Maine Newspaper Publisher Buys Building To House The Titles

Bucking the trend of newspapers selling off real estate, Reade Brower, publisher of The Courier-Gazette, Camden Herald, Republican Journal and Free Press, is buying a two-story building in Camden, Maine. The newspaper operations could move into the location on Mechanic Street as early as this summer. Now housed in the building are Jaret & Cohn, Bagel Café, the Mechanic Street Barbershop and the Inn at Camden Place. Brower plans to use the second floor for the newspapers for Islandport Press, a book publication firm, and for Mail Maine, his direct...