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February 19, 2018

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V O L . X X I V N O. I V F E B R UA R Y 1 9 , 2 0 1 8 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Kelly Ansley MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Drone buzz Commercial drone use is taking off in Maine 14 17 How To Make 5 key IT investment decisions 18 Maine Public calling Mark Vogelzang charts a new course for the public network in Maine 21 Rural broadband wavers Facing up to rural Maine's biggest economic development issue C O M M U N I C AT I O N S & T E C H N O L O G Y F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3 » Call us today! Helping businesses stay competitive with specialized employment services • Temporary, Temp-to-Hire, and Direct-Hire • Skilled Trades • Flagging, Construction, Light Industrial, General Labor • Administrative, Finance/ Accounting, General Office • Safety/Worksite Services 1-800-639-8802 mainestaff.com Direct Personnel / Project Staffing / Project Flagging Let us go to work for you! www.KennebecSavings.Bank Buying a home? We Make It Easy Whether it's your first home or your home away from home, let us do the heavy li ing. With quick, local decisions, less paperwork and low closing costs, it's almost like we're doing the moving for you. Ma Dwyer (right) VP & Branch Manager Residen al Lender Member FDIC Augusta (207) 622-5801 • Farmingdale (207) 588-5801 • Freeport (207) 865-1550 Waterville (207) 872-5563 • Winthrop (207) 377-5801 P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R 14 18 In the drone lab at Coutts Brothers in Randolph, a view of a DJI drone that the company uses for thermal and visual inspections of power lines. Mark Vogelzang, president and chief executive officer of Maine Public, in the broadcaster's studio in Lewiston.

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