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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Tyler Marmonti was just tagging along with his 12-year-old brother Mason Marmonti and his friends to go fishing.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff OLD TOWN — Old Town High School soccer enters a new chapter this fall, as the Coyotes have hired two new head coaches for their girls and boys teams.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Floating camps are popping up more and more in Maine’s lakes, ponds and rivers.

GREENVILLE — A full field of area golfers spent a memorable day at the beautiful Mount Kineo Golf Course on Aug.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Eight-man football first arrived in Maine in 2019, providing a safe alternative for high school teams struggling with small rosters, numerically and physically speaking.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s deer herd is healthy and is one of the largest the state’s ever had, according to a deer biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.