Happenings @ the Freight Shed: Market Morning December 13, 2014

This Saturday's market morning, be sure to stop by the south end Community Room as the Music students from Morse High School will be our guests, here to sell raffle tickets to benefit the music programs at Morse. They will also provide musical entertainment during market time when our market musicians take breaks throughout the market!

The raffle prizes (three $100 cash prizes) will be drawn during the Morse High Winter Concert on Thursday, December 18th at 7 PM (no need to be present to win). This is a free concert of holiday and festive music and all are welcome!

For more information about the concert, please contact Wendy Connors at wconnors@rsu1.org or at 207-443-8250.

Saturday, June 21st 2014 Bath Freight Shed 2nd Annual Community Dinner

2nd Annual Community Dinner @ the Bath Freight Shed  

Saturday | June 21st 

5:30 - 7 pm

Mark your calendar for a wonderful evening with a Silent Auction, music and great local food...

We look forward to sharing with you the progress that has been made and plans for the future. Please bring a local foods dish to share or a $10 donation. 

This summer the Freight Shed will be a hub of activity and we hope you'll be a part of it. Maine's First Ship boat-building activities will be in full swing, Full Moon Dinners are back and renovations continue!

We look forward to seeing you on the 21st!


Please RSVP by June 14th

For more information: 

Merry Chapin  @ 207-443-5669
Joan Detel @ 207-389-9162

Happenings @ the Freight Shed: Market Morning February 8, 2014

In the south end Community Room this Saturday, we're thrilled to welcome Maine Green Power, a new program offered by the Maine Public Utilities Commission that allows Mainers to support 100% Maine-made, renewable energy for their homes and businesses

Maine Green Power now offers the opportunity to support local renewable energy right on our electric bill. 

Powered by Mainers, for Mainers!

Green power projects that are eligible to supply renewable energy to Maine Green Power include:

• Solar photovoltaic systems
• Hydroelectric projects that meet state and local fish passage requirements
• Wind turbines
• Biomass facilities that use wood, wood waste, landfill gas or agricultural biogas
• Tidal power projects
• Geothermal projects
• Fuels cells that use landfill gas or agricultural biogas

To learn more, stop by the south end Community Room during this Saturday's market or visit them in the interwebs at www.megreenpower.com

Married with Chitlins, Chris and Liz Lannon will keep us entertained with their toe-tappin' tunes! Liz is selling CD's so be sure to pick one up.

 If you can't make it down to the Freight Shed on Saturday, not to worry! Check them out on ReverbNation where you can listen to your favorites and watch some videos too! Check this one out!




If you can't view the video, click this link to take you to reverbnation

Happenings @ the Freight Shed: Market Morning February 1, 2014

This Saturday at the Bath Farmers Market, visit the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s table to learn about the fun array of upcoming events. Specifically, the 4^th Annual Winter Read, a community book discussion group. 

This season’s selection is  Taste, Memory: Forgotten Foods, Lost Flavors, and Why They Matter by local author, David Buchanan. 

The reader joins gardeners, preservationists, environmentalists, farmers, and cooks on a journey to rediscover the role of forgotten varieties of food in our farming fields and at our dinner tables. It’s a fascinating read that brings together the author’s love of food, farming, and discovering New England’s unique agricultural and culinary history.

Will with his Irish Bouzouki and in the foreground, Michele on the fiddle
Photo courtesy of  www.twistedstrings.net

Also, we welcome back Twisted Strings, an acoustic duo who entertain us with a wide array of tunes with Celtic roots and featuring Michele Roy on fiddle and Will West on the guitar and Irish bouzouki! 

Not sure what an Irish bouzouki is? Well come on down to check it out!

For more information regarding what's going on at the Bath Farmers Market, be sure to check out their weekly newsletter, News from the Bath Farmers Market -- you can either sign up to subscribe or catch it on their Facebook Page. 

Are you interested in learning more about the Bath Freight Shed? Thought so! Well please visit our website and if you're able to make a donation or become a Member, you can do that there as well! Not able to make a donation right now but want to help out? Well, we have lots of opportunities for volunteers either on a regular basis or just now and then. You can email Merry Chapin or call her at 207-443-5669 for more information.

Look for the Market Information Booth where you can also purchase your Market Money Tokens and if you're a SNAP customer, this is the booth to visit to take advantage of SNAP Incentive Program where fore every $4 you purchase by swiping your EBT card, you earn an extra dollar! Swipe $16 and you get an extra $4 in tokens -- extending your purchase power!

You can also purchase Bath Farmers Market Gift Certificates at the Information Booth -- a gift that gives year-round!

This Week at the Bath Freight Shed: Bath Regional Career & Technical Center and Bowdoin College Student Work - Saturday, March 16th, 2013

In our south end Community Room this Saturday, we'll feature an exhibit showcasing the work of students from Bowdoin College and the Bath Regional Career & Technical Center (BRCTC) Electrical Technology, Engineering Graphics and Architectural Design programs.

As many of may remember, the students provided us with the new electrical and lighting systems -- one of our core restoration projects completed in 2012! Their hard work has transformed the Freight Shed into a viable year-round space, allowing us to welcome the Bath Farmers Market to their new warm and welcoming winter location on market Saturdays and during the week, serve as additional space for the ongoing work of Maine's First Ship reconstruction of the Virginia. We'll never get tired of saying "Thank you to all the BRCTC students!"

You can read more about the Bowdoin and BRCTC students work at the Freight Shed in these blog posts:

Power to the Freight Shed (Nov. 26 2011) 

Electrical Technology Class Returns (Sept. 12, 2012)

Students Present Architectural Designs for Bath Waterfront

Students explore issues of community in architectural designs