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Friday, March 17, 2023
Volume 19 • Issue No. 11
Business, Volunteer and Citizens of the Year Announced YORK COUNTY 2022 marked the First Annual York Region Chamber of Commerce Awards presentation honoring businesses and citizens from all four towns that the chamber represents: Kittery, Eliot, South Berwick, and York. “The celebrations has been a long time coming and we are thrilled to host an event honoring those who go above and beyond in their communities,” said Executive Director of York Region Chamber of Commerce Holly Roberts. The award recipients were chosen through public nominations for the Citizens and Vol-
with close to 100 people in attendance.
Award recipients include (left ot right): Back row - Bill Widi, Alice Balkin, Garrison Dominguez, Brad Cunningham, James Flynn, Claudia Kaerner, Jack Kareckas,, Josie Ouellette, Whitney Blethen, and Bridget Pote; Front row - Colleen McDonald, Dianne Fallon, Diana Marzinzik, and Kathleen Kluger.
unteer of the Year. The Business of the Year is nominated by the chamber board of directors, although all nominations submit-
ted are considered. All nominations are discussed and ultimately voted on by the chamber board. The event location was
hosted by York’s Center for Wildlife, and catered by Chill Catering and Subway of Kittery. Twelve awards were presented,
2022 Businesses of the Year The “Business of the Year” award recognizes notable entrepreneurial and business accomplishments. This award is for a business that contributes to and promotes economic growth, stability, and improvement, and gives generously of themselves and/or staff in time and resources to the community. Kittery - Warren’s Lobster House. Warren’s was established in 1940 by Pete Warren. See AWARDS on page 20 . . .
Annual Geography Quiz Fundraiser SOUTH BERWICK Teachers, parents, youth and business people are planning on taking part in the annual South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Geography Quiz at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 24, at the Marshwood Great Works School in South Berwick. The event, now in its 12th year, is sponsored by the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary as a way to raise money for an international effort. This year it will raise money for the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti, which the Rotary
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tional parks. The audience will also have its own chance to participate, as Moloney will also be asking questions to them during the quiz. Prizes will be raffled off, and pizza and other snacks are also available. Proceeds this year will be help support the Eben Ezer School in northern Haiti, a school that has grown from 35 to 500 children thanks to support from Seacoast families and Rotary clubs. “Our school in Haiti continues to educate hundreds of children a year, thanks to many gen-
The Bogh family of South Berwick, among the winners of a past geography quiz, will be back to compete again in this year’s event. Pictured here are Len, Sophia, Mackie, and Maya Bogh.
erous people in southern Maine and New Hampshire,” said Lucia Anglade of Long Island, NY, the Haitian-American woman who started the school. “Even with
the political and health problems Haiti has faced recently, our school has stayed strong.” See QUIZ on page 2 . . .
Maine Maple Sunday Next Weekend STATEWIDE M a i ne M aple Su nd ay Weekend is a long-standing tradition where Maine’s Maple producers open their doors to their sweet operations for a weekend of educational demonstrations, tours, fun family activities and samplings of syrup and other great maple products. “Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is an opportunity for us all to celebrate the world class products – and people – that make Maine unique,” said Governor Janet Mills, who is
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has supported since 2008. Each year the quiz draws hundreds of people to watch the game-show style fun. Audience members are invited to compete for an audience participation prize. Twelve teams made up of two adults and two students of all ages face off at the annual quiz in the Great Works School gymnasium. Kennebunk Savings Bank Executive Mike Moloney returns as quizmaster. Moloney creates the quiz, offering up questions with themes ranging from flags and capitals, to rivers and na-
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known to tour the sugar shacks, maple farms and maple-centric festivities throughout the state.
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“Our iconic maple syrup industry supports thousands of jobs, strengthens our economy, and sets us apart nationwide,” she said. “One of the benefits of maple syrup in Maine is that we have a diverse climate – colder in the north and warming up in the south – along with mineral enriched soils,” said former Maple Producers Association President Scott Dunn. “This leads to unique syrup f lavors, depending on the sugarbush you visit.”
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The weekend typically attracts thousands of visitors annually to sugar shacks across the state. MMPA, which represents more than 250 of the 450 licensed maple syrup producers in Maine, said in previous years, more than 100 sugarhouses have participated, from Aroostook to York County. Accordi ng to M M PA, more than $27 million for the Maine economy is generated by the maple syrup industry in See MAPLE on page 19 . . .
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