BREWER, Maine — Brewer Housing Authority has issued a second request for bids to construct a new $2.5 million community center after the first round of bids were all too high, Executive Director Gordon Stitham said Monday.

Many Brewer residents know that the new Brewer Community School has an auditorium. What many don’t know — and what people in the region might not know — is just how impressive it is.

BREWER, Maine — A water main break has shut down Tuesday classes at the Brewer Community School.

BREWER, Maine — The derelict little house at 587 South Main St. that has been abandoned for several years and has numerous foreclosed tax and sewer liens may soon be up for sale.

BREWER, Maine — School officials learned nearly a decade ago that there was little chance the state would pay to replace Brewer High School, which was built in 1958, so they turned to a zero interest federal bond and last year and was awarded one for more than $5 million.

BREWER, Maine — While the restaurant space at the intersection of Wilson Street and Walton Drive remains locked up and empty, it is one of the few vacant buildings along the Wilson Street corridor in Brewer.

Sherwood Forest — a 10.5-acre parcel of forest boxed in by Little John Lane, Rotherdale Road, Canterbury Road and Locksley Lane — was designated as a park by city officials in 2005. Plans for a nature trail was presented to the city by Ken Hanscom, director of the Brewer Parks and Recreation Department, in 2006, but it was years before a clearly defined trail was created on the land.

A new facility geared towards baseball and softball, on the brink of its February grand opening, promises to be unlike anything the region has seen.

BREWER, Maine — It was five years ago when resident Jerry Goss, who now sits on the City Council, stood before the panel urging them to look into improving the playing surface at Doyle Field.

The cross-river connections between Bangor and Brewer will slightly change as the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge receives a long-awaited facelift later this year.