Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom MUSHING OUT OF THE GATE — Christine Richardson and her team head out to start the 30-mile race on Saturday morning during the eighth annual Brownville-KI and Beyond Sled Dog Race and Dog Days of Winter event held Jan.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom FILL THE GYM FOR ALIZA JEAN FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION — Players and coaches from Piscataquis Community High School, left, and Greenville High School pose for a photo in commemorative warm-up T-shirts prior to tipoff on Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Grade 1 students at the SeDoMoCha Elementary School used what they learned about the works of author/illustrator Jan Brett to create replicas of book scenes.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following 16 rounds, 112 words and 11 fellow competitors, sixth-grader Adam Taylor was the last speller standing during the seventh annual SeDoMoCha Middle School District Spelling Bee on the evening of Jan.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes BLANKET OF WHITE STUFF — More than a foot blanketed the Piscataquis region Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Next year’s county budget and the Unorganized Territory (UT) budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year were both finalized and signed by the Piscataquis County Commissioners during a Dec.

MILO — Residents across the region in need of a ride or not wanting to drive themselves can get to where they would like to go thanks to Penquis Lynx Mobility Services.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A now re-elected state representative whose time in Augusta is a continuation of decades of advocating for education and economic development in the region was honored with the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council’s 2016 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award on Dec.

BROWNVILLE — For the region’s grade 3 students, reaching this grade level means not only learning multiplication tables and turning 9 years old but also receiving a dictionary from the Valley Grange of Guilford through its Words for Thirds Dictionary Project.

SANGERVILLE — For over three decades area individuals and families have been served free of charge by Pine Tree Hospice during the time of dying and bereavement.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A part of the Maine State Museum came north to SeDoMoCha Middle School to help make history come alive for grade 7 classes on Nov.

PORTLAND — Three first-half goals, including the first two in a span of 27 seconds, helped propel the Bangor Christian School to a 4-1 victory over Greenville High School in the 2016 Class D boys soccer championship on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Students throughout the SeDoMoCha School recently observed Bullying Prevention Week from Oct.

MONSON — On the morning of Saturday, October 15, family, friends, townspeople and library board members gathered at the Monson Public Library to dedicate the newly-erected library sign to Van (Durham) Wentworth.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — As part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Piscataquis County Fund, the Piscataquis County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation awarded $5,000 grants to the Center Theatre, Pine Tree Hospice and Piscataquis County Economic Development Council.

For the last decade Valley Grange Bookworms have been coming to Piscataquis Community Elementary School to share their love of books with second- and third-graders, as the pupils spend time reading to the adult visitors.