BREWER — Athletes representing the area’s high schools took part in the 2023 Penobscot Valley Conference junior varsity outdoor track and field championship meet on Wednesday, May 24 at the Brewer Community School.

OLD TOWN — The Piscataquis Community Middle School, Ridge View Community School, and SeDoMoCha Middle School outdoor track and field teams concluded the 2023 season on Monday, May 22 at the Almquist Middle School Invitational at Old Town High School.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — More than a half dozen residents from and with ties to the region took part in the 2023 Sugarloaf Marathon and 15K on Sunday, May 14.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital announces its beloved Bike and Boat fundraiser is now open for registration.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy boys outdoor track and field team closed out the regular season by edging John Bapst Memorial High School of Bangor by 1.

MILO — The Dexter Regional High School baseball team scored at least three runs in each of the team’s trips to the plate during a Class C North contest at Penquis Valley High School on May 19.

OLD TOWN — The Greenville High School boys track and field team concluded the regular season by placing third among a half dozen teams during a Penobscot Valley Conference meet at Old Town High School on May 20.

ORONO — The Dexter Regional High School girls outdoor track and field team finished with a score of 36 points to place third among a field of five teams during the Tigers’ last regular season Penobscot Valley Conference meet on May 19 at Orono High School.

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.