By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The evening after residents gave their approval via a special town meeting, the Board of Selectmen authorized Town Manager David Maynard to execute the sale of a pair of lots at the Eastern Piscataquis Business Park during a June 4 meeting.

    MILO — Just like the event namesake, the annual Black Fly Festival returns this year with a day of events scheduled for Saturday, June 8.

    MILO — Matthew Hackett, principal of Penquis Valley High School, has announced the honor parts for the Class of 2013.

    VASSALBORO — Maine’s newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — On Monday, June 3 residents will consider several matters — a few of which pertain to the business park — during a special town meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff WriterMILO — The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) Main Street Safe Streets project will be going out to bid May 15 following a special town meeting on May 7.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — While the meeting lacked a quorum of board members, meaning the nominations could not officially be approved, candidates were presented for two new program teaching positions as well as the principal’s job at Milo Elementary during a May 1 SAD 41 school board meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — For the last month-plus, SAD 41 officials have been examining the possibility of creating an alternative program for high school students as well as a larger realignment plan involving various programs and students.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — For the last several months the status of a project to improve Main Street has been uncertain, with some of the funding sources up in the air and various components of the project in question.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — A loss of electrical service, resulting from an equipment failure, caused a total of 4,373 customers of the Bangor Hydro Electric Company in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties be without power for several hours on the afternoon of Friday, April 12.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — On Monday, April 22 the Board of Directors for the Penquis Solid Waste Corporation (PSWC) will hold an informational public hearing at 6 p.

    MILO — The annual Three Rivers Kiwanis auction will start Friday, June  28 at 5:30 p.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The status of a project to improve Main Street is still uncertain after Town Manager David Maynard received a phone call late last week from the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) informing him that federal monies earmarked for the project had been returned to the U.

    MILO — The Kiwanis One Day will be held on April 6 with a rain date of April 13.

By Rochelle WilliamsLibrary director     MILO — First things first, our library was awarded a $300 grant on March 27 from the Samuel and Rose Rudman Trust.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — On Saturday, June 15 boaters will put their crafts into the Sebec River for the journey from in-town Sebec to downtown Milo for the Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/Brownville’s annual Sebec River Canoe & Kayak Race.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — After it was first presented to the SAD 41 school board two weeks prior, the public had the opportunity to attend a hearing detailing the current stages of a proposed realignment plan involving different grade levels and existing and new programs during a meeting on March 27 in the Penquis Valley School cafeteria.

    MILO — The annual Three Rivers Kiwanis auction will start Friday, June  28 at 5:30 p.