We will now be closed Monday and Tuesday and open Wednesday-Friday 9am to 3pm until May.
Information Center is open 24/7.
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Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
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December 2 - 4, 2016
Friday &
Saturday
6 & 8:45pm
Sunday at 2 & 6pm
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The Buck Memorial Library
on Main Street in Bucksport
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.
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.
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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BEGINNER-FRIENDLY
Healing Hatha Yoga
**No classes December 20th through January 1st**
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.
More details online
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Free LEGO Club at the Stockton Springs Community library
The Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) is proud to offer free LEGO programs on the 3rd Thursday of every month from 4:00 - 5:00 PM through April 20th 2017.
Focus age group is 4 through 10 years old, however children of all ages are welcome to participate in the LEGO Fun! No registration is necessary.
The purpose is to become a creative, engaged, lifelong learner while having fun. The library provides the LEGO bricks and participants provide their imagination and creativity! LEGO creations will be displayed in the library until the following month's LEGO Club.
December 15, 2016
January 19, 2017
February 16, 2017
March 16, 2017
April 20, 2017
No registration necessary! SSCL is located at 6 Station Street in Stockton Springs. For more information call
567-4147.
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Let there be light
Our holiday elves have been busy lighting up our Main Street businesses. (If you are among them, thank you!)
On Saturday, December 10th, there will also be a Parade of Lights in Bucksport, and Chamber member, BMCC is hosting a Solstice Celebration on December 17th.
If you're interested in charitable giving this holiday season, there is still time to donate new socks to SFCU's Sock-in-a-Box campaign or to choose a child (or three!) from the Angel Trees.
As you do your Christmas shopping, we hope you'll visit all of our local businesses. There are sales, deals, special events, and interesting options for that perfect gift right here in your community. And our friends at Main Street Bucksport will even wrap them for free!
Read all we have for you below and discover opportunities to expand your business, help your neighbor, entertain your kids, and celebrate the season.
Have a warm and cozy week and...send us your news!
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Gingerbread House Competition
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Candy Cane Lane
Jess Ormsby has organized the Gingerbread House Competition again this year! We invite you to participate in the 2016 Gingerbread House Competition by building your own edible house. The theme this year is "Candy Cane Lane". All houses will be on display in businesses downtown Bucksport December 17th through January 1st. Register with Jess by December 1, 2016 by calling 207.478.9653.
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Shop at home for the holidays
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#thinklocalfirst
The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging people to "Think Local First" by shopping at Home for the Holidays. Supporting
independently owned businesses helps all of us in our community not just at the holidays but all year round.
As part of our month-long celebration we are bringing back a contest where shoppers can win a prize! Entries will be accepted from Small Business Saturday through
January 1, 2017! $100 Cash Prize provided by Main Street Bucksport plus a "No Fuss Feast" ($50 gift card) provided by Ming's Garden Restaurant.
We need your help to encourage your customers to shop local and show them how they can win! Anytime someone shops with you for goods or services and "Thinks Local First" they can present their receipt to the Chamber and fill out a ballot to enter to win. Another way they can enter to win is to sign the Pledge Board pledging to shop local. This board will be traveling to downtown businesses throughout the season. Finally, shoppers can also qualify if they take a selfie while shopping with you, "check-in" to your business and post it to the Chamber's Facebook page using the hashtag #thinklocalfirst.
We want to make it as easy as possible for you and your customers. Please notify Leslie or Alecia at the Chamber at 469-6818 if you have any questions.
The "Think Local First" Shop at Home for the Holidays will be supported by and ad campaign in the Bucksport Enterprise. Watch for the shoppers post on the
Chamber's Facebook page and thanks for helping your communities thrive!
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Would you like a counter card?
You can leave this on the counter at your business to remind you and your customers how they can enter to win!
Contact us to request one...
207.469.6818
office@bucksportbaychamber.com
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It's almost Christmas Season in Downtown Bucksport!
Here's an update from the dedicated elves who make up the Town's Decorating Committee. We're excited to get back into the swing of the holiday season, and are especially glad to be able to involve you too!
Make a Donation
To offset some of the cost of purchasing trees and maintaining lights, barrels, and decorations we're asking for each organization's support of $20.
Checks can be made payable to Town of Bucksport Decorating Committee, and dropped off at:
Town Office
ATTN: Decorating Committee
50 Main Street | P.O. Drawer X
Bucksport, Maine 04416
Important Dates & Times
We're always looking for help. If you're interested in volunteering during some of the following work sessions and events, please let us know!
Help out this weekend! It's our first event, and the most important... help us organize the trees into the barrels!!
Parade of Lights | Saturday, 12/10/16, 5:00 p.m., Main Street
Christmas Trees & Decorations
Annually the Decorating Committee places trees at select businesses and locations along Main Street and Route 1.
We'll be contacting each business on our list individually to ensure you'd like a tree again this year. Remember, we request a donation of $20 for a tree this year to offset the costs of new barrels and decorations.
If you'd like to use your own lights and decorations, please send us a message so we know not to collect them at the end of the season.
In addition to the trees, we string other lights and decorations around town and are looking for folks to assist with that as well.
Lighted wreaths will be placed on the poles in time for the Lighting Ceremony and will be turned on during that event.
We'll decorate other buildings and trees, as well. If you're a business owner who we have decorated your facility in the past, we're planning to continue that this year. Other trees, parks, and buildings along Main Street will be decorated with lights.
Parade of Lights - NEW!!
New this year we'll celebrate the holiday season with a parade of lights along Main Street in downtown Bucksport. The parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 10 at 5:00 p.m.
For up-to-date information about the parade, follow the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/204073193368702/
Or, the Town page: www.facebook.com/bucksportme
With questions or comments about the Downtown Decorating, contact:
Chris Grindle
Town of Bucksport
chris.grindle@bucksportmaine.gov
207-949-7500
Also, to learn of other holiday events happening in Downtown Bucksport, follow the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce's community calendar as well as Main Street Bucksport's Facebook page.
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Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
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PBS documentary at the Alamo
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
A PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky
December 1, 2016
Thursday at 6:30pm
followed by a moderated discussion.
Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, in February 1939, boldly commit to a life-threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees. The film's subjects, Martha and Rev. Waitstill Sharp, were named "Righteous Among Nations" in 2005 by the historical remembrance organization Yad Vashem.
Brought to you by the Unitarian Universalist churches of Belfast, Castine, and Ellsworth, the film is open to all and FREE, although donations are welcome.
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Bucksport Veterinary Hospital
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Fleas & Ticks
Flea and tick season is still happening. Unfortunately those nasty critters are still out searching for food. We want to make sure they are not feasting on your four-legged family members. So, we are offering an extra $10 off instantly when you buy 2 Bravecto flea/tick preventatives. Combine this with the $15 manufacturer rebate and that's a $25 savings. Buy more, save more.... Mix and match for your dog and cat. Wait, cat? You read that right. We now have Bravecto for your cat! Great product, last 12 weeks! WOW! Stop by Bucksport Veterinary Hospital for all the details! Happy Holidays!"
Another thing I wanted to mention is I went to the Shriner's "Festival of trees" in Bangor over the weekend. The Belfast Chamber went to local business and asked for products/Donations/Gift certificates/ETC to 'build a tree'. The tree is then raffled off and all proceeds go to the Shriner's. Maybe this is something for considerations next year for the Bucksport Chamber to do? To my understanding THOUSANDS of families go to this event every year. When we went, we stood outside for 30 or so minutes before we even go in the door. Anyway, just a thought. I'll forward you a picture of there tree in a few minutes....
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Camden National Bank Expands Customer Service Initiatives
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24/7 live, customer service and instant debit card fraud alerts increases convenience and communication with customers
Camden National Bank, a full-service community bank serving both retail and business customers across Maine and northern New England, recently announced that it expanded its customer service commitment by increasing its Customer Assistance Center hours to twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, a first for a Maine-based community bank. Additionally, the bank has expanded its cyber-security protection with
real-time debit card fraud alert offerings, adding email to the text and phone notification options already available that allow customers to quickly detect and stop fraudulent use of their debit card.
"We're excited to announce these enhancements which deliver innovative technology, service and convenience to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers," said Greg Dufour, president and chief executive officer of Camden National Bank. "We have made significant investments in our online banking and mobile apps to meet the digital banking needs of our customers at their convenience. At the same time, we also recognize the need for live, human support at any time of the day or night to compliment the sophisticated electronic tools our customers utilize."
Camden National Bank has expanded its real-time debit card fraud alerts that allow customers to be notified quickly of suspicious activity and stop fraudulent use of their debit card. Fraud center experts monitor accounts around the clock looking at purchase activity for anything outside of the norm that could signal unauthorized use of a customer's debit card. If anything appears out of the ordinary, the customer is contacted through the quickest means available to verify the activity. A temporary hold protects the customer's account until they get in touch, and is immediately removed when verification is received.
Dufour added, "We continue to be guided by our commitment to deliver the best banking experience and service. Whether customers are looking to review transactions, transfer funds or explore product alternatives, we have the expertise to guide them in person, online or on the phone. We are entering an exciting time for our customers and we will continue to seek new tools and enhancements to meet our customers' evolving needs."
About Camden National Bank
Camden National Bank is a full-service community bank that offers state-of-the-art online and mobile banking resources through a network of 61 banking centers and 84 ATMs in Maine, as well as lending offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Headquartered in Camden, Maine, the Bank has been supporting Maine's people and businesses since 1875 and believes in creating strong connections to the community through volunteerism, sponsorships, and donations that strengthen and invigorate the areas it serves. Through programs like Hope@Home and the Community Spirit of Giving (CSOG), Camden National Bank partners with local agencies to provide vital assistance to those in need throughout the state. To learn more, visit www.CamdenNational.com. Member FDIC.
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BookStacks
Stephanie Tourles,
author of
Making Love Potions will be at
Saturday, December 3,
1 to 2 p.m.
64 All-natural recipes for irresistible herbal aphrodisiacs
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
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Holiday movie at the Alamo
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7pm
All seats $5.
This will be your new Holiday favorite!
Each Christmas, an industrial tycoon and his family travel from New York City to Florida to spend the holiday season in the sun, and while they are gone, a philosophical homeless man takes up residence in the millionaire's Fifth Avenue mansion. Letting himself in through a hole in the fence, he puts on designer clothes, smokes expensive cigars, eats gourmet food, and opens up the townhouse to his homeless friends so that they, too, can share in the holiday spirit. When the real homeowner's daughter returns to NYC early and discovers the house has been taken over, the homeless haven is in danger of disappearing forever. However, the warmhearted nature of the homeless intruders reinvigorates the unhappy wealthy family, and everyone succumbs to the true spirit of Christmas.
Starring Victor Moore ("Swing Time," "The Seven Year Itch"), Academy Award-nominee Ann Harding ("Holiday," "When Ladies Meet") and Emmy Award-nominee Charles Ruggles ("Bringing Up Baby," "The Parent Trap")
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SFCU is collecting new socks
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Sock-in-a-box
Bring in a new pair of men's, women's, teen, or children's socks for the needy to our locations in Bucksport, Ellsworth, and Hermon and stuff them in our Sock-In-A-Box box. We will distribute to The Bangor Homeless Shelter, the Shaw House in Bangor, and The Emmaus Center in Ellsworth. We will distribute the socks the week of December 12 so that they can have warm feet before the snow flies. Please 'like' and share this post with your friends.
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Sales and Specials at Huckleberries
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Sales, sales, sales
Sales every week at Huckleberries in Bucksport!
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Free admission
Friday,
December 2, 4 pm to 6 pm, and Saturday,
December 3, 10 am to 4 pm, Fowler-True-Ross Sea Captain's House
Admission is free.
Our Ship Captain's house is beautifully decorated for the holidays and filled with live music and holiday-themed readings. Town of Searsport's Tree Lighting And Carol Sing are on Friday night.
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Indoor Yard Sale
The Bucksport WSCS will be holding an indoor yard sale on
December 3rd
from 8-2 at the Bucksport Methodist Church on Franklin Street. Tools, homemade jams, soaps, and relishes, Scentsy, LuLaRoe, and lots of great deals on quality, used items. Kitchen will be open selling food. Come grab some great buys for Christmas.
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"One Maine Christmas Eve"
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Reading
On
Saturday, December 3rd at 10:00 am
Douglas Coffin will read his book "One Maine Christmas Eve" as part of the Stockton Springs Community Library's monthly story hour. The library is located on the corner of Main and Station Streets in Stockton Springs.
Coffin is nationally known for his work as professional letter cutter in stone (there are only about two dozen in the country), but this is his first published book. He explains: "I wrote and illustrated a Christmas poem many years ago, with the same flavor as 'The Night Before Christmas' by Clement Moore, and now have expanded it into this book. "One Maine Christmas Eve" celebrates Mainers' can-do approach to problems and the joys of simply giving."
"One Maine Christmas Eve" is an enchanting story told in verse that begs to be read aloud. On Santa's most important night of the year, he's been grounded by sick reindeer at Miss Moody's farm. It turns out that Santa couldn't have picked a better spot for an emergency landing, though, because who's more adept than a Maine farmer at getting a broken-down machine (or sleigh) back into service?
Miss Moody, her beloved dog Smittens, and Miss Moody's two boarders, Emery and Millie, leap into action when they find that Santa needs their help. Before long, a barnyard full of animals, and even a derelict skidder named "The Grunter," are pressed into service - "In a rattle of wrenches there came a great roar/'The Grunter was chugging through snowdrifts once more."
Coffin's charming, colorful illustrations perfectly complement this story-in-verse. From the opening two-page spread of an aerial view of the farm, resplendent and quiet in winter white, to the colorful final spread showing Santa driving his earnest-yet-zany pick-up team, "One Maine Christmas Eve" will enchant readers of all ages.
Dahlov Ipcar, esteemed Maine author and illustrator, says that Coffin's book is "A delightful variation on the Santa Claus legend, in which not Rudolph but a whole gaggle of critters save the day, or rather the eve."
Coffin has a background in graphic design, calligraphy and typography, and produced a nationally syndicated cartoon strip in the early 1980s. He published editorial cartoons in a weekly newspaper in Maine for 20 years and, in 1987, began his career as a letter cutter in stone. He lives in Stockton Springs. "One Maine Christmas Eve" is his first book.
The event is free, all are welcome, and light refreshments will be served. For more information visit
www.stocktonspringslibrary.org
or call 207-567-4147.
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Winterport Area Business Association
Welcome to our newest Chamber member, The Winterport Area Business Association. WABA is a nonprofit organization designed to improve the business climate of the Winterport Area, promote networking among its members and encourage a "Shop Local Philosophy!" Join one of their monthly meetings and meet others who are interested in promoting the towns and businesses of Winterport, Frankfort, and Monroe.
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Help someone you love win a makeover
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Contest!!! Contest!!! Contest!!!
Do you know an extraordinary woman? It could be your mom, sister, wife or bestie! Tell us about her and she has the chance to win a Makeover. Melissa and I will be picking the winner December 11th
at Bucksport Blush.
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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 up!
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
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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
Total amount raised from cans so far: $504.36
If any business would like to have a can, please contact Aimee Lozier at 745-4371 - please leave a message.
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Christmas events
Christmas Trees at Barlow's, Sunday, Dec. 4, 12-3 pm... Like your Christmas trees a little fuller? Want to choose and cut a fresh one without a hike? Join us at John & Diane Barlow's, 15 Cross Road in Orland Village, where nearly 200 trees, both sheared and open-grown, large and small, await. Cookies and cocoa, cutting help and handsaws available; no chainsaws please. Take Dark Mountain Road off Rte. 166 (was 175) in Orland Village, turn left on Cross Road. Proceeds benefit the Wildlands. Check web or Facebook for weather changes or cancellations. 469-6929 or info@greatpondtrust.org for more info, or 974-7097 that weekend.
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Main Street Bucksport (MSB) helps bring Holiday Events to downtown Bucksport!
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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Internal Revenue Service Webinar
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2016 Federal Tax Updates
Presented by: Internal Revenue Service
December 13, 2016
1:00 pm (EST)
This FREE webinar is for:
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Tax Professionals and Organizations
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Small Businesses and Organizations
One CE credit will be offered for this webinar
Description:
Senior Stakeholder Liaison Richard Furlong, Jr. will provide tax law updates for 2016. The topics to be discussed will include:
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Temporary and Permanent Extenders from the "Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015".
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Revised Due Dates for 2016 Business Tax Returns
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What's New for Refundable Credits:
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Earned Income Tax Credit
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Additional Child Tax Credit
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American Opportunity Tax Credit
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Affordable Care Act Reporting for 2016
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New Rules for ITIN Holders
Register & Attend:
Click
here
to register for the session.
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Let there be light
Bald Mountain Community Center winter solstice event on
Saturday, December 17 at 5pm
. Potluck followed by lantern walk, bonfire, poems, songs, and open mic. Family friendly. BYOB, BYO instrument. $5 admission or free with $20 annual membership to BMCC. Children under 5 are free. More information at
https://www.facebook.com/events/315027268881408/
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Creative gift-giving
The Fort Knox gift shop has a variety of gift options to please history buffs and park aficionados, including tee shirts, caps, replica cannons, and park passes.
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Welcome!
Notice something new in town? Derek, Bucksport's newest State Farm Agent is located at 124 Main Street next to Lewis and Malm Architects! Providing Bucksport and surrounding communities insurance and financial services. Give him a call at 207.469.1200 or stop by and welcome him to Bucksport! We're happy to add him to the membership.
www.tudelainsurance.com
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