Brewer News

A man driving down the River Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday noticed flames shooting into the air from the backside of a two-story white home and called emergency 911 for help.

A home along the River Road in Orrington was engulfed in flames early Friday morning.

Contessa Brewer grew up in Parsonfield, ME. She anchors the news for MSNBC at 2 PM daily.

The Bangor Region Influenza Coalition has scheduled a second H1N1 and seasonal flu shot clinic for Wednesday, November 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bangor Civic Center.

Your God has no authority over me when it comes to the issue of same-sex marriage.

"Do you want to cut the rate of the municipal excise tax by an average of 55% on motor vehicles less than six years old and exempt hybrid and other alternative-energy and highly fuel-efficient motor vehicles from sales tax and three years of excise tax?" The proponent of this citizen initiative is Roy W. Lenardson of Scarborough.

With just a week to go before Election Day, supporters of the effort to reverse Maine's same-sex marriage law gathered Tuesday to discuss what they could do to help ensure the law's repeal.

The first shipments of H1N1 vaccine have arrived in the Bangor area and school children from 12 nearby towns will be among the first to receive it.

Several local and state law enforcement agencies were at Hermon High School Monday morning with drug sniffing dogs for a scheduled drug sweep.

The Bangor Region Influenza Coalition has announced it is holding two flu shot clinics at the Bangor Civic Center.

It's a centennial celebration for a Boy Scout Troop from Brewer. Boy Scouts both current and past got together at Camp Roosevelt in Eddington to mark a major milestone for Troop #1. Not only is the troop 100 years old Sunday, but also it's believed to be the first Boy Scout troop formed in the United States, meeting at the Brewer Congregational ...

A Winterport woman was issued a summons for theft Thursday after she allegedly tried to shoplift a variety of items from the Hannaford supermarket on Broadway in Bangor by concealing them in a large purse.

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The Potvins' family dog began to bark just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, and when family members got up to see why, they saw the backside of their Gibbons Court home in flames, Fire Department Lt.

Fire crews in Brewer had their hands full containing a home fire Tuesday night. The fire broke out on Gibbons Court, which is behind the old police station off of South Main Street.

City councilors, residents, candidates and local and state police union representatives voiced their opinions on Monday about a local referendum that will ask voters whether they want to create an advisory committee with Bangor to look into ways to save money.

When city officials requested the Brewer Housing Authority's bylaws on Monday morning, Executive Director Gordon Stitham at first refused, but after talking with his attorney, he hand-delivered a copy to the city.

An icy morning had motorists slipping and sliding across our region of the state Wednesday morning.

The newly expanded Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline has created a real opportunity for more Mainers to have access to natural gas, Tina Faraca, Maritimes president, said just before a Thursday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Brewer Compressor Station.

Wal-Mart employees and Brewer officials gather for the grand reopening of the remodeled Wal-Mart store in Brewer on Wednesday morning.