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BBACC Connects
December 14, 2017
Last Week's poll results: You said your favorite holiday drink is Egg Nog

If it could be economically feasible would you like to see the Northern New England Passenger Rail extended to Bangor?
Take the poll at the bottom of the newsletter.

Please remember to always share your news with us by emailing  office@bucksportbaychamber.com .
#ThinkLocalFirst Campaign
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! $100 Cash provided by Main Street Bucksport, an additional $50 cash provided by Head of the Bay Business Alliance, a BookStacks “Still Mill” prize package, and Bangor Daily News has added a free year subscription to Bangor Metro Magazine. 

We need your help to encourage customers to shop local and show them how they can win! Anytime someone shops with a small business in any of the communities the Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce represents 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 shoppers can qualify is if they take a selfie while shopping, “check-in” to the business and submit it to the Chamber's Facebook page using the hashtag #thinklocalfirst. The final way customers can enter is to sign the pledge to shop at home for the holidays, pledge boards are located at local businesses. 

Watch for the shoppers' post on the Chamber’s Facebook page and thanks for helping your communities thrive! Entries will be accepted from Small Business Saturday through January 1, 2018!
Main Street Bucksport Night on the Town
Live Music, Local Holiday Shopping, Photo Booth & Wine tasting
Main Street Bucksport has booked seven musical acts to play in shops or restaurants on Thursday, December 14 from 5-7pm. The past few years, this event has been very successful and drawn people downtown when they might have otherwise stayed home. 
Stop into Verona Wine and Design during "Night on the Town" from 5pm to 7pm for this holiday wine tasting event. Enjoy music by Jeff Thibeau, delicious food and 15% off all barrel products. Cheers!
Mingle on Main Street
Thursday December 14 from 5-7pm
Lularoe Boutique Jenn Saunders‎ will be popping up at The Local Variety
79 Main Street, Bucksport
Bucksport Heart & Soul invites the community to drop in to our Headquarters and view drafts of Bucksport Heart & Soul Community Statements between 5pm & 7pm. They will have popcorn, courtesy of Camden National Bank, for your enjoyment. PLUS get your photo taken in the Main Street Bucksport Holiday Photo Booth! Make a donation (the amount is up to you!) and get a fun, festive photo of your friends or family. All proceeds benefit Main Street Bucksport and Bucksport Heart & Soul holiday festivities.
Bucksport YMCA Holiday Fayre
Bucksport YMCA Holiday Fayre 2017
G.H. Jewett School, Bucksport
December 16 10am to 3pm
Call for craft & business vendors!
$10 per space

Please contact Ellie Shorey at 217.8306 or email her at angelellie1970@yahoo.com to sign up.
Wine Tasting at BookStacks
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Christmas, New Year's Also Require Wine.

Saturday, Dec. 16, 
4 to 6 p.m.


You certainly don't need me to tell you that the clock is ticking: as of this morning, right now, we have 15 days left to get it done. LOTS of time.  Well, calm down. Pick up a couple bottles of wine and relax. It's the most wonderful time of the year, so take a moment to notice it before it's gone.

Accordingly, we've got a super terrific line-up of wines to taste next Saturday, and our good friend Jack Scully of Easterly Wines will be here to introduce us to and enliven our taste buds with some new and exquisite wines next Saturday.  And yes, Denise Gordon will be here with her delicious munchies to pair with the wines, thank you very munch.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S 10% OFF
THE TASTING PRICE
WHEN YOU BUY 12 BOTTLES

For more information call 469-8992
Bucksport Bible Church Christmas Play
We are having a Christmas pageant on December 17th at 6:00 pm. We’ll have 12-13 adorable kiddos dressed up as Shepherds and Angels belting out the Christmas carols :-) Free Christmas cookies and cocoa to follow. 
Buck Memorial Library Story Time
Buck Memorial Library Story Time
Welcomes all ages to the traditional reading of Santa Mouse Wednesday, December 20th 10:30-11am.
Lighthouse Arts Center Gift Basket Drawing
Lighthouse Arts Center is having a drawing for a gift basket that is full of local goodness! 
It is free to enter, and the drawing will be on December 22nd. Anyone can enter in person at the Lighthouse on Main street in Bucksport.
Senior Meals Calendar & Center Activities
Mondays:
Aerobics 8-9am 
Knitting and Crocheting 9:30-11am
Skip-Bo Cards 9:30-11am 
"3-13" Cards 12:30-2pm
Poker & Hand and Foot Cards 5:30-9pm
Bridge Games - 6:30pm (not during the summer months)

Tuesdays:
Evening Bingo 5:45-8pm
Day Quilters - 1st Tuesday 9am to 3pm

Wednesdays:
Aerobics 8-9am 
Skip-Bo Cards 9:30-11am
Scrabble 12:15-2pm

Thursdays:
Bridge 12:30-4pm
Poker & Scat/31 Cards 5:30-9pm

Fridays:
Aerobics 8-9am 
Skip-Bo Cards 10-11am
Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
Wonder
Sponsored by BookStacks
December 15-17, 2017
Friday & Saturday at 6 & 8:30pm
Sunday at 2 & 6pm
113 minutes
PG

Based on the New York Times bestseller by R.J. Palacio, WONDER tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to find their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Fri 15 Dec, 6:00 pm
Fri 15 Dec, 8:30 pm
Sat 16 Dec, 6:00 pm
Sat 16 Dec, 8:30 pm
Sun 17 Dec, 2:00 pm
Sun 17 Dec, 6:00 pm

General Admission $8
Students/Seniors $7
Members $5
#ThinkLocalFirst
Silkweeds
20% off All holiday items, santas, snowmen, snowglobes, nativities, ornaments and mire at Silkweeds
Huckleberries
All holiday cards at Huckleberries, either singles or boxed, are now 25% off until the end of December!
Penobscot Marine Museum
25% Off Prints now through December 18th

To order contact Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson at 207-548-2529 or
kjohnson@pmm-maine.org
Verona Wine & Design
Christmas SALE. 15% Off all Barrel Products. Sale ends 12/23/17
Blossoms By the Bay
All through December Blossoms By the Bay will run 20% off Ornaments 
10% off candles
10% off Willow tree figurines 
10% off Black Dinah Chocolates 
Weekly specials on arrangements, bouquets, plants and cash and carry roses.
Williams Pond Lodge
Put your 2018 reservation "on ice" right now, and save 15%!
Call David; (207) 460-6064
Maine DOL Offers Free Safety Classes
The Maine Department of Labor offers safety and health and labor law classes - at no charge.

January 2018 Classes
(all in Augusta unless indicated otherwise)

January 3: Establishing an Effective Safety Committee

January 4: Fire Extinguisher/Emergency Action Plan Workplace Violence (This is a hands-on class)

January 5: Ladder Safety

January 16: NFPA-1403 Live Burn Training (Provides training for fire fighters and emergency response personell)

January 18 & 19: OSHA 1926 10-Hour Construction Training (OSHA card earned by student $8 fee)

January 22: Forklift Operator Safety (for new operators)

January 23: Lockout/Tagout Procedues (OSHA regulations for safe operation of equipment)

January 24: Scaffolding and Fall Protection (Proper setup and OSHA requirements)

January 29: Machine Guarding (Working safely with equipment)

January 30: Accident Investigation/Injury Analysis (Proper investigation and prevention)

January 31: Impairment Detection Training for Employers (Designed to help employers recognize and respond to employee impairment)

Call 207.623.7900 to enroll
TTY users call Maine Relay 711
Maine Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Standards
45 State House Station, Augusta
Yoga with Naomi 
Beginner-Friendly Healing Hatha Yoga
Orland: Tuesdays
Gentle, beginner-friendly yoga classes for adults and teens.

Tuesday nights, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 
Orland Community Center, Room 20
$12 to drop in
$50 for 5 classes
Discounts for first-responders
Free to cancer patients, survivors, and their caregivers

Bucksport: Wednesdays
Every Wednesday, our longest-running Yoga with Naomi class meets from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Bucksport Regional Health Center in Bucksport. Gentle, warm and friendly, this class is a welcoming space for yogis of any ability, age, or body type.

Bucksport Regional Health Center
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Gentle, healing hatha
Mats and props provided.
Everyone welcome.
$12 to drop in for a single class.
Sign up at the start of a 5-week series and pay $50 for 5 classes.
 
Ellsworth: Tuesdays & Thursdays
These classes are gentle, healing hatha classes; free and open to cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Call the Center at 207-664-0339 or email info@bethwrightcancercenter.org. You can find us at 23 Commerce Park in Ellsworth. Drop-in any time.

Tuesdays
4 - 5 p.m.
Gentle, healing hatha
Mats and props provided.
Everyone welcome.
No cost.

Thursdays
1 - 2 p.m.
Gentle, healing hatha
Mats and props provided.
Everyone welcome.
No cost.

David Walker also teaches a Beth Wright-sponsored gentle yoga class for cancer patients and survivors at Blue Hill Yoga on Mondays 3-4 p.m. There is no cost for the class and all are welcome.
Bucksport UMC Upcoming Special Services
Longest Night Blue Christmas Service  December 21st 7:00p.m. Not everyone is up beat and cheery for the Christmas holiday. If you are dealing with loss, grief, divorce, dis-ease of anykind, this service is intended to offer a chance to find peace and spend a time of reflection and remembrance. Memorial candles will be lit for loved ones who have died, are away in the military, separated, incarcerated, etc. FMI 469-3622

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 12/24 will be held at 4:00p.m. and 7:00p.m. at 71 Franklin Street. There will not be services at the East Bucksport Chapel this year.  

New' Years Eve Sing-spiration Celebration 12/31 from 2:00-3:30pm with an ice cream social. Share an afternoon of music and refreshment, prayer and praise for 2017 reflections and the hopes for 2018.
Jingle and Mingle Community Caroling
Join this community caroling event beginning at Verona Wine & Design. Friday, December 22 from 5:30-7:30pm. Ride the holiday bus to many destinations around Bucksport to spread Christmas cheer. End the evening back at VWD for refreshments.
Thanks to The Bridge Church, BACAS, First Student, & Verona Wine & Design for making this happen.
Bald Mountain Community Center Solstice Celebration
Please join us at Bald Mountain Community Center for our annual Solstice Celebration. Friday, December 22 from 5:30pm to 9pm we'll be having a potluck and an open mic, along with a yule log, a solstice tree for decorating, a bonfire, and good cheer! 

Please bring a dish to share, an ornament for the tree (edible for the wild animals), your own beverages (or extra to share), and a sense of adventure. We look forward to sharing light and joy with our neighbors during these long nights.
Members: $5 Non-members: $7
New Year's Eve in Bucksport
Verona Wine & Design invites you...
December, 31 at Midnight. Ball drop downtown. Verona and Wine and Design is offering tapas buffet and music inside and an outdoor ice sculpture will be constructed for a selfie station by Chris Whitham during the day in front of Blossoms By the Bay.
Bucksport Heart & Soul and
Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Invite you...
Bucksport Heart & Soul and Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce host a
New Year’s Eve Community Gathering
December 31, 2017 8:00pm-12:00am
New Year’s Eve crafts for all ages 
Music for all ages performed by: The Flannel Doughboys
Table games for all ages - Bring your favorite!
Potluck snacks - Share your favorite yummy treat
New Year's Eve Ball Drop at midnight
Chem free event
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