Chamber Chatter
In This Issue
Ribbon Cutting - Bridgton Arts & Crafts
August After Hours - Tarry-A-While Resort
Brewfest Tickets On Sale! Buy Now and Save
2019 Lakes Region Area Guide
Member Highlights
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Left to right row 1- Erin Davis, Audrey Dodds, Sue Mercer - Chamber ED, Jan , Marilyn Schoen
Left to right row 2- Margaret Mathis, Jean McNell, Janie Jud, Joanne Zalewski, Ruth Palmer
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Ribbon Cutting
at
Bridgton Arts & Crafts
Celebrating 40 Years!
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The Bridgton Arts and Crafts building at 12 Depot St. in Bridgton celebrated their 40
th
Anniversary today with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting!
The old G.A.R. Hall was built in 1896 by the Army of the Republic, Farragut memorial post. In 1978, Eula Shorey set forth a proposal to the selectmen of Bridgton for the Arts & Craft Society to occupy and update the building.
For 40 years, visitors have enjoyed shopping for original Maine creations at Bridgton’s Co-op center. The shop features gifts for you and your home as well as a fun mix of locally made wares.
The Bridgton Arts & Crafts members have assembled a queen size quilt to be raffled off to replace the front doors with some others that were donated and are of the same period as the building. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the shop for $1.00 each for 6 for $5.00. Raffle drawing will be September 30
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and you don’t have to be present to win!
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After Hours
Thursday August 23rd
Tarry-A-While Resort
17 Tarry A While Road, Bridgton
5-7pm
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Brewfest Tickets On Sale!
Buy Now and Save!!!!
*No Back Packs, Coolers or Outside Food/Drink
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It's that time again! Wendi Smith will be visiting businesses for 2019 area guide ads.
*New this year! Sign up by August 8th to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win double your ad at no additional cost to you!
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25th Annual Naples Classic Car & Boat Show
Saturday, August 11th
on the causeway!
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Harvest Gold Gallery, located in the beautiful mountains of western Maine, is a family owned business that has been designing and hand fabricating fine gold jewelry as Harvest Gold Jewelry for over thirty-five years. The Harvest Gold Gallery showcases the jewelry within a collection of over 200 American Artists, both Fine Art and Crafts are displayed in seven room space overlooking the White Mountains of New Hampshire and lovely Kezar Lake in Lovell, Maine.
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A+ Party Rental
is dedicated to meeting your every party need. Our goal is to offer you the best service at a competitive price and our staff will make your event most memorable.Whatever your needs; tents, tables, china, glassware, grills or lighting, we can supply whatever your need for a fabulous party!
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Our Inn has been welcoming guests since 1890. First known as The Naples Hotel, the Inn stands as one of Naples finest year round accommodations. Once you arrive at the Augustus Bove House Bed and Breakfast, you will be welcomed into a beautifully decorated Victorian era home. Your Innkeepers Carol and Dennis Hodgkins, Will provide you with quaint, comfortable rooms with a spectacular, delicious homemade breakfast each morning. In the summer months you can enjoy your breakfast outside on our scenic porch which looks out over Long Lake and the historic Naples Causeway.
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Celebrating Over 50 Years in the Greater Mt. Washington Valley & Western Maine Area
Serving the New Hampshire towns of
North Conway
,
Conway
,
Jackson
,
Bartlett
,
Chatham
,
Madison
,
Freedom
,
Eaton
,
Tamworth
,
Ossipee
, and the Maine towns of
Fryeburg
,
Brownfield
,
Bridgton
,
Denmark
,
Sweden
,
Hiram
and all surrounding towns!
Real estate has been our business and our passion for 51 years. We planted our roots in North Conway, and have been growing them ever since. We are excited to share our knowledge to help you buy or sell your property, whether it’s in the greater Mt. Washington Valley, the northern White Mountains or western Maine because we’re at home throughout the region.
With offices in
North Conway
,
Jackson
and our new office in
Berlin
—plus agents who live in New Hampshire and western Maine, we can handle all of your real estate needs! From Effingham and Errol in New Hampshire to Fryeburg and Bridgton in Maine—and everywhere in between, we’ve got you covered.
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We are your local one stop decorating center serving customers in the region for over 3 decades. Specializing in all of your flooring needs, window treatments, paint, wallpaper, and fabrics for custom projects. We offer expertise rarely found in national chain stores. Free measuring, in home consultations and guaranteed installations.
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Dirty Bristles Chimney Sweep, Inc.
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Dirty Bristles Chimney Sweep, Inc., offers exceptional and honest sweeps and services with your safety in mind. Jeff St. Cyr has been a full-service hearth professional since 2005. After leaving the propane and natural gas service industry, Jeff started his training with the Chimney Safety Institute of America’s certified chimney sweep program. He has been factory trained by several manufacturers on a wide variety of gas, wood and pellet appliances. Jeff is now a Certified Master Sweep through the Certified Chimney Professionals group. He is fully licensed and insured to give the homeowner peace of mind while using his services. He brings his knowledge, his skills and his genuine work ethic into your home.
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LAST TWO CONCERTS OF THE NOBLE HOUSE INN CONCERT SERIES:
ACOUSTIC SOUNDS ABOVE THE LAKE, MAY 2013 - SEPT 2018
August 9, 2018 - ON THE LAWN!!!
6:30 - 8:30 pm
NEPTUNE'S CAR returns by popular demand and special request!
September 6, 2018 - Inside in the Parlor with the Grand Piano
6:30 - 8:30 pm
DAN WEBER - Dan played the very first concert of the series and so it is perfect that he is here to close out the series.
Both shows will go on rain or shine - come and enjoy!!!
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Dear Retail Member,
For quite some time, we've been working hard to help our members with their most pressing problem - finding qualified employees. Often first-time retail employees are given limited training and don't fully understand the career opportunities that exist in retail. Now, we have some great tools and partnerships to help retailers and employees flourish.
In partnership with the National Retail Federation Foundation, we launched the
RISE Up retail industry credential program
in Maine. With three high-quality programs (Retail Industry Fundamentals, Customer Service and Sales and Advanced Customer Service and Sales) to offer, we can now provide both online and classroom training for current and future retail employees.
In the eight months since we launched the program, we partnered with Jobs for Maine's Graduates (JMG) and the Maine Department of Education Adult Education program to offer this training in selected communities in Maine.
We are proud to report that we have students who have successfully earned the Retail Industry Fundamentals credential!
We anticipate this program will grow significantly with the start of this new school year. More schools are interested in the program and our partnerships with other organizations continue to grow as well.
As a retailer
your input is important
for the continued growth and success of this program. Ultimately, our goal is to help you with hiring and retaining qualified employees, so we ask that you take 2 minutes and answer a few poll questions that will help give us some insight into the direction of the program.
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H.I.R.E ME Seminar Offered September 12
Maine's Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Labor (DOL) are offering employers an informative seminar about the role they can play in helping develop their workforce.
The Helping Inmates Reenter Employment (H.I.R.E.) ME is a no-cost, half-day seminar that includes panel presentations from members of DOL and DOC as well as employers that have worked extensively with offenders. They will share the benefits, risks and lessons learned. The seminar is an opportunity to introduce employers to the many options for hiring individuals on work release, setting up training programs for currently incarcerated individuals and tax credits associated with hiring this population.
DOC works to reduce the likelihood that juvenile and adult offenders will re-offend, by providing practices, programs and services which are evidence-based and which hold the offenders accountable. Both the Labor and Corrections Departments are striving to provide employers the ability to engage an under-tapped pool of workers in Maine's tight labor market through the H.I.R.E. ME program.
The seminar takes place at the Maine State Prison in Warren on Wednesday, September 12. Registration is required at
www.mainecareercenter.gov
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We will be closed Monday & Tuesday lunches....
MONDAY -TUESDAY
4pm - 10pm
WEDNESDAY -THURSDAY 11am- 10pm
FRIDAY - SATURDAY 11am-11pm
SUNDAY
11am-9pm
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On Saturday, August 18
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at 7:30 PM
, Denmark Arts Center presents
AMERANOUCHE
The award winning Ameranouche (pronounced uh-Mare-uh-noosh) plays a passionate style of music they call “Gypsy Flamenco Swing.” They are veterans of the Newport Jazz Festival, Djangofest Northwest, Muzikfest Bethlehem, PA and the National Press Club. The name is derived from two words: American and Manouche, the gypsy tribe of guitarist Django Reinhardt. The rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic Gypsy inspired music mixing Flamenco, Bebop and Jazz swing influences. Played on traditional French jazz guitars, the music is rhythmic, vigorous, and elegant. Whether they’re playing a musette waltz from 1930 or an Andalusian inspired original tune, Ameranouche’s Gypsy Flamenco Swing style is a fresh and highly enjoyable new sound for the 21st century.
Gypsy Flamenco Swing is about coming together and celebrating our shared humanity. Ameranouche is committed to connecting deeply with its audience and sharing joy and peace through its live shows and recorded albums
Tickets to see
AMERANOUCHE on Saturday, August 18
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at 7:30PM
Tickets are available for $15 for adults, $12 for seniors (65+), and $8 for kids (under 18). All tickets are general admission; members receive priority seating. Lobby and concessions open at 7:00 PM. Purchasing tickets in advance is strongly recommended.
The Denmark Arts Center is located at 50 West Main Street in the beautiful hamlet of Denmark, only 30 minutes from North Conway, New Hampshire and one hour from Portland and Lewiston, Maine. To purchase tickets or find more information, visit
www.DenmarkArts.org
or call the Denmark Arts Center box office at (207) 452-2412.
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One Bedroom Apartment for Rent
Available after August 1st. Open and roomy, second floor apartment. Private entrance with ample room for shoes, coats ect. Lots of big windows bring in the afternoon shine. Large living/dining room. Generously sized bedroom provides plenty of room for furniture and room leftover for a sitting area. There is a 3-season room off the back that lends itself to a variety fo uses, be it a summer breakfast nook, an artists loft, or storage for the extras that we all seem to collect. In-town location means you can walk to just about everything you need, including Sammy's Scoops Ice Cream Shop right downstairs during the warmer months. Rent of $775 includes forced hot water heat, trash and snow removal, yard maintenance, water, off-street parking and Wi-Fi. Tenant pays electric. Security deposit of $800 plus first and last month's rent is required to move in.
Apartment is currently rented so at least 24 hour notice must be given before a showing.
Click on Apt. Buildings, then 187 Main St.
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Mainely Women
Annual Wellness Retreat
SISTERHOOD*FUN*NATURE*WELLNESS
Tarry A While Resort
Highland Lake, Bridgton Maine
September 6-9 2018
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Mainely Women September Retreat is all about fun, sisterhood, nature and learning to care for ourselves. With lots of choices, we create an R&R get-away, a fitness/wellness extravaganza and a nature adventure camp - it's all about you. Our amazing staff will guide you through an experience of a life time and WOW - there are lots of experiences to be had!
You can participate as:
*a full camper - sleeping and dining with us
*a day camper -sleeping at your home if you are local
* a visitor - participating in just a few events
We have special private services that are add-ons to your experience (massage, crystal bed healing, Reiki, LifeReadings, sound healing and private LifeBreath sessions).
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The Chamber would like to thank our
Premiere Members for their
continued support!
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2018 Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival: Program IV - August 7
The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
’s 46th season continues on Tuesday, August 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. Widely known as the summer’s highlight for many residents and visitors, the Festival’s concerts have garnered a reputation for presenting five extraordinary concerts performed by twenty-six internationally acclaimed artists in a beautiful woodland setting with superb acoustics. The festival runs for two more Tuesday evenings through August 14.
All concerts are on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, Maine, through August 14. Individual tickets are $25. FREE for anyone 21 and under. All tickets are for open seating. Tickets will be held at the front entrance box office and are available on concert nights starting at 6:45. Reserved tickets must be picked up by 7:20. Purchase tickets on-line:
http://sllmf.org/tickets/
or call 207-781-3202 to place your order.
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Do you have something going on in your neck of the woods? Let us know
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- We will put your event in our weekly Chamber Chatter
- Deadline for the chatter is Friday!
- Your event will post the upcoming Tuesday
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Hancock Lumber Company
5% discount at Hancock Lumber's Bridgton, Windham & North Conway locations.
Budget Document Technology
10% discount on any laser printer toner cartridge order
SportsHaus
50% discount on a canoe or kayak rental (Non Holiday Weekends Only)
Bridgton Eye Care
10% discount off frames and lenses
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