Chamber Chatter

March 19, 2019

Chamber Chatter

In This Issue

Chamber Breakfast

After Hours - Key Bank & Bridgton House of Pizza

2019 After Hours Schedule

Chamber Auction - Taste of the Lakes - Bob Marley

Member Highlights

Visit our Website

Meet Bridgton Hospital's new President,

Peter J. Wright

at our Chamber Buffet Breakfast meeting.

Sponsored by Bridgton Hospital

Tuesday, April 2nd 7:30am at Campfire Grille in Bridgton!

Registration and ticket purchase

IS REQUIRED by March 29th!

To purchase tickets click HERE

After Hours

Thursday,

March 28, 2019

Hosted by:

Key Bank

Bridgton House of Pizza

BreakRoom 248

248 Main St., Bridgton

5-7pm

After Hours in 2019

March 28 - Key Bank & Bridgton House of Pizza (Bhop & Bar) at the Break Room in Bridgton
April 25 - Clipper Merchant Tea House in Bridgton
May 23 - Twin Hearts Farm Bed & Breakfast in Sebago
June 27 - Bridgton Historical Society at Narramissic in Bridgton
July 25 - Denmark Arts Center in Denmark
August 22 - BRAG at Kendall & Anna Ham Complex
September 19 - Chalmers at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton
October 24 - Bridgton Rotary Club & Sebago Long Lake Music Fest in Bridgton
November 21 - Chandler Funeral & Cremation Services in Bridgton

Mark your calendars!!!

WE'RE PROMOTING!

COMING SOON!!!

Chamber Auction - Taste of the Lakes

May 15, 2019

Point Sebago in Casco

Spend the evening with the Chamber and sample some of the best food Maine has to offer! Early Bird Tickets $25 per person.

Also, a performance by comedian

Bob Marley 7:30-8:30pm

***CALLING ALL RESTAURANTS!!!***

If you would like to participate in this event and showcase your food, we would love to have you! Please contact the Chamber at

647-3472 or officemanager@mainelakeschamber.com

Member Highlights

White Mountain Orthodontics

Dr. Burton L. Rankie is pleased to provide your whole family a beautiful smile using the latest technology including Invisalign, Damon, and esthetic braces.

Towanda's Specialty Food and Deli

Towanda's Specialty Foods& Deli is a Specialty Food and Deli., located in Bridgton Maine.

Sun Sports+

Celebrating over 25 years on the Naples Causeway. Sun Sports is your original watersports headquarters. Selling and renting the best brands in the industry. You can shop top brands year round online, and visit our store in Naples, Maine to buy or rent all summer. Rent Aquaglide bouncers or paddleboards, or try skis, tubes, wakeboards, kneeboards or ZUPs. You can also book time at our ski school - Maine's #1 Wake and Ski Academy. We have been teaching people to ski, wakeboard, wakesurf and waterski for more than two decades. Learn with the best. Shop online now at sunsportsmaine.com or call us at 207-693-3867 with questions.

SPECS

Sebago Primary Eye Care Services

Board certified optometrist, member of the American Optometric Association and past board member with the Maine board of Optometry. Active member of Neuro-optometric rehabilitation Association We provide emergent acute care for ocular foreign body, red eye, contact lens issues and floaters to name a few . Serving the lakes region for over 30 years, we have built an excellent support network of eye care specialists. We can treat or facilitate the referral of your eye care to the appropriate specialists as needed. We specialize in primary and chronic eye care for our patients. 800 eyeglass frames in stock, extensive spectacle lens inventory for onsite eyeglass fabrication. Large contact lens inventory available to fit most patients.

Rocky Ridge Guide Service

Rocky Ridge Guide Service is in Lovell Maine, which is in western Maine, nestled in the foothills of the White Mountains.

Captain Carl Bois is a Reg. Master Maine Guide and has a Captains License.

I have been guiding fishing & hunting trips for 30 years, Prior to that I was a commercial fisherman. I have been fishing & hunting all my life and have always enjoyed the outdoors.

I fish many lakes & ponds, Sebago Lake, Kezar Lake & Moose Pond for smallmouth and largemouth bass, salmon & Lake trout in the Sebago Lakes region , Greater Bridgton Lakes Region and thru out southwestern, including Kezar Lake, Moose pond & Sebago Lake . For stripers & blue fish I fish out of Pine point in Scarborough Maine off of Old Orchard Beach.

I guide hunting trips in the foothills of the White Mountains for spring turkey, woodcock & grouse and deer.

Mexican Lime Chicken

A favorite weeknight meal. This simple marinade creates tender, flavorful pieces of chicken perfect for tacos or topping salads. It is ideal to marinade the meat for at least 30 minutes but my favorite trick is to pull meat out of the freezer in the morning, place in a ziploc bag with marinade, and by the time I am home from work, it will be thawed and marinated to perfection.

... Ingredients:

- 2-4 Chicken Skinless Breasts

- 1 Tbsp Herb Seasoning ( Mediterranean Rub or Garlic & Herb Dipper )

- 1 tsp Cumin Spice Sea Salt

- 2 Tbsp Tahitian Lime Olive Oil

- 2 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar ( Toasted Coconut or Tangy Tangerine )

Instructions:

Place the chicken in a Ziploc bag. Sprinkle with herb seasoning, sea salt, Tahitian Lime Olive Oil, and vinegar. Seal the bag and massage to coat. Allow to rest 30 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature before cooking.
Heat a large skillet over high heat. Place the chicken in the hot pan and sear each side until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Turn the heat down to medium-low, cover, and finish cooking until juices run clear, about 20 minutes.
Transfer to a cutting board and allow to rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing and enjoying on salads, in tacos or burritos, or along with some roasted veggies.

Bridgton Historical Society

Please Tell Us What You Think!

Here at Bridgton Historical Society we are working with Empower Success Corps (ESC) to develop a strategic plan to figure out how best to use our resources to advance our mission in a sustainable manner, so both the Museum and Archives on Gibbs Avenue and Narramissic are recognized as valuable community assets. As part of this we are conducting a survey via Survey Monkey to understand how the community views us and how we can best serve you. As members of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce we value your input very much, and hope that you will take a few minutes from your busy schedule to respond to the survey. Even if you don’t know much about us, we need to know that too!

Take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZX2D6ZS

Come see Moose Landing Marina at the Maine Boatbuilders Show March 22nd through 24th. We will have a booth full of Ranger Tugs with special boat show pricing deals you won’t want to miss!

http://www.portlandcompany.co/boatShow/

Please join us for our first ever spring open house celebrating a year of being open in Bridgton! In honor of this occasion we will be offering a 15% store-wide sale! Along with savings, please stop in for some coffee and light refreshments! We will have an interior design expert in store all day to help find solutions for all of your toughest lighting decisions. Also in store will be our Business Development Sales Rep to help get you started on any of your upcoming spring projects! Not ready to purchase lights and just starting out in the home building process? Come in to see how you can get up to 15% off your entire house order when buying with us!

We hope you can join us on March 23 for this great savings event!

Babysitting Class

The Bridgton Community Center will be offering a Babysitter’s Training Course on Monday, April 15 from 9 am to 3 pm at the community center.

Allison Ross, EMT, “United Ambulance” will be conducting this course. Attendees will receive a certificate at the end of the course

The basic course gears toward 11 to 14 year-old youth, teaching the information on Leadership: Safe and Responsible Babysitting, Basic Care: The Heart of Babysitting, Stop: Think Safety, Safe Play, and Basic First Aid including infant and child Heartsaver CPR.

Fee for this class is $40.00 which covers the cost of the book and a CD as well as other information that participants will be able to take home with them for reference.

Class size is limited to 14 candidates

Bring a bag lunch.

Registration for this class must be made before Monday April 8. For more information or to register, please contact the Bridgton Community Center at 647-3116.

Loon Echo Land Trust Hosts Hike For Mental Health at Bald Pate Mountain Preserve

For this second collaboration, Maine Master Naturalist Leigh Hayes of Bridgton will bring her expertise on animal tracking and winter tree ID to point out all the subtle signs of spring that can be missed in the gray days of March.

This hike is free and open to the public, however registration is required. To register, contact Loon Echo Stewardship Manager, Jon Evans, at stewardship@lelt.org or 207-647-4352, or Jana Richards at Jana.Richards@opportunityalliance.org . Snowshoes or traction devices may be required and layered clothing, water and snacks are always encouraged. Find more information about the hike on Loon Echo’s website, www.lelt.org and the LELT and Bring Change 2 Mind Facebook pages!

Marketing Your Products and Services

Date and Time: Thursday, March 21, 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Norway Town Office, 19 Danforth St., Norway

Cost: Free!

This workshop will show you how to stand out from other products or services of your competitors. We will cover the key elements of a marketing plan, including strategy, product descriptions, pricing, ideal customer profiles and more

For more information and to register: https://conta.cc/2sLMQLP

Both workshops are sponsored by