Houlton, ME (Sector)

 

What town: Houlton

State: ME (Maine)

Station: Houlton Station or Houlton Sector HDQTRS

 

Population: about 6,500

 

Telephone Co. Name: Fair point or you can get GWI

Electric Co. Name: HWC (Houlton Water Company)

 

Gas Co Name: OIL, MPG, Deadriver

 

Cable Co. Name: Polaris Cable, Direc TV, Dish

 

City Trash Name: Pinetree Waste

 

City Water Name: HWC (Houlton Water Company)

 

Hospital Name: Houlton Regional Hospital

 

Parks and Rec. small city park, with playground, baseball/t-ball fields, picnic tables, skate park, arena for skating, soap-box derby hill. Also, Gentle Memorial Building Recreational Center, snowmobiling, four wheeling, fishing, boating, hunting.

 

Newspaper Name: Houlton Pioneer Times

 

Chamber of Commerce: Houlton Chamber of Commerce

 

Convention & Visitors Bureau: There is a rest area in town that offers a visitors center.

 

EXTRA INFORMATION: 

 

Station type of work - varies, mostly single patrol, bus checks, some check points

 

Shopping - small Wal-Mart, Mardens, Label Shopper Dollar Store, small downtown section (Market Square) various shops

 

Eateries -McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, Horn of Plenty, The Vault, Subway, Tim Horton's, small in gas station Dunkin' Donuts, two Chinese restaurants, The Shamrock, Dow's Market (pizza, subs and dinners), Pizza is available at some of the gas stations as well, Courtyard Cafe

 

Cellular Telephone - US Cellular, Verizon

 

Local Internet Providers -Polaris, GWI, Fair point

 

Other Services -