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Meet
Me Downtown
Kennebec
Chocolates: Sweet Retreat
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Like
the ingredients in their creations, Kennebec Chocolates owners Andrew
and Jennifer Dumond are a team that melds together as one.
Beneath the chocolate, the sugar, the butter, and the cream, mix
equal parts passion, commitment, and an eye for detail.
"It's made with love - seriously," says Andrew...
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Greetings from Downtown Waterville!
It is hard to believe that autumn is here, but the leaves are
changing, the air is getting crisp, and the pumpkins and apples have
appeared at the Farmers' Market. You can also see the signs of
autumn in our downtown storefronts, such as Paragon Shop and Adams
and Worth, and Harvest Fest is just a couple of weeks away!
Read on to find out more about what you will find when you visit
downtown Waterville this fall! Also, don't forget to check out
this month's Meet Me Downtown article
featuring Kennebec Chocolates.
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News
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WMSt Announces the Winter Banner Design Contest
 Kids! Teachers! Families! Get your ideas ready!
Based on the tremendous participation in and overwhelming community
response to our Spring Banner Design Contest, Waterville Main Street
is pleased to follow up with a 2008 Winter Banner Design Contest. The
Design Committee of Waterville Main Street invites children of all
ages to design winter themed banners to be chosen for display on the
light poles in beautiful downtown Waterville. Prizes and certificates
will be awarded. Get involved with your community and have fun, too!
Special thanks to the Colby College Museum of Art for their
sponsorship of this project!
Visit the WMSt website for
more details and registration materials.
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Kennebec Federal
Savings Announces its Artist of the Month
Throughout September and October 2008, Kennebec Federal Savings will
display at their Main St. branch the artwork of current Artist of
the Month(s), Patricia L. Binette. The public may view her
paintings Monday through Friday during regular business hours.
Pat enjoys working with a variety of mediums and experimenting with
different techniques and methods. She believes they stimulate
her creativity. Over the last few years, she has been
concentrating on pastels, and finds their spontaneity and color
exciting. She needs an emotional connection to her work, so she
creates based on her personal life journey. Painting is a way
for her to communicate her thoughts and feelings, especially in her
series paintings. Her current series is the incubation stage.
Patricia is a founding member of the Waterville Area Art Society
and has taught art in her Earth Spirit Studio for a number of
years. She receives a great deal of strength and inspiration
from her students. In turn, she says it is a privilege for her
to pass on her knowledge, while encouraging pride in her students'
artistic abilities.
Pat's work has been in many juried shows, including the National
Juried Show, a great joy and honor for her. Her paintings
are in a number of collections throughout Maine and the United
States.
For over four years, Kennebec Federal Savings and the Waterville Area
Art Society have been working together to exhibit the work of local
artists. Numerous artists with many varying art forms and
mediums have been displayed in the bank lobby, providing an
opportunity for local people to enjoy fantastic pieces of art
(paintings, photographs, quilts, needlepoint, etc.).
Kennebec Federal
Savings
70
Main St.
207-873-5151
Web: www.kfsavings.com
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Events
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Celebrate fall at the 6th Annual Harvest Fest
Sunday, October 19, 10am -3pm
Castonguay Square
 Waterville Main Street proudly presents the 6th annual
Harvest Fest, hosted in the heart of Downtown in Castonguay Square on
Sunday, October 19 from 10am-3pm. This event presents the
perfect opportunity for the entire community to come together in
celebration of this season's bountiful harvest.
Harvest Fest 2008 promises something for everyone with a unique
line-up of activities that includes hay-rides, pumpkin bowling,
pumpkin carving, scarecrow building, candy-apple making, arts and
crafts, music, 'Ways of the Woods' mobile nature museum, hot apple
cider, food, fun and more! Chili connoisseurs and foodies alike
will delight in an unforgettable gastronomic experience from 10am -
3pm as Downtown Waterville's finest dining establishments compete in
the highly anticipated 'Harvest Fest 2008 Chili Cook-off.'
Attendees are encouraged to taste chili samples and cast their vote
for 'The Best Chili in Waterville.' This year's contestants
include returning champs Mainley Brews, Soup to Nuts, The Last
Unicorn, Cancun and the Midnight Blues Club. City Mayor, Paul
LePage is scheduled to present a plaque recognizing the winner of
this prestigious honor at approximately 2:30pm.
Following Harvest Fest at 4pm, all are invited to attend the 'Keeping
Mid-Maine Warm Variety Show' at the Opera House. This charity
event will help local families in need with the high cost of heating
oil this winter. For more information about Harvest Fest 2008,
please visit www.watervillemainstreet.org.
Special
thanks to our sponsors: City of Waterville, Capt'n Eli's, Kennebec
Savings Bank, Joseph's Market, Maine Made & More, and WMHB.
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Blues Night
Out at the Waterville Opera House
October 4, 2008, 7:30pm
Featuring Shemekia Copeland
and Mark "Guitar" Miller Band
 Here's an invitation to
the blues! You are invited to the Waterville Opera House for an
inspiring evening with one of the hottest female vocalists on the
scene. Multiple Grammy-nominee and winner of just about every blues
music award open to her, Shemekia Copeland is the real deal. Her
passion for singing, matched with her huge, blastfurnace voice, gives
her music the timeless power and heart-pounding urgency of a very few
greats.
Although she often draws comparisons to Etta James, Koko Taylor, and
Aretha Franklin, Shemekia's music comes from deep within her soul and
from the streets she grew up on, where a daily dose of city sounds
surrounded her.
An opening set from Maine's own Mark "Guitar" Miller and
band will get us in the mood.
Waterville
Opera House Box Office
93
Main Street, 3rd Floor
207-873-7000
Web: www.watervilleoperahouse.org
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 Salsa for Santa
Thursday, November 6, 6-9pm
at Cancun Mexican Restaurant
Save
the date for the season's hottest party - Salsa for Santa!
Featuring live salsa music, free appetizers, a live and silent
auction, Main Street Margaritas and more, this fun festive event will
certainly be the talk of the town. The best part? Proceeds from
this event will benefit Kringleville and Waterville Main Street's
year-round programming.
Special thanks to WMSt's Holiday Programming Sponsor: Day's
Jewelers. Salsa for Santa is also supported by the following
host sponsors: Day's Travel Bureau, Karen Heck, Deborah Schmid and
Ave Vinick.
Stay tuned for more information on this event. In the
meantime, if you are interested in becoming a host sponsor of the
event or contributing an item to the auction, please contact raffi@watervillemainstreet.org.
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 Freshwater Arts & Colby College
Museum of Art present Rooms with a View
Saturday, October 11 at 10am
This FREE family workshop begins with a tour of the Colby Museum of
Art, focusing on artists' arrangements and depictions of
three-dimensional space, and will be followed by a diorama-making
workshop at Freshwater Arts. Free and open to all ages, but
attendance is limited and preregistration is required!
Visit www.freshwaterarts.org for
more information and to download a registration form or call
207-680-2055.
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Blue Wave
Dancing October Dance Classes
SUNDAY
NIGHTS AT THE CENTER
Sunday, October 5
6:30 to 7:30 - Beginner 2 Swing. This class is
for those who have taken Beginner 1 Swing or otherwise learned the
basics of Swing. We'll brush-up what you've know and add a few
new figures.
7:30 to 8:30 - Intermediate Cha Cha. This class is for
those who have taken Beginner 1 & 2 Cha Cha or have otherwise
mastered the basics of Cha Cha. We'll sharpen up your technique
and add a few new figures.
We're asking people to pre-register for the classes at The Center.
Call Eva at 465-2088.
Classes are still $25/person for the four week session.
CLASSES AT BLUE WAVE STUDIO
Tuesday, October 7
6:15 to 7:15 - Beginner 2 Waltz. This class is
for those who have taken Beginner 1 Waltz or have otherwise learned
the basics of Waltz. We'll brush up what you have and add a few
new figures.
7:30 to 8:30 - Beginner 1 Cha Cha. The weather is
definitely cooling off. Time to warm back up with a little Cha
Cha! No experience necessary, just a desire to have fun!
Classes are still $25/person for the four week session.
MELODY RANCH
Every Wednesday night
Weekly Ballroom Dance lesson followed by a 2-hr. Ballroom Dance at
The Melody Ranch, corner of Rts. 139 & 104 in Fairfield Center.
Dance Lesson - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open Dance - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Lesson & Dance - $15 per couple/ $7.50 per person.
Dance only or Lesson only - $10 per couple/ $5 per person
For a printable copy of the schedule, go to the calendar page of our
website: www.bluewavedancing.com
The turnout on Wednesday nights has been great! The lesson is a
different dance each week. Finally, a chance to get out and
strut your stuff!
Blue Wave Dancing
33 East Concourse, 2nd Floor
207-861-2723
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Shopping
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Jewelry in Style
by Kathy Corey, VP
Merchandising
Mother Nature joins fall fashions. One of the most intriguing
gemstones in the world is organically grown and literally comes from
trees. Amber is the fossilized resin of pine trees th at contain plants or insects from tens of millions of
years ago. The fossils that are encased in amber probably got there
by adhering to the fresh, seeping sap. The sap later hardened and
became a fossil, creating interesting one-of-a-kind amber gemstones.
Amber is beautiful lemon yellow to deep rich orange in color. The focus
of colors on jewelry and the fashion runway is on turquoise, bright
blue, yellow, and a palate of fiery sunset colors - reds, pinks, and
oranges. Amber jewelry is the perfect accessory to enhance this
fall's fashions. Many of our pieces are nature-inspired. To see our
entire amber collection of jewelry come into Day's Jewelers on Main
Street in Waterville.
Day's Jewelers
88 Main Street
207-872-9025
Web: www.daysjewelers.com
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Yardgoods
Center Offers Wool Yarns & Fabrics for Fall
The cool weather is right around the corner and we have a wonderful
selection of wool. Hundreds of wool yarns and a complete wall of wool
fabrics. Even Sunny our Tibetan Terrier loves wool. He just prefers
it as a chew toy!
Yardgoods Center
60 West Concourse
207-872-5403
Web: www.yardgoods.com
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Gear Up for Autumn with Adams &
Worth
Adams and Worth has everything you need to give your home the warm
glow of autumn, from leaves and pumpkins, be autiful tableware and serving
pieces, kitchen linens and table runners, and charming decorations
for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Stop by soon and check out our
beautiful front window, featuring our signature Queen sleigh bed
dressed for fall, and enjoy many more selections from our Amish oak
furniture collection.
Adams & Worth Home Furnishings
72 Main St.
207-872-5424
207-872-2004 Fax
adamsandworth@verizon.net
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How Making
Music Benefits Students & Teens
Everyone benefits from making music. For
students & teens:
· Participating in music education encourages and
motivates students to stay in school longer.
· Students in music appreciation scored 63 points
higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math.
· Students in the arts have been found to be more
cooperative with teachers & peers.
Al Corey Music Center
99 Main St., Downtown Waterville
207-872-5622
Hours: 9 - 5 Monday through Saturday
Visit us on the web at www.alcorey.com.
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Old
Waterville Postcards at The Framemakers
Old
Waterville Postcards Books: 24 full-color pages of local history.
$25.00 plus tax.
We also sell Andrew Wyeth reproductions, perfect for any space,
conservation-framed with Tru Vue Museum glass for only $49.95 each!
The
Framemakers
46 Main Street
Downtown
Waterville
207-872-8927
Visit The Framemakers online.
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Dining
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Kids Eat for FREE on Mondays at Midnight
Blues Club!
 Looking for a delicious, affordable meal for the whole
family? Midnight Blues Club offers something for everyone, from
steak to seafood, quiche to burgers, and much more - not to mention
outdoor dining and live music! Even better, kids eat for
free on Mondays.
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Soup to
Nuts Announces Fall hours
 Why waste gas, money,
and 50 hours annually, sitting in your car waiting for mediocre
coffee?
Stop by Soup to Nuts Coffee House on Main Street for a minute
and get the region's most premium coffees, bakery, deli, etc. served
by friendly people in a glorious space!
Now, by popular demand, open on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm
with live music on Sundays! Open Monday through Friday 8am to
5pm.
Soup to Nuts Coffee House
177 Main Street
680-9999
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Services
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Pinnacle
Development Group
18
Common Street - 2nd Floor
207-873-7540
Web: www.gotopinnacle.com
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Sign up NOW for Meat Preparation
and Cooking Class at Joseph's Market
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See
you in Downtown!
Shannon Haines
Waterville Main Street
177 Main Street
Waterville, Maine 04901
email: shannon@watervillemainstreet.org
web: http://www.watervillemainstreet.org
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