BREWER, Maine — A car parked at the gas pumps of a closed convenience store early Sunday morning seemed weird to Brewer police Sgt. Paul Gauvin, who caught two out-of-staters attempting to skim credit card numbers, Police Chief Jason Moffitt said Monday.

The Municipal Review Committee marked the start of construction on its end of the deal for a new solid waste plant, which has yet to reach financial close.

HAMPDEN, Maine — The Municipal Revenue Committee and Maryland-based Fiberight held a groundbreaking Wednesday at the entrance to their new solid waste processing and recycling facility on Coldbrook Road that will change trash into biogas, even though their competition is suing the state over the permits needed to operate.

For 15 years, Brewer Center for Health and Rehabilitation has hosted a “Home Town Hero’s Luncheon,” serving local police, fire, and EMT crews.

BREWER- What started as a normal Monday night for one family in Brewer quickly turned into a scary scene.

“We were just watching tv. We didn’t know anything,” said Michael Greenwood.

BREWER, Maine — A notorious house in Brewer, the site of over 150 police calls during the past two years, has been foreclosed upon by the city for unpaid taxes, despite the objections of the former owner who accuses officials of stealing her home.

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BREWER, Maine — A longtime law enforcement official is hanging up his badge, according to city officials.

BREWER, Maine — Decreases within the school budget have helped to offset increases in the municipal and county budgets that result in a slight increase in the overall draft budget but a projected flat tax rate, Brewer city and school officials said Tuesday.

The preliminary $34.6 million combined budget for fiscal year 2017-18 “maintains a stable mill rate of $21.52 despite the loss of more than $205,000 in tax revenue due to the increase in Homestead Exemption and a $33,300, or 3.7 percent, rise in the [Penobscot] County tax assessment,” City Manager Steve Bost told the Brewer City Council.