Houlton Maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/maine-real-estate/houlton-maine/ Maine Local Community Blog Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png Houlton Maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/maine-real-estate/houlton-maine/ 32 32 Why Does It Take So Long To Foreclose On A House In Maine? https://meinmaine.com/2026/03/30/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-foreclose-on-a-house-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-does-it-take-so-long-to-foreclose-on-a-house-in-maine Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:34:22 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18625 You see it, the house in Maine with no one home, the grass hay field high, idling waiting for real estate foreclosure. Seasons come, go and you wonder why does it take so long to foreclose on a house in Maine? The news headlines squawk loudly our country is desperate for affordable housing. Building materials […]

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]]> Exploring My Area Of Maine On A Minibike Growing Up https://meinmaine.com/2025/10/28/exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-my-area-of-maine-on-a-minibike-growing-up Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:30:43 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18483 Growing up in Maine, did you have a minibike? My first minibike was a 3.5 horsepower Briggs and Stratton model. Just a simple, low-cost minibike that was dark green with knobby tires. It has a thick long cushion seat to make up for a serious lack of suspension. No gears, the minibike equipped with a […]

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]]> Picking Potatoes On A Northern Maine Aroostook County Farm https://meinmaine.com/2025/09/23/picking-potatoes-in-a-northern-maine-aroostook-county-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=picking-potatoes-in-a-northern-maine-aroostook-county-farm Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:56:59 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18444 One spud, two spuds, picking potatoes on a Northern Maine Aroostook County farm. Was it hard for kids to head out into the early morning darkness to the Maine potato farm field? What work ethic lessons were learned for youth relied on to get the potatoes basket picked, poured into barrels, trucked from the Maine […]

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]]> What’s It Like Living In A Small Maine Town? https://meinmaine.com/2025/09/07/whats-it-like-living-in-a-small-maine-town-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-it-like-living-in-a-small-maine-town-2 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:35:25 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18400 Maine is a handful of cities and over 450 small community rural towns. Sixteen counties and the one I live in is the largest east of the Mississippi in land mass. Aroostook County, sparsely populated, a little longer drive time to access but so worth the extra  effort. What’s it like living in a small […]

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]]> Maine High School Class Reunions https://meinmaine.com/2025/08/20/maine-high-school-class-reunions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-high-school-class-reunions Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:39:57 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18368 Going back to be with classmates, your Maine high school class reunion. Have you been to a Maine class reunion at whatever school system you finished high school? If you have not, I suggest making every effort to attend your Maine high school class reunion. Some say there is nothing more exciting, rewarding than reuniting […]

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]]> Hub Bub About Maine Lawn Grubs https://meinmaine.com/2025/06/09/hub-bub-about-maine-lawn-grubs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hub-bub-about-maine-lawn-grubs Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:03:53 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18330 Do you wonder about what happened, the big hubbub about Maine lawn grubs? Damage to your Maine home lawn due to grubs. Like a lot of things, to get rid of lawn grubs in Maine requires near perfect timing and a tested method matter a lot. Grubs are most vulnerable in late summer to early […]

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]]> Maine Boy With A Leaking Boot https://meinmaine.com/2025/05/19/maine-boy-with-a-leaking-boot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-boy-with-a-leaking-boot Mon, 19 May 2025 14:26:29 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18310 The boy was in rough shape, problems way beyond just a leaky boot. It took two men and another small boy to heft him up and onto an ambulance stretcher. 600 pounds was the legal limit for the gurney. The boy’s over 600 pounds maxed out the stretcher’s legal weight limit warning tag. What happened […]

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]]> International Boundary Between Maine And Canada https://meinmaine.com/2024/12/10/international-boundary-between-maine-and-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-boundary-between-maine-and-canada Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:21:08 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18211 International boundary between Maine and Canada. Let’s face it, Maine is pretty much sticking up all by itself in the right hand corner of the US. Quebec and New Brunswick Canada surround Maine wherever the rugged rocky coastline does not right? So for someone growing up in a Maine border town like I did in […]

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]]> Cheapest Places To Buy A House In Maine? https://meinmaine.com/2024/07/09/cheapest-places-to-buy-a-house-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cheapest-places-to-buy-a-house-in-maine Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:25:27 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18114 Cheapest places to buy a house in Maine? This Maine real estate market report runs down where you can get your best bang for your housing buck. It also answers other current market questions that come up daily running a Maine real estate office. The lower priced Maine real estate is part of the attraction. […]

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]]> Maine State Soap Box Derby Race 2024 https://meinmaine.com/2024/06/26/maine-state-soap-box-derby-race-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-state-soap-box-derby-race-2024 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:23:15 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18088 Maine State Soap Box Derby Race 2024. Since 1996, every June the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race runs in the town of Houlton ME. This blog post is about this past weekend’s June 22nd 2024 race and with a little Maine soap box derby rich history mixed in for good measure. The Houlton Maine […]

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