Maggie Stern went for a treasure hunt of sorts Tuesday, prospecting for nuggets left behind by the town’s dogs during winter.
A walk around Helms Loop Road and the old school corner at Third and Main had netted her a yield of several gallons.
“It bothers me to see dog poop everywhere, and I’m a dog owner, so I’m as much a culprit as anybody,” Stern said.

She used a trowel and an ice-scraper to…
