Newsletter – November 30, 2023

In This Issue: Holiday on the Harbor (Free Family Event), Yuletide Festival of Trees with Unity Business Exchange, PAWS Animal Adoption Center‘s Auction for the Animals, Opening Weekend for ‘A Storm in the Barn’ with Belfast Maskers, Belfast Flying Shoes‘ First Friday Dances, Annual Holiday Open House at Patchwork Plus, Maine Authors Publishing for Lewiston event at Belfast Free Library, Hamlin’s Marine Belfast‘s Holiday Party & Toy Drive, Holiday Handbells Concert with Searsport First Congregational Church, Holiday Love Lights service at First Church in Belfast, UCC, and upcoming is the Holiday Pop-up Market at Waterfall Arts, United Midcoast Charities‘ Day of Giving, H&H Mercantile Art Walk Pop-up with Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe, Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra at First Baptist Church, Belfast, Yuletide Through the Years Christmas Concert with Penobscot Bay Singers, Breakfast with Santa and Belfast Lions Club – Belfast, ME, A Holiday Remembrance Ceremony with Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, Maine, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from the Belfast Maine Rotary Club‘s 100 Fund program. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – November 22, 2023

In This Issue: Thanksgiving Specials, Downtown Belfast Tree Lighting, PAWS Animal Adoption Center‘s Auction for the Animals, Susan Tobey White Book Signing at United Farmers Market of Maine, Staged Reading of ‘Journey’s End’ with Everyman Repertory Theatre, ‘Some Women’ Cabaret Fundraiser for Theatre Nouveau, and upcoming is Toe Dip Tuesday with Grump & Sunshine Bookshop, ‘Men Talking’ Panel Discussion with Finding Our Voices, Yuletide Festival of Trees with Unity Business Exchange, Holiday Open House at Patchwork Plus, Maine Authors for Lewiston event with Maine Authors Publishing at Belfast Free Library, Holiday Handbells Concert at Searsport First Congregational Church, and so much more!

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – November 16, 2023

In This Issue: Thanksgiving Dining Specials, Anah Shriners Feztival of Trees, Becca Biggs with Honeybound Live at Hey Sailor, Belfast Flying Shoes at Rockport Opera House, Community Knit-a-thon & Potluck with St Margaret’s Belfast, First Church in Belfast, UCC Christmas Fair, First Baptist Church, Belfast Christmas Fair, Jeanneau Open House at Hamlin’s Marine Belfast, Leafsong Family Farm Holiday Kickoff Party, The Colonial Theatre Grand Re-Opening, sopo wine co Tasting at Vinolio, The Hot Suppers Live at the Belfast Maskers, Artists After Hours with Waterfall Arts, and upcoming is a staged reading of Journey’s End with Everyman Repertory Theatre, ‘Some Women’ Cabaret Fundraiser with Theatre Nouveau, Toe Dip Tuesday event with Grump & Sunshine Bookshop, Yuletide Festival of Trees with Unity Business Exchange, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from Nautilus Restaurant. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – November 9, 2023

In This Issue: Shop Searsport!, Ho-Ho-Holiday Book Drive, Our Town Belfast Holiday Passports are Here, Rumpus at the Bazz with Belfast Maskers, Searsport Veterans Day Breakfast, Penobscot Shores Retirement Community‘s Arts & Crafts Fair, Kids Crafts at the United Farmers Market of Maine, Dead Leaf Bazaar Arts & Crafts, All Ages Craft Gathering with Friends of Sears Island, and upcoming is the Feztival of Trees with Anah Shriners Bangor, First Baptist Church, Belfast‘s Holiday Craft Fair, Leafsong Family Farm‘s Holiday Kickoff Party, The Colonial Theatre Grand Re-Opening, and so much more!

Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all who have served. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – November 2, 2023

In This Issue: Annual Chamber Awards Gala, Last Live Music Event for the season at Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, Pianist Danny Holt performs at Searsport First Congregational Church, Family Open House at Maine Maritime Museum, and upcoming is the Rumpus at the Bazz with the Belfast Maskers, Searsport Veteran’s Day Breakfast, Penobscot Shores Retirement Community‘s Arts & Crafts Fair, All Ages Craft Gathering with Friends of Sears Island, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from Limina Renewal Center. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – October 26, 2023

In This Issue: Get Your Tickets for the Annual Awards Night, Final Fourth Friday Art Walk ~ Belfast, Maine, Theatre Nouveau opens ‘AddictionSpeaks Again,’ Thrill of the Hill 5k with Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Workshop + Gallery Artist Reception and Wine Shop opening, lots of Halloween specials and events from Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe, Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Belfast Lions Club – Belfast, ME, United Farmers Market of Maine, Grump & Sunshine Bookshop, Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, Hey Sailor, The Club Marina and Bar, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Marsh River Theater, Belfast Free Library, DoryWoman Rowing, Bell The Cat, Inc., Veracity Chapel, Everyman Repertory Theatre presents DRACULA, and much more!

News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Annual Chamber Awards Winners Announced

The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce this year’s annual Chamber award winners after two weeks of voting by its membership and the public at large. There were many deserving nominees this year and we extend congratulations to all of our members for the recognition of their efforts to make our region such a wonderful place to live, work, and play in.

This year’s award winners are as follows:

Business Growth Award – Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, Unity (sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank)

Rising Star Award – Fon’s Kitchen, Belfast (sponsored by Stanley Chevrolet and the Maine Chevy Dealers)

Waldo County Business Award – Hamilton Marine, Searsport (sponsored by First National Bank)

Health Care Partner Award – Belfast Farmers’ Market and Eagle Scout Kaleb Brown, Palermo (sponsored by Waldo County General Hospital/MaineHealth)

Hometown Heritage Award – Waldo Community Action Partners, Belfast (sponsored by Camden National Bank)

The much-anticipated Citizen of the Year Award, sponsored by Mathews Brothers Company, and the Chamber Appreciation Award, sponsored by Front Street Shipyard, will be announced live at the Chamber Awards Gala on Friday, November 3rd, at 5:00 p.m. in the Bayview Room at the United Farmers Market of Maine, 18 Spring St., in Belfast. Dinner, hors d’oeuvres, and dessert will be catered by Delvino’s Grill & Pasta House, there will be a cash bar, live music, a professional photographer for headshots and event photos, wonderful table centerpieces from area businesses that will be raffled to support a student scholarship, and more. Special thanks as well to PCHC – Penobscot Community Health Care who is sponsoring our reception and to Central Maine Power for sponsoring our live entertainment for the evening.

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Newsletter – October 19, 2023

In This Issue: Get your tickets for the Annual Chamber Awards Gala on November 3rd, The Remainders perform at The Club Marina and Bar, ‘Getting Onboard:’ Facing Climate Change in Waldo County Multimedia performance at the Belfast Boathouse, Double Exhibition Opening at Waterfall Arts, Springtide performs live at Belfast Maskers, Alchemy in Concert at First Church in Belfast, UCC, Heartbroke performs a live benefit at The Playhouse, and upcoming is AddictionSpeaks Again by Theatre Nouveau, Thrill of the Hill 5k with Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Artist Yuri Kobayashi Exhibition and Wine Store opening at Workshop + Gallery, and SO many Halloween specials and events from Friends of Fort Knox, United Farmers Market of Maine, Waterfall Arts, Waldo County YMCA, Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe, Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Belfast Lions Club – Belfast, ME, Grump & Sunshine Bookshop, Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, The Club Marina and Bar, Hey Sailor, Owls Head Transportation Museum, DoryWoman Rowing, Bell The Cat, Inc., Veracity Chapel, and Everyman Repertory Theatre!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – October 12, 2023

In This Issue: Vote Now for the Annual Chamber Awards, The Belfast Poetry Festival, Final Weekend for the Festival of One Acts with the Belfast Maskers, Michael G. Quirk American Red Cross 2023 Blood Drive – Belfast, A Cappella Group Daily Special Quartet Performs Live at United Farmers Market of Maine, Grand Opening of the Belfast City Park StoryWalk with Belfast Free Library, and upcoming is an Open House at Waldo County Technical Center, ‘Getting Onboard:’ Facing Climate Change in Waldo County Multimedia performance at the Belfast Boathouse, Alchemy in Concert at First Church in Belfast, UCC, upcoming Halloween events and specials, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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Newsletter – October 5, 2023

In This Issue: Vote Now for the Annual Chamber Awards Nominees, Searsport’s Fling into Fall events, Opening Weekend for the Festival of One Acts with the Belfast Maskers, First Friday Dances with Belfast Flying Shoes, Block Party with Friends of Sears Island, Maine Craft Weekend in Belfast, Sea Bird (formerly Bella Weidner Art) Art Walk and Opening Weekend, Riff Johnson Live at Stone Tree Farm & Cidery, Belfast Bay Beer Fest at Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Superhero Fun Run and Festivities at Waldo County YMCA, Organ Concert with Sean Fleming at Searsport First Congregational Church, and upcoming is the Public Information Gathering Session with the Belfast Planning Board, Rescheduled Ribbon Cutting for the Belfast Water Stations, Michael G. Quirk Memorial Blood Drive at Quirk Ford & Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Belfast, Grand Opening of the Belfast City Park StoryWalk, Fright at the Fort, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from The Colonial Theatre, which has announced it’s reopening scheduled for November 4th! News from the Bay & Beyond!

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