Bud Connection News Today

“We’re ready for my parade of men I call it,” said Bud Connection owner Barbara Courchesne.

Tuesday was Teacher Appreciation Day!

His hour-and-a-half shows start at 5:30 p.m. and include a 20-to 25-minute interview with the featured enterprise’s owner or organization’s director.

Mothers Day Flower “Selfie” Wall goes up in Ellsworth WABI News Desk © Provided by Bangor WABI-TV The Flower Wall at The Bud Connection stands ready to be a Mothers Day photo backdrop. ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - If you’re looking for a unique idea to go along with flowers for mom this Mothers Day, there’s a selfie-wall made of flowers in Ellsworth that the public is welcome to check out and take photos in front of. It’s at the Bud Connection in Ellsworth. People ar...

New downtown businesses springing up ELLSWORTH — After a long pandemic winter, spring is inching its way into Ellsworth’s downtown streets. Flowers may not yet be blooming apart from inside The Bud Connection, but merchants are betting on a booming business climate as Memorial Day nears. By the time the traditional opening of the tourist season arrives, downtown will look a little different — and noticeably busier — thanks to several new businesses opening or relocating to downtown stre...

Stanley Subaru wins Chamber of Commerce Top Drawer Award for 2021 ELLSWORTH — In recognition of over two decades of stellar service to the local community, the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce will honor Stanley Subaru with its prestigious Top Drawer Award for 2021. “Stanley Subaru is the epitome of what the Top Drawer Award stands for,” Chamber Board President Tom Wheeler said in announcing the honor. “There is no doubt that they are connected to their community at the highest level....

“Shop local” a holiday success ELLSWORTH — Between the pandemic, high unemployment numbers and the low-level anxiety that seems to pervade much of public and retail life, an excellent holiday shopping season may have been too much to ask for. As it turns out — and with help from a shop local initiative sponsored by the city and chamber of commerce and supported by community groups such as Heart of Ellsworth — it was not a big ask.  “So many people intentionally ...