Santa arrives, courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard
Tom Peco, director of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, one of Santa’s Elfs, with Santa Claus, Rockland Mayor Will Clayton and Gordon Page, director of Rockland Main Street all cut the ribbon officially opening Main St. for holiday shopping. (Photo courtesy of WCSH)
Santa arrives with the help of the U.s. Coast Guard. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
Tom Peco, director of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, one of Santa’s Elfs, with Santa Claus, Rockland Mayor Will Clayton and Gordon Page, director of Rockland Main Street all cut the ribbon officially opening Main St. for holiday shopping. (Photo courtesy of WCSH)
Santa arrives with the help of the U.s. Coast Guard. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
ROCKLAND – Its official, Santa arrived by way of a Coast Guard boat at the middle pier in Rockland at noon, Friday, November 25, to kick off the Festival of Lights that continues with events through Sunday.
Rockland Mayor Will Clayton was on hand to see Santa arrive as he has every year.
"We're also going to do a ribbon cutting to officially open Main St. for the busy Christmas and Holiday shopping season," he said.
The festival continues tonight at 6 p.m. with the lighting of the lobster trap Christmas tree and at 6 p.m. Saturday with the Festival of Lights Parade down Main Street in downtown Rockland.
Music was provided by the Midcoast Music Academy.
Enjoy the photo gallery and see if you can pick yourself out of the crowd of people that flocked to see Santa arrive.
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