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Potato Blossom Festival is in full swing! Get to Fort Fairfield for #spuds #bikes #runs #boats and more! In this edition: #FortFairfield takes center stage: 1) A #BikeRodeo and classic #cycling race. 2) A #5mile #RoadRace. 3) A fun #paddle and float in the #AroostookRiver. Plus lots more! #AroostookThing #offugo... Friday, July 15 Potato Blossom Festival Bike Rodeo, Fort Fairfield. 9:00 a.m. at CP Station Park. For kids ages 12 and under. Bring your bike and join in the fun! Visit www.fortfairfield.org FMI Saturday, July 16-Sunday, July 17 Maine State Parks and Lands Loon Plate Weekend, Statewide . All vehicles bearing Maine Loon Conservation license plates are allowed free entrance to Maine state parks and historic sites; does not apply to Baxter State Park and some other facilities. Contact Aroostook State Park ( 207-768-8341 ) FMI Saturday, July 16 2016 Maine Audubon Loon Count Project, Statewide. Be a citizen scientist; go to your favorite lake or pon...

#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...