This month the Chamber is pleased to welcome RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn as our newest Premium Member. Thank you for your exceptional support of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce!

Premium Membership is an industry-exclusive business exposure and recognition program, offering consistent and highly-visible promotion throughout the year. To learn more about our Premium Membership Program, please contact Diane Norton, Director of Member Marketing & Development at Diane@CamdenRockland.com or 207-691-0131.

More than 80 items and counting! To see the items currently available and to donate an item, visit our Auction page here:

Thank you to our Auction Sponsors:

Gold: Maritime Energy

Silver: Penbay Estate Planning Law Center

The Chamber Auction will also serve as a send-off for outgoing Chamber President & CEO, Tom Peaco, who is leaving the post on June 30. Everyone is invited to come bid farewell to Tom.

This year's Chamber Challenge will be held at Rockland Golf Club with a 1 PM scramble format featuring interactive contests throughout the afternoon. You'll enjoy 18 holes of golf with a cart, lunch, awards ceremony, goody bags for all players, and prizes. Open to the public.

$125 per player or $450 for a foursome.

Grab your co-workers and friends, and put together a team.

A variety of sponsorship opportunities are also available, many including a foursome. Visit our website to purchase your desired items.

Thank you to Shepard Auto Group,

our Hole in One Sponsor

Did you know that the Chamber has beautiful, lighted, free-standing kiosks at the Maine Visitor Centers in Kittery and Yarmouth?

In addition to showcasing the 2022 Jewel, there is room on each kiosk to display 4 member brochures/rack cards - 4" x 9" max size; you must be a Chamber member and a Maine Tourism Association member. For just $225/year, your rack card will be displayed in both locations! We currently have 2 slots open in Kittery and Yarmouth, available now on a first come, first served basis.

To participate in this high visibility display, please contact Amy Rollins at Amy@CamdenRockland.com or call her at 236-4404.

The Chamber is pleased to introduce a new marketing initiative for members: Advertising in the Friday Report e-Newsletter. The Friday Report boasts a weekly circulation of nearly 1,800 and impressive stats.

Click below to learn more about this unique opportunity to present your message to a targeted audience or to reserve your space.

Each week, the Chamber features one of our members here in our Friday Report e-newsletter (distributed to over 2,000 emails), and on our Facebook (6,000 followers) and Instagram (1,100 followers) pages. Featured Member posts will link directly to your profile page on the Chamber website.

Please click below to complete the two easy steps to be considered as a Featured Member. Featured Members will be chosen randomly from the submissions received. We invite you to take advantage of this great Chamber member benefit to promote your business.

Ask Allen. We’re here to help with your insurance, employee benefits, health insurance, Medicare and retirement and financial planning needs. Founded in 1866 in Camden, we are one of the Midcoast's oldest businesses. We are proud to be 100% employee owned and a Best Place to Work in Maine. Call 236-4311 or stop by our office in Rockland or Camden. Online at AllenIF.com.

To learn more about becoming a Featured Member, click here.

Submit your news releases to Amy@CamdenRockland.com.

Rockland Main Street, Inc., produces the Summer Solstice Celebration in two phases: a fun, family event complete with food, games and activities, and dancing, along with live outdoor musical entertainment on Main Street, which will be closed to vehicular traffic from 4-7 PM. FOR THE 2ND PHASE – The Summer Solstice After Hours Dock Party, from 6:00-10:00 PM. This 21+ Adults-Only-With- I.D. event will have live music featuring RED HOUSE, and DJ Dan Miller, dancing, and a “cash only” bar at Journey’s End Marina at the end of Tillson Avenue, overlooking Rockland Harbor and the breakwater light. All events are FREE to the public. More...

Do you know that Pen Bay Medical Center offers walk-in care that your quests can go to for non-life threatening injuries – even if they don’t have a local primary care provider? Located in Rockland, PBMC Walk-In Care offers a convenient and affordable way for you guests to get care for sprained ankles, rashes, insect bites and other minor illnesses and injuries that require immediate medical attention but don’t rise to the level of a trip to the emergency department. More...

Sign-up is now open for the children’s Summer Reading Program called “Oceans of Possibilities” at the Camden Public Library. The program will kick off outside of the library on Thursday, June 23, at 10:00 am for ages 4 to 7, and at 11:30 am for ages 8 to 12. Participants will meet with youth librarian Amy Hand on Thursdays for six weeks to enjoy ocean-themed books, crafts, and special activities. More...

AIO has a long tradition of harnessing the talents and innovative ideas of Midcoast Maine’s creative community to make the connection between food and art. Today, AIO is announcing ArtFeeds, Artists-in-Action Against Food Insecurity, a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the community’s vibrant artists, Page Gallery and the Maine State Correctional Facility, to highlight AIO’s programs. Thirty participating well-known local artists, including Eric Hopkins, Meghan Brady, Colin Page, Barbara Sullivan, and Margaret Rizzio, will create their own bowl or work with a wooden bowl carved and donated by residents of the Maine State Correctional Facility’s woodworking program. More...

Bingo Queen, an original play created by John Burstein, is being presented at the Camden Opera House on July 29 & 30. In addition to attending this fun, audience participation show, local businesses can further support Meals on Wheels by advertising in the program. $60 for a half page or $100 for a full page. Deadline is July 1. Contact Cindy Clayton at 596-6477, ext. 8, or email cclayton@mchinc.org.

Are you a member of a nonprofit which needs to write a grant or needs help with the process? Whether you don’t know where to start or have begun on a grant proposal this class is for you. The “Writing Winning Grant Proposals” course presents strategies that nonprofit organizations can utilize to develop proposals for external funding by foundations, agencies, organizations, and corporations. More...

Lisa Gundel has joined Machias Savings Bank as the new Branch Manager of the Rockland location. Lisa comes to Machias Savings Bank with nearly 15 years of branch management experience. Lisa has the knowledge and expertise to help you meet your financial goals. More...

Our online calendar is your guide to live & virtual events in the Camden-Rockland Region. Click here to view.

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Members are invited to email Amy@CamdenRockland.com with details of goods, programs, products, or services they would like to offer to their fellow members. Please limit your offer to headline + 75 words and include an end date not to exceed 1 month.