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It's no secret that for a smaller Northern Maine school, Houlton Maine's jr and sr high schools excel statewide in music. Over 64% of the Houlton Maine junior high school students are active in 12 music ensembles. Over 42% of the high school student enrollment make the music program state reknown. Houlton Maine is the home of five state championship high school show choirs and has hosted several state music competitions. The Houlton Maine junior high show choir is a two time state champion and award winning bands, choruses, jazz bands, jazz choirs perform year round in local presentations, state level programs and in ... Read Full Story

Exploring, discovering Northern Maine and going places you can not get by car on a snowmobile, snowsled. Have you thought it looked like fun? It is and the Aroostook County trail system is groomed, wide, and easy to travel from the motel you stay at. Maine snowsled trail groomers drag a path in and out of local Aroostook County motels and places to eat. Worry about getting cold? Keep in mind our average winter Aroostook County temperature is 19 degrees. The snow machines have electric thumb warmers, grip warmers for the rest of your hands and the windsheild keeps the wind chill from zipping ... Read Full Story

Maine waters in the lakes, rivers, streams are crystal clear. Northern Maine waterfront is free of any milfoil, and the biggest sore spot to water quality is man and what he does around the waterfront to spoil it, stress it or abuse it. Good stewards have the ideal with Maine waterfront real estate to give it to their kids, the next buyer in better shape than they received it. So when you buy a vacant ME waterfront lot or an existing structure on a Maine lake, river, stream , what can you do? Always, always check with local towns or cities that the property ... Read Full Story

Not often but once in a while, we get a personal real estate request. To not let someone's kids know that I've seen mom and dad and that they are relocated to Northern Maine, Aroostook County . Part of the reason is mom and dad or grampy and grammy feel the kids are wearing them out financially and saying "no" to them is hard. So when we list a one bedroom place, that's neat as a pin, empty and ready to go. With a garage too. One bedroom means if those pesky kids, or other relatives you are running away from show up...you can ... Read Full Story

In Maine, going back for a forty year title search is standard. But on this home one family owned it, lived here since 1946 so pretty simple search in the Southern Aroostook Registry Of Deeds. Here's what excites us on this one. On the one hand the expensive, nice to have items like a new furnace, updated tilt in vinyl windows, new roof, siding have been done, taken care up, all updated. Those are essentials..but not the eye candy, the fun stuff. So on the other hand, the old original formal dining room tin ceiling, the raised panel 25' long formal parlor ceiling are ... Read Full Story