Members and Friends, enjoy our March newsletter! | | |
**Reminder ** Reserve your '25/'26 Advertising spots!
Take advantage of this virtual event offering substantial package deal DISCOUNTS across our marketing platforms, such as our website, guidebook, whoopie pie map, email marketing, direct mail marketing, and more.
Reserve now, pay later.
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The 2025 Maine Red Hot Dog Festival
Vendor Application Portal
OPENS MARCH 10th!
Join over 100 vendors and thousands of locals and summer tourists at the iconic Maine Red Hot Dog Festival in Dexter, ME!
Vendors, after March 10th,
CLICK HERE TO APPLY!!
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Did you know? Pat's Pizza of Dover-Foxcroft is
Maine's Ultimate Bourbon & Whiskey Destination!
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More than just amazing pizza-- Pat's Pizza boasts the largest bourbon and whiskey bar north of Portland! With an unbeatable selection of top-shelf pours, craft cocktails, and your favorite comfort food, it's the perfect spot to sip, savor, and stay awhile. Whether you're a whiskey connoisseur or just love great food and drinks, make Pat's your go-to destination in Central Maine!
100 E. Main St. D-F, ME
See what Pat's is up to and follow them on Facebook HERE!
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Amazing Fundraising Opportunity For Community Fitness!! | | |
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Friends of Community Fitness receives $25,000 match challenge to secure the future of the community center.
Friends of Community Fitness is thrilled to announce an incredible opportunity to strengthen the future of their community center. A generous donor has offered a $25,000 match challenge to support the organization’s endowment savings.
With $13,000 already saved, Community Fitness is now working diligently to raise an additional $12,000 before July 1st to take full advantage of this matching opportunity. If successful, the challenge will result in a total of $50,000 to launch the organization’s endowment fund.
To read the Piscataquis Observer's article click HERE.
Click HERE to make a donation!
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Here are a few of the submitted events we received for the Month of March. The Chamber is happy to promote events for our members and municipalities. Members, to submit events, please use the membership portal. Not a member? Submit events HERE. | |
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-Maine Maple Weekend-
Bob's Sugarhouse
Sat & Sun., March 22 & 23
The Countdown is on -- Maine Maple Weekend is now less than one month away! Welcome Spring in a "sweet" way at Bob's Sugarhouse! This is Bob's 43rd year of celebrating this "rite of Spring". All are welcome!
252 E. Main St., D-F
Click HERE for the latest updates and info.
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Community Fitness
Guilford
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Looking for some fun on Thursday nights?
Thurs. 6:15-7pm
March 13th - April 25th
Introductory Ballroom Dance classes will provide basic instruction in Waltz, East Coast Swing, Line Dancing, Rhumba & Cha Cha.
No dance experience required.
Click HERE for more info.
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At Center Theatre
Dover-Foxcroft
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Logan Rouse:
A Bit of Fun
March 22nd 7PM
Join Logan Rouse for an evening of mind reading, magic, some hypnosis, and a touch of dark humor. Blending clever mental trickery and sharp wit, this show merges the unbelievable with the undeniably relatable. Enjoy an evening of mischief, laughs, and coincidences of impossible proportions.
Hosted at the historic Center Theatre
For tickets & more, click HERE
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PVHS Key Club
at Three Rivers Kiwanis - Milo
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Empty Bowl Night with PVHS Key Club
March 14th 5-7pm
PVHS Key Club will be hosting their 3rd annual Empty Bowl Night. For $15 you will have a delicious bowl of homemade soup, a roll and a beautiful bowl made by the Key Club members. Proceeds are donated to fight area food insecurity.
Three Rivers Kiwanis Hall
15 Harris Pond Rd, Milo
For more info click HERE.
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Celebrate the PVHS Key Club's 100th Year Anniversary!
March 23rd starting at 12pm
Join in the fun of a Scotch Doubles tournament and a bountiful potluck lunch. $20 will cover food and games. Proceeds from this event go to the PVHS Key Club for their community-enhancing activities.
Click HERE for more info.
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Milo Town Hall
Staring at 9:30am and continues until supplies last. Please bring your own bags.
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Foxcroft Academy Key Club is sponsoring its 5th Annual
Trivia Night
Sat. March 8th, at 6:00pm
Register and bring your team of six for a night of fun and the chance to win great prizes.
To register a team,
click HERE to email.
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IF4™ is the world’s leading fly-fishing film event
March 7th & 8th at 7pm
Enjoy films produced by professional filmmakers from all corners of the globe which showcase the passion, lifestyle, and culture of fly fishing. It's the gathering place of the fly-fishing community and a celebration of friendship, stories and stoke. Come out for a chance to win door prizes!
For more information & tickets, click HERE.
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Bills to Watch
Each week, we review the latest bills that have been flagged by the Retail Association of Maine. We are expecting upwards of 2,200 bill proposals this year.
This week, we review LD 731 - LD 821.
Please let us know about the bills you care about.
LD 746 (Local Option Tax) Representative Friedmann of Bar Harbor would allow municipalities to impose a 2% local option sales tax on short-term lodging, subject to voter approval by referendum. Ten percent of the revenue is allocated to the Maine State Housing Authority.
LD 754 (E-Cigarette Ban) Senator Bennett of Oxford prohibits the sale, use, and possession of single-use electronic nicotine delivery devices—including e‑cigarettes, e‑cigars, e‑pipes, e‑hookahs, and vape pens—and establishes penalties akin to those for non‑child‑resistant nicotine liquid container sales.
LD 765 (Prescription Monitoring Program) Representative Meyer of Eliot amends the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program by revising the definition of "prescriber" to include licensed health care professionals and veterinarians with prescriptive authority—even those using telehealth.
LD 774 (Bleeding Control Kits) Representative Perkins of Dover-Foxcroft would require all state-owned buildings to maintain bleeding control kits and creates a fund to offer grants or reimbursements to schools, businesses, or organizations that install bleeding control kits or provide bleeding control training programs.
LD 780 (State Budget) Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin presents a concept draft bill proposing the appropriations and allocations necessary to fund State Government.
LD 781 (State Budget) Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin introduces a concept draft bill that provides for appropriations and allocations.
LD 797 (Unemployment Laws) Senator Stewart of Aroostook updates the eligibility conditions for unemployment compensation by requiring individuals to actively seek work three times each week and removing the waiver exemption.
LD 799 (Gender Wage Reporting) Representative Roeder of Bangor mandates that employers with at least one employee in the State and a minimum of 250 employees nationwide must, for one week annually between October 1st and December 31st of the preceding year, report the numbers of male, female, and nonbinary employees, their median hourly equivalent rates of pay, and the gender wage gap calculated by dividing the median hourly rate of male employees by that of female employees.
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If you are "in favor of" or "opposed to" any of the bills above and you cannot travel to the state house to testify in person, please e-mail the chamber to share your thoughts HERE, utilize the contact info below, below, or submit your own testimony before the bill is discussed, HERE. | |
Contact your local representatives: | |
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Contact: Chad Perkins:
Click HERE to email,
or call 207-279-0927
for coverage area and committees, click HERE.
Contact: Rep. Jim White
Click HERE to email,
or call 207-564-7308
for coverage area and committees, click HERE.
Contact: Rep. Steven D. Foster (DEXTER):
Click HERE to email,
or call 207-924-4409
for coverage area and committees, click HERE.
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State Senator Stacey Guerin:
Click HERE to email,
or call (207) 287-1505. For coverage area, click HERE.
Senator Susan Collins:
Click HERE to email,
or call (207) 945-0417
Senator Angus King:
Click HERE to email,
or call (207) 945-8000
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Contact the Governor's Office: | |
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Governor Janet Mills
Click HERE to email,
or call 207-287-3531
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Look out for separate advocacy emails from the chamber keeping you informed about "Bills to Watch". | | | | |
