Brewer News

Grammarians take heart: Stewards of the language are vigilant in Maine. A few of them even said my little July 18 rant about four misused words gave them courage to be more vocal in defending correct English.

Michael Vermette of Indian Point, Maine paints the British Canal during the Castine Plein Air Festival on June 24-27, 2014.

Three employees of a local company purchased a winning ticket together and won the $3.1 million "Megabucks" jackpot drawn on July 19, and the store clerk who sold the ticket was the one who informed them of their good fortune.

Since the removal of the Great Works Dam in 2012 and the Veazie Dam in 2013, the Penobscot River more closely resembles the body of water that it was almost 200 years ago, with free-flowing water and stretches of forceful rapids.

Rowan Bost of Brewer was named to dean's list for the spring semester at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Voters will decide in November whether to approve allocating $1.2 million to widen much of West Broadway no sooner than 2016 as part of a $1.8 million plan, town officials said Monday.

Welcome to the Farmers Market Corner. This is a great time of year for enjoying fresh, local produce, baked goods, dairy, meat and more at local farmers markets.

Dave Dubois of Durham opened his seventh Little Caesars pizza store on June 3 at the Brewer Shopping Center.

A new law to support and expand Kennebec County's successful veterans treatment court program will become effective Friday, Aug. 1. The veterans treatment court operates in Kennebec County and is open to any newly returned veteran in Maine, but may be difficult for veterans living farther away in other parts of the state to access.

Evelyn S. Silver, PhD, a retired senior advisor to the president at the University of Maine, has been elected chair of the EMHS Board of Directors.

Maine is on pace to experience 25 percent more head-on collisions - the deadliest type of car crashes - this year than last.

Kristen Hart, 21, of Newburgh, paints the "M" in "Greetings from Bangor, Maine" on a mural designed by Annette Dodd, co-owner of the Rock and Art Shop in Bangor, on July 25, 2014, on the wall of the brick building at 152 Main Street in downtown Bangor, which houses the Main Tavern.

Brewer's Troop 15 Boy Scouts will host the 7th annual Brewer Days Car Show 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

Yes, I know I "put down my pen" after 30 years, but by request from many readers and my addictions to saving Camden history, the pen jumped right back in my hand.

Sen. Ed Youngblood , who represents Castine and Penobscot as part of Senate District 8, has withdrawn his bid for reelection.

Kelly Thompson cuts the ribbon on her new bakery, The Whole Grain Bakeshop, during a ceremony on Wednesday.

What event combines a bread fair, baking classes and discussions on the science of sourdough and mysteries of gluten? It must be the Maine Grain Alliance Kneading Conference in Skowhegan .

The Maine Lottery announced today that a winning Megabucks ticket worth $3,100,000 was sold at the Big Apple on South Main Street in Brewer for the drawing of July 19. The Big Apple store will receive a $30,000 selling bonus.

Brewer Public Safety Director Perry Antone confirmed that two people were killed, but did not disclose their identities pending notification of relatives.

This is a great time of year for enjoying fresh, local produce, baked goods, dairy, meat and more at your local farmers markets.