3-on-3 Charity Jam basketball returns

BREWER – The 8th annual 3-on-3 Charity Jam basketball tournament will return to the Bangor area for a second straight year, this time in Brewer. The Pendleton Street courts will be one of three locations in Maine to host the tournament, with Lewiston’s Kennedy Park and Portland’s Deering Oaks being the others.

Brewer will kick things off Saturday at 9 a.m. with Lewiston’s event scheduled for Aug. 9 and Portland on Aug. 16. The tourney has divisions for all genders and age groups from middle school on up. Portions of tourney proceeds will benefit the NAACP.

Registration is $30 per team for open divisions and $20 for high school and middle school teams. Registration forms can be picked up at all Shaw’s Supermarkets and Olympia Sports. For more information, call 877-656-2469.