Lovers of old-style country music ‘shake a leg’ at weekly jams in Brewer – Gene Lane was a popular guy Sunday afternoon. Women kept coming up to the 71-year-old Bucksport man and inviting him to dance to country music played by a live band.

Danny Coombs recognized by Brewer City Council as ‘notable Brewer athlete’ — There is one local athlete against whom all others are measured, and that is former Brewer High School star Danny Coombs.

Brewer Business Makes Pet Owners Happy – There’s a new service provided in Bangor, Brewer and Blue Hill that lets you wash your pet with out messing up your house.

Scout’s project benefits Brewer Public Library – When Mason Duplissie puts his mind to something, he gets it done. The 15-year-old incoming sophomore at Brewer High School plays 11 instruments, sings in the chorus, and competes in mock trial, all while remaining an honor student.

Bus cutting demo draws crowd to N.H. Bragg – Bangor’s and Brewer’s finest went saw-to-saw with Massachusetts car-demolition experts during the open house held Thursday, June 28 at N.H. Bragg & Sons in Bangor.

New cruiser camera system gives Brewer police 360-degree eye on suspects – There are two sides to every story, but with five digital cameras recording the scene there is little doubt about where the truth lies.

Brewer moves toward creating public safety director position as fire chief retires – It works for Hampden, Holden and Westbrook, and city officials think that having a public safety director to oversee both the police and fire departments will work for Brewer, too.

6.09.2012 – AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Paul LePage unveiled Maine’s first officially designated “business-friendly” communities Wednesday morning, giving the title to nine towns and cities around the state. Nineteen communities had been nominated for the new program but only Augusta, Bath, Biddeford, Brewer, Bucksport, Guilford, Lincoln, Saco and Sanford made the cut. Two of the […]

5.12.2012 – Some of the hundreds of volunteers who removed more than 4 tons of trash during Saturday’s morning cleanup of the Penobscot River and other waterways in Brewer actually found “treasure.” “I found an old Chevy moon hubcap from the 1920s,” City Councilor Kevin O’Connell said. “Two years ago I got a ceramic license […]

  4.09.2012 – A Japanese man with a love of hand-sewn moccasins — made using techniques that have been passed down from one generation of shoemakers to the next — traveled halfway across the world to find a Maine cobbler to make him a pair. “A knock came on the door and it was a […]