More than a half dozen paddlers from across the region took part in the 59th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race covering 16.

DEXTER — The field lighting project at Dexter Regional High School has reached $150,000, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe announced in an April 17 post on the Dexter Maine Facebook page.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — New restrictions on high-priced moose hunts are moving forward despite a bitter clash between guides and an unexpected fight in the Maine Legislature.

By Sabrina Martin, Bangor Daily News Staff As black bears emerge this month from their winter hibernation — hungry and sometimes with cubs to feed — Mainers should take precautionary measures before they see bears or any evidence of bear activity, according to Caitlin Drasher, a black bear biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy is promoting from within with assistant coach Kilee Salley being named the new field hockey head coach, announced via a post on the school’s Facebook page.

BANGOR — Husson University junior Abigail Conlogue, a resident of Brownville and a Penquis Valley High School graduate, has been named North Atlantic Conference Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this season.

By CBS 13 The debate over transgender student athletes in school sports is once again in the spotlight in Augusta, and soon, it will be up to Maine voters to decide.

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is inviting people to join them on one of their annual Waterway Work Trips this upcoming stewardship season.

By Daniel O’Connor Conservatives are rushing to critique the state’s wording of a ballot question that could ban transgender public school students from sports teams and private spaces that align with their gender identities.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The wording of this November’s referendum to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams has been released.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Sports Editor First team Nolan Ames, Sr.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Maine trappers and other small business owners are losing a key online marketplace after Etsy updated its policy to ban the sale of most fur products.

BANGOR — Husson University junior Abigail Conlogue, a resident of Brownville and a Penquis Valley High School graduate, has been named North Atlantic Conference Field Athlete of the Week.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The Maine moose lottery is open now through 11:59 p.

We at Allagash Tails are pleased to present our newest book “The Allagash-A Hard Road to Wilderness”.

By Fisheries Resource Technician Elijah Creedon With cold conditions persisting in much of the region through March, ice is very likely to remain on many of our waters in the Moosehead Lake region well into the month of April.

By BDN Sports The Maine Basketball Hall of Fame is set to get even bigger in August, with a group of 10 new inductees, six legends of the game and two teams slated to join the hall’s prestigious membership.

GORHAM — University of Southern Maine freshman Hayden Strout, a resident of Charleston and 2025 Foxcroft Academy graduate, has been named the Maine College Baseball & Softball Association Rookie of the Week, USM announced.