offugo... Aroostook Outdoor Event News

#Chilly? Wake up , June. It’s #summertime! #DressForTheWeather and #GetOutside. In this edition: 1) A #paddle trip for #birders at the #WildlifeRefuge in #HodgdonME. 2) #Hikes in #Limestone and #BaxterStatePark. 3) Free admission to #AroostookStatePark in Presque Isle. Plus lots more! #AroostookThing #offugo... Friday, June 10 PI Historical Society Guided Historic Fairmount Cemetery Tour, Presque Isle. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce, 3 Houlton Road. 1.5-hour guided walking tour; discuss origins, Victorian influences, 30 local historic figures. Many hills on tour. Cost: $5; reservations required. Contact Kimberly Smith (207-762-1151) or visit www.pihistory.org FMI Saturday, June 11 Aroostook Birders Paddle Trip, Hodgdon. Meet at Libby’s Dairy Bar at 8:00 a.m. Please join us for a leisurely paddle along the Hodgdon Deadwater, located in Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area, summer home to a number of species of waterfowl. There is...

Monday snow. Weekend sun. A good trade off? #FickleWeather #AroostookProblems In this edition: 1) #5k runs in Woodstock #NewBrunswick (two of ‘em!), #Houlton, and #PresqueIsle. 2) A #Birding trip to #Portage Lake. 3) Celebrate the #forest way of life at festivals in Patten and Ashland. Plus lots more! #AroostookThing #offugo... Saturday, May 21 Woodstock Rec Spring Run-Off 5k, Woodstock, NB. Registration 8:00 a.m. at Woodstock Farm Market, 220 King St. Race start: 9:00 a.m. (all times Atlantic). Small Strides, Healthy Lives 500m/1k Kids’ Race; for youths 14 and under. We encourage everyone to come out to run or walk. Cost: $10, Kids’ races: FREE!  Prizes and refreshments at the finish line. Contact Woodstock Rec (506-325-4307) or jill.dunnett@town.woodstock.nb.ca FMI Saturday, May 21 Hodgdon High School My School Color Run FUNdraiser, Houlton. Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Houlton Rec. Center. Run start: 9:00 a.m. This is an untimed fun run. Runners pass throu...