By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill directing the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish a program for registering deer electronically during hunting season could give hunters an alternative to finding a tagging station.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished second at the 2025 Class C North championship on Saturday, Feb.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor Here is a quick report on the 18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby that was held last weekend on Maine’s largest lake.

ORONO — Piscataquis Community High School junior Ava Goulette earned top honors in the shot put during a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — Penquis Valley High School junior Jareth Williams had the second fastest time in the 55 meters at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Saturday, Feb.

ORONO — Scarce snowpack hindered snowmobile recreation in Maine last winter, squeezing businesses that count on the sport to draw tourists.

DEXTER — The Dexter Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby was held Jan.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The state’s 73 cheerleading squads will travel to Bangor for Saturday’s regional competition at the Cross Insurance Center that will determine the 16 teams that will vie for the state title in each of the three classes on the following Saturday (Feb.

Foxcroft Academy junior Lucas Sands has been named to the the Big East Conference 2024-25 Week 7 honor roll, joining 14  other conference players.

Event to celebrate the title launch Feb.

BUCKSPORT — The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team came in second at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference championship on Saturday, Jan.

MILLINOCKET — The Dexter Regional High School cheer team finished in first place at the 2025 Penobscot Valley Conference Class C championship on Saturday, Jan.

ORONO — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue earned top honors in the 200 and long and triple jumps at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on the morning of Saturday, Jan.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Orono High School Athletic Administrator Nelson Beaudoin was in a pinch.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Significant changes in Maine’s high school basketball classifications for next season have been introduced in a proposal by the basketball committees from each of the three tournament sites in Portland, Bangor, and Augusta.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor Smelt make the world go around … at least on Moosehead Lake.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyPCHS BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Chase Lander, Layden Parrish, Noah Kain, Jacob Knowles, Keith Parrish, and Gavyn Gilbert.

The 18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby will run from 12:01 a.