FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2018 FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Scott K Fish, Marketing and Communications 207-458-7185 or <[email protected]> BAR HARBOR, ME — Let the Holidays begin! The Maine Seacoast Mission’s Open House and Silent Wreath Auction is Friday, December 7, 2018, 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Colket Center, 127 West Street, Bar Harbor,…
Read Morewww.mdislander.com Historical society in talks to buy Mission building September 28, 2018 — by Dick Broom on News BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Historical Society announced late Friday that is has signed a purchase and sale agreement with the Maine Seacoast Mission to buy its headquarters on West Street, which was built in 1867…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR, ME — Mount Desert High School student volunteers are a great help moving boxes between floors in preparation for sale of the Mission headquarters at the Colket Center, and the eventual relocation to a new headquarters. These photos are sent by Mission Program Manager for Scholarships and Outreach Terri Rodick.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2018 For more information Contact Scott K Fish, Communication & Marketing Director 207-458-7185 or [email protected] Maine Seacoast Mission President C. Scott Planting Retiring BAR HARBOR, ME — Maine Seacoast Mission President C. Scott Planting is retiring. President Scott Planting’s announcement came in a letter to Seacoast Mission supporters in which…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR, Me — The Mission’s Christmas Open House and Wreath Auction is a key event in support of our Christmas Program. Organizations and individuals who decorated the Colket Center and created unique wreaths for 2017’s event are listed here so you can visit them online. The Open House receives donations in two ways: donations…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR, ME — It is always a welcome surprise when living Mission history walks through the front door of the Mission headquarters. Mission receptionist/clerical associate David Snyder tells us about one such meeting last Friday, July 28, 2017; Kate Van Dyke and “Tag” Goodhue, of Salem, MA, came by for a visit today. Kate’s…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR – Maine Seacoast Mission will offer tours of its “rusticator” mansion in downtown Bar Harbor during July and August. Tours will also feature historical items from the Mission’s 111 years of serving the islands and coastal communities of downeast Maine. The 35-room mansion, once known as “La Rochelle,” was built in 1902 for…
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2017 For More Information: Contact Scott K Fish, Manager of Marketing & Communications 207-458-7185 or [email protected] BAR HARBOR, ME — Maine Seacoast Mission is developing plans to move its administrative headquarters out of the Colket Center in Bar Harbor. In a letter mailed Monday, July 17, 2017, President Scott Planting outlined…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR, ME – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) clinical director Greg Marley will offer a presentation on suicide prevention from the Mission Telemed/ZOOM room at the Colket Center on July 27th at 4 pm. Director Marley’s presentation will be viewed on Islesford and Great Cranberry Island. Margaret Snell, Island Health Associate says Marley’s…
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