The Bacon Tree, Winterport's Town Seal |
| Incorporated March 12, 1860, once home to far-ranging sea captains, Winterport retains a 19th century charm that blends well with 20th century conveniences. Located just 12 miles south from the city of Bangor on Route 1A, Winterport faces the deep and fast-flowing Penobscot River. From a thriving downtown, where people can find everything from gas and groceries to overnight accommodations, hardware, and video rentals, visitors can walk the short distance to the Winterport waterfront where boaters and swimmers recreate in the spring, summer, and into the autumn. |
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| Older homes, many built for Winterport sea captains, stand along the downtown roadways. Sidewalks encourage people to stroll through the town; a special meeting place for townspeople is the Union Meeting House, built in 1834. This building shelters a bell cast by Paul Revere, a belfry clock installed in 1861, and a Masons and Hamlin hand-pumped reed organ installed in 1859. Winterport retains a 19th century charm that blends well with 20th century conveniences. From a thriving downtown to a heavily utilized waterfront, Winterport offers a host of recreational activities including a wonderful Music Festival! |
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What's Happening Around Town! |
| The "Run-off" election for town council will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the "Town Office" from 8 am until 8 pm. |
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| The Winterport Clippers who are a quilting group has made a quilt that features the Music Festival Logo and that they are selling tickets for $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. The proceeds will be donated to the Music Festival and they will be at the Union Meeting House Concert and the Music Festival selling tickets. The drawing will be held in November and for further information please contact Kris LaChance at 223-5424 |
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| Winterport Music Festival PreConcert - Sunday, July 19th at 2 pm at the Union Meeting House and will feature "NVR2LATE", "Sage for Someone", and the "Aurora Jazz Project", minimum donation of $2.00 requested and the Winterport Womans Club will be serving refreshments at the intermissions. |
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| The Winterport Memorial Library will be sponsoring a Mile Long Yard Sale in Winterport Village on Saturday, July 25th from 9-3. Spaces are $25.00 each. If you are interested in purchasing a space please contact Mary Lester at 223-5540. |
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The Winterport Business Association is Back! We want to encourage all businesses in Winterport, Frankfort and Monroe to attend. The new Winterport Area Business Association will hold its first annual meeting on Tuesday, with election of officers, approval of our annual budget and most important, refreshments provided by Creative Catering, a Winterport Business – SHOP LOCAL!
We need attendance from everyone who has supported us in this first year of trying to re-start the Business Association and from those who may be interested in joining. As you know, we are also planning to reconsider the time and day of our meetings to encourage more to attend regularly.
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 6 p.m.. We meet for one hour and you’ll be out of there by 6:15 p.m
For more information please click here. The meeting is open to all businesses in Winterport, Frankfort and Monroe. |
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| If you are a new business in Winterport, Frankfort or Monroe please contact us to get listing on our businesses page. If you know of a new business direct them our way. For more information please contact the Winterport Business Association. |
| The Winterport Business Association was featured in THE EDGE! Click here to read the article. |
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| Winterport Music Festival 2009 Update - Co-Headliners - "The Waybacks" and "James Montgomery Blues Band", "The Kayla Wass Band", "Martin Earley & Friends", "Steve Cohen", "Anna Mae Mitchell & Rising Tide", and the "Gilpin Railroad Incident". Kayla Wass opens at noon, Martin Earley starts at 1:05, Gilpin Railroad performs at 2:15 ( GRI's lead singer, Jennifer Candage, is Eastern Maine's American Idol) , Anna Mae at 3:25, The Waybacks at 4:40, Steve Cohen at 6:00 and James Montgomery closes the festival at 7:05. For more information click here. |
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Our Business of The Month - My Thrill Studio |
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My Thrill Studio, a professional recording facility, is located outback on Blueberry Hill Road. You may have noticed the signs as you've driven on Route 69 from I-95 to Route 1A. In case you're wondering, yes, credit is given to Fats Domino's 1950's tune I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill to the naming of the studio.
Owners Mark and Stephanie Francis wish to thank firstly, the town of Winterport for their willingness to support the area businesses via the website designed and maintained by Maine Bytes, and secondly, The Winterport Business Association for highlighting the studio as "Business of the Month." Finally, they wish to give thanks to the general public, who through their recognition of My Thrill Studio as a viable recording facility in central Maine, have enabled it to become an established business within the community.
The studio has found itself engaged in varying endeavors from that of recording audio books to providing the audio tech support for Eastern Maine's American Idol. While the majority of clients are area bands recording their original songs, folks of all ages also enjoy the use of karaoke to accompany their vocals. My Thrill Studio will continue to display its gratitude to the public by donating studio services and/or monetary contributions to those ventures they support such as MBPN, The Make a Wish Foundation and The Winterport Music Festival. To learn more RE the specifics of the studio, please check out the website or the commercial produced by the studio, both of which included on this page. Feel free to call Mark or Stephanie at 223-5082 or email Mark at: mythrill@mythrillstudio.com
Special Offer for Business of The Month: Purchase 3 hours of studio and the 4th hour is free, if you mention you saw this offer on the Winterport Web Site. Visit Our Website. |
