By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff There is nothing quite like the excitement and anticipation of the first day of any hunting season.

By Aislinn Sarnacki We were hiking through a cloud on Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support opening a new fitness studio and adding equipment.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy girls soccer scored the game’s lone goal less than eight minutes into play, and held Dexter Regional High School scoreless for all 80 minutes — including a stop on a penalty shot late in the second half — to earn a 1-0 Class C North victory on the afternoon of Friday, Sept.

BUCKSPORT — Foxcroft Academy junior Runner Jarrett ran to a fourth-place performance at the Bucksport Invitational on Sept.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff If you happen to look out the window on Saturday and see someone decked out in camouflage and carrying a bow while walking along a nearby woodline, don’t be alarmed.

DEXTER — A pair of touchdowns in the third quarter pulled Ellsworth High School to within two of host Dexter Regional High School, 30-28, during a mutual 8-man football Small School North opener on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy was more than ready for the 2023 opener vs.

ELLSWORTH — The Foxcroft Academy cross country team ran in the Ellsworth Invitational on Sept.

WALDOBORO — Foxcroft Academy cross country took part in Medomak Valley High School’s Panther Preseason 2-Miler on Saturday, Aug.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Chase Lander of Guilford is a busy young man.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff In northern Maine, certain teams have become perennial powerhouses in their respective classes.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries resource supervisor The exceptionally wet summer will ensure that there is plenty of water for fall river fishing below impoundments.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff The country’s newest high school sport has made its debut.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For the last month, guides, outfitters and hunters have been placing bait in preparation for the 2023 bear season.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff With the 2023 moose hunt just around the corner, hunting and fishing buddy Chris Lander of Orrington is getting geared up for another week in the Maine woods.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer The group that maintains Big Moose Mountain in Greenville is clearing four trails that people last skied nearly two decades ago.

File photo courtesy of SviguephotographyCYCL-A-THON — The third annual Cycl-a-thon will start at 9:30 a.