By NOK-NOI RICKER; OF THE NEWS STAFF BREWER - The situation in Augusta is making school leaders nervous, and it "gets worse with each passing hour," Superintendent Daniel Lee informed the school board on Monday night. Lee told the Brewer School Committee that Gov.

By Nok-Noi Hauger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jan. 16--BREWER -- School officials are projecting a significant drop in enrollment in the next decade at Brewer High School, and they are beginning to plan for it.

By Nok-Noi Hauger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Aug. 23--BREWER -- Whether the city gets funds for a new, combined elementary-middle school or just a new elementary school is the key question that needs to be answered by the Maine Department of Education, Brewer school officials are saying.

By Nok-Noi Hauger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jun. 13--BREWER -- Ten reductions were used to squeeze out $140,000 from the draft 2006-07 school budget, reducing it to just under $15.8 million, and Business Manager Lester Young is not happy about where the reductions leave the school department.

By Nok-Noi Hauger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Mar. 7--BREWER -- The school board got a glimpse at the preliminary 2006-07 budget and the projected state subsidy Monday night, both of which are increasing, but a rock-solid bottom line remains hidden, Business Manager Lester Young said.