By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new free-standing sign went up in LL Bean’s fishing department last week instructing fishermen on how to properly attach and dispose of their soft plastic bait, often referred to as rubber worms.

AUGUSTA — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in second place at the 2024 Class C North championship on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — The regular season for the 2023-24 Eastern Maine Indoor Track League/Penobscot Valley Conference concluded on Friday, Feb.

GREENVILLE — On Saturday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff With the quality and thickness of ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds being unreliable this year, it’s a good idea to be prepared for the worst when you go ice fishing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The third annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff For the first time since the inception of Maine state high school cheerleading competitions in 1988, there won’t be a Class D because of a lack of teams.

MILLINOCKET — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in second place at the 2024 Penobscot Valley Conference Class C championship on Saturday, Jan.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Although there is plenty of safe ice in Maine, people need to be careful in some areas, especially on the larger and deeper lakes, according to a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman on Monday.

ORONO —  The Foxcroft Academy boys indoor track and field team scored 39 points to place sixth among a field of nine schools during a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet Saturday, Jan.

GREENVILLE —  The Natural Resource Education Center’s 17th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby will be from Friday, Feb.

By Rhonda Arey SHIRLEY —   The big news this month is that we finally have rideable snow!   The Bypass Trail is currently being groomed.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The 2024 Maine moose permit lottery has a new opening date that shortens the application period but allows hunters to know how many permits will be issued in each hunting zone before they apply.

By Tim Obrey, regional fisheries supervisor Salmon are the only species MEIFW stocks in Moosehead Lake, and we’ve been able to slowly reduce the number over the years to just 5,000 spring yearlings annually.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff How the gas tax money the state gives to the ATV, snowmobiling and boating communities toward upkeep of trails and boat facilities is distributed is the same proportions as it was in 2001, even though participation in the three motor sports has changed.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s finally snowy enough across Maine to have some long-delayed outdoor winter fun.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine biologists are trying to better understand golden eagles, an endangered species that has not nested in the state since 1997.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Bucksport High School jumped out to a 22-11 lead in the first quarter to help the team earn a 71-52 victory at Foxcroft Academy in a Big East Conference/Class B North game on the evening of Thursday, Jan.