Brewer News

Brewer News


Cianbro CEO’s roots run deep in Maine

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 […]

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Former Eastern Fine workers asked about Cianbro plan

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 […]

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The Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health Announces New Director

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 […]

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Brewer waterfront trail to feature 11 sites

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 […]

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Concept designs for trail unveiled

3.24.2006 – Where was the first settlement of Penobscot Indians discovered when European travelers began navigating the Penobscot River centuries ago and landed in what is now Brewer? And before the three bridges were constructed connecting Bangor and Brewer, where and how did people get across the waterway? The answer to both of those historic […]

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EMHS awaits spot in Brewer Professional Center

2.02.2006 – With the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health and the possibility of a $28 million cancer center occupying space in the soon-to-be-constructed second building within the Brewer Professional Center, the planned structure is practically full, officials are saying. “The genetics lab all by itself will take a large chunk of the next […]

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BEDC – Dirigo Drive and Exit 5 Projects

6.08.2005 – BEDC is a private, nonprofit development agency focusing on job creation, tax-based growth and city development. A public hearing was held to discuss the seven-lot minor commercial subdivision located between Wal-Mart and Dirigo Drive with one lot across the roadway before the project was approved by the board with 13 conditions. Most of […]

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Brewer awards contract to H.E. Sargent for parallel road

2.22.2004 – After nearly three years of planning, work on a new parallel access road designed to ease Wilson Street traffic will soon begin. H.E. Sargent Inc. of Stillwater was awarded the job of constructing the road for nearly $3 million Thursday during a special Brewer City Council  meeting. “We hope to begin construction immediately,” […]

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