BREWER — Just ask Bangor resident Adam Sutton what his favorite thing about leather is and he’ll tell you it’s the product itself.

BREWER, Maine — Police Chief Perry Antone reminisced at the City Council meeting Monday night about joining the force as a young Brewer Police officer and meeting Sgt. Arden Jones, who retired from the force at the end of September after nearly four decades.

BREWER, Maine — The Brewer Area Food Pantry is planning to open the week of Thanksgiving and will be handing out 50 turkey dinners to locals in need.

An initiative of the Brewer Public Library is providing a new family activity for city residents. The inaugural StoryWalk was held at 12:30-2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at Penobscot Landing Trail, near the library’s School Street location. About 44 people turned out for the event, finishing with refreshments donated by Tim Horton’s in Brewer. The StoryWalk will remain up until Oct. 28.

Crews will be installing new curbing, performing drainage work and widening the shoulders on Wilson Street (Route 1A) in Brewer beginning on Monday, Oct. 21, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.

BREWER, Maine — Cornelius Dougherty was born in Ireland in 1796 and moved to Brewer in 1848, bringing his wife and children to the area to start a new life.

BREWER — Decades past, Brewer third-graders learned about Maine by reading books and memorizing key (albeit boring) dates and people.

Friday, October 4, 2013 the Public Works (including the landfill) and Water departments will be closed all day for safety training. Crews will only be responding to emergencies. If you have an emergency, please contact the Police Department at 989-7001.

BREWER, Maine — Sale of Penobscot Ice Arena in Brewer expected Friday. A couple who have decided to purchase the financially strapped Penobscot Ice Arena on Acme Road say they know all about the facility’s problems and bad reputation.

BREWER, Maine — The old State Street School is coming down and a developer plans to build a 48-unit affordable housing project in its place, D’arcy Main-Boyington, Brewer’s economic development director, told city councilors Monday while discussing a tax break for the project.