Stiver also said there were special provisions made in the deal to ensure that Eartha, the giant rotating globe in the Yarmouth building’s lobby, would remain open to public tours. “It’s just kind of sad becaues it’s a Maine institution,” she said when she stopped by to pick up an atlas of Arizona she will give to her cousin on an upcoming trip. Kay Siedler of Oakland, also said she will miss the store. “I love this place,” said Cary, who noted that he has four framed DeLorme map hanging in his house. Walter Cary of Lewiston, who was visiting the store Thursday morning to pick up maps for an upcoming trip to the Allagash, said he was sad to learn the store will close. Stiver said only “a handful” of employees work in the store.

Those employees will lose their jobs, but most of the remaining employees will be retained. The deal with Garmin, she said, does not include the DeLorme Map Store, inside the company’s Yarmouth headquarters. Kim Stiver, DeLorme’s vice president of marketing, said DeLorme has 92 full-time employees in Yarmouth. Garmin said that it will retain most of DeLorme’s employees and its headquarters in Yarmouth, with the site operating as a research and development facility focused on two-way satellite communications devices and new technologies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to be completed within 30 to 60 days, Garmin said. Murphy Staff Writer | 20ĭeLorme, the Yarmouth-based maker of handheld satellite communications devices, is being purchased by Garmin, a Swiss-based manafacturer of GPS navigation and wireless devices. We would like to extend our most heartfelt gratitude to our family of vendors and customers, many of whom we have known for decades, and to our employees, without whom, none of this would have been possible.Yarmouth-based mapmaker DeLorme sold to Garminīy Edward D. It has been an honor and a privilege to have been a part of this industry and this company. Accounting will be available to balance open accounts and issue refunds if owed. Our service department will remain open until all warranties have been resolved. “Geek kits” introduced aspiring geeks to the joy of building their own computers. Our parking lot sales were local events that many looked forward to.

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