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In This Issue: Annual Downtown Belfast Menorah Lighting with Our Town Belfast, Closing Weekend for ‘The Storm in the Barn’ with Belfast Maskers, Holiday Pop-Up Market at Waterfall Arts, Thomas Performing Arts Center presents ‘The Nutcracker,’ United Midcoast Charities‘ Day of Giving, Belfast Area High School Information‘s Festival of Trees, Visit Santa and enjoy other holiday fun and treats at Holiday on the Harbor (Free Family Event), Belfast Fiberarts‘ Holiday Open House, Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra at First Baptist Church, Belfast, Winter Exhibition Opening at The Parsonage Gallery, H & H Mercantile at Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe during Searsport Art Walk, Penobscot Bay Singers presents their 50th anniversary concert series ‘Yuletide Through the Years,’ Waldo County Bounty music fundraiser at Hey Sailor, Belfast Lions Club – Belfast, ME has Breakfast with Santa, Wreaths Across America – Official Page Convoy visits downtown Belfast, A Holiday Remembrance Ceremony with Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, Maine, and so much more!

This week’s cover photo comes to you from Leafsong Family Farm. News from the Bay & Beyond!

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* Join the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce and Belfast Parks and Recreation Department in kicking off the holiday season! *

When what to our wondering eyes did appear? Is it once again that wonderful time of year??

Yes! Santa will be returning to the Belfast Boathouse (34 Commercial St.) on the waterfront in Belfast! Join us Saturday, December 9th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm for this free family event!

Children will be able to decorate cookies from Delvino’s, make an ornament and other crafts from Cornerspring Montesorri School and Front Street Pub, enjoy holiday story time provided by Belfast Free Library, a horse drawn family wagon ride from S&S Carriage Rides, and don’t forget the hot chocolate provided by Waldo Community Action Partners!

And with a successful book drive last season, we are going to do it again! You can donate new or gently used book the whole month of November, and early December, at the Visitors Center at 14 Main Street in Belfast. Every visiting child will be able to take a book the day of the event!

Additionally, Colburn Shoe Store will also provide a pair of new socks for each child!

Belfast Rotary Club will also be doing a youth bicycle giveaway for one attending girl and boy!

The Early Bird gets the deals: Annual downtown-wide sale in Belfast! Deep discounts and promotions* from retail shops and restaurants throughout Belfast. Always the first Saturday in December.

Exclusions may apply. Individual businesses have final say in their offers.

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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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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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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!

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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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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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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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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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