We will now be closed Monday and Tuesday and open Wednesday-Friday 9am to 3pm until May.
Information Center is open 24/7.
|
The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce this year's Bucksport Bay Festival dates! Friday, July 21, Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23, 2017.
#Thinksummer and join us
for #bayfest2017! For more info call 207.469.6818 or visit the festival website.
|
|
Playing at the Alamo Theatre...
|
Fri 12 May, 6:00 pm
Fri 12 May, 8:40 pm
Sat 13 May, 6:00 pm
Sat 13 May, 8:40 pm
Sun 14 May, 2:00 pm
Sun 14 May, 6:00 pm
Coming Soon:
May 18: Public Discussion: The Future of Our Forests, Rivers, Lakes, Fields and Ocean
May 19-21: "Going in Style" with a special retail shopping event in the lobby Saturday & Sunday (LulaRoe & Perfectly Posh)
May 25: "13th"
|
|
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.
|
|
Free Small Business Advising for Bucksport Bay Area
|
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.
Bangor Savings Bank
89 Main Street
Bucksport
By appointment only
Please contact
Betty Egner at 207.664.2990
|
|
BEGINNER-FRIENDLY
Healing Hatha Yoga
Tuesdays 4-5pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center, Ellsworth FREE
Wednesdays
3:30-4:30pm
Bucksport Regional Health Center ($12)
(No yoga June 14th, 21st, 28th or July 5th)
Thursdays 1-2pm
Beth Wright Cancer Resource Center Ellsworth FREE
(
No yoga May 18th.)
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
|
|
 |
|
Friday, May 12th, 2017
Welcome to this week's edition of our Chamber newsletter!
We're so excited to share that the Bucksport Bay Farmers' Market opens next Thursday (May 18th)! There will be vegetables, seedlings, maple syrup, cookies, salad greens, bacon, duck eggs, environmentally friendly kitchen products, Indian Food and so much more!
Below you'll also find news of the Belfast Farmers' Market, a composting workshop, and two plant sales!
Scroll down to welcome two new members and to learn how you can be involved in celebrating Bucksport's 225th birthday!
Learn about these things (and more!) below...and then...send us your news!
|
Planning committee
The next meeting to discuss
Celebrate! Bucksport 225 Bayfest 20
is going to be held on Tuesday, May 23 at 4:30pm at the
The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
building. This is open to everyone!! We want the entire community involved in the planning. If you want to know what's going on, have ideas or would like to help with the planning then JOIN US. If you have questions please feel free to give us a call, 207.469.6818
|
May Business Buzz
Most of us will be responsible for closing out of the life of another at least once - if not more. When you only do something a minimal number of times, it is nearly impossible to do it well, let alone while impaired in the haze of loss.
As the only next of kin,
EterNav founder, Kasey Smith has been responsible for more than a fair share of losses. As word spread that she had dealt with the proc
ess a lot, she began to get calls from others, most often in a time of confusion following a loss. To date, Kasey has acted as the personal loss advocate for nearly 100 families, some who used the services of a funeral home as well as many who did not.
From these experiences, Smith worked collaboratively with the University of Maine's Computer Science department to develop a working prototype of this new technology. EterNav features user friendly navigation that makes it easy to comply with local regulations, state laws, and religious customs.
EterNav is currently working on the next generation of the technology which begins introducing the first of several proprietary toolkits that will assist those navigating such a tremendous responsibility. This new system is planned for release in mid-2017.
For those interested in becoming more knowledgeable about EterNav or how to help people prepare for or handle after death, please contact us about our Loss Advocate Training program (available NOW!).
|
|
Eat at Joe's Farm Fresh Food Truck Opening today!
|
100 Main Street
Eat at Joe's opens today, May 12th! We have searched all over Maine to bring you the best quality food from local sources. Here is our 2017 menu.
|
|
Healthy Acadia Seeks AmeriCorps VISTAs
|
Help Combat Hunger
In partnership with Hunger Free America, Healthy Acadia is seeking two, full-time AmeriCorps VISTA service members to combat hunger and poverty in Downeast Maine through the Anti-Hunger & Opportunity Corps (AHOC) project. These one-year, 40-hour per-week service positions begin June-July 2017 and are based out of Healthy Acadia's Ellsworth and/or Machias office(s).
The national Anti-Hunger and Opportunity Corps project (AHOC), an initiative of Hunger Free America since 2010, with support from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Walmart Foundation, is one of the largest anti-hunger AmeriCorps VISTA projects in the country. Its main focus is to fight hunger and improve nutrition, primarily by breaking down barriers to accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and expanding economic opportunity and ensuring healthy futures for all Americans, mostly through the SNAP Employment and Training program. Members also serve to increase the capacity of anti-hunger community organizations to help meet the needs of low-income community members, particularly to seniors, working families and non-English speaking populations. For a full position description, please visit:
https://healthyacadia.org/documents/VISTA_Position_Jun17.pdf.
Program Benefits include a biweekly living allowance, health benefits, modest housing assistance and training support, relocation and childcare assistance (if applicable), optional life insurance, one year non-competitive status for federal government positions, Segal Education Award ($5,815) or End-of-Service stipend ($1,500), the potential to forbear or defer student loans while in service, and a support network of over 180,000 AmeriCorps VISTA members and alums.
VISTA service positions are highly competitive and will be filled as suitable applicants are found. Please send resume, cover letter, and references in a single document to Katie Freedman:
[email protected]
. Please indicate whether you are interested in serving in Hancock or Washington County, or both.
|
While You're Away
While You're Away is a unique service designed for busy adults who find themselves in the roll of primary caretaker.
We visit your loved ones in rehabilitation centers, nursing homes or long-term care facilities to check on their well-being. When you aren't able to check-in at least weekly--maybe you live too far away or you need to be out of town for a while and just want to be sure someone is checking in, we'll do that for you!
We will arrange to have someone stop by as many times as agreed upon, at different times of
the day or night to check-in and visit while you're away and will keep you informed about how your loved one is doing. If we have a concern, we will notify you right away and, if you can't get here quickly and need someone to advocate, we can arrange to do that for you until you arrive. You're loved ones will know that we are here for them and you will have peace of mind. That's quite reassuring, isn't it!
All our contractors will be trained to look for tell-tale signs of neglect, to ask specific questions and to notice typical signs that will alert us to a potential problem.
You will get weekly updates, your loved ones will have a regular visitor and all of you can be assured that someone is available should assistance be needed.
|
Light the Way Design
Welcome our newest member Light the Way Design.
Jean offers affordable graphic design services including custom designed logos, business cards, brochures, post cards and so much more!
She is the owner and designer at Light the Way Design and the creator of the Around Maine coloring book. Check out her website to learn more
www.lightthewaydesign.com/
|
|
Peanut butter and jelly drive
|
Bangor Savings Bank's annual Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive kicks off May 1.
Donations of peanut butter and jelly jars can be made at any Bangor Savings Bank branch during operating hours May 1 through May 31. The Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive provides a protein-rich food item, which is often in short supply and high demand at local food pantries and other hunger prevention programs throughout Maine.
Our amazing customers, local businesses and our employees have donated 30,000 jars of peanut butter and jelly to the Drive during the past three years. This year we are trying to top 2016's record total of 12,645 jars!
|
|
Wahl's Dairy Port flavors of the month
|
Flavor-of-the-month
|
|
Advertising Scoop from the EA and Islander
|
Spring advertising opportunities
The
Ellsworth American and the
Islander, have many special advertising opportunities coming up this spring, including Mother's Day, Out and About, and Hotel Wraps. Learn the details
online here.
|
|
Plant and Bake Sale, Orland
|
Fundraiser
There will be a Plant & Bake Sale, along with an indoor yard sale on Saturday, May 13, 2017, from 9am-2pm, at the Orland Community Center, to benefit the Orland Community Playground Project!
|
All-You-Care-To-Eat breakfast
The Bucksport United Methodist Church, at 71 Franklin Street in Bucksport, will host a breakfast buffet on
Saturday, May 13
, 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.
|
Spring Pledge Drive - May 13-20
After we spiff up the place and have a party, we'll conduct our Spring Pledge Drive, Saturday, May 13 through Saturday morning, May 20. Thank you in advance for doing your part, however much you can give. We also thank you, if you recently received a fundraising letter from us, for giving it your attention.
And, of course, you can give any time online at
https://weru.org/donate
. You generosity is very much appreciated and extremely crucial to the well being of WERU Community Radio! Thank you!
|
Free workshop in Stockton Springs
MAY 16TH
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle your organic waste into "Black Gold" to fertilize your gardens! Wayne Kraeger will present a Composting Workshop at the Stockton Springs Town Office, Lower Level on Tuesday,
May 16th at 6:00 pm.
Composting is nature's process of recycling organic materials from your kitchen and yard/garden waste into a rich soil known as compost. Backyard composting is an acceleration of the same process nature uses. By composting your organic waste you are returning nutrients back into the soil in order for the cycle of life to continue. An important added bonus is the reduction of your household waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Finished compost looks like soil - dark brown, crumbly, and smells like a forest floor.
The Composting Workshop is sponsored by the Stockton Springs Community Library and the Stockton Springs Recycle Committee. The program is free and all are welcome.
|
|
The Future of Our Forests, Rivers, Lakes, Fields, and Ocean
|
At the Alamo
The Future of Our Forests, Rivers, Lakes, Fields, and Ocean, a panel presentation on Thursday, May 18, 7-9:30 pm at The Alamo Theatre, 85 Main St, Bucksport, ME.
Among the environmental experts presenting are
Glenn Brand, director of the Maine Sierra Club, Hancock County Commissioner and Registered Maine Guide Antonio Blasi, and John Anderson, College of the Atlantic biology faculty member.
|
|
Workplace health and safety classes
|
May classes
The Maine Department of Labor has released its May schedule of free workplace health and safety classes. Classes include Ladder Safety, Van Safety, Noise/Hearing Protection, and Lockout/Tagout Procedures, among others. See the schedule and learn more
online here.
|
Spring Plant & Bake Sale
Bucksport Garden Club
is having their Spring Plant & Bake Sale Saturday, May 20 from 9am to noon on Main Street in Bucksport across from community pharmacy.
Annuals, Perennials, Baked Goods, Books, Crafts, Raffle and more!
|
Stockton Springs Community Library May 21st
"Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Seniors at Home in Stockton Springs" speaker series will host Michael Shunney speaking about Tai Chi and Qigong at the library on
Sunday, May 21st at 2pm
.
Mike Shunney has studied and played Taijiquan and Qigong here in the states and in China. He has attended many workshops and has learned from some of the finest Taijiquan and Qigong Masters in the world. He has competed successfully nationally and internationally, including in Fuzhou, China with the ten member U.S. Taijiquan team. He has focused on community education programs as well as teaching in college and university programs. Mike and his wife Constance Evens operate Inner Works Healing Arts Center in Rockland.
The word Qigong (pronounced chi kung) is a combination of two ideas. "Qi" means air, breath of life, or vital energy of the body, and "gong" means the skill of working with, or cultivating, self-discipline and achievement. The art of Qigong consists primarily of meditation, relaxation, physical movement, mind-body integration, and breathing exercises.
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing.
This monthly 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.
Admission is free and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information visit
www.stocktonspringslibrary.org
or phone 207-567-4147.
|
|
United Farmers Market of Belfast
|
Penobscot Marine Museum
Starting May 27, 2017 you can find PMM at the United Farmers Market of Belfast, located at 18 Spring Street in Belfast.
The market runs every Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
|
Town of Castine
Castine Historical Society Summer Exhibit - Castine's Devoted Women: Partnership and Social Reform 1910-1962
The Castine Historical Society's 2017 Summer Exhibit Castine's Devoted Women: Partnership and Social Reform 1910-1962focuses on the lives of Mary W. (Molly) Dewson and Mary G. (Polly) Porter who were life-partners during an age of progressive change encompassing woman's right to vote, labor and wage reform, and feminism.
Molly Dewson was one of the first women to have national political power and influence in Washington D.C. She earned the respect and friendship of many high profile political figures including Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during her work for social reform and women's equality.
The story of the two women over their 50-year partnership is told through their words and those of their contemporaries taken from newspaper clippings, letters and memoirs. The recent gift to the Society of 28 scrapbooks kept by Molly and Polly has provided a wealth of material for the exhibit. Volunteers spent many hours searching through the pages of the scrapbooks to select the most appropriate images to highlight their story. These images were then converted into historical panels, which have striking relevance to today's social and political culture
Exhibit opens Monday, June 12
. Admission is free.
June 12 - Labor Day | Monday - Saturday 10 AM-4 PM | Sundays
1-4 PM
Labor Day - Columbus Day |
Friday
,
Saturday
, &
Monday
10 AM-4PM
|
Sunday
1-4PM
Fourth of July Celebration
The
4th of July
officially kicks off the Castine summer season. Visitors from around the world return to a place they have long cherished - "Castine Under The Elms and By The Sea."
Family, friends and visitors alike join in the old fashion day style celebration of parades, flag waving, special foods, evening concerts and the best fireworks display over the bay anywhere!
This year, make your reservations early and stay in one of our cottages, homes for rent or one of our cozy B&B's. The Castine
4th of July
Celebration will soon become a family tradition.
|
|
Responsible Beverage Server and Seller Training
|
Healthy Acadia
Where:
June 14, 2017
at Ellsworth Public Library
June 19, 2017
at Atlantic Oceanside, Bar Harbor
When: For both dates:
8:30 am
-off-premise/seller training;
1:00pm
- on-premise/server training
Maine's bustling tourist season is just around the corner and stores, restaurants, and taverns will be recruiting new servers and staff. For establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold, it is critical for employers and managers to ensure that new hires are familiar with current state liquor laws and the importance of preventing sales to minors and to individuals who are visibly intoxicated.
Healthy Acadia will offer Responsible Beverage Server & Seller Training, on June 14 in Ellsworth and June 19 in Bar Harbor, to
provide employers and employees who sell alcoholic beverages with the knowledge they need to better identify and prevent violations of liquor laws. This course emphasizes increasing employees' knowledge about liquor laws, the importance of preventing underage sales and sales to visibly intoxicated individuals, and offers guidance for refusing service when necessary. Employees will receive training on best practices to identify minors, false identification, and signs of visible intoxication.
A
Responsible Beverage Seller and Server training will be held on Wednesday, June 14
in the Community Room at Ellsworth Public Library, located at 20 State Street, Ellsworth. On Monday June 19, this training will also be offered at the Atlantic Oceanside, 119 Eden St, Bar Harbor. Off-premise trainings -
for employees of businesses with off-premise liquor licenses, including grocery, liquor, and convenience stores
- begin at 8:30 a.m. and on-premise trainings -
for employees of businesses with on-premises liquor licenses, such as restaurants, hotels and bars where alcohol is consumed
- will start at 1:00 p.m.
Training employees through this 4-hour course may lead to reduced insurance rates for participating businesses and will help reduce the risk of making costly and/or tragic unlawful sales.
All participants receive a certificate of completion valid for 5 years.
Pre-registration is required.
Registration fee is $25.00 per participant. Participants must arrive on time and bring a valid photo ID for certification.
For more information, to sign up for training, or to schedule a training for 6 or more employees at your business, please contact Tara Young at 667-7171 or
[email protected]
.
|
|
Bucksport Arts Festival returns in August
|
|
August arts
The 3rd Annual Bucksport Arts Festival will be returning to the waterfront this August with thanks to the generous support of Seaboard Federal Credit Union. As the primary sponsor in 2016, Seaboard FCU will continue their support for 2017 in recognition that the arts are part of a healthy, thriving community. As a member-owned cooperative, Seaboard FCU is a vital part of the community itself and strives to provide quality financial services to all members at fair and reasonable rates and terms. Supporting the Festival is yet another way for Seaboard FCU to support their members, business partners, and community.
Forty artists have recently been selected to participate this summer. These fine artists and craftspeople will be showcasing a diverse selection of good for all to enjoy, including: paintings, drawings, jewelry, pottery, sculpture, fiber, glass, and woodworking. Several familiar faces will be returning from previous years, and many new artists will also participating for the first time. All proceeds of the 2017 Festival will benefit Main Street Bucksport, our non-profit partner whose mission is to promote a vibrant downtown Bucksport by supporting existing businesses, attracting new businesses, and supporting cultural arts events.
The Festival is currently seeking food vendors to feed the crowds on Saturday, August 12th. Vendors of all kinds are encouraged to apply, although preference will be given to local businesses with artisanal quality food. Interested vendors should contact
[email protected]
for an application.
Questions? Contact Festival Coordinators Lyndsey Marston at
[email protected]
or Laurie Brooks at
[email protected].
|
IRS Seeks Applications for Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee
The Internal Revenue Service is requesting membership nominations for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC), a federal advisory committee that provides recommendations to the IRS on various tax administration issues.
Members are appointed to three-year terms, but terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the committee membership changes each year. Nominations are currently being accepted for up to seven appointments that will begin in January 2018.
The deadline for submitting applications is May 21, 2017.
IRPAC members are drawn from diverse backgrounds. Members represent the taxpaying public, tax professional community, small and large businesses, colleges and universities, state tax administrations, banks, insurance companies, foreign financial institutions, and the software and payroll industries.
IRPAC presents a report to the IRS Commissioner at a public meeting each fall that includes recommendations to improve the information reporting program.
Anyone interested in becoming a member of IRPAC may self-nominate or be nominated by a professional organization. All nominees must complete an application.
|
|
|
