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Around Town

By Paula Woodworth ‘70

The Gateway Ambassadors Senator King’s Return

The Gateway Ambassador program was created last Whenever Senator Angus King rolls into town, he and I
year to assemble a group of volunteers who could like to take a photo with a Houltonopoly game. He was
greet newcomers to town and be “cheerleaders” for our here in August visiting with people at the County Co-
community. We were put to the test during the Eclipse, op so we couldn’t resist the opportunity to recreate our
and I think we did an excellent job of taking care of all photo from six years ago. A little older but wiser.
the visitors who came for this event. Since that time, we
have continued to meet monthly to figure out our next
challenge. We are in the process of creating “Welcome
bags” for our visitors and newcomers. Local businesses
have donated gift cards and other items for the bags.
We have assembled lists of things to do in the area and
are printing a brochure with information about Houlton.
Our goal is to make our visitors, and new residents feel
welcomed and informed.

Three of our ambassadors were recently invited to
participate in the ribbon cutting for the new Vibrations
Recordings studio in Hodgdon. We had a fun afternoon
meeting people and touring this new state-of-the-art
facility. If you need some ambassadors to liven up your Paula with Senator King – 2018
next event, give us a call.

Owner John Pasquarelli cutting the ceremonial opening ribbon for his new
recording studio
Paula with Senator King – 2024

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