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22 May 2013

MADAWASKA – The Madawaska Recreation Department hosted a bike rodeo for local children on Saturday, May 18, featuring a helmet fitting, an obstacle course, bike inspections, safety video viewings, minor bike repairs and bike licensing by the Madawaska Police Department.

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22 May 2013

Just like my dad said, I grew out of my distaste for onions and discovered that you can probably eat anything as long as it’s fried. But unlike he predicted, I have yet to grow out of my revulsion for carrots, especially cooked carrots. Sure, I can drown baby carrots in ranch dressing and I chew and swallow just fine.

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16 May 2013

MADAWASKA – Two local travel groups were scheduled to visit China in 2014, but recent events in that country have motivated the Madawaska travel group to reroute their destination to Italy and Greece next year. The Fort Kent group, which Fort Kent Community High School instructor Valerie Plourde-Ouellet facilitates, is continuing with the China destination.

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15 May 2013

ST. JOHN VALLEY – Fiddlehead season in the St. John Valley started two weeks early this year and is already nearing its end. Valley Fuel Stop manager and local fiddlehead forager Nick Albert of Madawaska started picking the furled ferns on May 3 and said the season is almost done.

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12 May 2013

ST. JOHN VALLEY – As U.S. Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, Robert Reid has extensively traveled the United States and, in a December 2012 article, listed the north Maine woods as one of the top ten U.S. travel destinations in 2013. Last week Reid toured the St. John Valley in an effort to enhance with details a presentation he conducted at the Maine Woods Consortium in Bangor on May 6.

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11 May 2013

MADAWASKA - Despite a rainy morning, Tribute to Courage walkers arrived at the Madawaska Safety Complex with umbrellas in hand and sporting raincoats bright and early Saturday morning.

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8 May 2013

VAN BUREN –Local social worker Dana LaPlante recruited members of the middle school civil rights team to assist her in creating a culture fair for all MSAD 24 students to attend. The fair, which the school will hold at the school on April 25, featured local cultural representations of ployes, First Nations history and traditions, potato farming, and Acadian culture.

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3 May 2013

MADAWASKA - Chris and Mindy Braley of Madawaska celebrated the opening of their new business on Saturday, April 27, at the Top O' Maine Trade Show. The Braleys served treats to trade show attendees in the Multipurpose Center parking lot from their new ice cream truck, which locals may have also seen in their neighborhoods during the evening this past week.

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30 April 2013

I've learned a lesson from the way plants grow, feeding both their roots and shoots to thrive. I once found meaning in the knowledge that chickadees work and eat all throughout the day just to survive the long, cold night. I'm still trying to figure out if it means anything that a luna moth only lives for one week because it doesn't have a mouth.

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27 April 2013

FORT KENT The Market Street Co-op is currently accepting new members and plans to open up this summer as scheduled, though at least 150 members are required prior to opening a storefront. The cooperative intends to supply Fort Kent and the surrounding area with local and Maine foods and other natural and organic products that are unavailable in current retail locations.

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23 April 2013

MADAWASKA – A popular local business is celebrating its 60th year and owners from the past 40 years say it's all because of their family of employees. The Madawaska TF, known locally as Tastee Freeze, first served ice cream to its customers in 1953 and has opened up each summer for the past six decades.

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23 April 2013

MADAWASKA Katie Marsh moved to the area last year, months after enduring a touching, painful experience, and has since penned a memoir detailing her journey.

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11 April 2013

MADAWASKA - At a regular board of selectpeople meeting on April 9, heads of the police department presented information to the board that clarified their need to maintain full-time coverage in the area, citing approximately 3,500 calls for service in the prior 12 months.

The budget committee was present for the meeting.

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9 April 2013

I was a child unaware of the value of land. Though I grew up in an area with abundant land and resources, I didn’t think of such things as economic assets as a young girl. My parents and I lived a few alternative years in small structures in the woods during the construction of a new home and, believe me, I was a child unaware of the value of that experience.

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8 April 2013

MADAWASKA – Local chiropractor Dr. Thomas Gregson is teaming up with Tim Hortons for a book signing on April 20 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m and will accept donations for a local charity at the event. Gregson said he is offering an on-site health consultation to all attendees, and also has some educational incentives for individuals who choose to donate $20.

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8 April 2013

MADAWASKA - The University of Maine Symphonic Band visited Madawaska Middle High School as part of a northern Maine tour on Friday, April 5.

MMHS band instructor Joshua Bosse performed with the Symphonic Band during his time as a student at the University of Maine. Now his students had the privilege of opening up the special performance with a few of their own pieces. Bosse said he had asked the Symphonic Band to visit for two years and he was excited that they agreed. 

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5 April 2013

FORT KENT - The Fort Kent Lions Club had the opening night for the Pride of Lions Show at the Fox Auditorium on the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus Thursday night. Fiddlehead Focus reporter Jenna Beaulieu was onhand to capture some of the special moments.

At the request of the club, Fiddlehead Focus withheld publication of this gallery until Saturday evening in order to preserve several surprises in the show.

The Lions show returned on Friday and Saturday.