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First National Bank gives first corporate gift to THE GREEN BARTLETT FUND

THANK YOU FIRST NATIONAL BANK FOR BELIEVING IN BARTLETT AND THE GREEN BARTLETT FUND. L-R: BW Board President Mike Lane and FNP VP Jake Miller.   L-R: FNB Cathy Jackson, BW Admissions/Mktg Director Lori Schafer, BW Board President Mike Lane, FNB Niki Janczura, FNB Nathan Wyman, FNB Kelsey Briggs, and FNB Jake Miller.

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Art at Bartlett 2025 presents . . .

HANDS AT WORK: Fiber Art by the Bartlett Woods Community                                                                                          The Art at Bartlett exhibition program is pleased to present a free Opening Reception for the exhibition HANDS AT WORK: Fiber Art by the Bartlett Woods Community, on Friday, February 7th at 2-4PM at Bartlett Woods Retirement Community, 20 Bartlett Drive in Rockland. […]

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Are we looking for YOU?

Now Recruiting! Serving Bartlett Woods as a Member of the Board of Directors   For 26 years, Bartlett Woods has operated as one of the only not-for-profit, 501c3 retirement apartment communities in the Midcoast region of Maine. Just 58 units, we are smaller than many of our neighbors, yet offer many lifestyle pleasures, programs, and […]

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December message from Kelly

Dear Friends, Tis the season for joy and kindness! As we plummet forward into 2025, we each have an opportunity to make someone’s holidays bright. It is truly better to give than to receive. Whether you reach out to an old friend or a new acquaintance to say hello or mail a card to someone […]

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Continuum closes, reception for artist January 3, 2025

 The Art at Bartlett exhibition program is pleased to present a free public Closing Reception, featuring 97-year old resident artist Constance Kiermaier on Friday, January 3rd, 2025 from 4-6PM at Bartlett Woods Retirement Community, 20 Bartlett Drive in Rockland, ME. Her current show, “CONTINUUM: Old and New Works by Constance Kiermaier” will close after the […]

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Press Release about the launch of The Green Bartlett Fund

December 12, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Kelly Osborn, Executive Director 207 593 1259, kosborn@bartlettwooods.com    Photos attached, and others available. 26-year old Midcoast Retirement Community Launches THE GREEN BARTLETT FUND Efficiency Main Grant to be supplemented by community partners (Rockland, ME) — Bartlett Woods has been approved for partial funding from Efficiency Maine to install […]

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Holiday greeting from Kelly, our Executive Director

Dear Friends, As I sit here at my desk looking out at the fall colors, I am reminded of my childhood. Each Thanksgiving my family would gather around the big farm table – when you have ten children – you need a big table. My mother would be up by 3am making homemade yeast rolls, […]

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Guest Blogger Barbara Haupt, Resident

What’s happening at Bartlett Woods?  What is that music?  Where is it coming from? Let’s find out. Stepping into the elevator, we hear joyful shouting:  YIPPEE!!  YAHOO!! As the elevator opens, we hear explosive voices – WHOOP DEEDO and see a sea of colorful scarves floating toward the ceiling. Laughter takes over as some participants […]

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A Terrific Talk!

Our resident artist and art teacher Constance Kiermairer gave a lively and informative talk about her current exhibition, CONTINUUM: Old and New Works by Constance Kiermaier, on Friday afternoon, November 8, 2024. Her show remains on view in our first floor Parlor, Lobby and Dining Room through January 3, 2025. An Artist’s Closing Reception will […]

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