6.06.2007 – About 500 people drive to the Portland waterfront every day to work on Cianbro Corp.’s project converting two sulfur carriers into two of the world’s largest offshore service vessels. Nearly 75 percent of those workers come from north of Augusta. So while businesses and city officials in the Brewer area are celebrating Cianbro’s […]

6.04.2007 – Word of Saturday’s official announcement that Cianbro Corp. is planning to bring 500 or more manufacturing jobs to the former Eastern Fine Paper Mill spread quickly through the city and put smiles on the faces of many business owners in South Brewer. Along with Cianbro’s plan to build and run a module manufacturing […]

6.03.2007 – The president and CEO of Cianbro Corp. said his plan to build a modular construction facility in Brewer is part of his larger goal of revitalizing Maine’s economy. The project “is not about Cianbro. It’s not about me. It’s about the people [of Maine] and their ability to meet just about any challenge […]

6.02.2007 – Cianbro Corp., a Pittsfield construction company known around the state and the nation, plans to build and run a manufacturing facility that will create 500 or more well-paying jobs at the defunct Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill site. The skilled workers will not be making paper, but modules — prefabricated, self-standing building structures […]

6.02.2007 – Peter G. Vigue was born in Caribou on Sept. 27, 1947. When he was 8 years old his family moved to Pittsfield where he grew up and resides today. The local boy went to Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, then Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, and he spent a year at sea. He […]

06.01.2007

5.08.2007 – For Roy Mayhew, who worked at the Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill in Brewer for 35 years, talking about his former job is still difficult. And he’s not alone. “It’s awful to get emotional about an old place of work,” Mayhew said earlier this week from his home. At times, there would be […]

10.06.2006 – The Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health is pleased to announce that Janet Hock, BDS, PhD has accepted the position as director of the Institute. Dr. Hock brings a rare wealth of experience and leadership in research, academia, and industry. She is expected to officially begin her duties at the Institute’s headquarters […]

8.02.2006 – Stories about Brewer and the region – including one about a pair of visiting white beluga whales in 1954, and others about Penobscot Indians – will be highlighted along Brewer’s planned Historic Waterfront Trail system. Other historic facts about the region’s history, industries and cultures also will be found along the planned Penobscot […]

7.21.2006 – Eastern Maine Medical Center’s plans for a $41 million cancer center in Brewer cleared a major hurdle this week when the project won state approval. But the approval did not come without conditions, the most notable of which could pose a significant financing challenge for the project. In a letter dated Tuesday, the […]