November 22, 2023 | Issue 46

Please Welcome Our Newest Member, COTTAGE WORK!

COTTAGE WORK is a small artisan business specializing in chair and rocker seat replacement: caning, ash splint, reed, rush and Shaker tape weaving. Chair repairs, restoration, and refinishing. Upholstery inserts too.

Bids can be given with submission of pictures via email. By appointment only. Business relocating from Vermont to mid-coast Maine in 2024 and seeking new clients and connections!

Contact Lani Wilson at [email protected] or (802) 522-3897

Recent New Members:

Eye Candy Dance & Fitness Studio | Magnolia Assisted Living | Small Business Administration

A Morning in Maine Sailing Tours | Buggin' ME Boat Tours | Fidium Fiber

2nd Annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Book Drive

Support the Chamber's efforts in collaboration with Belfast Rotary Club, to collect books for this year's Holiday on the Harbor event on Saturday, December 9th. For the month of November (and early December), you can drop off new or very gently used books that children will be able to take home at our holiday event.



Books can be dropped off at the Chamber Visitors Center at 14 Main St.

M-F 9am-5pm (closed 11/23-11/24 for the holiday)

Downtown Tree Lighting, November 25

As the sun sets, head to Post Office Square for the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting. Belfastians will begin gathering around the tree at sunset (4:30pm) . Attendees will enjoy carols performed by local school choirs and can sip on hot chocolate provided by the Belfast Community Co-op. Shortly after dark, Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive on a Belfast Fire Department engine to greet the hundreds of eager children and adults. Mayor Eric Sanders will lead the countdown from 10 till the tree lights magically come on.

FMI: ourtownbelfast.org/annual-holiday-tree-lighting

November 16th Newsletter



1) Nautilus Restaurant Staying Open

2) First Church in Belfast, UCC - Christmas Fair

3) Grump & Sunshine Bookshop - Toe Dip Tuesday

4) Eye Candy Dance & Fitness Studio

5) Unity Business Exchange - Yuletide Festival of Trees

* Downtown Belfast Events for the Holidays *

3 Newcomers Join Maine's Vibrant Indie-Bookstore Scene (DownEast Magazine)

4th Annual Colburn Shoe Store Sock Drive Aims to Fill the Window (PenBay Pilot)

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition - December 2nd Nature Outing

Belfast Maskers Announce 2024 Season

Eastern Maine Community College - Free Workforce Development Programs

Grump & Sunshine Open Thanksgiving 10-5

Eye Candy Burlesque Show at Hey Sailor December 2

The Grasshopper Shop - Holiday Clothing Sale 11/24 - 11/26

Marsh River Cooperative Annual Report 2022-2023

Penobscot Shores Retirement Community - Steve Bowler Named Executive Director (PenBay Pilot)

Toddy Pond Farm Opens Extensive Trail Network for Guests Through TrailForks App

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