BUSINESS FOCUS (Part 2)
Healing Center helps restore body’s balance
The Healing Center of Maine, located in the Union Square Mall, 64 East Main Street in Dover Foxcroft, is an alternative health business set up to help people discover how good their body is designed to feel.
The Healing Center offers a holistic approach to restore balance and enhance healing for all clients; this means that owners Peter and Shirley Wright believe in working with the whole body, not just one body system at a time.
At the Healing Center of Maine, health is physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Individual appointments are offered in these areas: Nutritional Therapy, Massage Therapy, Reiki, and the GAPS diet. The Healing Center also offers classes like “Get at the Roots” — a 12-week wellness and weight-loss class, GAPS diet, Reiki, meditation, couple’s massage and more. New classes are being developed all the time, based on client needs. Healthy nutrition and stress relief are at the core of the Healing Center’s mission.
In addition to services, the Healing Center carries a line of products carefully selected to support the journey to greater health. Offered for sale are cultures for making yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, sour cream and crème fraiche; pharmaceutical-grade herbs and supplements from Biotics Research; non-toxic products for the kitchen, bath, and home; supplies, supplements and super-foods specifically for the GAPS diet
The Healing Center of Maine believes that making an investment in health can be life changing. Diet and lifestyle changes can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, reduce stress, manage anxiety without medication, reverse irritable bowel syndrome and colitis, control psoriasis and eczema, relieve migraines, return the body to its normal weight, and so much more. The Center offers support for those with celiac disease and can help with other autoimmune diseases.
For more information, visit the Healing Center’s website at www.healingcenterofmaine.com. A free eBook “A Holistic Approach to Healing” is available on the website. This booklet offers a complete explanation of the Healing Center’s services. The office is open by appointment only.
Call 343-2157 to schedule an appointment today!
Peter Wright, NTP, CGP is co-founder of the Healing Center of Maine. As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Certified GAPS Diet Practitioner, Peter works one-on-one with clients, both in-person and remotely via online conferencing, correcting nutritional deficiencies to bring the body back into balance; the goal is to achieve optimum health. He is certified as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner through the Nutritional Therapy Association and as a Certified GAPS Diet Practitioner through Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, creator of the GAPS Diet.
Shirley Wright, LMT, RMT is co-founder of the Healing Center of Maine and is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Reiki Master Teacher. Shirley works one to one with her clients to help them balance stress and heal other issues. She teaches massage to couples, meditation and Reiki classes.
For over four decades, Prouty Ford has meant service
DOVER-FOXCROFT — When shopping for an automobile, there is no need to leave Dover-Foxcroft. Prouty Ford has built a sustained reputation of quality service for over 43 years. The business is founded on the principals established in 1971 when Bud Prouty, Sr. and Bud Jr. first opened the business.
“This is our 44th year here,” said Edgar “Bud” Prouty, Jr., who worked with his father and has taken over the business. “We are the only new car and truck dealer in Piscataquis County.”
Prouty Ford offers the full line of new Ford cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks, a large variety of used vehicles, and Ford Program vehicles. According to Bud, Ford program vehicles are available only to authorized Ford dealers. “Ford Program vehicles allow us to provide our customers with the best car for their money,” he explained. “You don’t have to travel to another town to get the best deal. We have access to a large variety of vehicles. It is not about sales volume for us. It is about doing the right thing and helping our customers find a vehicle they will enjoy for many years.” Partnering with Salesman Jeff Hathorn, Bud is available to help you find the vehicle and financing that will best fit your needs.
Bud is please to introduce a new service manager to the Dover-Foxcroft community. Shane Annis joined Prouty Ford in April 2014. Shane has an extensive mechanics background with Ford vehicles. As the newly appointed leader of the service department, Shane is dedicated to providing quality service utilizing factory certified technicians and Ford’s latest technology in diagnostic equipment.
In addition to sales and service, Prouty Ford offers a large parts department which specializes in heavy truck parts. Under the direction of Quentin Clark, who has been with the company since 1971, Prouty Ford maintains a large heavy truck parts inventory including trailer brake and suspension systems.
Prouty Ford is located at 19 Summer Street in Dover-Foxcroft. Hours of operation for all departments are Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The main office and the Sales Department are open until 5 p.m. The Parts and Sales Department are open Saturdays 8 a.m.-noon. The Sales Department is also available by appointment. To be eligible to win a free oil change, view the current specials and the deal of the week, like Prouty Ford Inc. on Facebook. For more information, please contact them at (207) 564-3395.
New location offers yoga and Thai bodywork
SANGERVILLE — A new offering in the Maine Highlands is Center Yoga and Thai bodywork of 30 Mill Street in Sangerville.
Practitioner Gayle Worden began offering yoga classes 12 years ago at Vitality Fitness in Guilford and has continued with yoga training and teaching until the present time. Last year Worden decided to spend time in addition to her busy schedule as executive director at Community Fitness to enrich her training in yoga and several of its specialties including Thai yoga bodywork and yoga nidra. She earned her yoga teacher certificate, Level I and Level II Thai bodywork, and nidra training all through the ShivaShakti School of Yoga and Healing Arts in Rockland (www.shivashaktiyogaschool.com) and is a registered 200-hour yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance.
Worden offers Thai yoga bodywork and yoga nidra and one-one-one personal yoga training at her studio in Sangerville and offers yoga classes at Community Fitness in Guilford. To contact Worden, please call her at 343-0827. She accepts clients Tuesday and Thursday mornings and on Friday afternoons. Yoga classes are open to drop-ins and are held Monday and Wednesday mornings at 8 and Thursday evenings at 6:05. She invites you to “like” her Center Yoga & Healing Arts Facebook page.
Lakeshore House makes everyone feel at home
MONSON — Whether you’re hiking the Appalachian Trail or just want a home style meal on your way to the Moosehead Lake Region, the Lakeshore House is the perfect place to stop.
The Lakeshore House is owned and operated by Rebekah Anderson who lives on the premises with her husband, Charlie, and children Max, 15, and Isabella, 13.
Once you arrive, you’re made to feel as if you were part of the family.
You can enjoy delicious meals from hearty sandwiches to a mesquite grilled rib eye or sushi style sesame pan seared yellow fin tuna in the tastefully designed dining area in the front part of the building or the cozy bar area in the back.
Just want to wind down? Enjoy a cold beverage while relaxing on the patio area overlooking Lake Hebron.
Since they’re only three miles from the AT, the Lakeshore House is famous for being “hiker-friendly.” Feeling a little grubby after a long day on the trail? It doesn’t matter at the Lakeshore House. As Rebekah Anderson told the Boston Globe in a feature article a few years ago, “Her role in life, she believes, is to be ‘a port in the storm and get the Appalachian Trail hikers where they’re going.”’
Do you need a lift to and from the trail head or a place to park your vehicle? They’ll take care of it. How about a reasonable place to stay overnight? No problem. Reservations are appreciated, but not necessary.
They also have Internet service — with a few loaner laptops — loaner hiker clothing, mail drop service, games, puzzles, art supplies and some basic baby needs.
While they don’t have a coin-operated laundry anymore, they do have laundry facilities upstairs for guests.
They accept all major credit cards, there’s also an ATM machine and lodging check-in and check-out times are flexible with reasonable rules.
The Lakeshore House also welcomes hunters, anglers or summer visitors who just want to get away from “life in the fast lane.”
Watch for information about their Sunday afternoon music series, featuring live and local music from 3-6 p.m. and sometimes a little later.
Thursday is Open Mic Night hosted by the group Half Way Home from 6-9 p.m. Hours are Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 12-8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 12-9 p.m. If you’d like to socialize a little longer, the bar is still open after the kitchen closes. They’re closed on Mondays.
For more information, visit www.thelakeshorehouse.com.
Future looks bright for Monson Center
MONSON — After SAD 68 closed Monson Elementary School in 2009 due to declining student enrollment, ownership of the building was transferred to the town.
Shortly afterwards, a group of residents who were concerned about the future of the building formed the Monson Center for Community and Commerce. Their first meeting was held in September 2009.
Since then, the center has proven to be a huge asset to the lakeside community. It has hosted annual town meetings, concerts, benefit dinners, classes and has also served as a meeting place for many community groups.
This year, something new has been added to the center, conveniently located about halfway between Guilford and the Moosehead Lake region.
In July 2012, Monson became an official “trail town” as designated by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy since it has long been known as a “jumping-off point” for the 100-Mile Wilderness stretch of the AT for decades. It’s also the last opportunity for hikers to stock up on supplies before they embark on a 10-day trek through the mountains.
Starting this year, hikers will have a central place to get information about the trail and the surrounding communities, thanks to a partnership between the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council and Appalachian Trail Conservancy and some local volunteer artists.
The information office is now being renovated in the Monson Center for Community and Commerce and is scheduled to open on July 19, the same weekend as the Monson Summerfest.
Rental space is now available at the center. The rooms were former classrooms and are various sizes —large to intimate — to accommodate different businesses. These are excellent spaces for professional offices, artist/artisan studios, practitioners of the healing arts, retail and (very) light manufacturing. This is a great place for startups. Yearly leases are preferred, but we can also rent seasonally.
Some current and former tenants include an aromatherapist, an artist, a bistro/florist, a computer repair/store, a crafts store and a psychotherapist.
The Monson meeting/conference/event space holds up to 75 people with breakout rooms, a small stage and a kitchen available for use. The school cafeteria has been transformed into a very attractive room with high ceilings and beautiful natural light from two skylights. Among the events held here were a film festival, art exhibits and parties.
For more information, visit www.monsoncenter.org, call 997-3641 or email greatspace@monsoncenter.org.