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Experience Spring in the Boothbay Harbor Region
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Visitor E-news March 2013
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Greetings,
It is officially spring! After a long and snowy winter, everyone is looking forward to warmer weather and gearing up to welcome first-time guests and returning visitors to our corner of Maine. There are some great events lined up for the upcoming months. The Fisherman's Festival will be on April 26-28th. This festival celebrates the importance of the working waterfront to our community and includes the blessing of the fleet, an old-fashioned fish fry, and contests and fun for all ages. The planning for Windjammer Days is in full swing. We have reached out to captains from ports near and far, encouraging them to bring their magnificent vessels to our harbor. There will be many favorite festival activities planned for this year, including the antique boat parade, street parade, parade of sail, and fireworks. There will also be some new surprises in store, so be sure to save the dates of June 25-26th and join us for the 51st Annual Windjammer Days. We would like to congratulate local photographer Steve Demeranville from East Boothbay for taking third place in the Yankee Magazine 2013 - My Hometown Photo Contest. Click here to see Steve's award winning photo.Downeast Magazine wants to know what your Top Maine Summer Destination is. We might be a little biased, but we think it is definitely Boothbay Harbor Region! Tell Downeast what you think by emailing editorial@downeast.com or by clicking here. The winning destination will be featured in the May issue of Downeast Magazine - help us spread the word that our region is the place to visit this summer!With warmer weather just around the corner, we hope your plans for the upcoming months will include a visit to the Boothbay Harbor Region. Whether you come for a day or a week or a month, we look forward to welcoming you!
Warm wishes,
Catherine Wygant Fossett
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Efficiency Maine is an independent trust dedicated to promoting the efficient and cost-effective use of energy in order to save money for Maine residents and businesses, grow the economy, and create jobs. Efficiency Maine's energy-saving programs reduce the use of electricity and heating fuels through energy efficiency improvements and the use of cost-effective alternative energy. Efficiency Maine's programs deliver Maine's lowest-cost energy resource through a combination of technical assistance, cost-sharing, training, education and awareness programs. For a limited time, Boothbay Harbor area businesses can take advantage of cash incentives on lighting upgrades through Efficiency Maine's Boothbay Harbor Transmission Alternative Pilot Program. The program lowers the cost of lighting upgrades-in some cases no cost at all.
Phone: 866-376-2463 or
The LifeFlight Foundation
LifeFlight's vision for Maine is a place in which every person, in every community, has access to critical care and medical transport when they need it. We do this by working with our EMS partners to transform the critical care transport medicine system into an integrated, high quality, patient-centered system worthy of the public's trust. LifeFlight's two helicopters, based in Bangor at Eastern Maine Medical Center and Lewiston at Central Maine Medical Center, cover the entire state of Maine and offshore islands. In inclement weather our crews can still bring their expertise and advanced medical equipment directly to the patient via ground ambulance. The LifeFlight Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that provides fundraising and public relations support to LifeFlight of Maine. Supported by the generosity of the many friends of LifeFlight, the Foundation raises funds for aircraft, hospital helipads, statewide aviation improvements and the many training outreach programs offered by LifeFlight staff, including trauma and critical care, brain injury, ground safety, cardiac care and injury prevention programs at elementary schools. Contact: Amy Root Email: aroot@lifeflightmaine.org Phone: (207) 230-7092 Website: www.lifeflightmaine.com Friends of the Chamber Michael Tomko and Martha Cousderg | |
The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens announces the theme for 2013: Trees, Timbers, and Traditions. With 250 acres, most of which is forested, it's only fitting that Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay should adopt Trees, Timbers and Traditions as its theme for 2013. Throughout the coming seasons, the Gardens will highlight those most culturally and ecologically significant of all plants, trees, with numerous activities for various age groups and interests.
The Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has won the Energy Association award! On Wednesday, March 7, Maclay Architects of Waitsfield, VT, received the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Zero Net Energy Award for the Bosarge Family Education Center at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. The $5,000 cash prize was divided between the Gardens and the designers. Cap'n Fish's Whale Watch would like to announce the acquisition of Boothbay Whale Watch located at 22 Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor. The vessel Harbor Princess of Boothbay Whale Watch will continue to offer whale watching, scenic cruises and music cruises for the 2013 season. Boothbay Whale Watch will operate with all sales through Cap'n Fish's ticket booths located at pier one, pier seven, waterfront parking, and Cap'n Fish's Waterfront Inn. The ticket booth at pier six Fisherman's Wharf will no longer be used for ticket sales. For information, tickets, and reservations for 2013 call 207-633-3244 or visit Oak Street Provisions is proud to offer potatoes, carrots, and organic veggie fries from Northern Girl, LLC, which brings opportunity to growers in Maine's largest and most remote county. Northern Girl LLC hopes to keep our economy thriving through building added-value for the products of a multitude of small farms, to bring delicious local options customers across New England, to keep Maine at the forefront of the local foods movement by rebuilding Maine's lost food processing infrastructure. Did you know that American Cruise Lines offers over 45 Maine Coast and Harbors Cruises? This Eight-Day / Seven-Night Maine Cruise departs from Portland and stops in Boothbay Harbor. Known as the "Boating Capital of New England," Boothbay Harbor bustles with fishing vessels and pleasure craft in equal numbers. Walk along Boothbay Harbor's flower-lined streets, dotted with art galleries, antique shops and specialty boutiques. Don't forget to visit the famous Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Click here for to book your cruise and for more information. The Boothbay Harbor Region is going mobile! With more than 50% of all informational searches being done from mobile devices, we understand the importance of gaining exposure for our community, members and events through this increasingly popular venue. Therefore, we've partnered with travelMAINE, a locally-owned company, to showcase our community to the mobile-user market. We're cross promoting our mobile profile through the use of a QR code which will allow us to bridge the gap between our print and online initiatives. We've uploaded a basic profile for every member - check them out! 
All of our members are now part of the Maine's Midcoast website, www.mainesmidcoast.com This regional site features businesses from around the Midcoast. Click here to see the latest Yankee ad for the May/June issue featuring Maine's Midcoast. |
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Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
192 Townsend Avenue
PO Box 356
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
207-633-2353
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CHAMBER STAFF:
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Executive Director
Rachel Tibbetts
Visitor Relations Coordinator
Cherie Scott
Member Services & Events Manager
Administrative Coordinator
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2013 Region Events for Your Calendar
April 26-28: Fisherman's Festival
June 25-26: Windjammer Days
September 19: 2nd Annual Claw Down Chef's Lobster Bite Competition
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2013 Boothbay Harbor Region Visitors and Resource Guide
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A Year in the Life of the Boothbay Region
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Unique Experiences
Stories from our Members and Visitors
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Paul from Connecticut writes:
We have been twice-a-year visitors to the harbor for over 30 years. I've also been a Register subscriber for all those years. I brag to my friends that you have the greatest weekly newspaper anywhere, and I share my copies with many. We've made some great friends of quite a few local harbor residents while there.
During our visit last October, we visited the shipyard parking lot to observe the work being done on The Bounty. We were fortunate to meet up with one of the very friendly crew members, who filled us in on lots of great facts concerning the ship. We spent over half an hour listening to him talk about the Bounty. We were dismayed, to say the least, to learn of the loss of the ship at sea. Attached herewith are several photos I took while we were there. I even ventured down the "forbidden" stairway to obtain some shots of the figurehead. Hope you'll enjoy these.
We look forward to the next visit in July to our favorite destination.
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Share your Unforgettable Experience with us! We want you to share your story and become a Boothbay Harbor Regional Ambassador.
- Why did you pick Boothbay Harbor Region for your vacation? Or, if you've never been here before, what makes you want to come and visit?
- If you have been here before, what draws you back each season to visit?
- During your visit was there an unforgettable stay, meal, activity or retail experience that you would like to share with us?
- Starting March 1st the Chamber will launch our new social media campaign and share one Unforgettable Experience every week on our Facebook page.
We also hope you will give us the opportunity to share your Unforgettable Experience in our next e-news that will go out to over 4,000 readers. We want to share our members' stories with our visitors and our visitors' stories with our members! Send your stories and pictures to Brooke Hubner at
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Coming Up...
- A few of the events happening in the next few weeks -
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Second Annual Adult Spelling Bee
Friday, March 22, 2013, 7:00 p.m., Boothbay Region High School
Grab two of your smartest friends and enter the Second Annual Adult Spelling Bee, a fundraiser for the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. The entry fee is $150, and the winners will walk away with a $100 gift certificate to McSeagulls. Call the Library for details at 633-3112.
Third Annual Midcoast Model Fest Saturday, March 23-Sunday, March 24, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Rockland From ultra-modern electronics and controls to good old fashion rubber band powered planes, jumbo scale airplanes to miniature furniture, complete with tiny joinery, this show has it all. The family-oriented event will feature demonstrations and activities for young and old. Being the height of mud season, all activities are planned for indoors. Weather permitting, there will be outdoor demonstrations of remote control cars, trucks and airplanes. Admission is $12 for adults. Children under 18 get in free. Doors open at 9:30 am. For more information about the event call the Museum at 594-4418 or visit our website at www.owlshead.org 17th Annual Soup Bowl Supper Thursday, March 28, 2013, 6:00 p.m. American Legion Hall in Boothbay The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts will hold their 17th Annual Soup Bowl Supper. Admission will be $15.00 per person and will include a hand crafted soup bowl of your choosing designed by the talented artists from the Watershed Center. For those that have joined us in years past, it's time to come back and add to your pottery collection! Now a long-time community favorite, this event will feature delicious homemade soups, stews, chowders, salads, breads, desserts and beverages. You will find everything from Lobster Bisque to Firehouse Chili and everything in between! The delectable menu is provided by local Rotarians as well as several area restaurants and caterers who generously donate their time, talents and materials. The Trolley Parks of Maine
April 6, 2013, Owls Head Transportation Museum Trolley parks are a now forgotten way of life, providing a destination for day-trippers and inexpensive entertainment around the state. These parks were supported by the electric trolley lines that provided transportation to so many Mainers. Join Amber Tatnall and Randy Leclair, of the Seashore Trolley Museum as they revisit some of Maine's most popular Trolley Parks.
Spring Tea
Saturday, April 13, 2013, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Come join us for Assorted Tea Sandwiches, Scones, Muffins,and Sweet & Savory treats for all! The Tea is a fund raiser to benefit The Boothbay Region Community Resource Group. Tickets are $12.00 per person and are sold in advance. For tickets or information call 633-6354 or 633-1116 or email peggykeegan@myfairpoint.net Roadside Maine, A Nostalgic Journey Up Route 1 April 20, 2013, Owls Head Transportation Museum Maine State Historian, Earle Shettleworth presents an illustrated talk comprised of post card views of roadside architecture along Route 1 in Maine from the 1900s to 1960s. Learn how automobile travel, especially summer tourism travel, transformed Route 1 and the communities through which it passes. At the Opera House: Open Mic Friday, April 5, 2013, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Join us for the last Open Mic of the season! Doors open at 6:30, music 6:45-9:00 pm. Free, but donations encouraged. Sign-up to perform, first come, first served. The Opera House Main Stage, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. Questions? Call 633-6855. Caribbean Night Saturday, April 6, 2013, 7:30, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor The 25 member Pan Fried Steel Drum Band is based out of Yarmouth and practices at North Yarmouth Academy. Boothbay Harbor residents Pat and Bob McKee play in the band and are responsible for the annual migration of the drummers to Boothbay. The evening is a fundraiser for both the band and the Opera House. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show. Peppino D'Agostino Saturday, April 13, 2013, 8:00 p.m., The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Peppino D'Agostino doesn't just play the guitar. He composes, arranges, collaborates, improvises and has even been known to sing a song here and there in both English and Italian. But what he does create on the guitar makes the difference between simply playing and truly making music apparent in the most wonderful ways. D'Agostino has been hailed as "a guitarist's guitarist" by Acoustic Guitar magazine as well as "a giant of the acoustic guitar" (San Diego Reader), and holds many top guitar awards, but the San Francisco Chronicle encapsulated the essential difference that distinguishes D'Agostino's music when it dubbed him "a poet." A beautiful night of music in Boothbay Harbor's historic Opera House. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 they day of the show. Call the Box Office at 207-633-5159 for tickets or visit www.boothbayoperahouse.com
At the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Sign up now for Gardens' Little Diggers series for ages 3-5
Beginning Thursday, March 21, 2013, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
This spring, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will introduce young children to the fun of planting and harvesting veggies right from their own garden patch in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children's Garden. The six-part spring series begins Thursday, March 21, and continues every other week, on April 4; April 18; May 2; May 16; and May 30. Each session is from 9:30-11:30 a.m. This hands-on program for ages three to five will teach children about seeds, flowers, vegetables and animals through stories, crafts, and planting activities. They'll even get a head start on the season by growing plants in our little greenhouse! The price for the six-session program is $70 for Gardens members and $100 for non-members
Three Day Landscaping Workshop
April 4-6. 2013, 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
During the course, instructors Irene Brady Barber and Lisa Cowan will focus on environmentally sound landscape design practices. Participants will learn how to plot and analyze a site, determine priorities, and create and install an eco-friendly design featuring native Maine plants. The instructors will emphasize sustainable design considerations such as understanding and anticipating runoff, minimizing erosion and siltation, selecting the best plants, and conserving and protecting the site's natural features. Each session will be from 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Bosarge Family Education Center and the low-impact native gardens that surround the super-green building.. The fees for this three-day program are $120 for members and $150 for nonmembers.
Registration is required for these events; call 207-633-4333, ext. 101, or visit www.mainegardens.org. The Gardens is off Barters Island Road in Boothbay.
At the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library:
Literary Luncheon with Sarah Braunstein
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 11:45 a.m.Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Sarah Braunstein is the author of "The Sweet Relief of Missing Children", an unsettling read that is also strangely compelling, though the author reserves all of her compassion for her characters, sparing none for her readers. The novel was the winner of the 2012 Maine Literary Award, and was a finalist for the 2011 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction. In 2010 she was named one of "5 Under 35" fiction writers by the National Book Foundation, and she received a 2007 Rona Jaffe Writer's Award. Cost of the lunch, provided by Red Cup, is $10. Please go to the library anytime during their business hours to register. Sign up early as space is limited. For more information, call the library at 633-3112.
Creating a Self-Published Book Through Blurb.com
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Have you ever wanted to create a professional-looking book of your art, your family or a special collection? Christine Peters Hamilton would like to explain the process at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. She will talk about uploading the simple book smart software and will walk participants through the steps of uploading photos and setting up layouts. She also plans to explain how to get the best photos with a simple digital camera or from scanned photographs. She wants to share some secrets to proofreading and catching spelling errors as well, and will take you step-by-step through uploading the completed project to blurb.com and ordering your own published book! If you are interested in attending this workshop, please sign up by calling the library at 633-3112 or by emailing Barb at barbh@bmpl.lib.me.us.
Click Here for a full list of events happening at the Library in March/April
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More Events... If you're planning ahead
Just a sampling of some of the events to come!
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Money Smart Week Program: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 12:00 p.m., Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Join our teacher, President of the BBH branch of Bath Savings, Linda Anderson, as she discusses how to prevent identity theft. Registration is not mandatory but helpful. Please sign up by calling the library at 633-3112 or by emailing Barb House at barbh@bmpl.lib.me.us
Fisherman's Festival
April 26-28, 2013
Join our community in support of our local fishing fleet. This fun-filled weekend offers activities and events for the whole family.
CLICK's Chalk Art on House Hill (In Memory of Jim Taliana) Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on House Hill in BBH Express your creative side by taking a moment to draw on the tar of House Hill in Boothbay Harbor. This program is sponsored by CLICK: Connecting Lively Imaginative Creative Kids, a collaborative effort of the Boothbay Harbor Library and the Opera House. Maine Photography Show
April 13-May 3, 2013 at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation
The state-wide, juried Maine Photography Show will be open to the public April 13 to May 3 at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, One Townsend Ave. Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Admission to the show is free. Busses are welcome-- call first for parking directions. 207-633-2703. Maine Days
May 25-27, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Thanks to a generous gift from the Acorn Foundation, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay will offer free admission throughout the three-day Memorial Day Weekend to everyone who lives in Maine. Adults will simply need to show a Maine state ID or driver's license.
Windjammer Days
June 25-26, 2013
Come and experience the grandeur of the windjammer fleet and take part in this 51st Windjammer Days Festival! Festival favorites include the Parade of Sail, Street Parade, live entertainment, and fireworks!
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