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OUR TOWN & RESOURCES >> CHURCHES Church of the Redeemer, Sorrento Sunday Worship Services — 10 AM (July & August) We welcome you, wherever you find yourself on your journey of faith, to join us! 60 Bayview Avenue, Sorrento between the tennis courts and Mt. Desert Avenue Services; Sundays 10am, July and August Tuesdays 9-10am: book group in rectory living room (details TBD) July, 2024 minister: the Rev. Benjamin Maas August, 2024 minister: the Rev. Matthew Hanisian Join our Redeemer information sharing list or request information for a special service. Send your names and emails to: Celi Putnam, chair cbputnam@gmail.com Claire Chafee Bahamon, secretary ccbaha1@gmail.com Harriet Smith, treasurer harrietfsmith10@gmail.com Contacts for other church committees: Christine Wellman, chair of rectory committee ctwellman@verizon.net Peter Seterdahl, chair of building committee petersederdahl@gmail.com Sally Wise, landscaping committee sallyw160@gmail.com Peter Hunt, memorial garden peterhunt038@gmail.com Sorrento Community Church The Sorrento Community Church The historic Sorrento Community Church is a simple single-room place of worship located on East Side Road in Sorrento. It remains open to the public due the care of generous volunteers and community members. The church has been painted, new shingles put on and the whole interior repainted. Christmas parties for the whole town take place each year. Regular services were held there as well as a children's church for a few years. When Waukeag Point was still part of the Town of Sullivan, the church was known as the Sullivan Point Union Meeting House. It had been in existence since at least 1859, when a record indicating Lyman M. Bragdon et al as the Building Committee deeded a pew to John White and Jonathan White in November of that year. There are some references to it as the Union Church of that area during that time. Years later, W.H. Lawrence began developing the area and purchased the original pews from the church in 1895, as it had fallen out of use. In the 1930s, the community raised funds to bring the church back into use, and it was renovated in 1935. Through 1946 at least, it hosted a regular congregation numbering anywhere from 15 to 55 people and had an active Sunday School. Upkeep and maintenance were done entirely by the community. Membership waxed and waned, and it was used by the United Methodist Church in the 1950s and 1960s. It was during this time that Rev. Margaret Henrichsen was assigned to the area by the Methodists and the Community Church was among her circuit of Sunday stops she highlighted in her book Seven Steeples. The Hale family had long been involved with the church, with Lillian Hale spearheading the revival effort in the 1930s. In the 1980s another reclamation effort was made thanks to a generous donation from a local family, and Michael Parker was hired to restore the interior. From Lelia Clark Johnson’s book Sullivan and Sorrento since 1760, we know the builders of the church to be: Benjamin Preble, b.1798 Lyman Bragdon, 1811-1901 Oliver Bragdon, 1826-1919 Newell Bragdon, 1817-1891 Fabins Downing, 1793-1884 Richard Downing Samuels Ingalls (deacon), 1800- Willard Hall, 1821- Jonathan White, 1821- John Stover, 1825- Asa White, 1800- Nathan White, 1806- The Census of 1860 has the above men and their families in the same 3 pages, living nearby, so it makes sense that it would have been built in the late 1850s. Lydia (Arey) Bragdon, wife of Oliver, donated a handsome Bible for use in the church, which was rediscovered by community members in the building. Johnson’s book also mentions that a hymnal was dedicated to the Sorrento Community Church in honor of its builders and old resident families. First Families of Waukeag Neck (Sorrento): Benjamin Ash, James Bean, John Bean, Ebenezer Bragdon, Joseph Bragdon, Richard Downing, Samuels Ingalls, William Ingalls, Moses Bragdon, John Hammond, John Preble, Nathanial Preble, Samuel Preble, Daniel Sullivan, Jabez Simpson, John Urann, John White, Benjamin Welch. “They rest their labors, but their works do follow them.”

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> TOWN OFFICE & DEPARTMENTS >> GENERAL ASSISTANCE General Assistance The town of Sorrento administers a General Assistance Program that provides confidential financial assistance to those residents who are having difficulty meeting basic needs such as housing, utilities and food. The program is funded by property taxes with a 70% state reimbursement. For more information, please call 207-422- 6889 during normal operating hours. For an application click here: https://mainewelfaredirectors.org/assoc/Resources/GA/ord-apl/igaapp.pdf If this is a General Assistance Emergency and the town office is closed, please contact 207-263-6653; or 781-560-3414 if no answer at the first number. The State’s General Assistance Department number is: 1 (800) 442-6003. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ofi/programs-services/general-assistance All General Assistance ordinances and statutes are available here: Statute: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/22/title22ch1161.pdf Ordinance: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/inline-files/MMA%20GA%20Ordinance%202022.pdf

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TOWN GOVERNMENT >> BOARDS & COMMITTEES Boards & Committees Select Board Board of Appeals Budget Committee Community Building Comprehensive Planning Committee Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Committee Harbor Committee Planning Board Select Board Robert Wilpan, Deputy Chair (Term expires 2027) 207-422-9115 r.wilpan@sorrentomaine.org Sue Macey, Chair (Term expires 2028) 781-560-3414 s.macey@sorrentomaine.org Chuck Bennett, Secretary (Term expires 2029) 207-479-5882 c.bennett@sorrentomaine.org The Select Board meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Sorrento Community Building and via Zoom. Meeting ID: 865 3562 3920 Passcode: 307652 Join Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86535623920?pwd=d010 ajZHVE9sbStmQXpZSG M rZkNwUT09 Select Boards Board of Appeals Stephen Foster, Chair Roger Woodworth Peggy Scott, Secretary Bill Neleski Terry Noyes Boards of Appeals Budget Committee Rick Knowlton, Chair Darla Crocker Wendy Worrell Katie Eastman Ted Preuss, Alternate By-laws: Approved 5/17/23 PDF Sorrento Budget Committee Report 2023 Final PDF Sorrent Budget Committee Report 2024 Final PDF Community Building Committee Averill West Hilly Crary Darla Crocker Dale Strohmaier Comprehensive Plan Committee Ann Hoffner, Chair Chuck Bennett Alvin Scott Trina Wellman Bob Worrell Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Committee and Municipal Joint Board Sorrento Representative for MJB - Ann Hoffner The towns of Ellsworth, Franklin, Hancock, Lamoine, Sorrento, Sullivan, and Trenton act collaboratively as stewards to preserve, protect, manage, and enhance the shellfish resources and ecological well-being of the Frenchman’s Bay Region and to ensure a sustainable harvest of shellfish and opportunity for those who make their living on the tide. Harbor Committee Prescott Briggs III Newbold Noyes III Mark Bennett James West Lou Sutherland, Jr. (207) 266-5706 harbormaster@sorrentomaine.org Boat Registration & Excise Tax https://apps1.web.maine.gov/online/boat/ Online Mooring https://myprod.onlinemooring.com/SorrentoME/home.aspx The moorings in the harbor are maintained by the Town of Sorrento, along with a floating dinghy dock for mooring patrons, on the town pier. Dinghies must be marked with their mooring. Planning Board Trina Wellman, Chair Tom Bailey Dan Bierman, Jr Beth Clark Bob Worrell The Planning Board meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm at Town Office.

RECREATION & FACILITIES >> HUNTING & FISHING Hunting and Fishing in Sorrento Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Conservation The towns of Ellsworth, Franklin, Hancock, Lamoine, Sorrento, Sullivan, and Trenton act collaboratively as stewards to preserve, protect, manage, and enhance the shellfish resources and ecological well-being of the Frenchman’s Bay Region and to ensure a sustainable harvest of shellfish and opportunity for those who make their living on the tide. Recreational shellfish licenses are available for sale at the Sorrento Town Office. Commercial harvesters licenses must be purchased at the Franklin Town Office. Funds generated from license sales and town contributions pay for the enforcement of the Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Ordinance (FBRSO). Conservation Warden Michael Boucher, (207) 479-0620, enforces the ordinance on the flats. For more information: https://www.franklinmaine.com/frenchmans-bay-shellfish/ The regional shellfish committee may close flats for conservation purposes. The state also closes them for pollution. Harvesting is not permitted on closed flats. The State of Maine DMR closures and FBR Conservation Closures are available at https://www.maine.gov/dmr/fisheries/shellfish/closures Hunting and Fishing in Sorrento Recreational/commercial fishing and hunting require licenses. Information can be found at the Town Office and permits can be applied for online. https://moses.informe.org/cgi-bin/online/moses_v3/index Saltwater fishing: https://www.maine.gov/dmr/fisheries/recreational https://www.maine.gov/dmr/fisheries/commercial Inland fishing: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing-boating/fishing/licenses-permits/index.html Hunting: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/hunting-trapping/hunting/laws-rules/licenses-permits.html

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