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What it’s like to hike Maine’s scariest trail

By Aislinn Sarnacki The jagged backbone of a stone giant, Knife Edge stretched before us.

Hunters are hitting the woods for bear season

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Gateway Trading Post in Ashland started registering bears on youth day and the flow of hunters coming through hasn’t stopped since.

5 North high school boys soccer teams to watch this fall

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff The boys soccer season gets fully underway on Sept.

Fall flows in the Moosehead Lake Region

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries supervisor GREENVILLE — Every fall, the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in Greenville coordinates with hydro companies to maximize fishing opportunities in the region on rivers with dams.

Maine is inspiring Canada to help more fish

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s progress in salmon restoration over the last decade is inspiring Atlantic Canada to work harder toward its goals for the fish, the new president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Salmon Federation said.

PVHS Key Club Hue on You 5K Run/Walk set for Sept. 8

MILO — The Penquis Valley High School Key Club’s inaugural Hue on You 5K Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, Sept.

If Maine cracks down on floating camps, what does that mean for ice shacks?

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Fishermen who read the Bangor Daily News/Piscataquis Observer story about how the state is looking to define and regulate floating camps brought up a few concerns about their ice shacks.

Here’s what you had to say about Maine’s ‘floating camps’

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News audience had a lot to say about a story about “floating camps” and how the state of Maine is trying to figure out how to regulate them.

A fishing experience this 6-year-old won’t forget

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Tyler Marmonti was just tagging along with his 12-year-old brother Mason Marmonti and his friends to go fishing.

Former Pony girls soccer coach Wesley takes over Old Town squad

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff OLD TOWN — Old Town High School soccer enters a new chapter this fall, as the Coyotes have hired two new head coaches for their girls and boys teams.

‘Floating camps’ are popping up all over Maine and the state can’t stop them

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Floating camps are popping up more and more in Maine’s lakes, ponds and rivers.

Northern Light CA Dean Hospital’s Forrest G. Whitman Memorial Golf Tournament brings community together

GREENVILLE — A full field of area golfers spent a memorable day at the beautiful Mount Kineo Golf Course on Aug.

Analysis: 8-man football in Maine could be shrinking in popularity

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Eight-man football first arrived in Maine in 2019, providing a safe alternative for high school teams struggling with small rosters, numerically and physically speaking.

Healthy herd gives promise to thousands with antlerless deer permits

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s deer herd is healthy and is one of the largest the state’s ever had, according to a deer biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

SAD 4 officials watching athletic participation numbers

GUILFORD — On Monday, Aug.

More Maine high schools make switch to 8-person soccer teams

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine became the first U.

Maine Basketball Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2024

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Rounds of applause rang out at the Cross Insurance Center’s main ballroom all Sunday afternoon, Aug.

Here is what you said in the state’s moose survey

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff From the effects of development and predation to skewed bull-cow ratios and suggestions about the annual hunt, Mainers recorded their observations about changes in the population of the state’s most iconic animal — the moose — in a management survey.

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