The Latest News from The Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce |
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| Fretz Design has AVANA handbags. These are lovely handmade bags. There are many colorful designs in fabric, leather, ultra suede and suede. They will be on debut during Bucksport Abloom in the storefront at the corner of Maine and Elm. After that they will be available at Fretz Design, 20 Elm St. Bucksport. |
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| July 29, Theresa Thorne will sign copies of her literary novel, Noah's Wife, from 6 to 7 p.m. at BookStacks |
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| August 5, Portland author James Hayman returns to BookStacks to sign copies of his newest Maine crime novel, The Chill of Night, from 6 to 7 p.m. |
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| Elm Street Congregational Church at 31 Elm Street in Bucksport will have their 25th annual "Mostly for Fun" Trombone Concert on Saturday, August 7 at 7 p.m. The cost to attend this event is $8.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Trombonists from Maine, Massachusettes, Washington D.C., Florida, Viringia and Canada will bring their talents to perform beautiful pieces of music that will include polkas, rags and even gospel. This
event helps to raise money for the maintenance of the historic E. & G.G. Hook Organ that is beautifully displayed in the church sanctuary. For more information, please contact the church office at 469-3333. |
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| Elm Street Congregational Church will have a public supper on Saturday, August 14 at 5-6 p.m. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for children ages 5-10 and there is no cost for children under 5. The supper will have casseroles, barbeque baked beans, salads, rolls and homemade pies. |
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August 28th - North Bucksport United Methodist Church Public Suppers – Edward Arey Buildling 1160 River Road Bucksport 5-6pm – Baked Beans, Casseroles, Biscuits/rolls, beverage, dessert –Adult $7 Children 5-12 $5 Under 5 Free |
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| Playgroup every Thursday at the Jewett School from 10-11:30am for ages birth to 3 yrs. Sponsored by Parents are Teachers Too for more information call Tammy Branca 667-5304 ext 240 |
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The 4,300-acre Great Pond Mountain Wildlands in East Orland is open to visitors year-round for hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, x-c skiing and snowmobiling on designated trails. For more information, click here.
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August 7th - Bucksport Art Walk - many local artists in downtown locations.
3:00 -7:00pm
Look for the balloons for participating venues
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Franco-American Writers Read Live
on WERU's "Writers Forum"
EAST ORLAND: On Thursday, August 12, at 10 a.m., Rhea Cote Robbins and Trudy Chambers will read from their own work on "Writers Forum", a monthly feature hosted by Joan Clemons, onCommunity Radio WERU.
Rhea Cote Robbins writes in the literary tradition about the French culture and language experience of the Franco-American women's experience in the state of Maine and beyond. The voice of the Franco-American worman writer is an important point of view necessary to understand the cultural diversity that exists in the state.Cote Robbins book, Wednesday's Child, is listed on the Maine Literary Map, and is taught in many college and university courses throughout New England. Cote Robbins continues to write creative nonfiction as well as other various articles and poetry. She has edited an anthology of translated early Franco-American women writers, titled Canuck and Other Stories, which addresses the Franco-Amercian women's literary tradition.Cote Robbins will read from work in progress, Down the Plains. Cote Robbins teaches at the University of Maine.
Trudy Chambers Price grew up in a Franco-American neighborhood in Caribou, Maine. She was denied the opportunity to learn about her French heritage, but felt a part of both the English/Irish and Franco-American culture. Not until her father did genealogical research on his Franco-American mother, did she understand reasons why the Franco part was missing from her life. Price graduated from UMO, taught elementary school and was partner on a dairy farm in Waldo County for 23 years. Her memoir, The Cows are Out! Two decades on a Maine Dairy Farm, was published in 2004 by Islandport Press. She is the author of Thirteen Is a Lucky Number: the Campbell Family in 2006. Price also writes poetry and essays.
"Writers Forum" features Maine authors--current residents, as well as summer visitors to Maine, both published and unpublished, reading their own compostions. The program airs the second Thursday monthly on Community Radio WERU, 89.9 FM, also podcasting and streaming on-line at weru.org. Past programs are also archived at weru.org. WERU is a community radio station, "A voice of many voices" serving Midcoast and Downeast Maine.
Writers interested in appearing on future "Writers Forum" programs should contact the station at 469-6600 during business hours, or by e-mail at writersforum@weru.org. |
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Bucksport Garden Club Enters Spring Season
On the 2010 Garden Club agenda: |
Sept. 2 – The club will have a booth at the Blue Hill Fair.
Oct. 2 – Fall bulb, iris and daylilies sale with baked goods, Bangor Savings Bank parking lot, 9 a.m. – noon. |
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Ghostport 2010
Last year's first annual Ghostport was a fun-filled day with events such as the hilarious and exciting Coffin Races, the thrill of hurling pumpkins in the Pumpkin Trebuchet and the Gobblins Parade and Witches Lunch.
If you would like to help organize this year's event or would like to volunteer please contact Leslie 469-6060 or Carol 469-5971 |
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Thanks to Evergeen Ink, you can now drop off your old ink jet cartridges and cell phones to at the Chamber Office - 52 Main St. Bucksport, 10-5 Mon-Friday |
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I am writing a book about US Route 1, the communities along its path and the people who live in them. I am beginning my trip in Fort Kent
on May 15. The book?s title is America?s highway: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness along US Route 1.
I have set up a Web site (www.americashighwayusroute1.com) and an associated blog. I will also be on Facebook and will write travel
pieces about the towns I pass through for a Web site called Examiner.com/national....Tony Cappasso |
