Brewer News

Don Gallupe, 89, shared life stories and war stories with Robin Clifford Wood at Dysart's earlier this month.

At first glance, the scene at the Penobscot Salmon Club on Friday seemed like old times: Trucks packed the small parking lot.

Brewer - A Brewer woman is facing a slew of charges after reportedly causing a scene Thursday morning at the Brewer Community School.

Congratulations to Brewer Middle School students for raising over $300 in one week during Teacher Forum's spring community service project! All proceeds raised were donated to Meg's House.

Portland Mayor Michael Brennan asks voters to approve the school budget at a news conference in the foyer of the East End Community School Monday.

Jacob Auger of Wellness Connection of Maine calls new patients Wednesday March 28, 2012 at a new medical marijuana dispensary on Congress Street in Portland.

The Brewer Housing Authority expressed an interest in redeveloping the historic Brewer Middle School into affordable senior housing back in 2008, and signed a purchase and sale agreement last year.

A Maine shoe-making company has been bought by a Texas footwear manufacturer. Fort Worth-based Justin Brands Inc.

The illegal act of discharging old water from an inground pool on Falvey Street directly into a nearby catch basin for the city's most polluted waterway earlier this month, led the city to issue a reminder about safely draining swimming pools.

A worker picks up construction debris on Friday as crews close in on completion of the beer huts at the Waterfront Concert venue along Main street in Bangor.

Congratulations to Brewer Middle School students for raising over $300 in one week during Teacher Forum's spring community service project! All proceeds raised were donated to Meg's House.

For Immediate Release: May 10 Contact: Ed Upham, Bangor CareerCenter, 561-4064; Julie Rabinowitz, Maine Department of Labor, 621-5009 BANGOR-The sixteenth Annual Spring Job Fair will be held on May 14, 2013, at the Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road in Bangor, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first hour, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., is dedicated to job ... (more)

The annual May cleanup of the Penobscot River and other waterways in Brewer, originally scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed by a week because of the inclement weather, Ken Locke, the city's environmental services director, said Friday.

Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is visiting schools around Maine to observe innovative school programs in person.

If you've driven by the public boat ramp on North Main Street in Brewer lately, you may have wondered why so many trucks have been parked there.

On Tuesday, April 30th Brewer Middle School hosted their annual Community Resource Fair.

More than 100 businesses mingled in Bangor on Thursday. "It is strongly a business to business event and there's everything from pest control to legal services to accounting to banks," said John Porter, President & CEO of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce.

A rally for the Caring Across Generations campaign was held at Pierce Park in Bangor on Thursday.

From left, Alex Coulling, a University of Maine, Orono civil engineering graduate student, and UMaine research engineer Josh Clapp stand in front of the newly unveiled base for a floating wind turbine which will be shipped down the Penobscot River and out to the Gulf of Maine where it will become the first floating wind turbine off the coast of the ... (more)

Brewer - Things haven't always been easy for the owner of Marie's Flower Shop. "I have had four different locations due to buildings being torn down and a fire at one point.