By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The gun rights group that filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Maine law requiring a 72-hour waiting period after purchasing a gun hopes the case makes it all the way to the U.

HAMPDEN — A pair of third quarter touchdowns helped Foxcroft Academy break the game open and roll to a 27-7 win over Winslow High School in the Class D North football championship Saturday, Nov.

MILO — Late last month Milo and Brownville officials held a public hearing on the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.

A dozen Foxcroft Academy football players were named to the 2024 Big 11 Conference all-conference team.

HERMON — Madison Area Memorial High School senior Raegan Cowan set an all-time Maine high school soccer single-season record this year by scoring 68 goals.

Seven area golfers were named to the Penobscot Valley Conference Class C All-Conference team.

HERMON — There was an air of familiarity to the 2024 8-player boys soccer state championship on the turf at Pottle Field at Hermon High School Saturday, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the Class D North championship set to take place at Hampden Academy, top seed Foxcroft Academy was going to have its last 2024 game at Oakes Field be a semifinal vs.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Cheverus High School of Portland, Belfast and Winthrop/Maranacook captured state field hockey championships at Edward Little High School in Auburn on Saturday, Nov.

Eighteen players, eight girls and 10 boys, from around the region have been named to Maine Soccer Coaches Regional All-Star Teams.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff There has been a dramatic changing of the guard when it comes to the regional championships in schoolboy and schoolgirl soccer this fall.

By Ernie Clark, Special to the Bangor Daily News HERMON — Two first-half goals by Reese Doucette and a stellar second-half effort on defense lifted top-ranked Fort Kent past previously undefeated Foxcroft Academy 2-1 at the Pottle Sports Complex on Wednesday evening, Nov.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Experienced Mainers have favorite places where they hunt for deer.

DEXTER — A very fast start with three goals in the first four-plus minutes helped second-seeded Dexter Regional High School defeat No.

GUILFORD — When the second-seeded Piscataquis Community High School boys and No.

CUMBERLAND — Two runners from the Foxcroft Academy and Dexter Regional High School cross country teams ran in the Class C championships on Saturday, Nov.

MILO — With the intention of providing more opportunities for area youth and to potentially save money, Brownville and Milo officials have been discussing the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff A partially defunct ski area in northern Maine was listed for sale Monday for $27 million after a developer’s big plans for it fell through over the summer.