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What Does Your Hometown In Your State Look Like, Sound Like, "Feel Like"?

07-17-09
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker: Real Estate Agent in Houlton, ME
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Live local community video. No big deal..just another tool if you have time to shoot, edit and post right?

No...it's way way more powerful than that. It is a big deal..a VERY big deal. It hits all five senses. Take this short clip..doesn't it make you want to live here full time or at least invest in recreational property here to enjoy local small town events like this?

Video..for real estate AND for the area you serve.

Don't keep your hometown a secret...show the world, show your pride and watch how it helps your day day job peddling real estate. What excites you about where you live and are you telling others about it? Do it with video.

 

ME REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine, Watch, Sense It, Come See It First Hand Just As Fast As You Can Get Here!

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Pirates..Short Ones, Tall Ones Invade Houlton Maine For Midnight Madness!

07-09-09
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker: Real Estate Agent in Houlton, ME
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  • Office: (207) 532-6573
  • Mobile: (207) 532-8960
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All of a sudden, a picturesque small Northern Maine town that is mild mannered, wholesome and law abiding becomes chaos.

Helter skelter. Batton down the hatches, hoist the sail, we're going ashore. Oh oh. Pirates invade downtown Houlton  ME for Midnight Madness, a retailer's delight. The 4th of July is a big deal in small Maine local communities.

Everyone, I mean everyone volunteers to help put the event on from the state agricultural fair's exhibits, horse and small animal judging to the parades, fireworks, rides and food provided to local and out of towners who meander in for the nation's birthday.

Here's is a video snapshot of Houlton Maine's Midnight Madness and a glimpse of other parts of the four day 4th of July celebration.

ME Realtor Andrew Mooers - mooers realty video logoMaine, Friendly People, Fewer People, More Unspoiled 4 Season Recreation.

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Maine Lakes Hate One Thing More Than Any Other....Rolling, Sloping Lawns.

07-01-09
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker: Real Estate Agent in Houlton, ME
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  • Office: (207) 532-6573
  • Mobile: (207) 532-8960
  • Secondary: (207) 532-7005

maine lakeshore scene, drews lake maine view

Picture this.

You are out in a kayak, skimming the water around a pristine, uninhabited lake in Maine. What hits you is no camps dangling on the edge of the water, no lawn right down to the shores edge. natural bushes, trees. But no sign of man, weed and feed, or pressure treated docks.

 Man messes up a lake, and lawns are the number one thing that lakes, if they could talk would gurgle angry excitement about. Many Maine lakes have local boards of folks to be pro-active not reactive to pressures that can kill or spoil a lake. The Drews Lakes Property Owner's Association (DLPOA) is a member of the Congress of Lakes  Organization(Cola) an holds yearly meetings. In the past few years a $60,000 grant from the soil and water conservation district  has helped with erosion of the roadways and undersized or missing culverts.  Another grant has helped with adding vegetation and local soil stablization to protect the lake from silt, phosphorous and other non-source point pollution.

Watersheds, wood cutting operations miles away and water racing to the lake, contaminants being brought in thru streams all mess up the water quality for fish, swimmers, loons, everyone that enjoys a clean, milfoil free Maine lake.

This year's meeting is at the New Limerick town office, July 7th, at 6:30. We are lucky to have Bill Hersey, a well known local Maine soil tester/site evalulator on board to talk about the do's and don'ts and septic regulations in a Maine  shoreland zone.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Protecting Maine's Resources, Being Good Steward to Our 6000 Lakes!

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Get Low In The Maine Derby Car, Hang On Tight To The Wheel, Head For The Cones.

06-22-09
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker: Real Estate Agent in Houlton, ME
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  • Office: (207) 532-6573
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Why Wait Until You Are 16 To Drive A Car.

The Video For The Houlton Maine, Derby Hill Northern ME Soap Box Derby Race And We Saved You A Seat Track Side, Under A Tarp With Some Good Food, Friendly Race Fans And Local Community Aroostook/Penobscot/Washington County Family Sporting Fun! This Is One More Local Events That Draws Racers, Their Parents, Supporters From Two Hours Away To Experience "The Thrill Of The Hill!"

 

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine Families Make Their Own Home Made Local Community Fun.

Visit The Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Website!
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In Small Maine Towns, Fourth Of Julys, Parades, State Fairs And Local Events Are Huge.

06-16-09
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker
Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker: Real Estate Agent in Houlton, ME
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  • Office: (207) 532-6573
  • Mobile: (207) 532-8960
  • Secondary: (207) 532-7005

Fewer people in rural Maine means more involvement of those people to make their own fun.

Home grown not store bought and way way more involvement in local Maine community events.  There are so many events that you have to pace yourself and be careful not to get over involved, over extended. But when you are planning to be at the local happening, might as well be part of putting it on is the motto of many hard working local Maine citizens that live and work in these smaller, off the beaten path towns. For example, this weekend, June 20th is the 14th Annual Northern Maine Soap Box Derby race.

Houlton ME has its own Derby Hill specially engineered like the one in Akron Ohio at the All American Soap Box Derby event every kid dreams of being in. The Houlton ME event has led to success in Akron Ohio with Jeff Holmes placing second from a huge field of racers.

Watch the last two years soap box derby races.

 

And the Fourth Of July Houlton ME parade, fair, midnight madness events all draw a crowd year after year. Watch the Houlton Maine video from last year's Houlton Maine Fair four day event.

 

Plan to come see the Houlton Maine 2009 Agricultural Fair at Community Park Thursday July 2nd Thru Sunday July 5th, 2009.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine, Special Place, Super People, Out Of This World 4 Season Beauty.

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