By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Ellsworth High School won its first state Class B cheerleading championship a year ago and made it two in a row on Saturday, Feb.

By Aislinn Sarnacki “Beware!” a sign reads at the trailhead for Peregrine Ridge.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy boys scored 46 points to place fourth among eight schools at the 2024 Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Small School championship at the University of Maine’s New Balance Field House on Feb.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor I’m hoping this is the last time I will have to write a report on Big Wadleigh Pond.

Foxcroft Academy senior Jadon Richard has been named to the Big East Conference 2023-24 Week 8 honor roll, the third such recognition of the season for him as he was also chosen in Week 1 and Week 5.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Chris Parent caught his winning togue on the first day of the three-day Moosehead Lake Fishing Derby.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new free-standing sign went up in LL Bean’s fishing department last week instructing fishermen on how to properly attach and dispose of their soft plastic bait, often referred to as rubber worms.

AUGUSTA — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in second place at the 2024 Class C North championship on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — The regular season for the 2023-24 Eastern Maine Indoor Track League/Penobscot Valley Conference concluded on Friday, Feb.

GREENVILLE — On Saturday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff With the quality and thickness of ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds being unreliable this year, it’s a good idea to be prepared for the worst when you go ice fishing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The third annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff For the first time since the inception of Maine state high school cheerleading competitions in 1988, there won’t be a Class D because of a lack of teams.

MILLINOCKET — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in second place at the 2024 Penobscot Valley Conference Class C championship on Saturday, Jan.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Although there is plenty of safe ice in Maine, people need to be careful in some areas, especially on the larger and deeper lakes, according to a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman on Monday.

ORONO —  The Foxcroft Academy boys indoor track and field team scored 39 points to place sixth among a field of nine schools during a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet Saturday, Jan.

GREENVILLE —  The Natural Resource Education Center’s 17th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby will be from Friday, Feb.

By Rhonda Arey SHIRLEY —   The big news this month is that we finally have rideable snow!   The Bypass Trail is currently being groomed.