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 […]

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 […]

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 […]