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Weekly digital jigsaw – Maine Maple Sunday – Star-Herald

Maine Maple Sunday is this weekend, Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24.

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Dinner raises funds for Discover D.C.

The Discover D.C. spaghetti fundraiser held Saturday, March 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 at the Mapleton Lions Hall was a success.

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Bradbury Maple Farms among producers welcoming public for Maine Maple Weekend

When the Bradburys began producing their own maple syrup near their home in Bridgewater, they hung a few buckets from trees and, without access to electricity on the wooded property, came through the season with 17 gallons of maple syrup.

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Owls softball splits opening games

The University of Maine at Presque Isle split a pair of games on Monday to open up the 2019 season on their southern trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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Owls fall in opening doubleheader

The University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball team got outside for the first time Sunday, March 17, in North Carolina for a practice before their opening doubleheader at Greensboro College.

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County Faces: Donna Grass of Sherman

Donna Grass, a resident of Sherman, recently celebrated her 94th birthday, and clearly that’s just a number for this active community member.

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Even the sky was celebrating

Before the Caribou Viking boys took down Cape Elizabeth for the gold ball, they had to get by Hermon

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Presque Isle area From our Files (week of March 20, 2019)

The South Presque Isle Auxiliary to the Red Cross Chapter made $76 from their supper and entertainment which was held the previous week.

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United Parish Church boosts local fuel funds

The United Parish Church in Fort Fairfield recently contributed over $1,600 to the Emergency Fuel Assistance fund administered by the Aroostook County Action Program, which provides assistance to income-eligible households for emergency fuel delivery.

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Cartoon of the week (week of March 20, 2019)

By E.A. Williams

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Maine Poet Laureate to showcase poetry, art at PI library

Current Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum will present a poetry reading at the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle in April while also showcasing a collaborative art exhibit with his wife, visual artist Susan Webster.

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Study ranks Collins most bipartisan senator for 6th year

A study released March 19 by the Lugar Center and The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University ranks U.S. Senator Susan Collins as the most bipartisan Senator for the sixth consecutive year.

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What Mainers can expect from Trump’s changes to the tax code

Mainers preparing their 2018 taxes are finding out just how President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is affecting them in its inaugural year, and not everyone is happy.

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Why Maine is seeing more record high temperatures

Since 2010, Maine has broken five daytime record high temperatures for every record low temperature, according to a new Associated Press data analysis of temperature trends across the United States.

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Nordic Heritage Center gearing up for last leg of national championship

The Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle is gearing up for one of the biggest winter sports events since the 2016 World Cup Biathlon with the SuperTour cross country ski race finals from March 27 to April 2.

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Winter varmint hunting a true challenge

Aroostook residents are enduring a particularly rough winter, and for sportsmen it has been even more challenging.

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Police identify father, son shot in apparent murder-suicide in Presque Isle

Police Monday evening identified the man and his 14-month-old son who died in an apparent murder-suicide in Presque Isle over the weekend.

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Police arrest Presque Isle man on sexual assault charges

A 20-year-old man is facing charges for gross sexual assault after allegedly having sexual contact with a juvenile, according to the Maine State Police.