Region: The Maine Highlands

Millinocket Marathon

February 05, 2025

First held in 2015 as a self-timed, glorified flash mob, the Millinocket Marathon & Half was started to help Maine’s most prominent mill town, which was devastated by the closing of their major employer, Great Northern Paper Company. Runner’s World Magazine picked up the story shortly after, and the rest is history.

Help keep Millinocket running for years to come! Although there is no formal entry fee to run the Millinocket Marathon & Half, all participants are strongly encouraged to make a donation at the time of registration to support the bare minimum race expenses. These expenses include race timing, course certification, port-a-johns, bus transportation, and insurance. Anything raised above and beyond our essential race expenses will be donated to local charitable groups and organizations.

The Millinocket Marathon & Half is organized entirely by volunteers who are not compensated for their time. All donations go directly to supporting race expenses and the community.

If you are not running or you didn’t chip in at time of registration but would love to support the race please click HERE to make a donation to help cover our race expenses.

The Great Lincoln Marathon

The Great Lincoln Marathon will start on Sunday September 14, 2025, at 7:30 am at Prince Thomas Park in scenic Lincoln, Maine!

There will be half (13.1 miles) and full (26.2 miles) Marathon for athletes of all ages. This course starts at the corner of West Broadway and Main St and heads south down Rt 2 towards Enfield. This course is flat, straight and fast.

This is a certified course for the Boston Marathon or any other half or full marathon in the US and is USATF sanctioned.

Packet pick up starts at Saturday September 13, 2025, 3 – 6 pm, Lincoln Gazebo, then on race day from 6 am at Prince Thomas Park.

The Great Loon Triathlon

Lifestyle Sports Global LLC will be hosting an Olympic, Sprint and Half Ironman Triathlon on Sunday August 17, 2025, in Lincoln, Maine.

The Olympic Triathlon will be 1500 meter swim, 40k bike and 10k run which will begin at 7:30 am.

The Sprint Triathlon will be 750 meter swim, 20K bike and 5K run which will begin at 7:30 am.

The Half Ironman Triathlon will be a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run which will begin at 7:30 am.

There will be a Duathlon option for the sprint and Olympic events.

Races will begin and end at Prince Thomas Park on Lake Mattanawcook.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Champion the Cure Challenge

January 07, 2025

Bring your family, bring your friends, and bring your friends’ friends to the 2025 Champion the Cure Challenge!

This group of family-friendly events includes a Walk, Cycle, or Run day, a Trail Ride day, and a Paddle day featuring delicious food, vendor and sponsor booths, and much more.

Champion the Cure Challenge is Northern Light Health Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds help us support clinical research and patient care for our EMMC Northern Light Cancer Care patients.

2025 CCTC Events:

Each year, thousands of people in our community come together with a shared purpose. They are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, business owners, healthcare professionals, cancer survivors, students, and many others.

Participants take the Challenge to ensure that Maine people get the very best cancer care available as close to home as possible. It’s a bold vision, but we believe that by working together, cancer doesn’t stand a chance.

In 2024, nearly $680,000 was raised at the through the Challenge. In total, the event has raised more than $7.8 million to support cancer research and patient care at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.

We’ve entered the era of less chemo and more cures. New treatments that are more precise with fewer side effects will extend lives. As treatments advance and collaborations that benefit patients continue to develop, the need for support becomes even greater.

Whether you run, walk, cycle, paddle, trail ride, or participate virtually for yourself or in honor or memory of someone close to you, know that every dollar you raise will stay local to help patients and families in our communities that are affected by cancer.

BCoM + AMC Present the 2025 Maine Woods Rambler

April 18, 2024

The Bicycle Coalition of Maine (BCM) and Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) are excited to return the Maine Woods Rambler to the AMC’s Medawisla Lodge in the heart of Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness the weekend of September 26-28, 2025!

The focus of the weekend will be the Saturday (9/27) ride, with multiple route length options, taking riders through a nationally renowned system of logging and sporting camp access roads spread throughout the region’s rugged landscapes and flourishing wilderness.

We’re planning a full weekend of activities and fun, including bikerafting opportunities, a family movie night, and stargazing to name a few. We hope you’ll join us for the full weekend for this unique ride and adventures in the pristine Maine Woods.

Stay tuned for more information on registration, lodging, and dining for the event!

We can’t wait to experience this untouched region of Maine with you this fall!

Cheers,

Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Mansfield Stadium

March 16, 2020

The Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium is the home stadium for Bangor High School, Bangor Junior & Senior League, and the Bangor Comrades American Legion Team and since 2002 has hosted the Senior League World Series.

With seating for 1,500 or standing for more than 3,000 spectators, parking for more than 500 cars, and a fully equipped stadium with six 90-foot tall light towers, Mansfield Stadium has experienced many big state games and league finals.

Cross Insurance Center

Offering you first-class hospitality and providing an unparalleled experience, The Cross Insurance Center is an 8,500 capacity arena that converts into a column-free exhibit hall with attached convention space including a grand ballroom and 11 meeting rooms totaling to 52,840 sq. ft. of meeting space.

Cross Insurance Center and University of Maine basketball

University of Maine - Orono

University of Maine – Orono

With parking for more than 3,000 cars, the University of Maine’s facilities includes the Mahney Baseball Diamond’s 3,500 seat facility with training space, turf field, public address system, and fully-equipped press box.

Nearby Mahaney Dome houses a practice field and fields for indoor little league or softball.

University of Maine’s Harold Alfond Sports Arena seats 5,125 and features luxury boxes.

The university’s turf football field, Morse Field, can be one full field or three half-size fields, with two full grass fields available nearby, seats 10,000 and was refinished in 2008, providing playing space for football, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, field hockey, and lacrosse.

The Mike Kessock Softball Field is one of the finest in the Northeast, with around 1,000 seats.

The Stanley M. Wallace 8-lane, 25-yard pool with an attached diving well plays host to annual state swimming competitions and the indoor Beckett Family Track and Field Complex with its 8-lane track, 3 long and triple jump areas, 2 javelin runways, 2 hammer and discus cages, a hexagonal high jump area, steeplechase pit, and 4 pole vault areas has hosted NCAA National Championships.

The recently renovated New Balance Field House is home to new indoor track and field facilities.

The UMaine Field Hockey Complex features an all-turf playing surface with scoreboard and removable bleachers for approximately 500 fans.

Alumni Field features a natural grass playing surface with scoreboard and removable bleachers for approximately 500 fans.

Penobscot Ice Arena

Home of the Brewer Witches & Hampden Broncos! We also have youth hockey, adult hockey, public skate & stick & puck, and many more activities.