Top performances from the high school football season’s second week.
Dixfield
Five Maine high school football storylines to follow in Week 2
Keep your eyes on standout newcomers and bounceback hopefuls this weekend.
Dry year cuts into hay crops, leaving Maine farmers to adapt
Maine farmers and experts say the dry summer is part of a larger cycle that the agriculture industry must be ready for.
Lisbon football returns to the field a year after hazing allegations derailed season
The hazing scandal that ended last season shouldn’t be forgotten, but can be put in the past.
Runners plow through messy conditions at annual Laliberte Invitational
Levi Riggs of Morse and McKenzie Boyle of Dirigo finish as top runners at annual preseason event.
State rangers will patrol Tumbledown Mountain over Labor Day weekend
Rangers also reminded hikers that camping has been prohibited on the mountain since 2021.
Thrill of competing, reaching top of Oxford 250 mountain keeps veteran drivers coming back
Longtime racers want to win the 250 — some again, others for the first time — but also look forward to testing their driving against younger foes at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Hands-off period means more beach, less teach for Maine’s high school athletes
But it isn’t all chill and grill: athletes and coaches share some of the ways they’ve used the past couple weeks to prepare for the fall season.
Dixfield board hears plan for $1 billion ‘water battery’ in Oxford County
The pumped storage hydropower project is slated to be located in a relatively undeveloped area in Dixfield, with a small part in Canton.
Jay police investigate theft of side-by-side, chicken coop
The 2020 Polaris Ranger was stolen from a backyard Monday night with an attached chicken coop that ended up in a ditch.