Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography PCHS WRESTLING — Front, from left, Haylee Marshall, Ezra Miller, Alex Hall, Tristan Billington, Karson Tibbetts, Karrigan Wilson, and Shelby Grant.

Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden PhotographyPENQUIS BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Thomas Eddy, Mickey Hager, Aidan Murano, Brayden Hobbs, Jareth Williams, and Peyton Herbest.

By Ron Chase Stormy weather ruined our plans for a western Maine mountain hike.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Hunters killed fewer bears this season than in the last two years, although harvest numbers are higher than before the pandemic, according to the state’s longtime bear biologist.

ORONO — The Piscataquis Community High School girls picked up 24 points to place fifth among a field of six teams during a Dec.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff The Old Town Coyotes improved to 5-0 in dominating fashion on Saturday afternoon, Dec.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The northern Maine high school basketball tournament at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor won’t be the same this season.

Foxcroft Academy senior Jadon Richard has been named to the Big East Conference 2023-24 Week 1 honor roll.

Pirate girls fall vs.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The major snowmobile trail that connects Jay, Wilton and Farmington likely will not be fixed for this season of sledding, according to the head of the Maine Snowmobile Association.

RUMFORD — The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team finished 10th among 26 teams with a score of 82 points at the Franklin Savings Bank Classic at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford.

ORONO — The 2023-24 Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League season began on Saturday, Dec.

By Ron Chase North Peak of Moxie Bald Mountain was a setback for my son, Adam, and me.

By Aislinn Sarnacki The wilderness is beautiful in a special way after it snows, and I’m always eager to get out and see it.

BELFAST – The Dexter Regional High School wrestling team opened the 2023-24 regular season at the 2023 Belfast Invitational on Dec.

There is little published research about Maine’s canids (red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes).

DEXTER — The host Dexter Regional High School boys and visiting Penquis Valley High School were among teams across the state tipping off the 2023-24 regular season during opening night on Friday, Dec.

By Ron Chase Last winter, my son, Adam, and I completed a very stimulating climb of Mosquito Mountain near Moxie Pond in western Maine.