Maine Warden Service Annual Awards Ceremony

The Maine Warden Service held its annual awards ceremony today at the Winslow VFW. The Warden Service recognized both game wardens and other individuals for their work and dedication to the Department and State of Maine in 2012.

Commissioner’s Presentation of Awards – Presented by DIF&W Commissioner Chandler Woodcock

April Collins - Secretary Greenville Regional Headquarters - 2012 IF&W Employee of the Year

Retired Game Warden Alvin Theriault – Special Recognition

2012 K9 Search and Rescue of the Year Award:  Warden Norman Lewis and K9 Clyde (Bryant Pond)

2012 Boating Officer of the Year Award:  Warden Mike Pierre (Standish)

2012 National Wild Turkey Federation Officer of the Year Award:  Warden Josh Smith (Hartford)

2012 Exemplary Service Awards:

Warden Josh Smith –

Warden Sergeant Tim Spahr (Kennebunk) & Warden Rick LaFlamme (Arundel)

Warden Mark Merrifield (Union)

Seacoast company helps celebrities, sports teams and business leaders take flight

SEABROOK, New Hampshire (NEWS CENTER) -- Getting there is supposed to be half the fun of travel, but long lines and unexpected delays have made flying these days more of a chore than an adventure.

One company in New Hampshire's Seacoast has found a way to bypass all the headaches that have brought air travel down and now schedules flights for sports teams, rock stars and billionaires on luxury aircraft of all kinds and sizes.

"It is 12:35 on a Thursday afternoon. I can have you airborne at 2pm. Where do you want to go?" asks Greg Raiff, founder and CEO of Private Jet Services.

It is that kind of can-do attitude that has Greg Raiff's company growing into the stratosphere.

"There are no shortages of airplanes," Raiff explains. "The art of what we do is taking that piece of metal and delivering the people exactly as they expected. We like to say that there is no such thing as a good surprise in transportation."

Infertility: Where to get your questions answered

Infertility: Where to get your questions answered

After ten years of trying, Anne Belden finally gave birth to a son in the early 1990s. Six years later, she and her husband John adopted a daughter.

Today, there are a lot more treatment options for infertility than Anne had 30 years ago, and success rates for conceiving are much higher. Thanks to the Internet, there is also a wider support network and better opportunities to access the latest information. Something else that is different is more women are waiting longer to start their families, which increases their risk of infertility problems. Read more.

Earth Day 2013: How to get rid of e-waste

Earth Day 2013: How to get rid of e-waste

 

The Atwood family has a hard time getting rid of stuff. We still have our first computer — an iMac Plus. Yes, we are loyal Apple fans. We took our daughters to DC during April vacation back in the 90s and our computer was already on display in the Smithsonian. By then we’d moved up to a newer version. We still have them both. We also still have the computers we bought the girls when they were in high school — they’ve long since graduated from college. We have them all, mostly because we didn’t know what to do with them. We just put them away with all the other things we’ve accumulated over the years. (Did you notice that container of doll stuff under the computer? It’s full!) Out of sight, out of mind.

Thinking About Evolving Search Behavior

Thinking About Evolving Search Behavior

I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently about kids in school in these modern times. We were reminiscing on how we had to collect information for school reports – libraries, old magazines, microfiche, interviews with experts and encyclopedias.

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