Food City is a locally owned and operated supermarket chain with seven New England locations across Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts. No matter the location, all of their stores are committed to providing our customers with the freshest products at the lowest prices for their respective communities. All meats are cut fresh in store daily and their produce is sourced multiple times a week from local Boston markets.

Visit their Wilton location at 486 Main Street, Wilton or call 207-645-9608 for more information.

Seth Wescott & FCCOC Golf Classic here!

Healthy Community Coalition’s mobile health unit is offering free education and health screenings (HS), harm reduction services (HR), COVID-19 vaccines (CV) for adults, and many other resources in seven communities in the coming weeks. Not all services are offered at each stop. Individualized health coaching and connections to services is also offered.

The schedule is as follows with services at each stop abbreviated at the end of each stop:

• Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2 – 5:30 pm. Rangeley IGA, 2185 Main St, Rangeley, offering HS

• Wednesday, Aug. 17, 9:30 am. – noon. Big Apple, 380 U.S. Rt 2, Wilton, offering HR

• Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1 - 3 pm. Farmington Park & Ride, Farmington, offering HR

• Thursday, Aug. 18. 2 – 5:30 pm. Fotter’s Market, 157 Main St, Stratton, offering CV, HS

• Tuesday, Aug. 23, 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Faith Works Community Outreach, 44 N Main St, Strong, offering CV, HS

• Wednesday Aug. 24, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Farmington Park & Ride, Farmington, offering HR

• Thursday, Aug. 25, 2 – 5:30 pm. Mainly Provisions, 363 Main St, Kingfield, offering CV, HS

• Friday, Aug. 26, 3 – 5:30 pm. Maine Wood Concepts, 1687 New Vineyard Rd, New Vineyard, offering CV

• Wednesday, Aug. 31, 9:30 am – noon, Faith Works Community Outreach, 44 N Main St, Strong, offering HR

• Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1 – 3 pm. Edmund’s Market, 1185 Rangeley Rd, Phillips, offering HR

Individuals seeking a COVID vaccine should bring their COVID-19 vaccination card with them. Those with health insurance are asked to bring their cards with them also, but insurance is not mandatory.

For additional information visit, the Healthy Community Coalition Facebook page or call 779-3136.

The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College is offering free Basic Life Support Certification classes. Each course will run twice, Monday, Aug. and Monday, Aug. 22 from 5 to 9 p.m., and is applicable to students entering any of the several healthcare professions, including Emergency Medical Technician, Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistant, Residential Care, etc. Registration is required here.

The 4-four hour course covers one and two-person adult CPR; child and infant CPR; obstructed airway maneuvers for the conscious and unconscious adult, child, and infant; barrier devices, disease transmission and prevention; introduction to the Automated External Defibrillator; legal and ethical considerations; and special resuscitation situations. Students who have been certified in the past and have let their certification lapse by more than 30 days will need to take this full class.

These programs are funded by the Maine Jobs and Recovery Program. Participants are eligible for one training course and must be at least 18 years of age; possess a high school diploma, GED, or HiSet; and be a US citizen and/or authorized to work in the US COVID vaccine required for CMCC campus. Additionally, candidates in MJRP-funded programs must be someone whose job has been adversely affected by COVID-19.

For more information or to register, please contact Central Maine Community College’s Center for Workforce & Professional Development at workforcedevelopment@cmcc.edu or 207-755-5280.

Central Maine Community College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and employer. For more information visit www.cmcc.edu/eeoc or contact Human Resources at (207) 755-5396.

To volunteer at the Chamber's Booth at the Farmington Fair, sign up here!

The Farmington Fair (September 18– 24) is approaching very fast and we need your help, Chamber Members! If you would like to volunteer for a 3 hour shift staffing the Chamber booth (12-3, 3-6 or 6-9) please sign up here or call Al Kaplan at 207-491-5996 or the chamber office at 207-778-4215. We will be happy to get you scheduled. This will be on a first come basis.

Also if you have any Marketing Material or SWAG (giveaways for the FCCOC Booth, koozies, pens, pencils, calendars, magnets, reusable bags, etc.) that you would like to have distributed at the fair, we are happy to help you with that. Just drop off your items at the Chamber's office at 615 Wilton Rd, Farmington or call (207-778-4215) to arrange a pickup.

August 18 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

FREE

WBC Social Media Consultant, Katie Kelley, will discuss how to appropriately and effectively represent your brand across social media platforms for brand consistency and recognition.

Creating a marketing persona, establishing your brand voice and tone and developing a prominent visual representation are all key in ensuring your marketing presence is effective.

We will explore tools like Canva to make creating content simple and effective in getting your message out to your audiences.

Register Today here!