By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine high school basketball tournament gets plenty of attention this time of year, and for good reason.

By Larry Mahoney and Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine boys and girls high school basketball tournaments tip off once again this week.

GREENVILLE — The annual 100 Mile Wilderness Sled Dog Race was held on Saturday, Feb.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team finished in third place at the 2025 Class B North championship on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue won a pair of events and he came in second in another at the 2025 Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Small School championship on Saturday, Feb.

Dexter finishes fourth in Class C By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lewiston, Ellsworth and Lisbon/St.

GREENVILLE — Several weeks after launching a campaign to purchase the Big Moose Mountain ski property, a local nonprofit is nearly a sixth of the way to its $5.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill directing the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish a program for registering deer electronically during hunting season could give hunters an alternative to finding a tagging station.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished second at the 2025 Class C North championship on Saturday, Feb.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor Here is a quick report on the 18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby that was held last weekend on Maine’s largest lake.

ORONO — Piscataquis Community High School junior Ava Goulette earned top honors in the shot put during a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — Penquis Valley High School junior Jareth Williams had the second fastest time in the 55 meters at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — Scarce snowpack hindered snowmobile recreation in Maine last winter, squeezing businesses that count on the sport to draw tourists.

DEXTER — The Dexter Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby was held Jan.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The state’s 73 cheerleading squads will travel to Bangor for Saturday’s regional competition at the Cross Insurance Center that will determine the 16 teams that will vie for the state title in each of the three classes on the following Saturday (Feb.

Foxcroft Academy junior Lucas Sands has been named to the the Big East Conference 2024-25 Week 7 honor roll, joining 14  other conference players.

Event to celebrate the title launch Feb.

BUCKSPORT — The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team came in second at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference championship on Saturday, Jan.