BREWER — A well-known Brewer barber who was struck and killed by a car in December while walking in a crosswalk in front of his business is the last recorded pedestrian death in Maine for 2014. Because one of every four people hit by cars every year in Maine is hit in a crosswalk, Sen. […]
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Boys’ basketball: Myers, Dillingham step up for Lewiston in win over Brewer
One in December. One in January. See the pattern developing? “I want to start a four-in-a-row streak on February 14,” Lewiston coach Tim Farrar said. “That’s when I’d like the streak to start.” That’s the beginning of the tournament, and it would mean a state championship, something that hasn’t happened since 1960. The Gold Ball […]
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Girls’ basketball: Kristina Blais scores 22, leads Lewiston to third win
LEWISTON — Twelve losses against one win, with minimal chance to make the tournament, are enough to persuade many high school basketball teams to pack it in and play out the string. Not the Lewiston girls, who have answered the bell in late January with their three best offensive games of the season. Thursday’s 52-42 […]
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Three Weathervane Restaurants in Maine to close
Four Weathervane Restaurant locations, including three in Maine, have decided to close their doors, according to a statement released Monday. Restaurants in Brewer, Waterville, South Portland and Bedford, New Hampshire, will be closing, according to the statement. “My family and I are sorry to have to make this difficult decision and truly appreciate the hard […]
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New natural foods grocery store setting up shop in Brewer
BREWER — By the end of February, Brewer should be home to a natural foods grocery store. Sarah Morneault and Lindsey Levesque, former co-workers at Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, are hard at work inside 20 S. Main St. in Brewer, formerly a discount furniture store and before that a Brooks Pharmacy. “It’s going […]
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Brewer barber struck by car dies at hospital
BREWER (AP) — Police say a longtime Brewer barber struck by a car as he crossed the street on his way to work earlier this month has died of his injuries. Police say 73-year-old David Grant was struck near city hall as he crossed North Main Street early in the morning of Dec. 20. He […]
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Newly appointed Bethel town manager reflects on past, looks to future
BETHEL — When Christine M. Landes was hired as town manager Nov. 10, it was the culmination of more than 16 years of municipal experience. However, Landes said government was the last thing on her mind when she was in high school. “If you had told me, when I was in high school, that I […]
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‘Hope doesn’t just come, you’ve got to work for it,’ says hot cocoa stand operator, daughter of Brewer man with cancer
BREWER — Giving away hot chocolate is one way to warm the heart and also raise awareness and funds for cancer research, four local girls have learned. The three daughters of Mike and Lisa Openshaw, and a niece, started a hot cocoa stand five years ago to raise money for a local toddler with cystic […]
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Video: ‘I only spoke to the fellows who were there because most people don’t understand’
“I’m starting to forget things,” Park, 93, said as he read the words he had jotted down as a young man fighting for his country in some of the worst conditions imaginable. Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, thrusting the U.S. into the war in both Europe and the Pacific, Park, a […]
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‘We cannot ignore what is happening’: Nurse from Brewer fights Ebola at its heart
Brewer native Sheila Davis is in West Africa, at the heart of the Ebola outbreak. She is surrounded by a deadly virus that has instilled fear in many Americans who will never come face to face with its devastation, and wants the public to know Ebola can be stopped — with science, not hysteria. Davis, […]