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Welcome To Houlton Maine | Aroostook County

Welcome to Houlton Maine | Aroostook County

Houlton Maine, the oldest town in Aroostook County and a shire town. What is a shire town you wonder?

A shire town is the county seat and Aroostook is the largest of Maine’s sixteen counties. “The County” is bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined and the largest east of the Mississippi.

What is it like in Houlton Maine?

Live Music, A Maine Community Band Supplies It Weekly For Free. That’s Maine.

How to best describe a small Maine town should not be left to a faraway team of writers cranking out press releases by the hundreds.

When you don’t live, work and play in that small Maine town.

If you never set foot in the community on vacation.

Did not spend some of your childhood, college or career years here.

Make It A Double, No Triple Black Raspberry Ice Cream At The Dairy “Bar”.

Or lack some sort of family connection in the small Maine town. (Crickets sound)

How do you “bring it all home” as Johnny Cash would tell his band while picking and grinning?

You can not. No rich experience perspective to draw from… To share what exactly it is really like here never happens.

The small Maine town blurb is just a wall of words from a couple Google search.

Good enough.

No.

No it is not. And it all starts to read like so many other generic write ups about small Maine communities.

So Houlton Maine, the up to date highlights.

There is the history, the current what to do for fun, what is it like and what’s ahead in Houlton Maine.

The total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine is coming up very quickly at the time of this hunt and peck blog post.

Let’s have a Houlton Farms Dairy ice cream and celebrate together in the darkness.

Hear all about this latest event where all hands on deck for total darkness, totality in Houlton Maine’s solar eclipse.

Eye Protection First Below Viewing The Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine April 8th, 2024. Local Ambassador Clancy, The Boy With The Leaking Boot.

Everyone in the Greater Houlton Maine area volunteers to roll out the VIP welcome to our small Northern Maine town red carpet.

Okay, getting off community calendar of events mode and spill the facts, hit the details in listicle fashion.

Houlton Maine, (5-6-7-8) first just the numbers ….

Latest US Census Houlton population 6064 (Aroostook County population 67,351)

Exit 302, beginning of Interstate 95 (302 miles from Kittery, the Big Green Bridge)

Houlton Maine settled by Joseph Houlton and Aaron Putnam in 1807

(With a LOT of help from the local Maliseet first nation population.)

How far is Houlton from (pick the destination).

What can I tell you about Houlton Maine, the place?

Quick observations from a local native who calls Houlton Maine his home.

The people in my small Northern Maine town are friendly, helpful, funny and hardworking. Families are tightly knit and the Houlton and the ring of communities around the town pull together during tough times to help their neighbors.

You’re never alone in a small Maine town.

How do I know? Just pop the hood on your stalled car or pick up or snowmobile. Bang. Instantly all kinds of folks rise to the occasion and show up to help you out pronto.

Why? Because they can and someone else did the same for them.

They put themselves in your shoes and figure that could be me. Do something good.

Need a hand? Run out of gas? I have jumper cables for that tired battery or here. Here. Use my cell phone to make a call.

Welcome To Maine. How About A Super Sized Ice Cream Cone Treat?

Folks who live in the greater Houlton area surrounding communities take turns creating some amazing home grown experiences.

It’s not just Houlton Houlton Houlton (chanted like Marcia Marcia Marcia refrain).

For example, the Lumberman’s Museum in Patten Maine’s bean hole bean supper and yesteryear logging tour.

Walk through the sheds filled with axes, saws, chains, horse harnesses, peaveys, Lombards, twitch cables.

Learn about river runs and using the waterways to transport the logs to mills downstream.

The entire northwest half of Aroostook, Penobscot Counties is “The Great North Woods” where we hunt, fish, ply the vast trail network on ATV four wheelers and snowmobiles.

The Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum community suppers and interesting farming exhibits in Littleton Maine.

Learn about local family farming traditions picking potatoes. Why Aroostook County is called the “Garden of Maine” and about her rich fertile farm field history.

I grew up on a Maine potato farm.

My four kids all picked fall harvest baskets of freshly dug golden farm field spuds.

To fill empty barrels then ticketed, hoisted up and hauled away for potato house winter storage.

The Family Farm Owned And Enjoyed By Me In Maine Author Andrew Mooers.

The work ethic learned heading out early and staying late in the Maine potato farm field is invaluable.

A child managing their own hard earned money is way more careful with impulse control spending it.

Climb aboard, ride the rails on a passenger train in Oakfield Maine.

All Aboard. Oakfield Maine Railroading Is Big In Southern Aroostook County!

Tour the train station that celebrates the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad rich history hauling potatoes and passengers through out “The County” and beyond.

Stay at one of many woods camp sporting lodges in Southern Aroostook, Northern Penobscot and Washington Counties.

Houlton Maine is at the crossroads of US RT 1, 2, 2A and I-95 that connects to the Trans Canada highway.

Explore the recreation trails any of Maine’s four seasons. Get away from the noisy slow moving crowds and break free.

Run away up to camp in Maine.

Unplug and recharge in front of a crackling wood’s fire under the star filled sky.

Earning Your Spending Money. Managing Your Own Savings! Creates Impulse Control & Life Skills.

The silence is deafening at first. You replace the city sounds of EMS vehicle sirens, jet engines overhead, honking horns.

No garbage truck back up alarms and clanging dumpster bin sounds.

Visit one of many Amish communities surround the Houlton Maine area of Southern Aroostook.

The local farm to table vegetables, home made baked goods taste delicious and you get to know the grower and their families.

Others living off the land peddle their produce at the area local farmer’s markets. Farm to table is a beautiful thing.

Four seasons outdoor natural unspoiled beauty is what surrounds Houlton Maine in Southern Aroostook County.

In all directions, you can hit the rec trails and find total peace and quiet. See wildlife, watch the seasons changes and hear yourself think.

No better place to raise a family, run a small business, retire or vacation than Houlton Maine. Period.

Houlton Maine, US border town with perks, Gateway to Atlantic Canadian Provinces.

The on the border distinction provides visitors with a two nation vacation experience.

Head over to Hartland New Brunswick to cross the longest covered wooden bridge in the World.

Or down to Nackawic to see the largest axe on the planet. Visit Kings Landing to step back in time in an early Canadian settlement.

The International boundary line border crossing creates lots of jobs. US Border Patrol, Customs, Immigration employment generate money for the local economy.

Country Rides Around Houlton Maine. Do You Have This Kind Of Scenery Where You Live Now?

Those jobs and others attract new families who add so much to Houlton Maine and the surrounding communities.

No better place to raise your family, start a small business or enjoy the blend of work and play in Northern Maine!

Houlton Maine. it hits you as you drive the streets.

These people are friendly, courtesy, let me go at the four way stop sign with a smile.

Everyone nods hello or makes a how you doing comment. No one has a need of a taser.

No one is worried about personal safety.

Living where you want to be makes a major improvement in anyone’s attitude.

Maine pulls on your heartstrings that way.

Attractive, Preserved Victorian Style Brick Buildings In Market Square, Houlton Maine. Aroostook County’s Oldest Town, It’s Shiretown At I-95 Exit 302.

Full of gorgeous Victorian era architecture and grand well preserved older houses.

Classy historic downtown loaded with brick structures in Market Square. are used for a variety of community events.

Watch the Farmer’s Market held in Market Square, Houlton Maine.

Grab a fresh hot home made donut from Sadie’s Bakery that’s been serving them up and more since 1948.

Visit the County Co Op for a healthy tasty lunch or break time snack. Take in a movie at the Temple Theater in Market Square Houlton Maine.

Several nearby lakes, a golf course, ski area, river walk, recreation trails a short drive from Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine Area Residents Ice Fish, Snowmobile, Cross Country Ski On Area Lakes.

Houlton Maine is served by large, full service modern health care facilities.

Small Houlton International airport for private and commercial pilots.

Fly Into Houlton Maine’s Airport. Are You A Private Pilot?

Large farms, heavily forested land and level to rolling terrain surround greater Houlton Maine, Southern Aroostook County.

Diversified employment (Smith & Wesson, Louisiana Pacific, Tate & Lyle)

Low cost power from not for profit Houlton Water Company keep juice prices attractive.

Local high speed Internet broadband connections second to none in Houlton Maine (Pioneer, Consolidated, other providers).

In small Maine towns get used to low crime (Maine is 4th least crime state in USA) and no traffic.

Looking, Flying Over Houlton Maine, The County’s Oldest Town.

Want to go to Walmart shopping quick and easy or to the local hardware store while puttering?

No time suck getting what you need or even double tracking back for the right item if you mess up. Have to back track for a second try to get it right. To cross off the DIY to do list.

Small towns like Houlton Maine are way easier to maneuver.

All Ages Picked Maine Potatoes In The Farm Field.

Less time spent at traffic lights or in grid lock. Your fellow motorists are way way kinder, gentler and no angry hand gestures.

Welcome to Houlton Maine, the way life should be.

Space, clean surroundings, friendly locals and home town pride volunteering. Find that in Houlton Maine. Your neighbors check in and want to help when you are struggling. You want to give back and pitch in to make the community what it is. Pick an event, that’s your contribution for life and you love it.

Small towns like Houlton Maine are not pay the price of a ticket to attend an event.

It’s working behind the scenes volunteering to put on the event year after year. That’s the way you give back and how you get to know the other members of your small but mighty population.

Houlton Maine had the largest local soap box derby race in the nation five years running.

Check out a soap box race on Derby Hill inspired and engineered like the All America race in Akron Ohio.

Way more satisfying living because you and I are the community where the small Maine towns offer smaller circles.

Everyone tightly connected in towns like Houlton Maine.

There is not the disconnect I hear about from people living in crowded areas. Where just too many people and you find a wall of impersonal and keep your distance. Back off Jack.

So to sum it up, small town Houlton Maine living provides wide open outdoor recreation.

Maine Youth Working The Maine Potato Harvest. Did Not Hurt Their Work Ethic!

Lower cost real estate, less traffic and crime. You get more nature experiences, meet friendlier people, enjoy a sense of community. Most of the recreation is low or now cost and the food and lodging is cheaper.

Every been on a vacation and thought what if I lived her full time and thought maybe I should consider relocating there? Maine is so much of what is missing where 8 out of 10 people live… in an urban setting.

Small Maine towns like Houlton in Aroostook County.

Barrels of money not needed to enjoy them like many expensive tourist trap locations. Simple camping, trail hiking, lake or river canoeing or kayaking.

You’re in Maine, surrounded by unlimited natural beauty whether high atop Mt Katahdin looking out over the landscape.

Or on your boards at the summit of Mars Hill Mountain’s Big Rock, Quoggy Joe or some other small Northern Maine ski area.

Plenty Of Parking At A Maine Ski Area Or A Small School Soccer Game. Welcome To Maine!

Everything is low or no cost which amplifies the enjoyment of all Northern Maine, Southern Aroostook and Houlton Maine.

Constant opening up the wallet wide is taken out of the picture here.

You can let go and get caught up in the vast open space and outdoor natural setting.

The down to Earth people here want to share suggestions on what to do for fun.

Locals are proud of where they live and will answer questions to make sure your visit is worthwhile and memorable.

In small Maine towns like Houlton, everyone is an ambassador.

The circles are smaller, tighter, more intimate and everything moves more efficiently when the communities are really just like large families.

Whether it is a movie in the historic Temple Theatre, stepping up to order a Houlton Farms Dairy Bar ice cream treat.

Too Much Excitement Or Pacing Yourself With A Car Nap While Waiting To Go Water Skiing On A Maine Lake?

Or heading out to NIckerson Lake’s Crescent Park, Birch Point on Pleasant Lake or taking in the Million Dollar View in Weston Maine’s scenic turn out.

Welcome to Houlton Maine.

It’s not like this many other places. Far enough away from population centers to stay small, personable and off peace and quiet. Insulated from over commercialization or exploitation.

Loaded with all natural four season beauty, wildlife, woods, farms, waterways to discover. All kinds of wildlife, natural resources with crystal clean water, fresh air to tap.

In life it is not one size fits all.

And these days folks seem to have strong, louder opinions on what you should or should not be doing in your life.

Houlton Maine, Aroostook County. Home Of 2024 Total Solar Eclipse.

But maybe too small is just right because too big is impersonal and expensive.

In my job, I hear it a lot.”I want to run away from too many people, HOA’s and heavy layers of regulations and code enforcement”.

Or “I’m in Florida, Arizona Texas and burning up”. And lastly, “it’s too expensive where I live now and can not afford to retire here”.

If housing is too expensive where you live now, consider small town Houlton Maine real estate prices and selection.

When crime is high, traffic is heavy, small town Maine communities are such a contrast.

If where you live now people don’t smile, avoid making eye contact and keep to themselves, that’s not the feeling of community you get vacationing or living in small town Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine Loaded With Grand Older Well Preserved Victorian Houses.

Walking to everywhere easily happens in small town Houlton Maine.

Leave your car or SUV or pick up parked with the keys in the vehicle.

Walk downtown, to the movies, to the tennis courts, baseball field, basketball court, along the Riverfront Park trail.

Get out, hoof it and see how folks smile and are friendly.We use our open porches and wave, say hello.

Getting Out Of The Maine Real Estate Office, Not Pinned To The Wall By A Desk.

Simple living, easier day to day interactions with local folks who want to help.

Ask for help.

What kind of experience are you looking for?

This blog post simply attempts to describe what greater Houlton Maine is like.

It’s up to you to feel whether a visit here is worth the time and expense to come sample this special corner of Maine.

Here to help and please ask us all your questions.

Love where I live and want to help save you money, to make your vacation stay memorable, whatever you need.

Call, text, email, send a carrier pigeon capsule or send a smoke signal.

Come visit us in Houlton Maine!

Thanks you for following our Me In Maine blog posts!

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North Street Houlton Maine 04730 USA

March 29, 2024
Why Moving To Maine? What’s The Attraction?

Get calls from Maine real estate buyers who need to invest in property someplace else that where they now live.

Maine, The Way Life Should Be. One Big State, Lots Of Special Hidden Areas To Discover.

Some are looking for a vacation home location and Maine scores top of the list.

Moving to Maine.

Others just know they can not stay where they live now. Either to raise a family, run a business, to retire and enjoy the Golden Years as best they can.

Had a lady from Texas as a recent example who dreams of moving to Maine.

Getting Out Of The Maine Real Estate Office, Not Pinned To The Wall By A Desk. Lucky To Live In Maine Is How I Feel Every Day!

Her husband works for the phone company, she has MS and is from Maine.

Does not need a prepping on what it is like living in Maine.

The couple bought a house for around $150,000 years ago near Houston Texas that is now worth three times that figure.

“It’s too hot and burning up” is a remark I hear a lot these days and those exact words she shared with me on the phone today.

This lady says you know it is time to move when you come out of a big box store and your jeep is parked next to a Lamborghini on one side, a Maserati on the other.

There’s one of the signs. This couple in their early 60’s are looking to sell out and move away to get to Maine.

It’s not just the cost of living outside rural Maine that is nose bleed high pushing the pack up push back to relocate to “Vacationland”.

Maine is drop dead naturally gorgeous and a four season stunner.

The simple small town way of living in rural Maine is the hook, the carrot.

The communities, the people who live in small town Maine are the best. You wake up and wonder who plowed your driveway and have no idea. A casserole shows up with a hand written note “I know you are going through a tough time in your life and hope you like this covered dish at meal time.”.

Or “heard your mom had fallen and hope she is doing okay” is also on the same note.

In large over populated rush rush hurry scurry areas, kind gestures don’t happen like that. In small town rural Maine they do all the time.

Smaller group of people, friendly happens. More intimate, personal and friendly. Less crime, no traffic and lower cost of living kicks in living in rural Maine. High price of fuel oil or gas, no problem. Heat with renewable resource wood and warm as toast.

Live Music, A Maine Community Band Supplies It Weekly For Free. That’s Maine.

Next year’s heating supply of wood is all cut, stacked, stored away. Mainers are more organized and well prepared. The root cellar in the home basement has canned fruits and vegetables. The chest freezer gets pulled from over the winter months.

A garden is a source of joy and tasty food your planted on your knees and kept weeded, watered, tended.

Sometimes searching online comes up with very little Chamber of Commerce type information blurbs.

Hard To Stay Indoors For Long Living In Maine.

No chamber, low population and just not a lot to browse and consider in typical small rural Maine towns.

Or other times, lots of write up on many websites created that just miss the mark. What should happen is testimonials on why do you live in Maine? What makes you some kind of glad everyday you live in Maine? What is life like and what do you do for fun?

One website I stumbled upon tries to pick a region of Maine and showcase a “day in the life” there.

The hour by hour break down would not attract anyone to come to Maine let alone stay here. The same format write up but find a different local coffee shop, insert it.

Life Is A Maine Beach. Salt Water, Fresh Air, A Summer Breeze At A Maine Beach.

Highlight the mill the local Maine native works at and mention how during break they take a walk to enjoy the outdoor location. That’s it. No images, no narrative written by the local native… just how someone outside Maine would describe what life is like. About as exciting as watching paint dry. It is obvious who threw together the copy does not feel grateful they live in Maine.

We Have A Green Light On Derby Hill! Heat 109, Drivers Ready…? Check Your Brakes.

I hope the images, the video embeds and what is blogged about on Me In Maine is worthwhile and transparent.

Living here, raising a family in Maine and enjoying four seasons of so much natural beauty is part of what pulls at a person’s heartstrings.

But the community spirit, the local population that steps up to help out and shares the same lucky to live in Maine attitude.

So many people in this World want to run far away to hide out somewhere, anywhere. Moving to Maine. Itching to run away and doing your home work on just where?

Maine, are you looking for small town friendly and real, wholesome, healthy?

June 22nd, 2024 is the Maine State Soap Box Derby race date in my small town of Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Everyone Is Excited About The Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024!

If you know of a boy or girl in Maine, anywhere around the state who wants to race in the soap box derby, please reach out.

Every young driver should not have to wait until they are sixteen to get behind the wheel of a car. Learn the “thrill of the hill” happens at Community Park in Aroostook County’s oldest town each June.

The winner goes on to represent the state at the big All American Soap Box Derby Race out west in Akron Ohio.

Need to send them a race application for the big state of Maine race on Derby Hill in Houlton Maine.

Also, the count down has started. Ready for the big total solar eclipse in Maine? Here to help with logistics if you are heading North to experience it in Northern Maine, Aroostook County!

April 8th, 2024. Circle it several times in red magic marker please and thank you.

Sorry, you snooze and lose. It will be a lotta years before the next one in Maine. There is no rain date for the total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine 2024, the last location in the USA to experience “Totality.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

March 12, 2024
Last USA Total Solar Eclipse Houlton ME

Last USA Total Solar Eclipse Houlton ME.

The estimates are 10,000 up to 40,000 viewers taking the trek to the last USA Houlton Maine solar eclipse 2024. There are lots of logistics to plan to manage that many additional people heading to Aroostook County Maine. When you consider the total local small Maine town population is around 6000 happy souls. May be a little outnumbered but Houlton and the communities surrounding it are ready for a little company.

Plenty of long range problem solving, public discussions needed to happen and did for the total solar eclipse Houlton ME event April 8, 2024.

To pull of the solar eclipse event without a hitch for a positive experience takes everyone on the same page to how best to pull off the four day festival event.

Maine, The Way Life Should Be. One Big State, Lots Of Special Hidden Areas To Discover. Thought About Going To The Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine?

What’s the big deal about a total solar eclipse?

Oh, I don’t know. Just the wrap up of the 13 state 2024 solar eclipse light show tour. A celestial astronomical event that is not going to cause totality again in my home town of Houlton Maine for hundreds of years. There is no rain date and no dress rehearsal. It’s showtime. Hit the lights.

Starting in Texas as the opening act, ending up just an hour later passing over Houlton Maine. Houlton Maine is lucky to be dead center for totality in the path of darkness bathing the Earth as it passes overhead.

Being a border town with Canada has a lot of perks.

The fun continues “over home” as we like to call Canada on this side of the border eh? My Dad’s mom, my grandmother Bessie Burtt was 100% Canadian red maple leaf DNA. Everyone is related back and forth on both sides of the USA / Canada International boundary line. You learn how to play better hockey on the solid sheet of frozen water at a Canadian ice arena.

Last USA total solar eclipse Houlton ME.

Big happenings with the 2024 total solar eclipse as it exits Maine, enters New Brunswick Canada.

Houlton Maine, Last Place To Experience Totality, The Total Solar Eclipse 2024! (Poster copyright by local Mainer Cynthia Taylor Studios)

The solar eclipse 2024 continues rolling on without stopping at customs and immigration inspections thru New Brunswick into Atlantic Canada, then out to sea.

So opening up the highways leading to your small Maine home town. This blog post is about rolling out the red carpet, firing up the welcome wagon. What’s involved in a slightly more complex event with all these out of town visitors. Attendance was high at last night’s meeting, lots of questions and brain storming at one of many solar eclipse gatherings at the Houlton High School auditorium.

What about cell phones and are the local tower systems designed for up to 40,000 visitors for the 4 day festival?

The extra load on communications, Internet, highways, local services, EMS. Traffic flow, what roadways to make one way? Coordinating public safety with the local Houlton Maine police working hand in hand with state police, sheriff’s patrol, US border patrol. I wondered about street lamps on sensors coming on to take away from the afternoon totality black out in Houlton Maine.

Where do you plan to view the eclipse wearing your special eye protection glasses?

Mt Katahdin, the very top would be a crowded place if Baxter Park was open to hikers in April which it is not. Or the site for the Waston Settlement covered bridge in Littleton that is a whisker north of Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Aroostook County. Home Of Totality, The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse.

Local WHOU radio station and Channel 8 public service announcements to keep the public in the know of what to expect.

Solar totality blog posts, Houlton Pioneer Times and Bangor Daily News read all about the latest developments during planning and the actual eclipse festival event. Folks toying with the idea of traveling to Houlton Maine for the total eclipse. They all need to know all about the area, the festival of events, places to stay, where to eat and what to do for fun.

Questions, Answers, Updates From Houlton Maine Eclipse Planners Sharing The Houlton High School Auditorium Stage Last Night.

It’s a lot different than when this is your fourth, seventh or a yearly tradition to know what to expect for the next one.

There is no minutes from the wrap up meeting of last year’s total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine to re-read and build on. Learning from past years lessons to fine tune and tighten up the event are not here to glean.

Adjustments and refinement, like we make yearly to the Houlton Fair, Rotary Auction, Northern Maine Soap Box Derby or Moosestompers etc local events.

Those are easy because something to build on and either worked or did not from experience on each recurring yearly event. This is like the first ever let’s send some astronauts to Moon and back exercise. Risks, weather, expenses and unknowns on just how many people will show up in Houlton Maine wearing solar glasses.

Mark Hovarth, Holder Of A PHD In Astronomy Teaches The Houlton Maine Audience About Solar Eclipses.

The AirBnB and VRBO vacation sites, local motels for lodging are booked solid.

Local folks are opening up their houses, camps, cottages as extra places to stay. Transportation with five buses so far to shuttle solar eclipse watchers, event goers opening up local options to help shuttle all these guests. Want to be an Uber or Lyft operator for a weekend and have a clean driver’s license? Lots of ways to monetize the solar eclipse event.

Parking lots, places to camp with tents, RV’s on open land near the festivities. Lots of opportunities for local property owners to consider sharing their private location for eclipse watchers this April 8th,2024. Parking your vacation on wheels rig at Walmart store #1974? Only so many spaces for the last USA Total Solar Eclipse.

Big Green Bridge To Maine. Heading Up I-95 To Attend The 4 Day Festival Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine. You Going?

The last solar eclipse in 1963 taught locals much but it’s been a few years.

You can read to learn what to do, what to avoid online accounts are helpful. But experience with something of this magnitude and event planning that started years ago. The weather forecast, time of year affectionately known as “mud season”.

How much food to order, like a cruise ship, the best way to serve it up without long lines, big delays or bottle necks.

How to assure a fire truck or ambulance or police officer can respond to an emergency situation with all the traffic and wall to wall people. When you have around a 6000 population, the getting ready for possible six times or more that number of people roaming around in your small Maine community is exciting.

Where Are You? Houlton Maine Welcomes You To The April 8th 2024 Totality. Ever Experienced A Total Solar Eclipse? You Are Invited To Houlton Maine For One!

Lots of jobs and responsibilities for paid staff and volunteers to pull together to make the event a positive experience.

It makes a small Maine community pull together and work hard to tackle the known and unknowns. Stay tuned for more in future posts in this Maine blogging channel.

Communicating what is happening as the event schedule fills up and the calendar days accelerate toward April 8th, 2024’s total solar eclipse.

Maine Humorist, Tim Sample From Fort Fairfield Part Of The Houlton Maine Total Eclipse 2024!

The count down toward totality, the last place in continental USA for a total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine.

Local eclipse watchers to crane their necks skyward to view the light show wearing eye protection. This celestial chain of events is once in a lifetime for most. Protect the peepers and avoid life long damage by covering up eyes to filter out the harmful, powerful Sun please.

This simple video shows you what happens that causes wildlife to hush and everything goes dark in Houlton Maine’s total eclipse.

The area 15 churches and counting are onboard and working together for warming areas, additional places to dine according to Hollie McAffee.

Besides church groups, eclipse planner Hollie McAfee says the local area snowmobile, fish and game clubs, area schools are coming together. Any gym, barn, warehouse is fair game to retool and use for some aspect of the total darkness in Houlton Maine. 10,000 of the 60,000 special safety approved eclipse eye glasses are given free to the area schools. Safety talks and reminders how to not damage your eyes for life education is so critical.

Totality, The Scientific Parts Of A Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine.

I remember the 1963 partial eclipse in Houlton Maine.

My 3 older brothers, mom and dad were ready to watch through welder’s glass for eye protection. But many of my friends were rushed inside into rooms with the blinds and shades pulled down.

As local panel speaker Mark Horvath, holder of a PHD in astronomy warned the group. During last night’s Q&A public session, he told the group you don’t want the total solar eclipse blinding light as the Moon slides away from between the Sun and Earth to be the last thing you ever see.

What Happens During A Solar Eclipse. Total Or Partial Events, What Happens?

Safety first and last. Burning your retina and doing damage of any degree to your eyes is not worth it.

Dumpsters, is 100 porta potties enough? Do we need more venues for dining and how to creatively open up extra lodging options? More varied event entertainment, food trucks, pop up businesses and parking, spacing. Five star parks sponsored and designated for group watching as of this date.

The list of what’s going on for eclipse events grows and changes daily.

Learned last night the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is ordering 1500 fresh lobsters, steaming them up, adding a baked potato and home made whoopie pies. Last USA Total Solar Eclipse Houlton Maine, you planning the trip north?

The Event Calendar For 4 Day Eclipse Festival Continues To Grow. Stay Tuned For The Calendar Of Events.

Locals are told to get your prescriptions filled, fuel up your vehicles before the mass exodus to the final total solar eclipse 2024 in Houlton Maine.

Like preparing for a Maine storm, stock up on what you need while you can buy it from local stores. School is off, local businesses are encouraged to free up their work force to create additional labor for the solar eclipse 4 day festival. It like a Monday national holiday in Houlton Maine.

Last USA total solar eclipse Houlton Maine.

The climax being the 2:22 to 4:41 April 8th here we go. The actual total solar eclipse is 3:32 to 3:35 PM April 8th, 2024.

The last major crowd traveling through “The County” was one of the two Phish concerts held at former Loring Air Force

Base in Limestone Maine. It is estimated 65,000 music lovers following their favorite band traveled up into Aroostook County a few years back for the outdoor live musical event. Some band followers and music lovers missed the Houlton I-95 Exit 302 and ended up in Canada. But that is a ‘hole ‘nother story for another Maine blog post.

So, Last USA Total Solar Eclipse Houlton Maine, here is why the math has to be just so for planet Earth, the Moon and Sun.

The Moon, Earth, Sun All Have A Major Part In A Solar Eclipse.

The full schedule for the four days of family fun events continues to be added to in Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou and over into New Brunswick, Canada.

Guided historical walking tours, Howl At The Moon Dueling Piano Show, John Cariani presents “Almost Maine”, Maine author and comedian Tim Sample, Blackfly Brewfest, 3.32 mile road race, astronaut talk, solar system bus tour & planetarium visit. And so much more being added and updated daily.

Lots of fun, food, bring the entire family. Share the eclipse 2024 event with all your friends on social media outlets please.

More on places to stay in Houlton Maine. Where to eat in Houlton Maine.

What Is Happening, What Needs To Get Squared Away Before April 9th’s Solar Eclipse?

The party celebration happens before, during, after the total eclipse ends in Houlton Maine and continues across into Canada.

More to come as the event gets closer and the schedule of events firms up to help you have the best experience possible. Reach out with questions and here to help as a local lifelong native of Houlton Maine. Everyone is an ambassador of Houlton Maine and home town proud. Here’s Market Square, one of your five local star parks to observe with facilities and friends the solar eclipse. Why not attend the last USA Total Solar Eclipse Houlton Maine?

In this video, Market Square Houlton Maine used as a farmers market venue.

What are you doing around April 8th, 2024?

Last USA total solar eclipse Houlton Maine. Have you ever witnessed a total or partial eclipse in your lifetime? There is a major difference between the two. Here’s your chance to travel to Houlton Maine for an out of this World experience. Want to volunteer or help underwrite the tremendous expense to open up a small Maine community for a total solar eclipse? Reach out and let the Maine Eclipse folks know you want to volunteer time, money or both and help in any way.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton Maine 04730 USA

January 26, 2024
Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine Tips

Total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine tips.

A total solar eclipse only happens every 100 years or so in a given location. A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth orbits align. The Moon gets caught in the middle of the three objects causing a 50 mile wide shadow traveling across on Earth.

Houlton Maine is the state’s darkest point during the next total solar eclipse this spring.

Houlton ME, Everyone’s Excited About The Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024!

This blog post offers more information, helpful tips if you plan a trip to experience the total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County’s oldest town.

How to get here, where to stay, places to eat and things to do while in Houlton Maine for the black out total solar eclipse experience.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, at 3:32 in the afternoon, the Houlton Maine total solar eclipse will last 3 minutes, 18 seconds.

That’s not that long really. Just about the time you spend listening to Marvin Gaye’s “Heard It Through The Grapevine”. (Gladys Knight and The Pips, not Marvin did the song originally by the way).

The view of the total solar eclipse happens west to east and in a specific location as the Earth rotates. Maine is the last of 13 states of totality the solar eclipse passes over April 8th, 2024.

The last Maine solar eclipse was July 20th, 1963 that spotlighted Bangor ME as the center host city.

I was seven, remember my school teachers telling us what an eclipse was and what causes one. My parents making sure we had welder’s dark glass on to see the partial solar eclipse on the Maine farm I grew up and still own in Houlton Maine.

Everyone in Maine is hoping for clear skies to observe the solar eclipse in April.

Houlton Maine, The Place To Be For The Total Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024!

The next one is aways off in 2079 with two lunar and two solar eclipses. I may sit that one out, how about you?

They are not the same, lunar and solar eclipses.

With a lunar eclipse the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, creating a shadow on the Moon. When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, a shadow is cast on the Earth.

Houlton Maine, GPS coordinates 46.126, -67.84 is four leaf clover lucky to be dead center in the path of totality for the stargazing maximum effect.

Your trip to experience the total solar eclipse can expanded to take in lots of other special area events.

Learn more on what the Northern Maine community has planned for upcoming solar eclipse celestial cosmic celebration. This Me In Maine blog post gets updated as we get closer to the big event overhead in the sky.

How to get here? It’s easy to travel to Aroostook County. Located at the beginning of Interstate 95, Houlton Maine is a border town, lots of perks.

You’re at the US / Canada border customs and immigration International crossing, just after passing the Houlton Maine I-95 exit 302 and 305 choices. Exit 302 gets you to the town of Houlton, exit 305 is the last stop at Houlton International Airport and industrial park.

Do you own a small private plane and think it would be fun to fly into Houlton Maine?

You could draw up a flight plan to KHUL for the solar eclipse in Houlton Maine. You could also fly into Presque Isle Airport and rent a car to motor around the area. Make a vacation in Northern Maine seeing the eclipse, checking out the neat communities around Houlton Maine.

If you prefer driving, after a few simple border port of entry questions, you can also continue on along the Gateway to the Atlantic Canadian provinces.

It’s more than the the solar eclipse to enjoy while visiting Northern Maine. Solar totality darkness continues over Carleton County New Brunswick. The solar eclipse 50 mile wide swatch of darkness does not have to stop at customs and immigration inspections. More on Woodstock New Brunswick Canada’s solar eclipse community page.

US Rt 1, 2, 2A also connect in Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Aroostook County Town Where Totality Happens During The Solar Eclipse.

Folks in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor and elsewhere down country in Maine will have to travel North to experience totality in this next solar eclipse. Houlton Maine is definitely at the cross roads for transportation.

Much is planned prior to and after the total solar eclipse events in Houlton Maine.

Where to stay? Here is a list of local motels, lodges, camp grounds and a list of Houlton Maine area landlords too. Camping out on Maine land, folks in RV’s just needing a place to get off the road. Everyone locally is joining forces to come together with housing, camping, lodging options for eclipse lovers. List of things to do for fun in Houlton Maine. Working up an appetite?

Small Town Houlton Maine, Walk To Everything Easy!

Where to eat in Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Last Chance, Last Place To Experience Totality, The Total Solar Eclipse 2024! Totally Houlton Maine Totality!

Lots more dining options than local Houlton Maine restaurants, diners and cafes. Local snowmobile clubs, the farmer’s museum, civic, school and church groups all rally together to make sure no one goes hungry or unfed.

Everyone is a buzz and gearing up for the Houlton Maine Eclipse Festival fun! This solar eclipse event is truly a regional task to tackle. Many are involved in rolling out the red VIP welcome carpet to make all visitors feel right at home! All are invited to come north to experience total darkness planetary show happening April 8th, 2024 at 3:32 PM. Don’t forget your eye viewing protection or locally you can pick up what you need for the eclipse watching glasses.

There are four kinds of solar eclipses and experiencing totality is the most exciting and by far memorable.

The temperature drops, animals act differently, everything goes dark along with many stages before, during, after the total solar eclipse.

The Earth, Moon And Sun Getting Together To Create A Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine.

What to expect, what exactly happens during a total solar eclipse?

The National Geographic folks describe the solar eclipse phenomenon!

Things to remember planning for the solar eclipse in Northern Maine.

Our friends at NASA that have lots of outer space experience share these solar eclipse tips.

Follow the official website of the Houlton Maine Total Solar Eclipse for updates and additional information.

Also, around Aroostook County, more about the solar eclipse here. “Over home” as we like to call the province of New Brunswick Canada and beyond, here is what is planned in Woodstock’s solar eclipse on the other side of the border. A million people are on the move to track and witness the 2024 solar eclipse.

More from a Maine television broadcasting outlet Newscenter report.

Thinking about a little vacation up in Northern Maine, a road trip to look up and see, feel the awesome power of a total solar Maine eclipse?

Here for questions, getting around Southern Aroostook County, over into Canada,eating, lodging, directions and who to contact for help! Glean all the logistics from a lifelong local native if you plan to be in Houlton Maine area for the total solar eclipse.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

January 15, 2024
Buy Maine Land, Build Slowly

Buy Maine land, build very slowly.

Maine real estate property listing inventory continues to be in short supply. The tight housing market in Maine makes some think why not buy Maine land, build slowly? Many in the home buying audience consider why not buy land in Maine first? Then tackle the building a house one board at a time very carefully.

Home On The Range… Er I Mean In Maine? More Space, Lower Price, Less People!

This blog post is for folks sick, sore and tired waiting for the right new property housing to get listed.

Bare inventory homes for sale shelves mean consider buying Maine land. Challenged, frustrated Maine home buyers are slipping on the tool belt and strapping on the construction helmet. Not thinking McMansion but just a simple Maine house of their own to enjoy.

Here is an option for those with lots of patience that have a few building skills.

For folks sitting on the sidelines waiting around while the flow of Maine house listings to increase, building on Maine land is another route to consider some.

Maine’s rural nature and “money does not grow on trees” simple way of living causes a more robust skill set. Growing up, as a kid, you did help Dad shingle the garage roof, put on the new house addition.

Your Own House In Maine Built From Scratch. Could You, Would You Do It?

Your uncle is a plumber, a niece can get you a 20% percent family discount at the hardware store. Your lumber can come direct from your own woodlot milled at a local outlet.

Calling in favors from say your brother in law the electrician helps short circuit the high cost of building a house in Maine. Buying Maine land and then the one by one improvements takes delicate baby steps when talking finish work.

Buy Maine land.

BYOB, bring your own building. Start from scratch. Involve your family and friends who are willing to help. These “helpers” are like construction worker trainees learning from your project to down the road start their own. Join forces to “slow cook” and build a house.

A land property acreage listing in Maine with drilled well and septic system already in place is a four leaf clover.

It is a bonus when you don’t have to do the Earth work for a driveway and culvert. Or if the lawn is already established. Maine land where a mobile home was sold off or hauled away after a fire create these kind of listings.

Land in Maine to build your own house, here’s another option for home construction.

When a house was torn down and hauled away , this is another value added land listing to consider. But check to see what the well and septic system are. A dug well with low supply of water and a cesspool sewer or small metal tank is not designed for today’s household demands.

Why don’t more folks build a house rather than buy an existing Maine home?

Country Home, Your Outbuildings On The Maine Farmstead. Could You Build Your Own Slowly?

Expense, the size of a mortgage or difficulty getting a construction loan with tight deadlines. Just not knowing anyone to help with carpentry skills and not so handy themselves doing repairs.

The whatever you build might not be perfect but it it yours and paid for as you go. That lifestyle in Maine of building in a rural setting and living off the land as much as possible appeals to many today.

Maine Land, Lots Of Property Acreage To Build Your Own Home On In Maine!

Another incentive to buy Maine land and build slowly is stop bleeding rent.

When you have enough money to build a foundation to hunker down in until able to build up, you say good bye to a landlord. No more helping whoever you rent from send their kids to college or make the apartment house mortgage payments.

Getting a small mortgage to create the bare bones for living and being a cellar dweller for as long as it takes.

Lots of discipline needed but monthly what you would have shelled out for rent gets redirected into home improvements.

When you “slow cook” and build your own house on Maine land, there is no snap your fingers quick decision making done. Instead, you take lots of time to shop for materials and wait for a sale. More thought is put into what the end product will look like. There is no haste makes waste.

Not everyone builds a house because they can not find one that checks off all the boxes either.

Some just want to once in their life time to walk into a home that is totally them. Filled with what they liked in previous house features and none of what they did not enjoy.

Having Your own Maine House, Two Cats In The Yard. Priceless. (Now You Humming The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Song “Our House”?)

Have a couple who just bought Aroostook County land in the New Limerick , Maine.

His family has backhoes, dump trucks and other construction equipment. The long driveway is already in for free and not hired out for a fee. Where they will slowly build a country home has been cleared and stumps removed by themselves.

The hole for the house cellar will be done weekends and nights.

There is a little ledge but that they may hire out to be ripped. But any expenses is eagle eye balled and house building money is spent very frugally.

Getting estimates from bids for the lowest price for anything. It just makes you being your own general contractor thrifty.

Camp Or Cabin Starter House In Maine. Some Go This Route Before The Main House.

Buy Maine land, build slowly means having lots of patience and determination.

It pays off big time. Not everyone can do it due to family and wallet size or lack of savings constraints. But it is an option for some to buy land and build if an existing Maine home to consider is missing.

Once you get the building “buttoned up and weather tight” it is liking camping out in the Maine home.

Small Maine towns don’t have the restrictive codes and time deadlines to complete the projects. Contractors and tradesmen are looking for inside work in the winter months.

Getting the work done you don’t have the expertise to do means stretching your dollars. Hiring out as little as possible. Or waiting until the house building kitty grows enough to afford bring in the professionals.

Building a house in Maine means you make some sacrifices along the way and will have a table saw in your living room.

Construction projects happening around the house you build slowly on your Maine land. What to do first and back up projects in case the Maine weather throws you a curve. You juggle your real job that pays the bills. While moonlight on the house that reflects your needs, family size and personal desires.

The hardwood floors for the Maine house?

They come last because no one wants scratches from metal stage being pulled over to help joint compound the walls or ceilings. Four walls, a floor and a roof is the basic box you start out with and then slow but slow add to the finishing it off just so. Buying Maine land tips for the dream house in your head.

What To Consider, Buying Maine Land To Build Your Own House!

That big closet off the living room is a future bath that is all plumbed in but no fixtures brought in for the down the road intended purpose. The plumbing in your Maine house is back to back with the kitchen waterworks to save money. The cost building a house in Maine on your own land depends an awful lot on the home design. Considering a log home design? The exterior walls are complete and so are the inside ones.

But a true log house design means the insurance costs is going to tap your wallet or purse harder.

A fire means those spruce purloins overhead have to be totally replaced. Not just a section of the home is damaged to repair.

Dimensional lumber comes in only so many widths and lengths for your affordable house construction hammer and nails.

Not having to make unneeded cuts that waste time or being able to use the left over waste to cross bridge the floor or close in the insulated box sills. Plan your work or plan to fail. You gotta have a system is what my Dad caught be growing up on the Maine farmstead. A lot too this buy Maine land, building slowly.

I asked the couple who bought the Maine land in Aroostook County about a basement kitchen.

Reasons To Call Maine Your Home. Why To Consider Building A House in Maine! The Four Season Outdoor Recreation Surrounds You!

Instead of wasting money on cabinets, they will have a set tub to wash dishes, use a hot plate and microwave for cooking. Go outside to flip up the lid on the gas grill for the ‘what’s for dinner” routine.

They don’t want to spend money needlessly on a full blown kitchen. Both are on the same page for waiting until the first floor is framed in for the real deal and all the cupboards just the way they want. To install the permanent kitchen set up for once and done “upstairs” above the ground floor, not duplicate the effort in the cellar. That’s the house plan to economize.

Any small discomfort living in the basement only fuels and speeds up the process to keep the house building moving faster.

Tightening up the everyday spending to the maximum. Less eating out, keeping the car or truck and extra year because it is all paid for and not a financial drain that siphons from the house building effort.

Where You Build Your House Starts With The Where You End Up Constructing A Maine Home. Waterfront Has Shoreland Zoning To Protect The What’s Out Front.

Your lot , the Maine land spot makes a big difference on the house building construction costs too.

Drainage for water, is there ledge that messes up the daylight basement, is there a slope enough to have a daylight cellar?

You have a blank white parchment to paint a house on that does not exist yet. But it’s not something many of us do everyday so go slow, bone up on the knowledge that is all over the Internet. Talk to folks who bought Maine land, built. Ask them what they regret and the building points they are grateful for during the house building project. Mistakes are learning lessons to share and avoid.

Buy Maine land, build slowly.

Low cost Maine land is everywhere. The best perfect location to build on, there is the hard part in your Maine real estate search. On your wish list, where is view, waterfront, distance to the essentials? Does the house you plan to build match the lot and what’s the neighborhood like or is there anyone around you? Lots to consider going in, during and wrapping up the building a house on your own Maine land exercise.

Eating, breathing, sleeping the all consuming build a home mission that takes over their life.

But knowing the sacrifice is self-inflicted and so so worth it in the end to create a home sweet home. Taking your time, getting what you want and not living in someone else’s house plan? Could you do it, buy Maine land and build a house slowly? Here to help find you the perfect spot for your new Maine home!

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton Maine 04730 USA

January 13, 2024
Relocating To Maine, Making The Move

Relocating to Maine, making the move.

The outward migration from city to country continues in the Northeast.

This blog post about why the move to Maine.

What to expect, why people pick Maine as the map location in relocation.

Packing up, breaking ties and filling out the change of address form. Your Worldly possessions sorted through to lighten the load for the trip north. The big heave ho, let’s go to Maine.

Big Green Bridge To Maine. Lots More People Using It To Move To Maine.

Why do people move to Maine?

Here’s top of the list I hear daily from out of state Maine real estate buyers.

“Not happy where I live now. “

What are they not happy about specifically? Just too many people where they live on the planet. High cost of housing and tired of renting, wanting to own. Crime, traffic and simply where do all these folks come from crowing into their daily lives wonderment.

Maine is the 4th lowest crime area and lowest cost state for car insurance for a reason. Less people, less problems caused because of too many folks squished in your living space. The pressure to protect yourself and possessions is a big concern in large population areas. All that goes away in small rural Maine communities.

Fun In Maine Is Low Cost, No Cost. Make Your Own DIY For Life Enjoyment.

When the city mouse travel to Maine on vacation, they notice how friendly Maine people are to each other.

Only natural beauty and space surrounds you when you live in a small rural community in Maine.

Skyscrapers and the wail of EMS vehicles fades away. Trees, lakes, rivers, streams, ponds and wildlife replace your background. Hiking the trails of Baxter, skiing down Sugarloaf or Sunday River, slowly paddling a kayak on a bottle smooth Maine lake. Picnic lunches on the rocks over looking the Maine coastal waters at Acadia National Park. Just the tip of the what to do on vacation in Maine fun things options ton consider.

Life Is A Maine Beach. Salt Water, Fresh Air, A Summer Breeze At A Maine Beach.

Maine offers a four season picture book setting of backdrops to complete the relocation dream.

With this kind of setting and on vacation in Maine, why wouldn’t you wonder what if I lived in Vacationland full time? Waking up to everyday in paradise. How could you not consider relocating moving to Maine between the ears and behind the eyes? It starts with a simple three day long weekend trip to Maine and then feel the tug on your heart strings. You want to be air brushed into the Maine landscape more than once a year on vacation.

Maine is a contrast to most places.

Refreshing, unspoiled, not discovered and like the state’s motto, “the way life should be.”

A move, any relocation to Maine or anywhere is a change. The older we get, the less easy upheaval is for most. There is lament and regret tacked on to the life change bill when you really love certain aspects of wherever you live now. But migration to Maine, lots of reasons for the transition consideration after COVID. The move to Maine for what is missing, what a city setting can not offer in the concrete jungle.

Growing Your Own Food, Knowing Where What You Put On The Family Table Came From Today, Tomorrow, Next Week.

The move to Maine, is it self inflicted and free and easy?

Or was it a take it or leave it job transfer? Is the relocation to be closer to elderly parents who need more daily assistance? Or to be closer to grandchildren? The lower cost of living, smaller house prices and what you do for fun no or low cost. That’s a big part of the tug of war to get to Maine.

The motivation to move to Maine has many facets.

The state of Maine is in the top ten healthiest places to live. But at the end of the day, it all distills down into expectations from the actual move to Maine. What do you expect the relocation move to Maine to mean in your life today? Everyone wants happily ever after until “The End”.

Walks, Talks, Everyone Brings A Covered Dish To Enjoy. That’s Small Town Living In Maine.

Give and take, more or less in any relocation should be expected moving to Maine or anywhere.

Second question I hear from folks from out of state Maine real estate buyers ask is “are people friendly”?

Will I fit in? If you did not where you are leaving before heading to Maine, there is a big red flag. Don’t ignore it. Where you live now, why or why not do you feel warm and fuzzy?

Getting involved, being accepted means to have friends, you have to be one first. Are Mainers friendly and accepting to new people sharing the landscape? Honestly, it depends on how things play out after the move to Maine. Volunteer, be sincere, want to help and pitch in to make a difference. Do that and you are an asset to any community.

Small Town Living In Maine, What’s It Like? Home Made, Local Talent, Volunteers Pitching In.

Three barking very large dogs on a very small lot and using your neighbor’s house lot for creating lawn fertilizer. Those disrespectful daily habits could cause tension. Lose your place on the neighbor’s Christmas card list. So does talking daily about where you moved from and what you liked better about “back home”.

I have eavesdropped on conversations at a corner store stop for coffee and heard “how stupid the people of Maine are” about a variety of subjects.

It begs the question, why did you move here then?

If it is so great, why did you move? Remember you relocated, no one hooked a chain around one leg and pulled you to Maine. It was your idea to cut the ties to the other side of the Big Green Bridge. Lots of local resources for moving to Maine. Lots of things living in Maine that you will enjoy that were missing from your last out of state address. Plenty of what’s missing in Maine that makes you smile too. What traffic lights, what road rage, what porch pirate, etc living in small town Maine.

Moving to Maine means planning to volunteer.

Local home town proud Mainers are actively involved in their communities. You are going to be too for the easiest way to feel part of the local fabric. Just pitch in, try not to complain and be an asset.

Reading A Book, Not A Care In The World! They Say Life Is A Beach. The Maine Waterfront In Maine With A Good Magazine Just Before Dozing Off.

Because you lived somewhere else, new ideas on how to make a local event even better the next time happens. There are so many ways to make a difference and everyone in the community glad you moved to Maine.

You take ownership of a successful event. A small Maine town is really like a big family. It is not uncommon to find others moved to Maine before you from the same area you just left.

Ways to make others in Maine wished you had picked somewhere else to relocate.

Complain pretty much all the time about anything and everything.

Don’t volunteer but expect your neighbor to meet your every need.

Forget contributing to the local charities and being proud of where you live.

Put up way way too many no trespassing and keep out signs.

Don’t mow your lawn and make sure your property is a pigsty eye sore.

Play loud music round the clock and be a nuisance.

Argue with teachers, neighbors, the police on a regular basis.

Complain, find fault and never offer solutions.

Post your unhappiness all over social media.

You get the point. Be friendly, have manners, take pride in a community makes you an asset wherever you land in Maine. But easy does it. Making the transition relocation move to Maine takes time and the first year is critical.

In many ways simple living in Maine is becoming a minimalist.

If you are not happy where you live now, do some soul searching to study the reasons why. It may not be all economic reasons. More than just living cheaper thought about driving the bus to get you and loved ones to Maine.

Multi generation reasons to buy a lot of Maine land with the option for family members to all get their very own a piece of ME. Hear that reason for the move to Maine a lot too. Where else can you get all this unspoiled Maine land and for such a low cost per acre??

How’s This For a Back Drop Reading Your Favorite Vacation In Maine?

For some it is starting over in a new relationship. Or putting the drama of where you live now in the rear view mirror as you head up Interstate 95. Did you come from a family of inlaws or outlaws and too much interference? Maybe smaller school classrooms, a better place to raise your kids is near the top of your move to Maine list.

Personal safety is right up there for many Maine real estate buyers picking Maine for relocation. It’s an investment buying property in Maine like hedging a bet. Feeling deep inside the World is changing and if all heck breaks loose, Maine seems a sure thing. Have many who bought Maine land, not done anything with it but enjoy knowing I own a piece of Maine. It does not make them preppers or end of the World doomsday predictors.

The last bit of advice relocating to Maine, moving to the Pine Tree State is sample lots more than one blog post or video.

Make the trip to Maine to look around and size her up before cashing in your poker chips.

Maine Is Family, Teaching, Walking, Talking And Doing Things With Your Kids.

Watching A Parade Of Local Friends Family Neighbors In Your Small Maine Town. Part Of Living Here In Maine. Open Front Porches Used A Lot In Maine.

It’s ideal for many but all of us are wired a just a tad differently. Why the move to Maine is thrown into gear tied to a lot of personal factors. What do you hope to achieve moving to Maine? Today there are many strong online opinions on how you should lead your life. Not a lot of tolerance to other ways of doing it for some. Ever noticed vacation rentals for all the hints on the walls about Breathe. Relax, Nap. Laugh, Live, Love.

The biggest critics online have never been to Maine.

Or lived here for such a short period and in only one corner of Maine. Some have a vendetta. Like they are producing a 60 Minutes expose to save the World. Not the best resource when charting your life course on should you move and where if you do. Some critics are sincere, others would not be happy no matter where they live. The later are not the best to provide the list of reasons to move to Maine.

Tasty And Wholesome, That Is Maine Simple Living.

Living in Maine and not expecting a quick fix to what’s wrong that caused your relocation move means easy does it.

Stay positive and be sensitive to why so many love calling Maine their home. Realize where you left has some features you will miss. Many times it takes lots of people, a bigger population to offer this, that.

Is the gain and sacrifice worth it on your personal quality of life list of what’s important? Maine resources to help in the transition and doing your home work relocating to Maine .

Home On The Maine Farmstead. Lots Of Chores And Outdoors Year Round When You Decide To Homestead.

Relocatin To Maine … Cashing in on your house equity and toying with moving to Maine because just sick sore and tired of city life?

Getting more space inside and out is a big perk of owning and enjoying Maine real estate. Less rules and more control of your life. Pursuing an outdoor healthier lifestyle in Maine is way easier than a crowded urban landscape with over the top regulations, zoning, HOA’s.

Gardening, exercise, heating with wood, pitching in on the local level of community affairs. Maine scores top of the class for a simpler healthier lifestyle. But where you should be at this point in your life? Life is a series of continuous adjustments. Relocating to Maine involves lots of considerations and your real estate needs and quality of life needs change.

Only Fresher Maine Seafood Is Still Swimming In The Sea,

Pretty high on Maine but what if your loved ones are somewhere else? Have seen many make the mass exodus in this direction. More than one family member deciding let’s move to Maine to help each other out .

How’s the Maine real estate market today?

The outward migration to Maine still has the real estate market like playing musical chairs. In a nut shell, the real estate market nitty gritty is a tight market due to too much demand and a lacking inventory supply. This makes relocating to Maine mean expect to lose out on a big of multiple buyers after the same property listing.

Lots of qualified Maine real estate housing buyers in all sixteen counties.

But prices statewide in December a 9.23 percent price increase over a year ago statistics. With a 5.51 percent decrease in housing sales.

Watch real estate videos for Maine properties.

Videos for real estate are by far the easiest way to tap, slide, sit back and listen, watch, learn. Here to help whoever is reading this Maine blog post. To learn the lay of the land, to study the short cuts to make the transition less painful than it has to be. Glad will give you the local insider perspective as a life long native of Maine.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

December 26, 2023