere in the West Indies. Today there is no more trading by sail, and these skills have vanished elsewhere in the region. Alwyn Enoe is one of the last boatbuilders practicing a trade passed down the generations from Scottish settlers who arrived in Carriacou in the 18th century. Approaching his 70s and with no more orders coming in, he decided to build one last sailing sloops in his area, with the hope that his sons would continue the trade. The film follows Alwyn's progress and despair over three years-from hauling trees out of the forest to a final traditional launching ceremony on the bayside. 1 hour 28 minutes
 
11:00 am Audience favorite vote and festival wrap up

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to  www.maritimefilmfestival.com .

Like us on Facebook
IRS Tax Tips
IRS urges taxpayers to check their withholding

The Internal Revenue Service encourages taxpayers to consider a mid-year tax withholding checkup following several new factors that could affect their refunds in 2017.  

Taking a closer look at the taxes being withheld can help ensure the right amount is withheld, either for tax refund purposes or to avoid an unexpected tax bill next year.

The withholding review takes on even more importance this year given a new tax law change that requires the IRS to hold refunds a few weeks for some early filers in 2017 claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit. In addition, the IRS and state tax administrators continue to strengthen identity theft and refund fraud protections, which means some tax returns could again face additional review time next year to protect against fraud.

Learn more online here.

Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce | office@bucksportbaychamber.com | www.bucksportbaychamber.com
207.469.6818
52 Main Street | Bucksport, ME 04416