Dexter Regional High School and Foxcroft Academy football games are among the WABI TV-5 broadcast schedule for the 2026 season.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff Fourteen years ago, Matt Knox shot his first bear.

DEXTER — Students across the Dexter area will be starting classes soon with the first full day of school for all in SAD 46 on Thursday, Aug.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has released the results of the 2026 antlerless deer permit lottery.

The Big 11 Football Conference, Class C/D of which Foxcroft Academy is a member, recently voted to name its sportsmanship award in honor of Allan Snell, a longtime area school administrator and football official.

By Fisheries Resource Biologist Steve Seeback The Moosehead Lake Region in Maine offers outstanding and diverse fishing opportunities through mid to late summer.

BANGOR — Husson University has announced its Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026, which includes outstanding former Husson athletes who distinguished themselves among their peers.

DEXTER — He did not quite finish his plate, but one leftover bun did not matter as Alan Dill again earned top honors in Dexter Hannaford’s eating contest at the ninth annual Maine Red Hot Dog Festival Aug.

By Carey Kish A cool north wind blows refreshingly across the crystal-clear waters of the pond.

DEXTER — The 2026 Maine Red Hot Dog Festival began on Saturday morning, Aug.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Ten-year-old Liam Holland and his father, Dola, set off on the Appalachian Trail on Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first full day of classes in RSU 68 will be Wednesday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It wasn’t raining outside the Piscataquis County Ice Arena Friday night, July 31 but between periods of the Foxcroft Academy alumni hockey game, hundreds of bright yellow rubber ducks came flying through the air.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff “The Maine Outdoors,” an outdoors radio show hosted by former Bangor Daily News Managing Editor V.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday night, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy graduates, community members and visitors to the region kicked off the Saturday of Foxcroft Academy Alumni Weekend on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Foxcroft Academy Golf Scramble was played on Aug.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Maine trappers will see several changes this fall, including an early raccoon season and other updates to the state’s rules.