Interested in becoming a certified basketball official in the greater Eastern Maine area? IAABO Board 111 will be offering virtual classes beginning Sunday, Oct.

Although the fall fishing action rarely compares with springtime, the fish do start moving and feeding this time of the year as the autumn nights bring water temperatures back into comfortable ranges for our favorite game fish.

Please join Moosehead Trails on Saturday, Sept.

For some anglers, fishing season “ends” in early summer, as the water warms up and trout and landlocked salmon seek thermal refuge in colder, deeper and harder-to-access water.

The Maine Principals’ Association, after a week of discussions with several state agencies and education groups, on Thursday released its revised guidance for a return to competitive interscholastic athletics during the fall season.

High school sports will be played in Maine this fall.

The evenings have begun to cool down, and deer season isn’t far away.

GUILFORD — The decision is ultimately up to the Maine Principals’ Association, but if the organization gives the go-ahead for fall high school sports then Piscataquis Community Secondary School teams will be on the field as the SAD 4 school board gave its approval to the season during a Sept.

Each summer, hikers flock to Katahdin, the tallest mountain in Maine.

Recently on my statewide Sunday night talk radio program, Maine Outdoors (on the Blueberry Broadcasting Network), I chatted by phone with John Floyd.

On Wednesday, Sept.

HERMON — On the morning of Sept.

I feel like 2020 has been “cross-threaded” right from the start and now we can add drought to the long list of grievances.

The start of the Maine fall sports season has been pushed back another week.

Contributed photoPAIR OF BEARS — Twin sisters Abbey, left, and Brylee Ricker shot bears within 25 minutes of each other on Sept.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education are recommending the Maine Principals’ Association delay its proposed starting date for fall high school sports in light of numerous areas of concern about the organization’s proposal for a return to play.

Will there be enough game officials to cover all of Maine’s interscholastic sports events this fall, if and when they are played?   Surprisingly the answer may be yes, at least during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

Grouse.