Observer photo/Stuart HedstromHALL OF FAMERS — During halftime of Foxcroft Academy’s 2026 Homecoming football game, members of the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was recognized.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy found the endzone twice in each of the opening two quarters and kept Gardiner Area High School from crossing the goalline for all 48 minutes to earn a 28-0 victory in the Ponies’ 2026 Homecoming game on Sept.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School cross country team took part in a PVC/KVAC crossover meet at Saxl Park on Sept.

CORINTH — The Foxcroft Academy boys cross country team finished in second place at a meet at Central High School of Corinth on Sept.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School senior Chase Lander joined some rare company in Maine high school sports history with his 100th career goal in a 14-0 victory vs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy found the Hermon High School goal 12 times in the team’s 2026 home opener on Saturday morning, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four trips to the endzone would be more than enough for Foxcroft Academy to defeat Oceanside High School of Rockland 28-12 in the Ponies’ 2026 home opener in a Class C matchup on Sept.

BUCKSPORT — Dexter Regional High School junior Ella McClintock-Hatch came in third at the Bucksport Invitational on Sept.

PRESQUE ISLE — The Foxcroft Academy cross country team traveled to Aroostook County on Sept.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Baxter State Park Authority is suing a man who allegedly allowed the decay of historic wilderness sport cabins on Katahdin Lake.

MILO — Next month the Penquis Valley Middle School Outing Club will travel to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Medawisla Lodge & Cabins in central Piscataquis County.

DEXTER — With the flick of a switch, the Dexter Regional High School football field was illuminated near dusk for the school’s first ever night game on Sept 4.

ELLSWORTH — The Foxcroft Academy and Dexter Regional High School cross country teams opened the 2026 regular season at the Ellsworth Invitational on Sept.

By Fisheries Resource Biologist Elijah Creedon With the start of September and cooler nights settling in, fall fishing opportunities are beginning to pick up.

By Ari Snider, Maine Public  Just about anyone who’s spent time on northern Maine’s Allagash River has heard of Norm.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A 2.

BANGOR — Maine Discovery Museum announced the honorees for the inaugural Maine Science Awards, a new annual celebration recognizing the scientists, innovators, researchers and advocates advancing science across Maine.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff While Aroostook County high teams have already begun playing soccer games due to the annual potato harvest break, the rest of the state’s fall sports teams began practicing this past week in preparation for the upcoming campaign.