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Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
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- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/18/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chris Battaglia from Torchlight Media in Belfast joins us to talk about an upcoming training opportunity…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/17/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Food AND Medicine Urban Garden Tours and Workshops. Guests: Tamra Benson, Community Organizer and Johnny Sanchez, Volunteer…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/16/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Public hearing on Casella / Juniper Ridge Landfill, at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/15/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Summer is in full swing, and the annual event series sponsored by Wednesdays on Main in Bucksport is so busy this year that this week…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/28/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sears Island update (vernal pools discovered – but not by the state) and a few events happening today. FMI: peer.org/…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/27/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Casey Neill concert / tickets: www.weru.org www.wilsonmuseum.org www.friendsofsearsisland.org…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/26/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne BUILDING HOPE, a documentary on homelessness by locally-based filmmakers Kane-Lewis Productions, will debut this weekend in Castine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/25/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Stephen Miller of Islesboro Islands Trust reacts to documents related to the wind project proposal in Searsport, recently received by…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/24/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne McKenna and Her Camera The Midcoast Maine Art Scene: 1987 – 2008  – an exhibition that the Penobscot Marine museum in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/21/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor Pride, Democracy Forum, and in the news 100 years ago today:  Maine’s KKK endorsed Governor. About the host: Amy…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/20/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/19/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jacques Newell Taylor, an organizer of the annual Juneteenth commemoration in Ellsworth (happening today), joins us with the details…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/18/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Americans Who Tell the Truth and Bagaduce Music have an event coming up in Blue Hill on June 27th, called “The Power of Art: How…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/17/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Long time Sears Island defender Becky Bartovics of the Sierra Club, Maine Chapter, with her impressions of Sprague Energy’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/14/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Friends of Sears Island Solstice by the Sea Celebration — details from FOSI’s Ashley Megquire.  …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/13/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ellsworth Public Library’s summer events, with Berit Becker, Marketing & Communications Director, and Renee McManus…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/12/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mack Point Tour (see photos on WERU’s facebook page). About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news &…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/11/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pride events across the state, Sprague Energy offers tours and a website explaining why Mack Point would be a suitable location for…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/10/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesday on Main in Bucksport, with a look at this year’s schedule.  Note that some Wednesdays fall on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/7/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 2nd annual Maine Ocean Festival – tomorrow, Saturday, June 8th, from 9 am to 3pm at the Oceanarium and Education Center on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/6/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jane Blum with all the details on the Belfast Pride parade, celebration and film festival coming up on Saturday, and headlines…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/5/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Excerpts from an MDI Historical Society event with Brent Richardson telling historic family stories. About the host: Amy Browne…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/4/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne   About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/3/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A couple of events this evening, and excerpts from a speech by Gov Percival Baxter at the dedication of the then brand new Crosby…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/31/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kathleen Reilly of Theatre Nouveau in Belfast joins us to talk about their new production, opening…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/30/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Garden Party Picnic Fundraiser at historic Oak Hill estate. for a Northport woman facing medical issues. FMI: lu.ma/Strangebird…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/29/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: 2024 Maine Special Olympics Summer Games and volunteer opportunities:  www.somaine.org/. The NASA STEM Engagement…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/28/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne If you visit a grocery store in Hancock or Washington county this coming Friday, you have a good chance of meeting someone from…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/27/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Memorial Day as covered in Maine newspapers 100 years ago. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news &…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/24/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne In June, the Camden Public Library will be showing a group exhibit titled “Above Us Only Sky”.   Artist Deb Vendetti joins…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/23/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Guests: John and Courtney Hayes Jurcheck, organizers of a new monthly event in Belfast. FMI: Email: connect@countercurrent.me…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/22/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Local news and events.   FMI: www.nps.gov/acad/ www.bangorhistoricalsociety.org/  …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/21/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne – FEMA spokesperson Jann Tracey joins us with a final update as their disaster relief offices, set up after the January storms…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/20/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne HOME Executive Director Rosalani Moore and Program Coordinator Julie Ream join us with news of their upcoming fundraiser…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/17/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquire from the Friends of Sears Island joins us with details of this year’s Summer by the Sea Solstice Celebration on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/16/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dr. Charles Rolsky joins us with an update on what’s happening at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill these days. FMI: …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/15/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Democracy Forum host Ann Luther joins us with a preview of Friday’s show, and deadlines for applying for disaster assistance…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/14/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kevin Johnston, Photo Archivist at the Penobscot Marine Museum, joins us with a preview of this summer’s offerings…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/9/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Joe Niemczura joins us again this month with an update on the “Maine Resistance Revival Chorus” he’s organizing…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/8/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Belfast resident Jim Merkel is a filmmaker, engineer, activist, and author of  Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/7/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A look at some of our news & public affairs programs over the past month — and a pledge drive “thank you” from…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/6/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tarak Kauff, an 82 year old former Army paratrooper and member of Veterans for Peace, with information about their  Walk for…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/26/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jace from Out in the Open joins us to talk about their upcoming Drag & Burlesque show (public welcome), which will be followed by…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/25/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Guest:  Joe Niemczura of the new Maine Resistance Revival Choir, based in Waldo County. About the host: Amy Browne started out…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/24/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Update on Sears Island development and LD2266, with Nickie Sekera and Chris Buchanan FMI Email: protectwasumkik@proton.me…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/23/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: www. greatpondtrust.org www.mainesalmonrivers.org/events www.disasterassistance.gov , 1-800-621-3362  or go to a…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/22/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne National Park Service planned burns at Acadia National Park FMI:  www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/conditions.htm   Ellsworth…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/19/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther, host of the Democracy Forum (today at 4pm) with what’s happening on the show this month, and federal assistance…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/18/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Matt Murphy’s here with an invitation to join WERU at a community event in Bucksport on Saturday. About the host: Amy Browne…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/17/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Community events this week, and road conditions in Belfast during mud season, 100 years ago today. About the host: Amy Browne started…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/15/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI:   Cleveland Jewish News, “KeyBank Purchases $15 Million in Israel Bonds, Doubles Investment,” November 15, 2023…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/12/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne   About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/11/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Haley Blake joins us with upcoming events at the Wilson Museum in Castine. FMI: www.wilsonmuseum.org  About the host: Amy…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/10/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Topic: FEMA assistance available for Maine residents in coastal counties for damages and losses from the January 9th to 13th storm…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/9/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kyle Walton, Director of the Colonial Theater in Belfast, joins us to talk about their fundraiser coming up on Saturday 4/13…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/8/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Eclipse Day tips and reminders. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/5/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kyle Walton, Director of the now non-profit Colonial Theater in Belfast, with an invitation to a  fund raiser with Tim…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/4/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chris Battaglia of Torchlight Media with an invitation to stop by and check out their new space in Belfast. FMI…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/3/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Topic: Searsport resident Chris Buchanan reports on misperceptions about the Governor’s Sears Island dunes bill that citizen…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/2/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing…