Brewer News

Brewer News


A Passivhaus Multifamily in Maine Nears Completion

Brewer, Maine – It goes without saying that designing a 54,000-square-foot apartment building to meet certification requirements of the Passive House Institute U.S. isn’t something you do at the last minute. Except that’s more or less what happened after Gunnar Hubbard took Erin Cooperrider out to lunch.

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A Blessing of the Beer in Brewer

BREWER, Maine — Mason’s Brewing Co. on Hardy Street will start to brew beer Thursday, so on Wednesday fellow brewer, Brother Don of the Friars’ Brewhouse in Bucksport, blessed the city’s newest brewery and its workers.

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‘Hanging over us’: Homeowners face uncertainty as I-395 plan ramps up

BREWER, Maine — When Ken and Jo-Ann Arbo moved into their home in Eddington 22 years ago, they thought they found the perfect place to live.

“I hunt right there. I fish out there. I snowmobile out there,” Ken Arbo said of the woods and fields near the couple’s home. “That is why we moved out there.”

Now the Arbos face the real possibility of moving again.

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Planners claim state forced them to approve I-395 connector project

BREWER, Maine — The group that plans improvements to roads and transportation infrastructure in Greater Bangor voted Friday to add the controversial Interstate 395-Route 9 connector to its list of projects after being told by state officials that funding for all projects in the region would be delayed if the plan wasn’t approved.

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