OPEN 9am to 3pm
Tuesday - Friday
CLOSED Monday
Information Center is open 24/7.
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Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market thanks you for another great season!
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Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
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November 4-6, 2016
Friday &
Saturday
at
6 & 8:45pm
&
Sunday at 2 &
6pm
action/crime/drama
128 minutes
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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:
November 20: Fargo (1996)
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The Buck Memorial Library
on Main Street inBucksport
offers a free story time each
Wednesday from 10:30AM
to 11AM.
Children of all ages are welcome.
offers a
monthly s
tory hour o
n the first
Saturday of each month
through February
in
Mary's Room, the library's
colorful children's room.
11/5,
12/3, 1/7, 2/4
10:00 - 11:00 am
Children of all ages are welcome!
The library is an all-volunteer
library located on Main Street
in Stockton Springs.
Everyone is welcome.
Light refreshments will be served.
207-567-4147
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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 helpful (free!) 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. Space for the consultations is graciously provided by Bangor Savings Bank.
November 4
December 2
1/6, 2/3, 3/17, 4/7, 5/5, 6/2, 7/7
Bangor Savings Bank
89 Main Street
Bucksport
By appointment only
Please contact
Betty Egner at 207.664.2990
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Crafters wanted
30th Annual
BHS Craft Fair
Saturday, November 19th
Seeking Crafters
Please contact:
Matt Morrison
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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
Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm
Bucksport Regional Health Center ($12)
Thursdays 1-2pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center Ellsworth FREE
(No class Nov 3.)
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.
More details online
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Autumn experiences
Thank you again to everyone who came out for our somewhat rainy Ghostport last weekend. It seems amazing, but we are now turning our attention toward the November and December holidays!
Silkweeds is having its annual holiday open house; Main Street Bucksport has lots of holiday events in the works; and the Christmas is for Kids program is under way!
There will be a hunters' breakfast in Orland to benefit the OCC playground fund and harvest dinners and craft fairs are afoot!
Also in this edition, story time begins at the Stockton Springs all-volunteer library; new small business advising dates for 2017 have been announced; and WERU would like your support.
More about all of this--and more!--below.
We hope your week is safe, prosperous, and warm. Live, laugh, love and...send us your news!
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Free workshop for your business
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People in the Bucksport Bay Area are looking for what you offer- and they're looking online. That's why we're teaming up with Google and Smart Datamap Services to host a free workshop to help you and your fellow businesses get online and on the map.
Join us, and invite anyone you think would benefit.
Let's Put Bucksport Bay Area on the Map!
Wednesday, November 9
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Jewett School, 66 Bridge Street, Bucksport ME
Help more customers connect with your business on the web-it's free and easy to get started. We hope you'll join us to learn more.
Together, we can help put Bucksport Bay Area on the map.
See you there,
Leslie Wombacher
Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Official City Partner, Let's Put Bucksport Bay Area on the Map
Register
online here.
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Annual Holiday Open House
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Silkweeds
Mark your calendars now, share with your friends and please join us for our Holiday Open House, it's always a lot of fun, we will be decked out for the holidays, there will be refreshments and discounts and free gifts while they last...don't forget this is a Friday night event...we are closed for the 4 days prior to the event October 31st through November 4th until 5 pm. Regular hours resume Saturday November 5th.
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Make a reservation
The Bucksport United Methodist Church will host a Harvest Dinner on
Friday, November 11, 2016
, seating at
5:30 p.m.
at 71 Franklin Street in Bucksport.
This reservation-only dinner features roast turkey or pork loin, all the fixings, and choice of pie for dessert.
The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. For more information or to place your reservation, please call the church office at 469-3622.
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Hunger and Homelessness Awareness
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Hope@Home
In conjunction with its Hope@Home initiative, Camden National Bank has launched a new promotion aimed at increasing support for local homeless shelters in Maine in honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week,
November 12th through November 19th
. On
Saturday, November 12th
, customers are encouraged to use their debit card to earn money for area shelters. For every two purchases made, the Bank will donate $1 through its Hope@Home program, with a total commitment up to $20,000.
"Since starting our Hope@Home initiative in 2015, we've learned that every little bit, from $1 to $100, can make a big difference in supporting the needs of our local shelters," said Greg Dufour, president and chief executive officer of Camden National Bank. "We've already been impressed with the outpouring of support we've received from our customers and communities, and we wanted to think of another way that we could help provide additional assistance during this important week and this critical time of year."
Dufour continued, "We've had so many customers ask us how they could support Hope@Home even if they weren't in the market to purchase a new home. Although many have taken the time to make direct contributions to their local shelters, we felt like this promotion was a great way for us to broaden the scope and allow more people to get involved and help."
Through the community-based, statewide Hope@Home program, for every home Camden National Bank finances, $100 is donated to a homeless shelter in the community of the new homeowner, and in the homeowner's name. In 2015, Camden National Bank financed 442 new home purchases and raised $44,200 for Maine's homeless shelters, and the program is on track to exceed that amount in 2016. As of September, the Bank had donated over $50,000 through Hope@Home this year.
For more information on Hope@Home or the November 12th promotion, please visit CamdenNational.com/hopeathome.
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| Developer wanted for Wilson Hall project |
Town of Bucksport
Any developer interested in restoring and redeveloping the historic building Wilson Hall may contact Jeff Hammond at 207-469-7368 for more information about the redevelopment plan.
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'Tis the season
The donation cans will be out until early December.
Christmas is for Kids is through Bucksport Community Concerns, the local food cupboard and benefits children from Bucksport, Verona Island & Orland
The angel trees are going up soon!
The first tags can be found at the Seaboard Federal Credit Union and will soon be followed by The Local Variety and MacLeod's Restaurant!
Please make sure to sign out your tags at the location you pick them up from and return ALL toys (with tags attached!!) unwrapped to Seaboard (regardless of where you picked the tag up from, return to Seaboard!!). All gifts must be turned in by
Friday, December 9th
.
Businesses that currently have cans:
BookStacks
Bucksport House of Pizza
Coastal Energy
Community Pharmacy
Dave's Auto Repair & Towing
EBS
Fort View Variety
Huckelberries Card & Gift
Grindle's Insurance
Lethabo Massage Studio & Day Spa
Local Variety & Bake Shop
Outback Towing
Snowman's
Studio 83
Toziers Variety
True Value
Verona Wine & Design
If any business would like to have a can, please contact Aimee Lozier at 745-4371 - please leave a message.
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GPMCT wants you!
Experienced Carpenter Wanted... to help design a small boardwalk/dock for Bucksport students to study a vernal pool on the Miles Lane Trail. This project is being done in conjunction with the Bucksport High School building class, and our Outdoor Ed Team. Want to help? We need YOU! Call Jennifer at 469-2045 or 356-7084 (cell) or e-mail [email protected].
Board Secretary Wanted! Our wonderful secretary has moved and is stepping down. Can you help? The GPMCT secretary is a volunteer who takes minutes at board meetings every 2nd Tuesday of the month, and is a full-fledged voting member of the board. Questions? Call Cheri at 469-6929 or [email protected].
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New Ventures Maine Seeks Applicants for Marketing Mini-Grant
Do you have a small business with 5 or fewer employees and sales under $250,000 annually? Do you have plans to grow your business and need to step up your marketing?
New Ventures Maine (NVME) will award cash mini-grants of up to $400 to microenterprises through a competitive application process to support marketing projects designed to help new or expanding businesses improve their market reach. Winners of the last round in June include: Karen Ressel, The Flowered Apron, Bar Harbor who will use her award for a new sign for her bakery due to open, spring 2017 and Todd & Jaime Rogers, In the Village Farm and Garden, Passadumkeag focused their grant on social media marketing. "This grant, though small, was truly awesome for us to receive. It forced us to think about how and what we are doing for marketing. It helped us make some connections with promotions experts to gain their advice. And, it has helped us to get our name out there."
Small businesses in, Hancock Washington Counties, Penobscot, Piscataquis may apply through NVME's greater Bangor region. The deadline for the next round of mini-grant awards is
November 4th. The production of a product or purchase of equipment, tools, furnishings, or other fixed assets are not supported and non-profits are not eligible. More information and application forms can be found at
newventuresmaine.org or by contacting Jane at
[email protected] or
207-262-7843.
New Ventures Maine, a program of UMA and the UMS, helps people all over the state venture in new directions by offering tuition free programs for career, business, and financial education. Training is offered in person and online.
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Benefit for the OCC Playground
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Help the playground fund
HUNTERS BREAKFAST!!! November 5th, 2016 from 5am-9am, with proceeds to benefit the Orland Community Playground Project! There will be bacon, eggs, sausage, cinnamon buns, cranberry orange muffins, blueberry muffins, baked beans, pancakes, and more! Everyone is WELCOME!!!
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Penobscot Marine Museum news and events
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2016 History Conference
The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries
Saturday, November 5, 2016
University of Maine Hutchinson Center
80 Belmont Ave., Belfast, Maine
This year's History Conference delves into statement: Human innovation and technology have proven to be too successful for the health of our fisheries and out local ecosystem. Our line-up of scientists, historians, journalists, activists, consumers and fishermen will answer the question: How did this happen and what do we do now?
Saturday, November 5
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Conference: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Museum Members: $50
Non-members: $60
Teacher/Non-Profit Employee: $50
Student: $30
For more information or to register over the phone,
please call 207-548-2529.
This year's History Conference delves into statement: Human innovation and technology have proven to be too successful for the health of our fisheries and our coastal ecosystem. Our line-up of scientists, historians, journalists, activists, consumers and fishermen will answer the question: How did this happen and what do we do now?
Regulating the Evolution: Marine Policy
Patrick Shepard, Fisheries Policy Associate at
Penobscot East Resource Center
Fisheries policy and conservation have not always been synonymous in our history. Patrick Shepard walks us through the major turning points in the groundfish regulations and brings us the current crossroad in policy as we plot the future of this historically important fishery.
Consuming the Evolution: A Food Historian's Guide to Seafood
Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Food Historian and Writer
The seafood, we as humans consume, has evolved over time based on the availability of the resource locally and through Trans-Oceanic trading webs, as well as the latest culinary trends. Food historian Nancy Harmon Jenkins charts the rise and fall of salt fish, sardine on crackers and other seafood favorites from the past, discusses current seafood consumption and predicts future seafood culinary trends.
Sustainably Fishing the Evolution: The Marine Affairs' Perspective
Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory
Peter Neill has been advocating for the health and sustainability of our oceans through numerous means of communication. He will discuss the evolution of the scientist-fishery harvester conversation and initiatives by each to address sustainability issues and meet conservation objectives imposed by regulatory bodies.
Sustainably Fishing the Evolution: The Fisherman's Perspective
Glen Libby, Manager of Port Clyde Fresh Catch and
co-author of Caught: time, place, fish.
As a fisherman, Mr. Libby has seen how the technological revolution has impacted how and where fishermen fish over a period of several decades. Not all of these advances were good from a sustainable fisheries perspective but we are now learning how to use technology to enhance the recovery of our groundfish fishery here in Maine.
Documenting the Evolution: National Fisherman
David Jackson, former publisher of National Fisherman
National Fisherman has been the periodical of record for the fishing industry for over 65 years, providing context for today's hot button issues in the industry. Former editor Dave Jackson, using photographs from the periodical's pages, will explore how National Fisherman documented the technological evolution in the fisheries and the resulting ecological and social effects.
More information online here.
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e-WERU for November 2016
Vote for Community Radio!
During WERU's Upcoming Fall Funathon Pledge Drive - November 5 to November 12 - we'll be appealing, over the airwaves and Internet, for your endorsement and vote.
Please call during the drive, mail in your membership renewal today or contribute online anytime. However you give, it really makes a difference! And if you are not yet a WERU Member this would be a great time to become one with your first donation. Vote for Community Radio! And check out some of our special Funathon programming!
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Gourd Crafting Course
Date/Time:
Mondays, November 14 & 21, 2016
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location:
Wilson Museum, Hutchins Education Center,
112 Perkins Street, Castine, ME
For many generations throughout the world, gourds have been used to craft beautiful creations of fine art, musical instruments, and vessels for food and water. Kevin Campbell will bring his talents to the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center in Castine to teach how to make instruments and other gourd crafts on Monday, November 14
and 21 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. In this two session course, participants will choose whether to design and construct a Shekere (a beaded gourd instrument) or how to craft a gourd into a decorative container. Gourds will be provided, as will the tools and instructions to create gourd designs from a variety of options. Each participant will take home their own hand crafted gourd just in time for the holidays.
For the past 30 years Kevin Campbell, founder of Wide Sea Arts, has performed his music to the delight of audiences throughout the United States. A multi-instrumentalist and composer, Kevin brings a deep cultural background to his teachings.
The cost for the course is $30. This class has a maximum registration of 10, so space is limited. For more information and to register, contact the Wilson Museum at 326-9247 or [email protected].
More upcoming events at the Wilson museum:
Tuesday, November 8 (10 a.m.)
Waffle Gardens
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Stonewall Kitchen Open House
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Saturday
Join us on Saturday, Nov 5 from 11am to 5pm to sample various Stonewall Kitchen products, for holiday entertaining and gift giving. Baked mini doughnuts using their electric doughnut maker will be available. Red pepper jelly and cream cheese, meatballs simmered in maple/bacon/onion jam, holiday jam, and more. Discounts on EVERY Stonewall Kitchen item that we have. Discover new favorites!
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Holiday events
Main Street Bucksport (MSB) is pleased to announce a schedule of holiday events planned for downtown Bucksport.
Local merchants and business owners are invited to a planning session at MacLeod's Restaurant on
Thursday, November 10
from
5-6pm
to share the special events you're planning this holiday season and to coordinate with others to make the most out of this holiday shopping season. Free drinks and snacks will be generously provided by MacLeod's. No need to RSVP, just show up. Let's work together to help all business owners in Bucksport find success during this important retail season.
For the past few years, The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Bucksport, and Main Street Bucksport have worked together to sponsor pop-up shops, temporary retails spaces downtown in empty buildings. This year, due to an influx of new businesses, there will be no pop-ups. Bucksport is growing!
In addition to hosting the planning meeting, Main Street Bucksport will work with the Chamber of Commerce to promote several holiday events in downtown. On
Saturday, November 26 at 10am
there will be a ribbon cutting on Main Street to kick off Small Business
Saturday
. Skip the driving and the crowds by shopping in downtown Bucksport this holiday season. Not only will you save time and gas money, but shopping locally has a real impact on the economy. A recent study conducted in Maine concluded that for every $100 you spend locally, $55 goes back into the local economy compared to only $38 when you shop at a big box or national retail store. ("Going Local: Quantifying the Economic Impacts of Buying from Locally Owned Businesses in Portland, Maine." Garrett Martin and Amar Patel, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Dec. 2011.)
On
Thursday, December 8
from
5-8pm
, local shops and restaurants will feature free live music and stay open late for holiday shopping. Spend the evening in downtown Bucksport and enjoy some live music and holiday cheer. Schedule to be announced.
On
Saturday, December 10
, Santa arrives at BookStacks, accompanied by the Bucksport Fire Department. Time to be announced. Bring the kids and tell them to bring their wish list for Santa!
On
Friday, December 16
from
5-7pm
, Main Street Bucksport hosts a holiday party! Thanks to a generous grant from the Hancock County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, we'll host our second fundraiser of the year. Special holiday-themed drinks, live music, delicious food, and plenty of holiday cheer to celebrate with your friends and neighbors. Location to be announced.
On
Sunday, December 18
from
1-3pm
, volunteers will be at the Heart and Soul Building to wrap your gifts! We'll have gorgeous wrapping paper, bows, and special decorations and all you have to do is bring in your unwrapped gifts. Drop off your gifts and pick them up later in the afternoon or stay and enjoy cookies, hot cocoa, and holiday music. Free!
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Maine Department of Labor
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Free classes
Above is a list of Maine Dept. of Labor's free workplace safety and information classes for the rest of 2016. Note that we are offering two opportunities to attend a class on the new federal overtime rules.
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Happy hours
Join our friends at Verona Wine and Design from 4 - 6 PM every Wednesday
$5 Appetizers and $5 Glasses of Wine
Come celebrate mid-week with friends!
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