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Members of the Norway Trackers Snowmobile Club snake through a trail in Bethel last February. Trails in Maine are quiet now because of a lack of snow, but riders are ready to bust out once the winter arrives in full force.
Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
With Maine’s snowmobile trails closed because of a dearth of snow, the start of the 2020-21 snowmobile season is anyone’s guess. But when the snow does arrive, one thing is abundantly clear: Maine’s 14,000 miles of trails will be humming.
Riders and club officials have many reasons to believe the state’s trail system – one of the largest in the country – will be as busy as ever this winter. Snowmobile sales are up at dealerships in Maine and across the nation. And with the Canadian border closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, riders will remain in Maine rather than heading farther north this winter. It’s setting up as an epic season.
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Jan. 15, 2021
Panasonic recently delivered laser projectors and digital signage for Gettsyburg College in order to boost student engagement. The company provided 12 PT-VMZ50U 3LCD portable laser projectors and 14 PT-RZ470U 1-Chip DLP SOLID SHINE laser projectors, according to a press release.
By switching from its existing projectors to the laser models, it was able to cut its lamp budget by 93%. Not only do Panasonic s laser projectors reduce our lamp budgets drastically, but they also have versatile throw distances and enable a fairly close proximity zoom, enabling content to be crisp and clear for our students, Travis Mathna, AV integration and support at Gettysburg College, said in the release. With the addition of new, permanent projectors for individual classrooms, we no longer need to move the projectors between classrooms and recalibrate them each time, saving us significant energy and manpower that can be used for other purposes.