December 7, 2023 | Issue 48

Please Welcome Our Newest Member, Practice Body Wisdom!

Practice Body Wisdom, owned and operated by Meridith Kruse, PhD, LMT, offers a range of healing modalities including therapeutic massage, acupressure, and fire cupping for myo-fascial release. Qigong classes also available.

Celebrate the Year's End with $20.23 off all massages in December!

Call or text Meridith at 309-212-6503 or visit practicebodywisdom.com

Recent New Members:

Cottage Work | Eye Candy Dance & Fitness Studio | Magnolia Assisted Living

Small Business Administration | A Morning in Maine Sailing Tours | Buggin' ME Boat Tours

Holiday on the Harbor 2023

To what do our wandering eyes appear? Is it once again that wonderful time of year?? Yes! Santa returns to the Belfast Boathouse on the waterfront in Belfast! Join us Saturday, December 9th from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm! Join the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce and Belfast Parks and Recreation Department in kicking off the holiday season! This is a FREE family event. Cookies, crafts, books, giveaways, horse-drawn wagon rides and hot chocolate too!

December Business After Hours with Camden National Bank

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!

Camden National Bank

Wednesday, December 13, 530pm - 7pm

156 Main St., Belfast

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

2024 Advertising Kit - Belfast: The Bay And Beyond

Deadlines are fast approaching! Planning for our 2024

'Belfast: The Bay and Beyond' regional guide is well under way. Our guides were distributed far and wide this year, faster than we've seen before!

Have you been thinking about how you would like to advertise your business or organization? Plan ahead and get those prime spaces while they're available! Have a friend or family member that is interested in joining the Chamber and promoting through our guide? Encourage them to contact us today!

Click Here for the 2024 Advertising Kit

November 30th Newsletter



1) Chamber Job Search

2) Early Bird Sale / Our Town Belfast

3) Holiday Handbells Concert / Searsport First Congregational Church

4) Yuletide Festival of Trees / Unity Business Exchange

5) New Year's Eve Pop-Up Dinner / The Club Marina & Bar

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]

$7.1 Million USDOT Grant Awarded to Modernize Lincolnville Ferry Terminal (TRJ)

Belfast Community Swing Dance at First Church on December 16

Belfast Curling Club Has Been Creating a Community of Competition for Decades (News Center Maine)

Belfast Maskers Hold Auditions for 'Proof' Dec 9 & 13

BlueJacket Shipcrafters - December ShipShape News

Last Night Belfast Planning Events for New Year's Eve

Maine Alpaca Experience on Maine Life, S8:E21

Marsh River Cooperative - December Updates

New Hope Midcoast - Hope for the Holidays Orders by Dec 15

Senior College Winterim Class Offerings

Stone Fox Farm Creamery Pop-Up Event with H&H Mercantile December 10

Trove Features Gallery, Beer Tasting During Searsport Art Walk (TRJ)

United Farmers Market Highlights Radiant Garden Alchemy Presentation Dec 9

Vinolio Delivers!

Waldo County Pet Food Pantry Needs Votes for Grant Opportunity

Waldo County Tech Center's Tis the Season Celebration Seeking Donations (TRJ)

Dorothy Havey, Executive Director

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Scott Smith, Operations Manager

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Board of Directors

President / Sue Beemer, Cornerspring Montessori School

Vice President / Erin Merrifield, RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn

Treasurer / Michelle Curtis, First National Bank

Secretary / Christy Lewis, Fellows, Kee, Tymoczko & Lewis

Megan Day, Waldo County General Hospital

Paul Dean, Counselor, City of Belfast

Dawn Gintz, Captain Nickels Inn

John McKeith, The Belfast Center

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

Elaine Potoker, Interloqui

Terri Tower, Camden National Bank

Mary Tripp, Bank of America

Staff Photography by Dave Waddell, Down East Magazine