By Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff Toby Nelson has stepped down as the head coach of the Foxcroft Academy boys basketball team after four years in the position.

After three years, the Three Rivers Kiwanis Foundation of Milo/Brownville held its annual Sebec River Canoe/Kayak Race on Saturday, May 13.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill designed to ban more types of lead fishing equipment to reduce further health threats to Maine loons got key approval from the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on May 17.

GREENVILLE — Destination Moosehead Lake is celebrating spring with Moose Mainea! The Moose Mainea 5K, 10K, and Kids Fun Race will be held on Saturday, June 3 in Greenville near the shores of Moosehead Lake.

BREWER — The Foxcroft Academy boys track and field team scored 108 points at a Penobscot Valley Conference meet on May 13 at the Brewer Community School, good for second place among a field of seven teams.

CARIBOU — The Piscataquis Community High School track team traveled to Aroostook County for a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Caribou High School on May 13, and the Pirate girls left with a third-place performance.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three unearned runs on one play in the second inning would turn out to be all the Dexter Regional High School softball team needed on the scoreboard as the Tigers defeated Foxcroft Academy 9-2 in an interclass matchup on May 12 at the Morton Avenue field.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School and Penquis Valley High School track teams were both in action at a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Cameron Stadium on May 12.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For years, the state has struggled to get hunters to kill enough female deer.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers who want to hunt on Sundays have been dealt another blow.

By Troy Bennett, Bangor Daily News Staff PORTLAND — When Sea Dogs shortstop Christian Koss and catcher Mickey Gasper, of the rival Somerset Patriots, faced off against each other May 10 at Hadlock Field, both swung Maine-made Dove Tail bats crafted in Shirley.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff There will be some minor changes to this year’s moose hunting season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Ten first-place performances accounted for nearly half of the team’s 203 total points as the Foxcroft Academy boys finished in first place at a home meet on May 9.

OLD TOWN — The Piscataquis Community High School girls scored 45 points to finish fourth among a field of six teams during a Penobscot Valley Conference outdoor track meet at Old Town High School on May 6.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Things are going to be heating up, both literally and figuratively, during the month of May.

After three years Three Rivers Kiwanis Foundation of Milo/Brownville will finally hold its annual canoe race on Saturday, May 13, starting at the Sebec Village Reading Room and ending at Veterans Park in Milo.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft  held its 49th annual Piscataquis River Race on the morning of Saturday, April 22 with paddlers traveling about 8.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff This spring, folks who enjoy journeying through the Maine woods on all-terrain vehicles will have to wait a bit longer.