BREWER, Maine — Cianbro’s Eastern Manufacturing Facility on South Main street has spent the last two years designing, constructing and delivering electrical building modules for a nickel processing plant in Long Harbour, Newfoundland.

BREWER, Maine — The number of Maine pharmacies robbed by those looking for drugs to use or sell has already tripled from just a year ago, and the year isn’t over, Brewer police Lt. Chris Martin said Wednesday.

BREWER, Maine — Residents who went to the polls Tuesday resoundingly supported a $5.4 million school bond referendum to improve the Brewer High School campus, according to unofficial election results supplied by City Clerk Howard Kroll.

BREWER, Maine — Former first lady Barbara Bush and Maine first lady Ann LePage appeared larger than life on a screen as they video-chatted Monday afternoon with third- and fourth-grade students at Brewer Community School.

BREWER, Maine — Former first lady Barbara Bush, who summers in Kennebunkport, and Maine first lady Ann LePage have both “visited” Brewer students in the past through Web-based field trips, and on Monday they will join together to “visit” again.

BREWER, Maine — A warped 6-foot section of steel inside Brewer’s Public Safety Museum is a symbol of much more than the building it once helped support, said Mainers who came to look at the beam Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

BREWER, Maine — A mangled 6-foot steel beam taken from the wreckage of the doomed twin towers in New York City will be on public display Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, according to Brewer Fire Chief Gary Parent.

Brewer High School is a 54-year-old stick-built structure badly in need of many things. Since a new school is unlikely to be funded by the state in the foreseeable future, it’s imperative that the existing building undergo renovations. Thanks to zero-percent federal funding in the amount of $5.4 million, major changes can be made — but only if Brewer citizens vote for it on referendum on Sept. 18.

BANGOR, Maine — Jane Sawyer of Brewer is being honored as the first of three breast cancer “survivors of the week” in the lead-up to the Susan G. Komen Maine Race for the Cure in Bangor on Sept. 16.

In the early 1800′s, the village of Brewer was very different than the city it has become today. Join us as we celebrate the days of yesteryear and experience life in Brewer up to 200 years in our past with Living History Day on Saturday, August 18, part of the Brewer Bicentennial Celebration.