No matter what the weather, Northern Maine kids soap box derby race on Derby Hill and now have a covered launch. For five years, the Houlton Maine race was the nation's largest. And the derby program has produced lots of winners in the stock, superstock, master, rally racing program too! With one Houlton Maine derby racer, Jeff Holmes pulling down a second place trophy at the big kahuna Akron Ohio's All America World Series of racing. Our local Houlton Maine race and rallies held on a specially engineered derby hill made from scratch.  With tons of donations, plenty of volunteer hours boatloads of local pride in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County. There is nothing stronger than the heart of a Houlton Maine volunteer when there is a kid's sporting event like kit car racing being the goal, t... 11/13/2011

Today's Houlton Maine Rotary Club meeting was a field trip to Smith and Wesson, the facility making handcuffs, sport and military grade guns, firearms.Since 1966 Smith and Weston quality has been a product produced in Houlton Maine.The mother operation of S & W being in Springfield Massachusetts.And a new Rochester New Hampshire facility was bought, put in to the Smith and Wesson production line.The Houlton Maine Smith and Wesson plant out at the Airport Industrial Park produces an average of 1500 pairs of handcuffs a day.Their high output records are in the 1850 range. The employment numbers hover between 160 and 170 people per day with an average hourly pay scale of twelve dollars. The high output work ethic, the low cost of living in Southern Aroostook are two winning combinations.Bu... 09/12/2011

The Maine real estate buyer coming in to your agency office, looking through the listing books, to study the wall of properties pinned to it. Then you grabbing some house keys, heading to look at some Maine homes. Or out to a Maine farm, some waterfront on a lake or just recreational land. It all started at the beehive called your Maine real estate office. Now, your buyer is not only local. Does not need to see or care about your sticks and bricks where the shingle in your real estate colors hangs, swings in the wind. Delivery of information means harnessing the media streams. Stocking the shelves in your video platform with a vast variety of Maine property listings and local community events. Producing brochures by the thousands to use in direct mail, to stock the rack at the state wid... 08/26/2011

The Houlton Maine area lost a good soul this week in Billy Weber. Despite being a hat wearing, card caring New York Yankees fan in the heart of Red Sox Baseball Nation, Billy had a heart of gold. Especially if the local Maine event you needed help with involved kids, youth sports. Since 1996, the first year of the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby program, Bill was one of the anchors of the highly important "Zoo Crew". A rag tag looking bunch with the appearance of someone from the chain gang, work release from a local correctional center. But workers extreme. Bill would intercept derby cars at the bottom of the engineered hill we race on. Make sure the drivers shook hands, showed good sportsmanship win or lose. Then Bill along with John Benn, Terry Wallace, Ricky Tidd, Donny McGary, Mitch ... 07/31/2011

At nine years old I remember serving a local customer for vegetables, produce that we grew on our Maine farm and scratching my head confused, perplexed.Because the driver of the rusted Rambler automobile was not overly concerned about money for vegetables.Nothing like the same way the last farm stand vegetable customer in the shiny new Lincoln car was.The Rambler driver very pleasant, friendly.Did not try to beat me up on the price or use any strong arm negotiating black belt tactics because I was just a kid.Asked me to just pick out whatever thirteen ears of corn in the pile I wanted to complete her purchase at our small simple Maine roadside vegetable farm stand.And she gave me a dollar tip which I thought strange. From behind the nine year old set of eyeballs I thought she better han... 07/31/2011

The Fourth Of July Celebration is all about the red, white and blue American flag, Independence Day here in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County. Last night, Midnight Madness struck the Shiretown of Aroostook County. Toggle the video and head down to Market Square in Houlton Maine . See the fireworks by the Meduxnekeag River. Hear the live local Maine music. Smell heavenly home made food, have a snack and settle in for four days of Maine family fun. Maine volunteers working on these local community events have the strongest hearts and fire in their belly passion for where they live. Come up to visit us, we're at the beginning of Interstate 95 smack dab on the US Canadian International Border Boundary Crossing. Aroostook County, discover it. I'm Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker 07/02/2011

Houlton Maine in Aroostook County is well known for one humdinger of a 4th of July Celebration. Here is the Sunday, July 3rd schedule of events for the Houlton Maine Fair. This is one of many Maine state fairs around Vacationland to enjoy, check out. Watch a sample of the Houlton Maine 4th of July Celebration video. Maine 4th of July Houlton ME Video. SUNDAY, JULY 3rd, 2011   ADMISSION:  $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES  4H Day andPrize Giveaway Day *Tentative - Subject To Change - Please Check Back Often. 8am:9am:10am:10am:11am:11am:11am:11:30:12pm:12pm:12:30:12:45:12:55:1pm:1pm:1:45:2pm:2pm:2pm:2:30:2:45:3pm:3:30:3:30:3:55:4pm:4pm:4pm:5pm: 7pm:7pm:7pm:7:30:7:30:7:55:8pm:8:15: 9pm:  Gates Open Gymkhana/Pleasure Horse Show  4-H Goat Show  Oxen Demonstration Exhibit Hall Opens Midw... 07/01/2011

Here is what is shaking, happening on Saturday July 2 during the four day Houlton Maine Fair July 4th Celebration. Mooers Realty is one of the sponsors of the Houlton Maine Fair 4th Celebration Demolition Derby. Watch The Houlton Maine Demolition Derby Video. SATURDAY, JULY 2nd, 2011ADMISSION:  $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES  *Tentative - Subject To Change - Please Check Back Often. 9am:  Gates Open   9:30:10am:10am:10am:    10am:11am:11am:11am:11:15:11:45:12pm:12pm:12pm:12:30: 12:30:12:30:1pm: 1pm:1pm:1:25:1:30:1:30:1:45:2:00:2:15:2:30:2:45:2:55: 3:00:3:00: 3:00:4:00:4:00:5:30: 6:00:6:00:7:00:7:15:7:30:7:30:7:55: 8:00:8:15:9pm:  Teamsters Meeting  Draft Horse Show  4-H Rabbit Show  North Country Cruisers Show N Shine Car      Show - Sponsored by Shiretown Inn &     Suites Oxen ... 06/30/2011

What is your local real estate market all about...just a bunch of property listings and pretty much like any other GPS coordinate on the planet? NOOOooo. The area you list, market, sell real estate is so much more than the sticks and bricks, the properties you carefully put on line for the world to see. Where the property is means their is a local community flavor. Ever had someone from far away who has never been to your home town ask you "what is your area like?" Real estate is fixed, does not move and where it is usually comes first in a real estate buyer's mind than what it is. So as a local real estate agent, broker, REALTOR to answer the question what is your area like, you should be involved in those local community events. So you can relay everything about the area, to experienc... 06/20/2011

The Northern Maine Soap Box Derby group is again host to the state race on Derby Hill. Racers from around Maine can enjoy "the thrill of the hill" on Houlton Maine's Derby Hill at Community Park. The specially engineered hill is being set up this morning for the start of the Maine State Soap Box Derby Race. Never gravity raced, been involved with a boy or girl that did with a kit car put together by the driver? Watch last year's Maine Soap Box Derby Race 2010 video. The Soap Box Derby Program started in 1934 and is a very worthwhile local event to put your volunteer time in to. The Houlton Maine race program has 60 volunteers that show up year after year to help set up the hill, tech the cars for safety, handle the awards and food for the party afterwards and tear down of the track. The... 06/17/2011

Sniffing around for a house to own not rent? You are a Maine first time home buyer and looking for a mortgage loan from Maine State Housing to get a set of keys to your first house purchase.My first home was a cute Houlton Maine cape home with hardwood floors, a bath and a half, fireplace, garage. And all for $34,500 with a Maine State Housing first time home buying loan.The Maine bank interest rates at the time found bank lenders charging sixteen percent, with an adjustable option to reflect the market conditions, adjusted yearly.My prize winning fixed rate twelve and a quarter percent Maine State Housing home buying interest rate was some kind of sweet for the time.But like ice cream at a local Maine dairy bar after a little league game win or lose, there are many flavors of Maine Sta... 06/07/2011

Nothing like getting high, off the ground and an ultralight airplane is one quick, easy way to get in the air. Floating light a dragon fly, hummingbird and asending higher and higher in an ultralight airplane. Up in to wild blue yonder slowly and letting it all hang out. Seat and shoulder harnessed in. Wearing a headset with microphone. Sitting in first class but not enclosed like your regular commercial airline flight experience. Where you are reminded to put that seat back in to an upright position. To put your table tray back up as we all prepare to land. Have gotten some neat aerial local images from an ultralight airplane and enjoyed the ride, experience. Ever been up in an ultralight and what is your take on the flight? You might feel less jittery, nervous if you climbed in around... 06/01/2011

If you are passing through Houlton Maine or consider a move, relocation here, it is neat to know there are lots of local attractions. Fun things to do in Southern Aroostook County. We are called the "Shiretown" in Houlton Maine which is the country seat for the state's largest county. The crown of Maine, on the top of Vacationland. Here is a link to some Houlton Maine area places map staged for you to make time to check out.Houlton Maine Map Of Things To DoView Houlton Maine Important Locations in a larger map For more Northern Maine / Aroostook County information and helpful links. Interstate 95 begins, starts in Houlton Maine, the gateway to the Canadian Atlantic Provinces. Plan a vacation trip to consider Houlton Maine as a destination for fun. For a possible Maine relocation, move t... 06/01/2011

What is Houlton Maine like you wonder as a US Border Patrol, Immigration or Customers Officer, an agent heading to Northern New England. You have a waiting job assignment to Houlton Maine or Aroostook County's other port of entries with Canada under a microscope and wondering should I put in for it. If you like the sounds of raising a family, living in a state with the 4th lowest crime statistic, yes. If you like the mention in this blog post of all the elbow room we enjoy that having only 11 people per square mile provides, yes. Maine wildlife, clean resources and 6000 lakes let alone all those rivers, streams, ponds and ocean front, 18 state parks might be the scale teeter totter swaying factor for you. But my favorite incentive for any one in the US Border Patrol, Immigration or Cust... 06/01/2011

 If the chances of a search engine picking up your real estate video channel link increases 50 times why wouldn't you embrace the media as one powerful property marketing tool weapon?Video is easy, quick, efficient to use the eyes and the ears to make a point, to educate and illustrate properties, the local community flavor. Real estate agents will admit video is powerful and what buyers want, sellers expect and properties deserve.When you see the front page search engine index results and one or two video mini players appear on the Droid, lap top or computer desk top screen.Can you resist toggling and watching, listening  to the video offering?Delivery of a message using the eyeballs and the ear drums is way more powerful than read, read, read.It's like your favorite plate of food. The... 05/20/2011

You don't have to wait until you are sixteen to drive a vehicle in Maine when you slided in to a soap box derby kit car. Derby Hill, the venue for the Maine state soap box derby race again this year is pretty steep. And kids that conquer that first one know the "thrill of the hill" in Houlton Maine. Engineered to be fast, safe, fun. Watch a Maine soap box derby race car video. Consider helping a Maine kid get behind the wheel. Sponsor his or her ride. Doublie click the link for more information on the Maine Soap Box Derby Racing Program. Tweet us. Call the derby hotline at 207.532.1310 mainesoapboxderby@gmail.com This year's Maine race with stock, super stock divisions is June 18th on Derby Hill in Houlton Maine, in Aroostook County. 05/09/2011

Maine, the water is high in rivers and spring is the season for canoe, kayak races down those swollen, fast moving water channels. Come on, get in. Tighten that life jacket and paddle. "Hut" means switch sides and keep the rhythm. As you watch the canoes, kayaks launch do you see the many different approaches to the race? Some just a day on the river to celebrate spring. Others out to win something with a gold plated plastic trophy attached. Others in between but all in the race, making the event a celebration of spring on the water on Maine. Maine, the way life should be. 04/30/2011

Diamond mine work is way way off for the Seven Dwarfs with marriage knot tying at new lows and Snow White becomes a designated real estate broker.But SW has to be very diplomatic.Spread around the talent she has to work with and tries her best to build a successful real estate agency with the seven little guys.Need help remembering their names? Once upon a time. Time to tell a real estate story.Think two S's, two D's, and three emotions. Here's the way Snow White's logic works.Grumpy- The hardest to fit in to the organization if you think just bring me your best for listing, marketing, selling real estate right? But Snow puts him in charge of the rental collection arm of the real estate operation. "Pay you stay, don't you won't" is Grumpy's motto. Renters know going in not to mess with ... 04/17/2011

In the beginning the first two Active Rain bloggers had the pair of tin cans, pulled the string tightly to communicate. Like the early black and white video game of ping pong actually. Slow, back and forth, not much excitement or fireworks.Then the numbers of Active Rain bloggers grew.Can you say 205,651 bloggers? The last count number looking over my shoulder up at the board before this hunt and peck process today. Big number.And you know what that means?Traffic, lots of noise, messages being beamed from blogger keyboards all over the blue and green marble. It got loud, fast, kinda crazy.Like six lanes of drive time traffic during rush hour but all the time. Not once in a blue moon. No lull, the real estate blog conveyor belt spinning faster with new post uploads.The blog posts getting... 04/08/2011

The old Pepsi Cola bottle. How old do you think it is? And why it is important to me? I saw it a lot growing up in Maine. The story here.                               Do you have something small that packs powerful, strong good memories from back when you were a kid? I hope you hang on to a few of those day to day items when you lose your parents, loved ones as keep sakes to fuel childhood memories brightly. Keeping the ordinary items that take on more meaning, a deepening appreciation for the folks you loved that used them. Or those items you yourselve used as a kid as part of the family where everyone worked. All had chores, a place in that family and would have been missed if you were missing, not there. In a home, the house you grew up in, the most valuable items are the ones that ... 04/06/2011