By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s going to be a little harder this year, or at least take a little longer, for most folks to find out whether they’re among the lucky people selected for the 2022 Maine moose hunt.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commission is contributing $10,000 toward a project that will bring 25 miles of bike trails to the Moosehead Lake region.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s annual moose hunt permit lottery drawing is scheduled for Saturday.

GREENVILLE – Destination Moosehead Lake held its annual Moose Mainea 5K/10K on the morning of Sunday, May 29.

LEWISTON – Three first-place performances helped Foxcroft Academy earn a fifth place finish at the 2022 Class C Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Lewiston High School on Saturday, June 4.

NEWPORT — Camp owners and residents are concerned that a dark dust stirred up by recreational vehicles on a nearby multiuse trail and settling on their properties and Sebasticook Lake could be harmful to their health.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – There is no down time for a small youth sports organization trying to build itself during a global  pandemic.

You can fish without a license June 4-5! Whether you haven’t fished in years, since you were a kid, or you want to try something new, cast a line this weekend!  In a fast-paced world, fishing is a great way to slow down and connect with nature.

By Fisheries Resource Supervisor Tim Obrey June really is the best month for fishing in the Moosehead Lake Region.

HAMPDEN – Three freshmen from Piscataquis Community High School had top 10 performances at the 2022 Penobscot Valley Conference freshman track and field championships at Hampden Academy on May 31.

ORONO – The Foxcroft Academy boys finished the day with a score of 77 points to place third among a field of 13 point-scoring teams at the 2022 Penobscot Valley Conference Small School Outdoor Track and Championship at Orono High School on May 27.

BREWER – Foxcroft Academy junior Emma Ladd earned top honors in the javelin at the 2022 Penobscot Valley Conference JV outdoor track and field championship at the Brewer Community School on May 25.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has taken the next step toward finalizing a revamped system for the hunting of antlerless deer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy boys outdoor track and field team finished in first place at the team’s last meet Penobscot Valley Conference regular season meet on Monday afternoon.

Contributed photo PIRATE SENIORS – The PCHS softball seniors, from left, captain Martina Hill, Grace Beane, captain Aliyah Ouellette, Hailee Hartford, and captain Mackenzie Kain.

OLD TOWN – The SeDoMoCha Middle School boys track team had four first-place performances to close the 2022 season at the Almquist Invitational on Monday, May 23 at Old Town High School.

PCHS’ Nowak reaches semifinals By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff LEWISTON – Lidia Gomez Carrera grew up playing junior tennis in her native Spain, but the senior international student at Maine Central Institute knew little of the other three semifinalists who gathered at Bates College in Lewiston on Monday to crown the state’s 2022 Maine Principals’ Association girls’ singles titlist.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By the end of 2022, Maine may be the only state that does not allow some form of Sunday hunting.