MILO — Following last month’s affirmative 182-131 referendum vote, SAD 41 will soon start an approximate $935,000 Revolving Renovation Fund project for the upgrades to the air system at the Milo Elementary School.

BANGOR – To help provide equitable learning access and opportunities and keep local youth connected, UScellular has donated 25 wireless hotspots and two years of service to Penquis Community Action Program as part of its After School Access Project.

Grade eight, high honors: Amara Driscoll and Paeton Mitchell; honors: Liam Atkinson, Josie Bishop, Vegas Carey, Sean Chenkin, Michael Coburn, Lillian Hatt, Byron Severance, Connor Smith, Joshua Stineford, Cole Watts, and Gage Yenchochic.

Grade 12, high honors: Grady Atkinson, Hope Lovell, Emily McKinnon, Jonathan Paquette, and Mikal Sickler; honors: April Badger, Benjamin Bouley, Angela Bryden, Justin Chambers, Trinity Moulton-Moors, Maxwell Osgood, Alvin Robshaw, and Desirea Stanley.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Hearing the haunting call of a common loon echoing across the water can be exhilarating.

By Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor The availability of criminal defense attorneys is at an all-time low in Maine for defendants who cannot afford to hire their own attorney.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s sheriff plans to hire a person with medical training to distribute medications to jail inmates — a first for a department that has used corrections officers to perform the task until now.

LAKE VIEW PLANTATION — The fourth annual Schoodic Lake Charity Bass Tournament will take place from 10 a.

PORTLAND – Four Maine students wrapped up the school year by also wrapping up a 10-week internship with Flavors Hook Kids Maine.

FALMOUTH — Did you know that loon chicks can swim right away but need parental care for their first three months? That the shape of a loon’s forehead or length of its neck can change to indicate stress? And that Maine is fortunate to be home to the largest Common Loon population in the Northeast? For nearly four decades, Maine Audubon has been studying loon behavior and engaging volunteers across Maine in conservation efforts to bolster the loon population.

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District serves as a resource hub for Maine Lake’s LakeSmart — a free program offered state-wide, which helps waterfront property owners protect the beloved lakes and ponds they live on.

AUGUSTA – This Independence Day, law enforcement agencies in Maine will be working hard to reduce impaired driving.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff More tourists headed away from cities and into Maine’s less explored areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping up host earnings to $13,000 on average in 2021, the online booking service said.

The Department also encourages all boaters to always Clean, Drain and Dry their boat to prevent the spread of invasive species.

BREWER – Kathy Corey has been re-elected as the chair of the Northern Light Health Board of Directors for a third one-year term.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The municipal group set to become the new owner of a shuttered Hampden trash plant wants to sell a majority stake in the facility once it takes over to fund its restart.

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By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff A Penobscot County judge has delayed the sale of the shuttered Hampden trash plant to the group of towns signed up to use it, derailing plans to finalize the transaction by the end of June.