It’s time for our April update!

March teased us a bit — we thought we’d be open sooner — but we’re getting there. The crew is starting to roll back in, and we’re doing everything we can to get open as soon as possible. Stay tuned to our updates… we’ll be out there soon.

Here’s what’s happening:

• We’re offering a Shoulder Season Pass for $149 — unlimited play through May 1 and again from October 1 through the end of the season (walking only)
• Devin is getting the pro shop set up and ready to go by the end of April
• The driving range is open, and it’s been great seeing some of you back out there
• You’ll start seeing our autonomous mower robots out on the course by the end of May
• We’re continuing to make improvements across the course — and we appreciate all your feedback (good, bad, or ugly!)

A couple quick reminders:

• If you haven’t renewed your membership yet, now’s the time
• Leagues will be starting up soon — be sure to sign up We truly appreciate all your support and love seeing you stop in and say hello.

Thanks for being part of this journey with us. We’ll see you soon… on the course.

Let’s jump right in…watch my video update below!

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It’s time for our March update — and we’re getting close.

The sun’s out, the snow’s melting, and we’re doing everything we can to get open as soon as possible. We’ve got updates on opening plans, a new Shoulder Season Pass, membership reminders, and details on this year’s Portugal trip.

Let’s jump right in…watch my video update below!

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When you think of a Maine destination wedding, your mind likely drifts to a sun-drenched July afternoon. It’s a classic choice for a reason, but here in Palmyra, we have a secret: the “off-season” is actually the season of the savvy couple.

Choosing a year-round wedding venue in Maine—specifically at our resort—is the ultimate planning secret weapon. While many rustic locations are “seasonal barns” that hibernate the moment the first frost hits, we believe your love story shouldn’t be restricted to a three-month window.

Whether you’re dreaming of a rustic autumn ceremony, a cozy winter reception, or a vibrant summer celebration, here is why Fogg Brook Resort offers the premier four-season advantage.

The “Winter Wonderland” Aesthetic: A Fairytale in the Making

There is an unmatched romance to a winter wedding at Fogg Brook Resort. While other venues are shuttered for the season, our resort transforms into a literal fairytale setting.

• The Backdrop: Picture snow-dusted pines and the quiet, serene landscape of Central Maine. Your wedding photos won’t just be “pictures”; they’ll be art.
• The Atmosphere: Imagine your guests stepping in from the crisp Maine air into the warm, inviting embrace of our post and beam venue.
• The Guest Experience: Let’s be honest—by February, everyone is looking for an excuse for a getaway. A winter wedding provides a much-needed celebration during the quietest time of the year, making your “I Do’s” the highlight of everyone’s social calendar.

By choosing an indoor Maine wedding venue that is fully climate-controlled and designed for year-round comfort, you lose the stress of the “what if” regarding the weather.

Beating the “Hunger Games” of Wedding Planning

In the world of Maine weddings, summer Saturdays book up faster than the last lobster roll at a family reunion. If you’ve started your search, you know the feeling of finding your dream date only to realize it was snagged three years ago.

The Solution: The Shoulder Seasons.

By looking at a fall wedding in Maine or an early spring date, you gain a massive competitive advantage:

• Vendor Availability: Your favorite photographers, florists, and DJs are often more available (and sometimes offer off-peak incentives) during the shoulder seasons.
• Date Flexibility: Want that specific numerical date that’s special to you? At a year-round resort, your chances of securing it are exponentially higher.
• Stability: Unlike seasonal venues that may lack permanent infrastructure, Fogg Brook Resort is a stable, fully staffed operation 365 days a year. You’re not just renting a space; you’re partnering with a professional team that doesn’t “switch off.”

Nature’s High-End Decorator: The Foliage Factor

If you are searching for a rustic Maine wedding venue, there is no better time than October. Central Maine in the autumn is nature’s version of a high-end decorator.

At Fogg Brook Resort, the landscape does the heavy lifting for you. You get a vibrant, gold-and-crimson backdrop for your ceremony—for free. A fall wedding at Fogg Brook allows you to lean into those cozy, earthy aesthetics:

• Warm cider stations.
• Crisp air that’s perfect for heavy lace or velvet bridal party attire.
• Golden hour photos that are simply impossible to replicate in the harsh light of mid-summer.

Beyond the Barn: Comfort Meets Capability

The trend of the “seasonal barn” has been huge in Maine, but it comes with a catch: those spaces are often at the mercy of the elements. They can be sweltering in August and freezing in October.

Fogg Brook Resort offers the Maine barn wedding aesthetic without the logistical nightmares. Because we are a year-round resort, we offer:

• Climate Control: Keep your guests cool in the humidity and toasty during the Maine chill.
• On-Site Amenities: From our pristine golf course to the beloved Foggy’s Pub, there is something for your guests to do all weekend long.
• Lodging & Accessibility: Being located in Palmyra means we are the perfect central hub for guests traveling from Bangor, Waterville, or even further afield.

Planning Your Fogg Brook Wedding: What to Expect

When you book a wedding at Fogg Brook Resort, you’re choosing a venue that adapts to your vision, not the other way around.

Final Thoughts: Don’t Box Yourself In

Your wedding shouldn’t be limited to a ninety-day window in the middle of the year. By choosing a year-round Maine resort, you open the door to unique aesthetics, better availability, and a level of professional stability that seasonal venues simply cannot match.

Whether it’s the sparkle of the winter snow or the fire of the autumn leaves, Fogg Brook Resort is ready to host your perfect day, no matter what the calendar says.

Ready to Get Started? Contact Us!

Kait Gallagher
Director of Shindigs & Shenanigans
207.355.5529
kait@foggbrookresort.com

Welcome to our first video intro for the newsletter! We’re trying something new and sharing a quick update on what’s happening around Fogg Brook — from seasonal updates to what’s coming up next.

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Dear Members & Friends,

January has taken over Fogg Brook Resort, and the golf course is officially closed for winter maintenance… also known as being buried in snow. The greens are frozen, the carts and mow-bots are parked, and the only thing rolling smoothly right now is the snowblower.

Thankfully, Foggy’s Pub is wide open. The beer is cold, the stories are getting longer, and the scorecards are improving with every retelling. After all, golf is the only game where you yell “fore” and still have no idea where the ball went.

We’re counting the days until the snow melts, the fairways wake up, and Fogg Brook is back to buzzing. Until then, you know where to find us—probably at Foggy’s.

Stay warm, stay thirsty, stay FOGGY,

Randall & The Team

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Holy cow! We’re in the last month of 2025.

As we get to the end of this year, we reflect on all our blessings and give thanks. So, thank you for being on this journey with us. And thank you for your support.

This month share that warm feeling you get with a friend in the form of a gift card. Heck, share the warmth to many. Or bring them in for a warm drink and tasty meal. We’re in seven days a week this season.

Be good to Santa and see you in the club soon!

Randall & The Team

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Hello Foggy Friends.

The air has finally turned to fall and the leaves are falling just to mess with golfers trying to find their balls. But your place for fun, food, and friends is committed to keeping things rolling.

First, thank you. It’s Thanksgiving month so let me reiterate how thankful we are of your continued support. You make this all possible.

Second, we look forward to some of the updates to finish the year on the course. The obvious thing you saw was the deployment of many of our new Mow-bots. They already showed some great cuts and lines. Soon all things from course will be coming off for the winter and our last applications will be put on the turf.

You probably saw the island green and small shed off hole 6. If you didn’t meet David, he’s a soon-to-be Colby grad that is launching this ‘test your skill’ game with a chance to win $5,000 or money at Foggy’s. It’ll launch fully in the spring. Roughly a 100 yard shot and take home a bunch of money? Worth a try!

Remember that our fall/winter activities are getting into full swing. The pub has Trivia Night, Thirsty Thursdays and Prime Rib Fridays. Come join the fun…plus…be on the lookout for our new menu. We’re always excited to feature some new items and keep the old goodies still available. Let us know what you think. As part of the fall/winter hours, we’re putting to bed brunch.

Spread the word! We have a great event space for company, non-profit, or private events.

Lastly, remember we have our Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday deals coming your way during Thanksgiving weekend with great gift certificate and other deals!

Again, thank you for all your love and support. You rock.

Randall & The Team

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Ahhhh Fall Is Here! The crisp air in the morning, leaves coming down, and questions as to what my Halloween costume will be this year.

First and most important, THANK YOU to those of you who became new members and renewed memberships in September. We’re a bit ahead of last year and anticipate selling out our 2026 premier memberships. We cap our premier memberships at 300 so make sure to stop in the pro shop or visit our website to secure yours!

Huge THANKS to Bernie Ramsdal for building the walking bridges on 12 and also a huge THANKS to Bernie for the amazing sign work. He’s multi-talented for sure!

Next year we plan to have a significant jump from our late 20^th century equipment to cutting edge turf technology. You may see some of these being implemented in October. You should expect more consistent rough and fairway cuts and heck, you may become friends with these little buggers. Follow our social media (Facebook, Instagram, and now TikTok) for timely updates.

Likely by the time this is distributed you will have seen the newest addition to the resort…. a chance to win $5000. Your skill from just over 100 yards is key. Come give it a try (just off hole 7 green).

We often get asked how long we’ll stay open. Generally, we stay open through Halloween unless major snow comes and as long as we have enough golfers. When the snow does come, we’ll have temp greens and members are welcomed to come on out with your boots and snow sleds.

Thanks for being with us on this journey. We appreciate all your support.

Randall, Kait & The Team

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A legend grows in Maine – Paul Richmond’s unique background and hospitality generate a colorful atmosphere for crews at two Maine golf courses.

Read It Now!

When Paul Richmond entered the maintenance shop, others knew it right away. The harmonica gave it away.

“We’d hear it when we came into the shop,” says Charlie Fultz, a former Richmond colleague. “Biggest Bob Dylan fan on the planet.” Dylan is an American singer/songwriter and cultural legend whose harmonica indicated a sound that identified his music in the 1960s.

“Yes, I always had Bob Dylan playing in the shop,” says Richmond, “and I would try to play harmonica.”

Richmond, meanwhile, found his own way to strike the right chord in Maine’s golf industry — featuring as host to the Maine GCSA’s Annual Crew Day.

The five-year GCSAA member is a superintendent who presides over two courses in the state: The Meadows Golf Club in Litchfield and Fogg Brook Resort in Palmyra. This journey into the world of golf didn’t start in this fashion. A native of Osceola, Ark., Richmond was raised on a farm along the Mississippi River. His great-grandmother was a babysitter for another music legend, Johnny Cash, who was born and raised in an Arkansas town 25 minutes from where Richmond grew up.

Richmond departed Arkansas after high school. He followed his father to Washington, D.C. Paul Sr. is legally blind and was hired as a computer programmer with the Internal Revenue Service. His son? He landed in the golf industry. That’s not all. He developed his own reputation at a bar, where he was a bartender before golf entered the picture. “It was a bloody mary bar. I got really good at that,” Richmond says.

His role at the bar served as a night job. During the day, Richmond went to work for the maintenance crew at Country Club of Culpeper in Culpeper, Va. Quickly, he gained a knack for that line of work. “I brought him on as a mechanic,” says Fultz, a GCSAA Class A superintendent and 19-year association member now at Heritage Oaks Golf Course in Harrisonburg, Va. “He took an interest in golf course maintenance really early, wanting to know the hows and whys of it. He was really great with the equipment as a mechanic but became intrigued with what we did on the course. He also started playing a lot of golf and got pretty good pretty quick.”

Days and nights were lengthy. “I’d wake up, go to the golf course and mow greens. Then I’d go home at 3, shower and put on a tuxedo to go bartend,” Richmond says.

He moved to Maine and took a job in golf, starting at Kennebec Country Club in 2000 as an assistant and mechanic. In 2006, Richmond was hired as superintendent at nine-hole Wawenock Golf Club in Walpole and a year later added the general manager position. Eighteen years ago, he became the club’s general manager while remaining as superintendent. His engagement in the industry increased, too. Richmond took pesticide classes and gained a 3b commercial master application license. He secured a GHIN (Golf Handicap and Information Network) through the United States Golf Association. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Richmond served as Maine GCSA president.

In 2018, Richmond found his sweet spot at The Meadows GC and Fogg Brook Resort. The facilities were in transition mode, having been acquired a year earlier by Randy Anderson and a group of friends. “They needed a superintendent. I consulted with them as well, finding qualified people to work,” Richmond says.

The ownership group invested in growing the business. More than two dozen Husqvarna EPOS robotic mowers were added to the equipment stable, a sign to Richmond and his crew that ownership is ambitious (the crew added Dan Allen as superintendent in March to oversee Fogg Brook while Richmond goes back and forth to both facilities, including hands-on tech and IT needs at Fogg Brook).

“We’re not a high-end club. They’ve (owners) taken a rural-style club that was a true, blue-collar place and turned it into a community asset,” says Richmond, noting that Fogg Brook Resort hosted Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation’s Maine Testicle Festival, a benefit for the foundation. “We do a lot of community functions. And we try to push technology, be out in front of things.”

Ownership also supports what Richmond does with that yearly Maine GCSA Crew Day. “I told them it is important to me. They were 100% for it,” he says. Crew Day has existed for more than two decades. This year, it’s Oct. 21. One of Richmond’s goals in an event such as this is to ensure that those who drag the hoses, cut greens and may be retired and aren’t always invited to club functions are welcomed with open arms. “I think the original idea was to allow a superintendent’s whole crew to show up, with some guys who aren’t allowed to some facilities. It’s a thank-you for a great season,” Richmond says, “and it includes seasonal workers who have to go work at other places, like lobster boats, to help make a living. These are the people who make the world go round.”

The event draws roughly 200 attendees. The cost of $30 covers everything, and vendors aid in covering some of the costs while the ownership of The Meadows GC and Fogg Brook Resort donate their properties, so attendees don’t pay for golf or carts. “It’s not a day for counting pennies,” Richmond says.

Of course, lobsters are a given food option. And Richmond serves as chef for the feast. Someone suggested an interesting menu choice. “We haven’t had ostrich. It was requested. We’ll see,” says Richmond, noting alligator has been on the menu.

In any case, Richmond savors all he has to offer as a superintendent and host.  “My job is important to me. So is this,” he says. “This day is mainly for playing golf, eating, drinking and laughs. I just like to have a party.”

Says former Richmond assistant Connor McLaughlin, now at Rhode Island Country Club and two-year GCSAA member, “He helped me get a scholarship to do turf school, the six-week winter program at UMass. He’s a great mentor. Took me under his wing. Showed me everything. How to manage a team. Just a great teacher. He is practical, hands on, not just ‘go do things.’ I call the Crew Day ‘Paulpalooza.’ Eat, golf, be merry. He goes out of his way to do stuff for other people. He inspired me.”

The father of four sons (P.J., Tristen, Caleb and Cameron) and husband to wife Beth, Richmond says all his children have done some type of golf course work. He, though, never returned to whipping up one of his famous bloody mary’s. “No, no more bartending,” Richmond says. “A lot of these drinks when I was in my 20s weren’t around. Now, I don’t know what they’re talking about.”

Happy September!

Fleetwood wins the FedEx Cup, the Ryder Cup teams are announced, our club champions are crowned, and it’s ever so slowly cooling off. And… Golf at both of our clubs rolls onward.

In addition to an amazing time of year to play golf in Maine, a ton is still going on here.

From a gratitude perspective, our crew continues to make great progress on clearing rock walls with that sexy Bobcat mini excavator and their hard work. And they have worked hard to implement piping fixes and new pumping solutions. The team has been aerating and doing what they can to keep the future of the turf health as best as possible. All this work has been happening while much of our crew goes back to school. Huge thanks to them for keeping our greens as amazing as they are despite irrigation challenges in a crazy long drought. Look for us to finish the year strong.

Soon we’ll have the Foggy Meadows showdown. This year it’s held at The Meadows. Each of the first two years the home team has won. Will this year be different?

I try to show gratitude in each of these notes. This time I also want to insert an ask. If you could take a moment and share your best part of the year as a member or friend of Fogg Brook, we’ll make sure to keep doing what people like and enjoy.

We also want to share that we’re thrilled to be the home course for Nokomis HS and MS, Kennebec Valley Community College, and Colby club team.  We’re equally proud of the money we’re able to help groups raise through golf tournaments and other events.

Humbly, we thank our members this year and trust you’ll consider renewing your membership. (Keep your eye on your inbox for sale links this week!) For other friends of the club, we hope you consider membership and join our Foggy Fun and Friends team. And even if you don’t become a member, we love having you with our team.

And a great day isn’t complete at Fogg Brook without a pub stop. Niky and team have been doing a superb job. We’re proud of their work and constant focus on our friends that visit us. Thanks Foggy’s team!

Continued enhancements and constant improvement is our continuous goal. Though we don’t always succeed, our vision and intent remains.  Fogg Brook is a place for fun, food, and friends.

Oh, and reminder it’s wedding season so don’t hit anyone with a golf cart that’s dressed up. That would be awkward.

Fore!

Randall, Kait & The Team

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