For the past 18 years I’ve worked at JetBlue and felt compelled to correct the record regarding some of the claims made regarding our company’s application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide air service between Presque Isle and Boston.
50 Years Ago May 8, 1974
Dr. Madigan Is Chamber’s Outstanding Citizen– The Board of Directors of the Houlton Chamber of Commerce, at their meeting Tuesday, announced that John B. Madigan, a prominent Houlton physician, has been elected as recipient of the Chamber’s Outstanding Citizen award for 1974.
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Tuesday, the thrill of the event remained as planners shared stories and details about the three-day festival leading up to the spectacular celestial occurrence.
Aroostook County Tourism will host the 2024 Aroostook County Tourism Summit on Wednesday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Frenchville Community Center, with a focus on growing tourism collaboratively using our unique natural resources.
These are stories that reveal humanity amid the rare natural event.
While crowds did not reach the predicted 40,000 in Houlton, eclipse planners estimated that about 20,000 made their way to the last U.S. stop along the 115-mile wide path of totality.
Traffic had reached a crawl in some parts of central, western and northern Maine.
Houlton, the last U.S. stop along the path of totality, has been preparing for this event for nearly three years, and whether it gets 5,000 or the predicted 40,000 visitors, the town is ready with traffic plans, food trucks, porta potties, shuttle buses and six star parks.
Just an hour after opening, nearly 400 people had already entered a brewfest on Saturday and by 4 p.m., the line to enter the John A. Millar Civic Center was trailing outside the doors.
