April 4, 2024 | Issue 14

Please Welcome Our Newest Member, Pentagoet Inn & Pub!

The Pentagöet Inn & Pub is Castine's oldest original summer hotel, first welcoming "rusticators" in 1894 by proprietress Lizzie Moon. New innkeepers and co-owners Matt Powell & George Trinovitch became the proprietors in 2022, and have since transformed the "Grand Dame on Main" into Downeast's premier hospitality destination. The inn's first floor has recently gone through a complete interior restoration, bringing back the piano parlor and pub of the Victorian era, and the exterior now sports the original grand corner staircase, thanks to a generous grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. An exterior courtyard is also set for completion before the height of the summer season.

The inn had a "soft open" for Maine Maritime programming in March, and will open fully on May 1. In 2023, Matt & George were proud to reopen the Pentagöet Pub, the restaurant which had been closed since 2017. The restaurant is slated to reopen on May 2, featuring favorites such as Maine lobster pot pie, Deer Isle crab cakes, and Maple-blueberry cobbler as well as their famed specialty cocktails. Headliner events include Maine Maritime graduation weekend (May 3-5), the Pentagöet Fourth of July BBQ, Bastille Day (July 14) Cocktails, as well as live music on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please come and visit the inn or restaurant!

FMI: pentagoet.com

26 Main St. Castine, ME 04421 | 207-326-8616

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MEMBER NOTICE - Business Directory Listings Deadline



In previous months, we've asked you to review your Business Directory listings for any errors or updates that need to be made before our 2024 magazine goes to print.

We are in the proof process now and for anyone that has not yet done so, this is your last chance to review your information! Please visit the Business Directory here or check your email or spam folder (or Promotions tab for Gmail users) for an email we sent on Tuesday with links for the directories.

Changes needed by Friday, April 5th. Email or call us with any changes.

[email protected] | 207-338-5900

April Business After Hours



Every month our Chamber hosts an after hours event designed for members to meet and build relationships with business people from companies and organizations representing a variety of industries in our region. Stop by for a little while or stay and connect! This month we will be hosted by:

Whale's Tooth Pub

Wednesday, April 17, 5:30pm - 7pm

2531 Atlantic Hwy. Lincolnville Beach

Click Here to see our hosts for the 2024 Business After Hours

March 28th Newsletter



1) Chamber Job Search

2) James Francis / A Penobscot Sense of Place Presentation

3) Halcyon String Quartet @ Colonial Theatre

4) Earthways Guide Service

5) Belfast Maskers / A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Belfast

Chamber Job Search (HOT ITEM)

Still looking for that new job? Need to know what's available in the greater Belfast area? We have a great page full of job opportunities large and small!

CLICK HERE!

Chamber Members - you can submit your job postings by logging into your

ChamberMaster account or email [email protected]

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition - Special Earth Day Events in April

Belfast Farmers' Market Returns to Waterfall Arts April 5

Bricks-n-Sticks Reopens in Searsport Harbor April 10

FEMA - Start Your Recovery Process

Front Street Shipyard - Spring Video Update

Owls Head Transportation Museum - 'What Drive Us' Spring Education Series

April 13

Searsport Shores Seeks Spring Clean-Up Volunteers in Exchange for Free Camping and Meals in May

Waldo Community Action Partners - Home Buyer Class April 27

Waldo County Triad - Spring Newsletter

Dorothy Havey, Executive Director

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Scott Smith, Operations Manager

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Board of Directors

President / Erin Merrifield, RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn

Vice President / Chris Nickerson, Whale's Tooth Pub, Northport Inn & Lodge

Treasurer / Michelle Curtis, First National Bank

Secretary / Megan Day, Waldo County General Hospital

Paul Dean, Councilor, City of Belfast

Dawn Gintz, Captain Nickels Inn

John McKeith, The Belfast Center

Elaine Potoker, Interloqui

Terri Tower, Camden National Bank

Mary Tripp, Bank of America

Travis Wood, Waldo County Technical Center

Staff Photography by Dave Waddell, Down East Magazine