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Volume 12 • Issue No. 3
Ogunquit Receives Google eCity Award for Maine
Enjoying Google’s recognition of Ogunquit as the 2015 eCity of Maine are (left to right) Frances Reed, Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Fortier, Town Manager and Jordan freedman, Information Technology Director.
OGUNQUIT Google has announced that Ogunquit has been named the 2015 eCity of Maine. The eCity Awards recognize the strongest online business community in each state - the digital capitals of America. These cities’ businesses are embracing the web to find new customers, connect with existing clients and fuel their local economies. “We’re proud to recognize this growing entrepreneurialspirit—and the role that it plays
in both creating jobs and sustaining local economies,� said Emily Harris, Marketing Manager for Google’s ‘Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map’ Program. “With 97-percent of Internet-users looking for products and services online, it’s clear that success is about being connected.� “The Google ECity Award confirms that the small Town of Ogunquit is a tremendous contributor to Maine’s Business economy. We are very proud of this accolade and recognition.�
Thomas Fortier, Town Manager Google worked with an independent research firm IPSOS to analyze the online strength of local small businesses in cities in all fifty states and the Google and Ogunquit is among the ranks of America’s leading cities in the digital economy. Ogunquit businesses already know that Americans are turning to the Internet to look for local goods and services. BusiSee GOOGLE page 14...
IFW Captures and Collars 70 Moose, Expands Survival Study STATEWIDE – Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists in northern Aroostook County recently finished capturing and radio-collaring moose in a new “northern� study area as part of Maine’s five-year moose study that will provide a greater understanding of the health of Maine’s moose population, particularly factors that affect their survival and reproductive rates, including the impact of winter ticks on
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moose. “Maine’s moose occupy a variety of habitat across their range in the state. By adding a second study area to the north we can bolster our study and get a better understanding of moose survival and reproductive rates, and the factors that impact them,� said Lee Kantar, Maine’s moose biologist. Biologists and a helicopterbased aerial capture team will capture and collar 106 adult female and calf moose. They just completed capturing and collaring 70 moose in the Aroostook study area, and now will capture and collar an additional 36 calf moose in the existing study area located between Jackman and
Greenville. There already are over 40 collared moose in the Jackman/Greenville study area. When finished, IFW biologists will be able to monitor 150 total moose in the two study areas. IFW has contracted with Native Range Capture Services out of Elko, Nevada to capture 106 moose. The crew specializes in capturing and collaring large animals and is using a helicopter and launched nets to capture and collar female moose and calves. Funding for the study comes from a federal PittmanRobertson grant (funded by the sale of hunting equipment) and the state’s dedicated moose fund See MOOSE page 6...
Andrews to Regale Skiing’s Past at Fireside Chat SOUTH BERWICK Skiing History is a very colorful part of the Maine Heritage, and Scott Andrews, a Weekly Sentinel newspaper contributor, will be regaling audiences with his presentation on Ski History at a Fireside Chat at the South Berwick Library on Wednesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. Long before spectators thrilled to the aerial somersaults of snowboarders doing a triple cork on the half pipe, ski jumping was a highly prized event at winter carnivals in Maine. The gentleman pictured, losing his
hat as he flies through the air, is from the 1930 Winter Carnival in Rumford, home of Maine’s
Black Mountain. Scott’s program is a fascinating plunge into our region’s
past, punctuated with colorful anecdotes, memorable photographs and revives life into some of the ghosts of skiing’s past. Andrews is the curator and research director of the Ski Museum of Maine, and a walking encyclopedia of ski history. His narrated digital presentation illustrates the highs and lows of Maine’s skiing history including 100 vintage photos from the Museum’s archives and images from participating ski clubs. His chat covers all facets of skiing
This gentleman is flying through the air, a photo taken from the 1930 Winter Carnival in Rumford, home of Maine’s Black Mountain.
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