BREWER, Maine – Barney and Charlotte Thompson have been named the Brewer Citizens of the Year, and were honored this Friday evening at the Brewer Auditorium. Mayor Jerry Goss recognized the couple during the intermission of the Hometown Band’s Brewer Day’s concert.

BREWER, Maine — A three-day celebration of the community, Brewer Days, will kick off next week with events ranging from Zumba and karate demonstrations to live music and fireworks.

BREWER, Maine – Brewer’s waterfront has a new name and plans to expand. The path along the Penobscot will now be officially be known as the Brewer Riverwalk Trail.

BREWER, Maine — The Seacoast United Blackbear soccer club finally has a home.

BREWER, Maine — Local police and school departments are gearing up to host a two-day training program in August, which is designed to help prepare potential victims of school and workplace violence to be able to protect themselves until law enforcement officers arrive.

BREWER, Maine — Brewer officials have granted final approval for a 48-unit apartment complex at the former site of the State Street School, which is home to a few piles of rock and rubble and a couple pieces of construction equipment.

BREWER, Maine — The City Council on Tuesday night unanimously passed a budget that won’t raise residents’ taxes in fiscal year 2015.

BREWER, Maine — The restaurateur behind Kosta’s in Brewer and Old Town, along with several pizza shops in the region, is turning his gaze to the Penobscot River.

BREWER, Maine — Under the city’s proposed fiscal year 2015 budget, property tax rates will stay steady at $20.92 per thousand dollars of valuation, but only after a series of cost-cutting measures that included two layoffs.

It’s been 50 years, and Joe Ferris can still recall every moment of that magical spring for the magnificent underdogs in Maine Black Bear uniforms.