By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — With the first day of school on Wednesday, Aug.

By Librarian Rochelle Williams     Ongoing book sale! There is a nice variety to choose from of authors and subjects (suspense, romance, mystery, etc.

    MILO — The Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Three Rivers Hamfest on Saturday, Aug.

    MILO — The Milo Historical Society officials are very pleased to announce that the organization has been presented with a historic piece of property located along the Sebec River near the West Main Street bridge.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Since being chartered in November of 1991, the Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo and Brownville has worked to strengthen the community through a number of programs.

READY TO SERVEObserver photo/Jeannette Hughes These ladies from American Legion Unit 41 in Milo are ready to start serving the approximate 130 Milo alumni at the annual banquet on July 12 at Penquis Valley High School.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The Board of Selectmen gave their approval to a tax rate of $21.

The Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/Brownville inducted the club’s newest member Isabelle “Izzy” Warren of Milo during the June 4 meeting.

LaGrange citizens favor Cook School closure By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — By a vote of 66 to 46, voters in the four communities making up SAD 41 gave their approval to a budget of $8,034,429 for the 2014-15 academic year.

    MILO — The Milo Historical Society invites the public to the program “Local Authors, Past and Present” on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.

Dickie Martin of Milo photographed this fawn on the afternoon of June 26, being careful not to get too close to disturb the young deer.

    PRESQUE ISLE — Michelle Bucci of Milo was among the 210 members of the Class of 2014 to graduate recently from the University of Maine-Presque Isle.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Residents of SAD 41 gave their approval to a 2014-15 school budget totaling $8,034,429 during the annual district meeting on June 26 at Penquis Valley High School.

    MILO — Who you going to call, the Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club (PARC).

    MILO — Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo-Brownville has moved into a brand new building.

Annual meeting set for June 26, referendum June 30 By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The SAD 41 Board of Directors gave their approval to a budget for the 2014-15 school year totaling $8,034,429 during a June 11 meeting.

YOUNG MUSIC MAKERSObserver photo/Stuart Hedstrom Elementary band students from SAD 41 played and marched in the 2014 Milo Black Fly Festival parade on the morning of Saturday, June 7.