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Maine Connectivity Authority aims to provide internet to the last approx. 1.5% without it by using Starlink | Local News [Video]

STATEWIDE — According to the Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) there are an estimated nine thousand locations across the state still going without connectivity service of any kind. But starting in mid-November, they’re looking to change that.

A recent SpaceX launch showed them putting over a dozen of its Starlink satellites into our Earth’s orbit. Starlink is a subsidiary of SpaceX. According to the MCA, satellites like those could help provide internet, service, and technology connection to some of Maine’s most rural areas.

“This is an opportunity for folks around the state at some of the hardest to reach most rural locations to have access and the option for internet connection,” said Brian Allenby, Senior Director of Program Operations for MCA. “These are locations that don’t have access to any kind of internet option right now. Not even an old, slow, unreliable connection.”

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Florist creates wreath for Officer Horan's funeral service [Video]

12 NEWS MOBILE APP. WE ARE EXPECTING A SEA OF BLUE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TOMORROW. AS GREENSBORO AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SAYS GOODBYE TO OFFICER MICHAEL HORAN. TONIGHT, ONE IN STATE BUSINESS IS PREPARING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNERAL. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS HAS DETAILS ON A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR A FALLEN HERO FROM KINSTON TO GREENSBORO. ONE SPECIAL WREATH IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE TRIAD AS A SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE AND PEACE, HONORING OFFICER HORAN. THERES OFFICERS THERE THAT THANK ME FOR BRINGING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IM THE ONE THATS THANKING THEM. RYDER MOZINGO HAS BEEN CREATING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 16 YEARS, HONORING FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE WAS ASKED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION TO CREATE A WHITE STAR WREATH WITH HUNDREDS OF FLOWERS. AND HE WAS THE SAME FLORIST THAT MADE THE MEMORIAL WREATH FOR SERGEANT NICKS LAST YEAR. ITS HIS WAY, HE SAYS, TO THANK OFFICERS ONE LAST TIME. I HOPE IT LEADS TO FAMILIES REALIZE HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THEIR SACRIFICE. YOU KNOW, WORRYING ABOUT IF THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES ARE COMING HOME THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THE DOOR, THERES THAT RISK THAT THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. AND I JUST WNT THEM TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR US. ITS A PERSONAL CAUSE HE TOOK TO AFTER HIS OWN TRAINING, OFFICER, ALLISON PETERSON, DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN APRIL 2009. THE IMPACT OF ALLEN GETTING KILLED WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL. TO ME. AND I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL THEN HOW MUCH IT REALLY AFFECTED THE FAMILIES. AND TO HONOR RETIRED SHERIFFS THAT HAVE PASSED, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO SERVED. ITS AN HONOR FOR ME. MY MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 50 YEARS, AND MY MY AUNT WAS TOO. SO I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK IN THIS SMALL WAY. MOZINGO WILL BE HAND DELIVERING OFFICER HERRONS WREATH TO WESTOVER CHURCH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FUNERAL BEGINS. REPORTING IN GREENSBORO SARAH SOWERS, WXII 12 NEWS. AND WE WILL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF TOMORROWS SERVICE. YOULL FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WX