Northern Maine Real Estate And Living In Aroostook County

For years $250 an acre was a long standing benchmark when you bought a piece of Maine forty acres or larger. For the thousand acre chunks of acreage in Aroostook County the price per acre slid down as the price climb due to the higher the price, the thinner the buyers. Cut over woodland could be as low as $100 an acre because of remoteness, lack of power and in some case, lack of legal right of way access. The loggers worked out a temporary right of way to access the land, yard out the wood. Or so few people that no one seemed ... Read Full Story

Real estate brokers sell homes, vacant land, lake camps, mom and pop businesses and everything in between. But images and videos of just property doesn't really show you the people in the area the real estate originates. Thats where community videos come in. Captured this Maine quarter finals Class "B" hockey game last night between the Houlton Hodgdon Maine Blackhawks and the Presque Isle Maine Wildcats. The teams worked hard but you also see the fans, hear the band playing, and if done right, you put the viewer at the game..living in Aroostook County. For someone thinking of moving here, you are taking them ... Read Full Story

Some southern Maine real estate ads post the "no jet skis" warning label on waterfront property for sale. What's the deal in Northern Maine, in Aroostook County or Northern Penobscot and Washington Counties ? Well, other than Timoney Lake in southern Aroostook that says no go to over 10 horsepower motors, we enjoy the lakes with seadoos, jet skis or party pontoon boats, inboard and outboard vessels. The wrong person on a high powered jet ski or speed boat that is drinking is dangerous on any lake. But with only a handful of boats, we don't have a problem with lake congestion, noise, dangerous ... Read Full Story

There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. In small towns folks have to pitch in and serve. There are only so many people and they have to take their turn to pitch in. Consider you live in a town that is 6 x 6 miles in rural Northern Maine. The population is under 60 people. Someone has to be the town manager, serve on the board of selectman or be the head selectman to keep continuity in the town to avoid deorganization to let the state take over. Local pride, doing the best you can with the creative minds of a ... Read Full Story

  Video for the 208 Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race has been posted...the winners imaged ...but the rest of the scenes....they are parked here! Fun with the family in spirited down hill soap box derby race on "Derby Hill" at Community Park in Houlton Maine.  Over 50 racers in this year's gravity race...up to 172 in previous years as new groups of kids enter the racing circuit from around Aroostook, Washington and Penobscot County Maine!  The Houlton Maine race was the largest in the country 5 years running...pretty awesome for a town of 6700 and an area spread out over Northern Maine.  It is ... Read Full Story