In This Issue: Don’t Miss Valentine’s Weekend and V-Day Specials, Marilyn Rockefeller & Susan Conley In Conversation at Left Bank Books, and upcoming is the 36th Annual Camden Conference, Nifty 50’s Bowling Fundraiser at ALLPLaY Family Entertainment Center – Belfast for Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, Maine, and more!
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The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is always exited to break out the big red ribbon and scissors to celebrate a business opening, business growth, or new ownership.
On Friday morning, February 3rd, Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce joined Our Town Belfast in a ribbon cutting and grand re-opening celebration for Second Hand Eve. Owner Theresa Bowles has moved her women’s vintage clothing boutique across the street to 65 Main St., right next door to her brother Chase who owns a men’s vintage clothing store, Epoch. Second Hand Eve (aka S.H.E.) offers name brand gently used, vintage and new clothing at second hand prices. Current hours are Thur. 11am-4pm, and Fri-Sat 11am-5pm. Follow her Facebook page as seasonal hours change.
Friday evening the Chamber also welcomed Treworgy & Baldacci Real Estate Closing Services to their new downtown office space. The company serves the Bangor, Lewiston/Auburn, and Scarborough areas, offering closing services and title searches, and are now happy to bring a closing location to Belfast, in addition to their Augusta, Windham, and Kennebunk closing offices. Located on the 2nd floor at 19 Main St., you can contact them at 942-8249 or visit treworgy-baldacci.com.
In This Issue: Valentine’s Day Specials, The Blind Albert Band at the Underground Lounge 2/2, Halcyon String Quartet at 15 Front St. (United Farmers Market of Maine), Second Hand Eve Grand Re-opening and Ribbon Cutting, Treworgy & Baldacci Open House and Ribbon Cutting, First Fridays Dancing with Belfast Flying Shoes, The Playhouse Open House, Tri-County Horsemen‘s Judges Forum, Taize Service at Searsport First Congregational Church, and more!
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In This Issue: Arts in the Park – Belfast, Maine 2023 Application Now Available, Ice & Fog Speaker Series with Penobscot Marine Museum, Annual Robert Burns Night with Maine Celtic Celebration, and upcoming is the First Friday Dances with Belfast Flying Shoes, a Taize Service with Searsport First Congregational Church, Valentine’s Day specials, and much more.
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In This Issue: Arts in the Park – Belfast, Maine 2023 Application Now Available, Becca Biggs Live at The Underground Lounge at Belfast Maskers, Draft Open Mic for Poets and Writers with Toad Hall Editions at Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Rhythm, Breath, and Lullaby Workshop at Belfast Free Library, Burns Night at Rio’s, Burns Night with Maine Celtic Celebration, and more!
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Calling all Maine artists! Arts in the Park 2023 will be returning to the Belfast waterfront on June 24 & 25. The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce and Belfast Parks & Recreation Department once again bring the beloved Maine fine arts & crafts show to Steamboat Landing Park.
Applications for artists, musicians, and food vendors are available now through February 28th. You can apply and pay online or print and mail your application. Updated event rules and regulations can also be found on the website. For more information and to apply, visit belfastmaine.org/arts-in-the-park and follow Arts in the Park – Belfast, Maine on Facebook.
BELFAST – The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that Board Members Susan Beemer of Cornerspring Montessori School and Erin Merrifield of RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn Real Estate have been promoted from within the Board to take on the roles of President and Vice President, respectively. Additionally, Terri Tower of Camden National Bank and Megan Day of Waldo County General Hospital have joined the Board of Directors. Board President Alex Hawthorne of Mathews Brothers and Vice President Rob Fowler of Waldo County General Hospital both termed out after 6 years on the Board. The Chamber is very grateful for their leadership and contributions and wish them the very best.
Susan Beemer, Head of School of Cornerspring Montessori School for the past seven years, holds a BS in Home Economics Education with an emphasis on Family Life and Child Development from Minnesota State University—Mankato. Susan has worked in early education for over thirty-five years, serving as a parent educator, preschool teacher, and administrator. With expertise in non-profit management and small business administration, Susan will lead the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in supporting the development and care of the Chamber staff and its members as it continues its mission to champion a thriving business environment for our members through promotion, networking, advocacy, community partnerships and access to relevant information.
Susan currently lives in the woods in Searsport with her husband Jeff and beagle Chewie. Her two grown children live in the NYC area and visits with her grandchildren are the highlight of vacations and holidays. Susan also enjoys baking, sewing, crocheting, gardening, hiking and a good snowstorm.
Erin Merrifield is a Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn in Belfast and currently serves as the companies’ CEO, overseeing their five offices and Agents throughout Mid-Coast Maine. For over a decade, Erin’s career was focused on Marine Safety and Aquatic Education. Working for McMillan Offshore Survival Training, she traveled the coast of Maine and New England instructing emergency preparedness and marine safety education to commercial fishermen and mariners. From 2010-2016 she served as the Aquatics Director at the Waldo County YMCA developing and expanding the Aquatic programming offered and teaching our community children to swim safely and enjoy the water. Erin joined the Board of Directors for the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce three years ago and is excited to step into this new role as Vice President. She looks forward to supporting Sue Beemer’s goals in continuing the mission of our Chamber to champion a thriving business environment here in Waldo County, support our staff, and engage with our members.
Erin is a proud member of the Belfast Rotary Club and enjoys volunteering and supporting the Waldo County YMCA’s programs. Erin grew up here in Waldo County and considers it a privilege to give back to the community that has provided her with so much. She is now raising her family here and lives in Belmont with her husband Josh, two boys, and yellow lab Zoey.
Terri Tower, Vice President and Banking Center Manager III of Camden National Bank, has over eighteen years of banking experience. She currently leads her team in the Belfast Banking Center. Prior to joining Camden National Bank in 2018, Terri was a Vice President at Bank of America where she was asked to move to Atlanta, GA to assist. She resided in the Atlanta area for seven years.
Terri has experience in credit, sales and marketing, lending, loss prevention, retail banking and relationship management. She has always led teams to exceed performance metrics and be in top percentile of ranking reports. In addition to leading her team, she is responsible for building, deepening, and maintaining strong customer relationships by sharing the bank’s products and services that best fit their needs and situation. She works closely with consumers and small business owners to achieve all their financial goals.
Under her leadership the Belfast branch has been recognized as a top performing branch four years running based on all areas of performance.
Terri is active in the community. In addition to joining the Chamber Board of Directors, she can often be found with her church wherever there is a need. She graduated top ten in her class from BAHS and was a member of NHS and FBLA.
Megan Day is the Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Waldo County General Hospital, where she works with leaders at all levels to develop and execute internal and external communication strategies. Before joining the communications department, she began her hospital career as part of the community health team, coordinating outreach and developing health education programming and marketing for the Journey to Health program. During that time, she was honored with an award of excellence in creative design from the New England Society for Healthcare Communications for the Journey to Health program guide.
Megan has more than a decade of marketing and communications experience, including writing, graphic design, and social media management. Megan received a bachelor’s degree in English from Bates College and a certificate in Marketing Strategy from Cornell University.
Megan lives in Belmont, Maine. A lifelong Waldo County resident, she is passionate about fostering a healthy and vibrant community. She is an avid gardener who enjoys spending time with her family, reading, running, swimming, and “adventuring” around her home state.
In This Issue: Willy Kelly & Café Daze at Belfast Maskers‘ Underground Lounge, Open Mic at Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, First Friday Dances with Belfast Flying Shoes, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Radio Show with Everyman Repertory Theatre, Learn to Curl with Belfast Curling Club, and upcoming is a Tools for Healing Workshop with The Healing Garden Maine, Genealogy Group Meeting at Belfast Free Library, and much more!
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In This Issue: Thank You to Our New 2022 Members, New Year’s Eve/Day Restaurant List including Rio’s, Homeport Inn and Tavern and The Front Street Pub, and great upcoming events at The Underground Lounge, Three Tides & Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, Belfast Flying Shoes, Everyman Repertory Theatre, Belfast Curling Club, The Healing Garden Maine, and more.
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