FORT KENT — Temperatures hovered around zero while students from six northern Maine high schools competed in an afternoon of alpine ski racing at Lonesome Pine Trails in Fort Kent on Saturday, December 17.

The Piscataquis of Guilford boys basketball team figured to have one of the most demanding starts to the new season of any team in Class C North.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy indoor track and field team kicked off the 2016-17 season on Dec.

Every year at about this time, at all of New England’s land grant colleges, a few members of the New England Outdoor Writers Association (NEOWA) visit the wildlife departments of these respective colleges with a mission: to award scholarships.

Sometimes when you hit a roadblock, you have to find a detour.

To the editor: I often hear people complaining about Christmas gifts they receive — ties they never wear, hand-knit sweaters that don’t fit or are awful in design, another pair of slippers they have to “ooh” over and then stuff in the closet along with last year’s, a fruitcake they’ll eventually throw away, or any number of other gifts they have to pretend they like.

The next time people try to convince you that the candidate with the most money wins the election, kindly disagree.

The recent debate (I’m being kind.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) has selected 11 Maine communities to implement projects in the foundation’s “Healthy Community” grant initiative.

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis will be serving Christmas dinner at the Kiwanis Headquarters Building, 24 Gerrish Road, from noon to 1:30 p.