Brewer News

First of all let me state for those of you not here in Maine..it was COLD today.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is postponing a meeting on the upcoming elver season because of possible snowy weather.

9:05 a.m. - Jeffrey Pooler, 21, 30 Cole St., Kittery, summonsed or arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, sale and use of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of scheduled drug, refusing to submit to arrest or detention, and arrested on an outstanding warrant.

If you are not able to get out to a game for the opening weekend of the winter sports season, you will still be able to follow what is going on.

Bangor YMCA is looking for a new chief executive officer and camp director after two resignations in the past week.

An officer driving by the Tavern on Main Street at 1:35 a.m. witnessed Joel Marsters, 48, and another man standing face to face having a heated conversation, Bangor police Sgt.

From left, Leonard Davis, 10, gets help with mixing his paint from Sue Ann Gaitings, the gifted and talented coordinator at the Brewer Community School.

Hunting buddies Ryan Stevens and Travis Hafford, who were the focus of a weekend search involving the Maine Warden Service and dozens of volunteers.

Edna Brewer Middle School received a new look over the Veterans Day weekend, when artists and families mounted 16 mosaic renditions of California native wildflowers to the exterior wall of the school's courtyard under the direction of mosaic artist Rachel Rodi.

The critically-acclaimed Canadian-American indie rock six-piece the Arcade Fire will bring their "Reflektor" tour to Darling's Waterfront Pavilion on Wednesday, Aug. 20, in one of the earliest and biggest show announcements in Waterfront Concert history.

The Brewer School Committee, which recently approved a policy change regarding pregnant students and the Good Samaritan Agency's Teen Parent Education Program , modified it again Monday night to charge sending districts for their students enrolled in the alternative education program.

Thom Tardiff of Brewer carries his daughter Claire, 4, while trying to pick out a tree at the Piper Mountain Christmas tree farm in Newburgh Monday.

The Housing Authority of the City of Brewer has partnered with Penquis Child Development to provide affordable child care for low-to moderate-income families residing in the greater Bangor/Brewer area that are participating in educational or job training activities and/or are currently employed.

Please don't look for Annie L. Henderson at Mountain View Cemetery - if there is anything left of her skeleton, it is in the briny deep of the Penobscot River.

I did it, you did it, we all did it. I feel no shame. My husband and I ate leftover turkey out of a Ziploc bag for a midnight snack last night.

State officials have scheduled two public meetings to get feedback from fishermen about how Maine should reduce its elver landings next spring.

Hugh Kelly started tying flies when he was seven. His father was a Maine guide in the Rangeley area and passed the tradition on to his son.

Bangor Ballet will present "Nutcracker in a Nutshell" danced by children, for children, in Brewer and Bucksport.

Members of Lander University's Dance Company take a break from rehearsing for their performance at Lander on Nov. 24 and 25. The event is free and open to the public.

BREWER, Maine - To start a discussion about drug and alcohol addiction in the area, organizers at the Bangor Area Recovery Network are hosting a free film Wednesday evening at the Brewer Performing Arts Center titled "The Anonymous People."