The Uproot Pie Company has found a permanent home at the Carriage House in Thomaston! 

We are open for wood-fired pizza, salad, dessert, wine, and beer on Thursdays from 4- 8 pm and Saturdays for Open Hearth from 9 am-noon with breakfast bialys, cardamom morning buns, breakfast pastry, coffee, tea, and mimosas. 



Eat in or take out! 

We also host a series of educational workshops!

Visit their website here



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Dining Guide

What's open today?

Click here to View our Dining Guide which is updated weekly.

Business After Hours

The Riley School

73 Warrenton St, Rockland

February 21, 2024, 5 PM-7 PM

Free and open to the public

Join us for an evening of networking with your peers from around the region. Enjoy fabulous food and drink, and you might win an excellent door prize.

Registration is not required but is appreciated!

All are welcome!

Don't miss out on this premier networking event, giving you the opportunity to discuss and share ideas while learning about other local businesses and non-profits in a relaxed, social setting.

The Riley School provides children with a learning environment where intellectual fulfillment, self-esteem, and responsibility for self are continually nurtured. Each child is supported in expanding his or her creative, intellectual world through a series of coordinated, meaningful, and challenging experiences that lead to academic success.

Click here to visit their website.

PARKING NOTES: Ample parking is available.

Small Business Administration: Office Hours

The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Rockland Public Library, Rockland Main Street, and the Career Center in Rockland are pleased to announce “Community Office Hours” hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Please reserve your individual time to learn more about free and confidential programs and services designed to help your small business grow and prosper.

Location: Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St.

To reserve your individual meeting time or to learn more about SBA Programs and Services please email William.card@sba.gov

MERIT Webinar - Save the Date

Wednesday January 17, 2024

1-2 PM

Dear Chamber Members, 

Did you know that in 2024, all business owners with 5 or more employees will be required to be enrolled in the new Maine Retirement Investment Trust? The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Rockland Main Street, will host an informative webinar on January 17th to help you understand the new legislation.

As your trusted Chamber of Commerce, we are always working to ensure our members are well informed of upcoming changes to national, state, and local policy that may have an impact on how you do business. 

MERIT is a result of An Act to Promote Individual Retirement Savings Through a Public-Private Partnership, which passed the Maine legislature in 2021. Rulemaking has now been completed and statewide implementation will begin in January. 

Why is this important to our communities?

Currently, over 200,000 Mainers do not have access to retirement savings through their employers. A retirement savings plan can offer Mainers a more secure retirement and will save the state money in the long run by reducing public assistance spending for Maine retirees. 

How does it work?

All Maine employees not currently enrolled in an employer-sponsored retirement plan will have 5% of their checks automatically deducted and added to a Roth IRA target year account concurrent with their projected retirement age. Employees have the option to choose from the Program's other investment options. These retirement savings will follow employees from job to job. 

Employees can easily change the percentage of their paycheck that goes into their account or they can choose to opt out of the program completely. 

There is no program cost to employers. 

Learn more and get your questions answered: 

Join the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce for a free webinar on January 17 at 1 PM. MERIT Executive Director Elizabeth Bordowitz will be presenting information on the program and will offer time for questions and answers for attendees. 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89182939375?pwd=aopz8UgDzYJyZba8WQ4l5qBZ9lMbW2.1

Meeting ID: 891 8293 9375

Passcode: 349839

You can visit the MERIT website here ahead of time.

With tax season rapidly approaching, the IRS reminds employers that Jan. 31 is the deadline for submitting wage statements and forms for independent contractors with the government. 

AIO’s 4th Annual "FILL THE STRAND"

Event Food in every seat. Help for every family.

On Monday, January 15, 2024, AIO Food and Energy Assistance will host its fourth Fill The Strand food and funds drive.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine Supports LGBTQ+ Youth Programs in Hancock County

OUT Maine, a non-profit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ youth, is thrilled to announce the receipt of a substantial $15,000 grant from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine's Opportunity Fund.

ScrapDogs-Try Curbside Composting! Free Trial Month for New Customers

ScrapDogs Community Compost, a composting company based out of Rockland, is offering potential customers in its existing service areas the opportunity to try curbside composting.

Advance Care Planning Workshops offered at First Congregational Church of Camden

The First Congregational Church of Camden will host a series of three workshops beginning January 18.