Limestone community members launch fundraiser for new holiday lights
The committee is asking residents to consider sponsoring a light and help the group raise enough funds to purchase at least 15 of the 30 lights needed.
The committee is asking residents to consider sponsoring a light and help the group raise enough funds to purchase at least 15 of the 30 lights needed.
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.
These are stories that reveal humanity amid the rare natural event.
Greg Moakley drove all the way up from Peabody, MA to see the eclipse at the former Loring Air Force Base.
At 3:32 p.m., the area looked like twilight, then slid into near-total darkness at about 3:34 as the crowd erupted in cheering.
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.
The idea for a Houlton-based feature-length documentary, “A Moment in the Sun,” got started a bit by chance.
With names like Toadally Dahk and Shiretown Blackout, brewers and winemakers in the Aroostook County region focused on specialty eclipse sips.