By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Dexter Regional High School’s Peyton Grant and Old Town High’s Tanner Evans were chosen as the Maine recipients of the annual Heisman Scholarship Award, which supplies them with $500 in college scholarship money and a chance to earn more with national recognition.

By Matthew LaRoche The Bureau of Parks and Lands recently installed new fire tower cabs on Allagash, Round Pond (T13 R12) and Deboullie mountains.

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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday morning, my hunting buddies and I joined thousands of other Mainers in the woods on the residents-only opening day of the firearms deer hunting season.

BANGOR — Foxcroft Academy sophomore Annie Raynes earned a berth in the Class B cross country championship — set for 2:30 p.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff As fall high school sports wind down across New England, interest is building for what may or may not come this winter.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday morning — finally — thousands of us Maine residents will head into the woods, hopes high, on the residents-only opening day of deer season.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Gabe Feero began his hunting season bright and early on Saturday morning, heading into the woods of Medway with his dad, Wayne Feero.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Principals’ Association has decided to push back the start of the winter sports season.

Bangor is the new site for the 2020 high school cross country state championship meets.

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The Penobscot Valley Conference’s Penquis-region pod championship soccer matchups have been set and will be held this week at Penobscot Valley High School in Howland.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday, thousands of Maine youngsters will wake early and head into the woods with a parent or adult mentor for a day of deer hunting that’s set aside for them.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has long been a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts who in winter have gone downhill skiing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing.

CORINTH — The Foxcroft  Academy girls and boys cross country teams each finished in first place during an Oct.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor For the past 18 years, since Maine instituted its Youth Deer Day in 2002, a generation of young hunters have enjoyed heading afield for one day a week before the residents-only opening day of deer season.

Penobscot Valley of Howland has earned the top seed for the Penobscot Valley Conference’s Penquis-area COVID Cup boys soccer playoffs that begin Friday.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff When you think about the qualities of a superfan, Jeff Harris checked all the boxes for the University of Maine.