From DRHS to ESPN By Kim BrawnSpecial to the Observer     Do you believe in destiny?    Gavin Cote’s life so far makes a pretty good case for it.

    Bear hunting season got underway on Monday, Aug.

    MILO — On Thursday, Aug.

Contributed photos     JIMMY FUND TOURNAMENT — The seventh annual Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament at Foxcroft Golf Club on Aug.

Observer photos/Jeannette Hughes     BANG-UP JOB — The demolition derby was a big drawing card at this year’s Piscataquis County Fair once again.

    SAUGERTIES, N.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thanks to the generous efforts of 34 sponsors, the Horizon Golf Scramble Committee and 91 participants, Foxcroft Academy was able to raise more than $7,000 for the Horizon Scholarship program at the 22nd annual Homecoming Golf Scramble at the Foxcroft Golf Club on Aug.

        Friday, Aug.

    GREENVILLE — The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) announced recently that it will work with the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation (MLREDC), Plum Creek and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) to invest $1.

    WABI TV-5 has announced its schedule of six weeks of Friday night broadcasts of high school football across classes in Eastern Maine from Sept.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Sam Heffner made it look easy — but it wasn’t.

    Monday, Aug.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Fall sports at Foxcroft Academy start on Monday, Aug.

    BOWERBANK — The  Gary Wakeland Memorial 5K was run on the morning of Saturday, Aug.

    CAPE ELIZABETH — Over a half dozen runners from the region took part in the state’s largest annual road race, the 17th running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K on Aug.

As part of the Piscataquis River Festival on July 26 in Guilford, Friends of Community Fitness offered a half-mile kids’ fun run.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A record field of 94 laced up their sneakers to run through the streets of Dover-Foxcroft, starting and finishing by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA, during the 18th annual Pony Pride 5K on the morning of Aug.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA is now offering EnhanceFitness, an evidence-based physical activity program proven to increase the physical, mental and social functioning of older adults — particularly those with arthritis.