For the ninth consecutive year, The Windham Eagle newspaper is sponsoring the Eagle Choice Awards and the popularity of the annual competition continues to grow.
Voting opens July 1 and continues through Sunday, July 23 at
midnight, with winners announced in August.
Melissa Carter, advertising director for The Windham Eagle said
that the awards established a new record last year by receiving nearly 10,000
ballots cast across 85 different categories, and she expects that number to
rise again in 2023.
“There are so many wonderful businesses in the Lakes Region of
Maine,” Carter said. “These awards salute those who the public thinks exceed
the norm for their products, services, and overall customer satisfaction. The
votes are heartfelt and come from the people who use the goods and services
provided by these outstanding local businesses.”
According to Kelly Mank, owner and publisher of The Windham Eagle
newspaper, the Eagle Choice Awards are a great way for the public to learn
about a business they may not be familiar with and to discover the very best
services, food and products that are available in the community.
“The Eagle Choice Awards give the community trusted options and a
unique way to connect residents and visitors here with area businesses in
meaningful ways,” Mank said. “Best of all, every vote comes from the readers
and is based upon how they feel about local businesses.”
Carter said a few categories for this year’s voting have been
updated. Voters can now cast ballots in both heating and plumbing categories
unlike previous years when heating and plumbing was combined into one category
and computer repair has been eliminated as a category for this year due to lack
of competing local businesses that would fit into it.
While they do their best to keep current on adding new businesses
and deleting those that are closed and including everyone, they welcome
feedback to help improve ballot choices for the upcoming years. There is always
the option to use the write-in option to nominate a business that is not
already listed.
Eagle Choice Award voters must cast ballots in at least 10
categories or more and must also include their email address when uploading or
turning in a ballot for it to be valid and to ensure that only one vote is cast
by an individual. Email addresses collected during the Eagle Choice Awards
competition are not sold or distributed to a third party.
Ballots are available in The Windham Eagle newspaper’s print
edition this week on page 9. You can either mail in the physical ballot or take
a picture and upload via email to: office@thewindhameagle.com. The easiest and
most popular way to vote is online at
www.thewindhameagle.com/awards. <
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