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This mountain in Baxter State Park is great for beginner hikers

By Aislinn Sarnacki Alone in the southwest corner of Baxter State Park, Sentinel Mountain has a fitting name.

SAD 4 officials continue to watch athletic participation numbers

GUILFORD — The regular season is underway for fall high school and middle school sports across Maine.

Foxcroft Academy Booster Club president honored for her service

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy Booster Club members are often busy manning the snack shack at sporting events and cooking menu items and raising funds in a variety of ways to benefit student-athletes and their programs.

Fall flows in the Moosehead Lake Region

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor GREENVILLE —We are sitting pretty at First Roach Pond with 6.

Ponies score 10 touchdowns in season opener vs. Belfast

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Late in the first quarter of the 2024 season opener vs.

FA, Dexter cross country teams run at Ellsworth Invitational

ELLSWORTH — The Foxcroft Academy and Dexter Regional High School cross country teams took part in the 2024 Ellsworth Invitational on Saturday, Sept.

Selling certain lead jigs is no longer legal in Maine

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It became illegal to sell painted lead jigs on Sept.

Maine high school soccer players no longer have to wear mouthguards

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Principals’ Association has voted to remove the mouthguard mandate for middle school and high school soccer, effective immediately.

More women are coaching Maine high school boys soccer than ever before

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff As recently as 2016, just two of the 127 active high school varsity boys soccer programs in Maine had female head coaches.

FA’s Jarrett finishes 12th at Panther Pre-Season 2-Miler

WALDOBORO — Foxcroft Academy senior Runner Jarrett finished 12th at the Panther Pre-Season 2-Miler on Saturday, Aug.

What it’s like to hike Maine’s scariest trail

By Aislinn Sarnacki The jagged backbone of a stone giant, Knife Edge stretched before us.

Hunters are hitting the woods for bear season

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Gateway Trading Post in Ashland started registering bears on youth day and the flow of hunters coming through hasn’t stopped since.

5 North high school boys soccer teams to watch this fall

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff The boys soccer season gets fully underway on Sept.

Fall flows in the Moosehead Lake Region

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor GREENVILLE — Every fall, the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in Greenville coordinates with hydro companies to maximize fishing opportunities in the region on rivers with dams.

Maine is inspiring Canada to help more fish

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s progress in salmon restoration over the last decade is inspiring Atlantic Canada to work harder toward its goals for the fish, the new president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Salmon Federation said.

PVHS Key Club Hue on You 5K Run/Walk set for Sept. 8

MILO — The Penquis Valley High School Key Club’s inaugural Hue on You 5K Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, Sept.

If Maine cracks down on floating camps, what does that mean for ice shacks?

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Fishermen who read the Bangor Daily News/Piscataquis Observer story about how the state is looking to define and regulate floating camps brought up a few concerns about their ice shacks.

Here’s what you had to say about Maine’s ‘floating camps’

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News audience had a lot to say about a story about “floating camps” and how the state of Maine is trying to figure out how to regulate them.

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