BREWER, Maine — City leaders took a leap of faith Tuesday night when they unanimously approved signing a 15-year contract to send waste to the Municipal Review Committee’s planned trash-to-energy facility in Hampden starting in 2018.

The odd Jan. 6 Bangor Daily News OpEd about trash disposal completely mischaracterizes pay-as-you-throw programs, which are a fair and equitable way to increase recycling and reduce waste. Brewer recently marked the five-year anniversary of its pay-as-you-throw program, which, since its inception in 2011, has resulted in a 370 percent increase in residential recycling and a more than 50 percent decrease in trash the city sends to Penobscot Energy Recovery Co.

BREWER, Maine — Marie Allen likely never planned to become an anti-drug crusader, but she felt compelled to do so after losing her daughter, Erin, to a heroin overdose.

At Harvest Moon Deli, greats including B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald and Jerry Garcia live on as names of paninis.

Come Friday, Oct. 23, they’re tentatively expected to be sold at the newest Harvest Moon location at the Twin City Plaza in Brewer, if all goes according to schedule.

During the 2015 Brewer Days, Holly Lundquist was named Citizen of the Year and Twin City Tire was named the Business of the Year.

Brewer Police spearhead ongoing training for police and community

Incidents of violence seem to be increasing daily. Even in the relatively safe borders of Maine there is disturbing news of assaults and murders of innocent civilians. The Brewer Police Department has been proactively working with local and state agencies to become better prepared to deal with such threats, and also helping to prepare members of their community and other local agencies.

Heroin – Stop the Demand! Presentation – We need to act now to educate our youth as to the deadly facts about heroin use. It is the goal of this presentation to raise our collective awareness about opiate abuse, to include heroin, and to facilitate further community discussions and involvement in an effort to have a greater impact on reducing the demand for such drugs. Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Brewer voters likely will see a couple of familiar charter amendment proposals at the polls in November.

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of consolidated ward one in the City of Brewer, qualified by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Maine, voted in an election held on June 9, 2015 and the said inhabitants gave in their vote for the City of Brewer Charter Amendment questions and the same […]

BREWER, Maine — A small turnout during Tuesday’s election in Brewer resulted in the rejection of a pair of ordinance changes, despite both proposals drawing strong support from those who did vote.