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Full #LunarEclipse on Sunday! Starts 9ish. Peak 10ish #GetOutside #SuperMoon #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) #5k on the #Runway in #PresqueIsle. 2) #5k with #Zombies in #Caribou. 3) A twilight #hike in #FortKent. Plus lots more! #offugo... Saturday, September 26 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Woodstock, NB. Join us from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Atlantic Time) and help clean up the Meduxnekeag Shoreline; help keep our waters healthy for everyone. Meet in the back parking lot of NBCC. Contact Geneva (506-328-1100) FMI *Saturday, September 26 UMPI Outing Club Rock Climbing Trip, Acadia National Park. Climb real granite on Otter Cliff! No experience required. Fee: $30/UMPI student; $45/non-student; transportation, guide services, gear provided. Pre-register before 4:00 p.m., Sept. 23. Contact Amanda Baker (207-768-9401) or amanda.g.baker@umpi.edu FMI Saturday, September 26 PenAir 5k On The Runway, Presque Isle. Registration: 8:30 a.m. at Northern Maine Regi...

#OneMoreWeek of #heat! #GetOutside #EnjoyIt #WontLastLong #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) An #AppalachianTrail #Festival in #Millinocket. 2) #Shooting clinics for #women and #kids in #PresqueIsle and #Bridgewater. 3) #Races in #Caribou and #Houlton. Plus lots more! #offugo... *Friday, September 18 Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce Walk America's First Mile, Fort Kent. Pick up a First Mile Passport at the Chamber Office at 291 West Main between 8:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.; be one of the first 40 people to get five stamps or signatures in your book and get a free commemorative t-shirt! Visit https://www.facebook.com/Greater-Fort-Kent-Area-Chamber-of-Commerce-150553042721/timeline/ FMI Friday, September 18 Trails End Festival Hard Core Project, Millinocket. 7:00 a.m. at Appalachian Trail Lodge. A yearly festival tradition and a way to give back to the Appalachian Trail; work on the AT, earn a Trails End Hard Core patch, then enjoy a BBQ at the AT Lodge. It is a har...

#IndianSummer? #Love this #weather for #OutdoorEvents! #GetOutside #LotsToDo #AroostookThing In this edition: 1) An #Allagash #trip originating in #Caribou. 2) #Running events in Florenceville-Bristol and Woodstock, #NewBrunswick. 3) #Stargazing with #astronomers at #Katahdin. Plus lots more! #offugo... www.offugoaroostook.blogspot.com www.offugo.bangordailynews.com Friday, September 11-Sunday, September 13 Caribou Rec. Take It Outside Series Adult Allagash Exploration, Caribou. Two night stay at Maccanamac Camps; canoe Chase Rapids, tour Churchill Dam Museum, hike to historic Chamberlain Lake trains. Participants must be in excellent shape. Cost: $150; includes gear, transportation, meals. Contact Neal Sleeper (207-493-4224) or sleeper@cariboumaine.org FMI Friday, September 11 PI Historical Society Guided Historic Fairmount Cemetery Tour, Presque Isle. 1.5-hour guided walking tour; discuss origins, Victorian influences, 30 local historic figures. Many hills ...