The Fort Edgecomb Bicentennial Committee would like to thank the surrounding community for all the support provided to our first fundraiser on April 17 at Bintliff's Ocean Grille in Edgecomb. The four-member committee is thankful to both the business community and in-kind public donations and contributions, which helped raise $1,500 towards the committee's goal of $7,500. The committee is planning a community wide celebration of the Fort Edgecomb site in June of 2008.

The committee, would like to publicly thank Roger Bintliff and Bintliff's Ocean Grille for hosting the evening's wine and cheese tasting in their beautiful second floor reception area, as well as pledging 10 percent of the nights dinner proceeds to the committee's fundraiser.

Local artisans, community members, Edgecomb residents, and area businesses, came to our aid by donating items to the successful silent auction held during the wine and cheese tasting. The committee is encouraged by the outpouring of support by the following business and residents of the community: Mike and June Finnegan, Joan Taylor, Caroline Janover, Jim Nelson, Mimi Steadman, Gretchen Burleigh- Johnson, Van Reid, Lea Wait, Jo and Bruce Cameron, Becky and Chuck Benton, Rose Marie Ballard, Glidden Point Oysters, Suzanne Carlson, Margot Sieracki, Gail Boudin, Robert Thomas, Pat Carmolli, Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade, H. T. Winters, Ramone Hanley-Warren, Grey Rollings, Tanya Rollins, Susie Stephenson, Edgecomb Historical Society, Stars Jewelry, Robert Rose, Boothbay Harbor Framers, Sheepscot River Pottery, Anderson's Nursery, Ma's Bobbins Works, Synergy Yoga Studio, Key Bank, Treats, Rising Tide, Boothbay House of Pizza, The Cutting Edge, Shapers Fitness Gym, Cabin Pottery, On Board Fabric, Conley's Garden Center, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Alewives Fabrics, Newcastle Marine, Curves- Boothbay Harbor, Salon Unique, and Rivers End Farm.

The next scheduled fund-raiser will take place on May 17 during the Edgecomb Town Meeting at the Edgecomb Eddy School. The committee will be selling coffee, bottled water and baked goods and will have a small silent auction throughout the meeting.

The Edgecomb Bicentennial Committee: Jo Cameron, 633-2978; Ann Poole, 633-2228 / ann@woodenbobbins.com ; Rebecca Graham, 882-8108; Becky Benton, 882-9937, / becky@redravenco.com

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The Fort Edgecomb Bicentennial Committee is grouped with the Friends of Fort Edgecomb, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization P.O. Box 48 Edgecomb, ME 04556.