Rockland, Maine - On a clear, cold Friday evening after Thanksgiving it was time for the annual trap tree lighting in Mildred Merrill Park overlooking Harbor Park. The trap tree lighting is an annual event to celebrate the start of the Christmas season. This celebrating of lighting the trap tree is a great way for people to gather together as a community for Christmas music by Midcoast Music Academy, cookies, coca and holiday cheer. Trap tree lighting is apart of Rockland Main Street Inc Festival of Lights events. Rockland Main Street Inc does a wonderful job with all the Festival of Lights events during the weekend after Thanksgiving. As tradition it is not a trap tree lighting without Santa Claus to turn the lights on with a few lucky young kids helping. Mildred Merrill Park was crowed with young. old, family, friends, co-workers, Rockland Main Street Inc leaders and city leaders like our new mayor Frank Isganitis.
Reminder: Saturday, November 29th is Festival of Lights parade lights starting at 6pm on main street in Rockland, Maine.
About Rockland Main Street Inc
Rockland Main Street, Inc. is one of 10 Main Street Communities in Maine. Affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street Center and the Maine Downtown Center ( Maine Development Foundation ), it is a national non profit program to sustain vibrant downtown's through historic preservation, economic restructuring, promotion, design and organization.
Using the National Main Street Center's 4 point
approach it protects the communities sense of place, creates jobs, generates new business, and brings investments to the local economy.
Community Building Events organized by Rockland Main Street, Inc., Summer Solstice ( mid June) Picture this .. A Day in the Life of Rockland ( October ) Lobster Trap Tree and Festival of Lights ( Thanksgiving Weekend)
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