OAKLAND — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue won the long jump at the 2025 Class C outdoor track & field championship on June 10 at Messalonskee High School, helping the Ponies finish in 12th place among 38 schools with a score of 20 points.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff You now have full access to Baxter State Park.

HAMPDEN — The Foxcroft Academy boys tennis team won the Class B North championship and the Piscataquis Community High School girls tennis team won the Class C North championship on Saturday, June 7 at the Armstrong Tennis Center.

Despite the hottest conditions of the year so far, area agencies took part in the 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run to carry the Flame of Hope on June 5.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Runners can earn their whoopie pies by taking part in the Piscataquis Area Community Center’s 3K and children’s 1K road races on Saturday, June 14 as part of the annual Maine Whoopie Pie Festival.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine high school state championships for outdoor track are being delayed due to another round of bad weather forecasted for this weekend.

HAMPDEN — Local grade 9 athletes were among those taking part in the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference outdoor track & field championship on June 3 at Hampden Academy.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Rovers ATV Club is looking to have more roads in Dover-Foxcroft open to ATV traffic to provide access to additional businesses and in turn draw more riders to town.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy boys finished in fifth place at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference small school outdoor track and field championship on Saturday, May 31 at Orono High School.

CORINTH — Foxcroft Academy baseball used the long ball and nearly seven innings of no-hit ball to win 14-1 at Central High School of Corinth in a Class C North game on Monday afternoon to kick off a scheduled stretch of three games in four days during the final week of the regular season.

HERMON — Athletes from three area middle schools concluded the 2025 season at the Almquist Invitational on May 28 at Hermon High School.

BREWER — Athletes from the region took part in the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference  junior varsity track & field championship on May 27 at the Brewer Community School.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is proud to announce it has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation.

GUILFORD — Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union will be hosting a paintball tournament on Saturday, May 31 at Flying Dutchman Paintball in Guilford.

OLD TOWN — Three of the area’s outdoor track & field teams concluded the 2025 regular season with a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Old Town High School on May 24.

SANGERVILLE — The Friends of Sangerville Fire Department 2025 Fishing Derby will be this weekend, from 7 a.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff The Philadelphia Eagles will be able to continue their successful short yardage play, known as the “tush push,” after NFL owners rejected a proposal to ban the much-debated maneuver.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Rick and Nancy Labbe are avid anglers who spend a lot of time fishing on Moosehead Lake.