Shows / Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
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)
Episodes
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/22/23: Local News and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Maine Master Naturalist Program www.mainemasternaturalist.org Castine Historical Society castinehistoricalsociety.org…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/21/23: Local News and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Skate Bucksport: www.facebook.com/skatebucksport Elm Street Congregational Church Bean Supper…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/20/23: Local News and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: MDI Hospital construction: www.mdihospital.org/featured/core-generation-renovation-project-construction-in-progress/ League…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/19/23: Local News with a Bit of History for Context
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Common Ground Fair:  www.mofga.org/the-fair/ Maine Inland Fisheries and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/18/23: Upcoming (Free!) Events at Woodlawn in Ellsworth
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kathy Young, Executive Director of Woodlawn Museum, Gardens and Park in Ellsworth joins us to talk about upcoming free events for all…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/15/23: Theatre Nouveau in Belfast
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Artistic Director Suzanne Ramczyk joins us to talk about the theatre company and their upcoming production. FMI…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/14/23: Art Feeds 2023 in Knox County
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Joe Ryan of Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) joins us with the details. FMI: www.aiofoodpantry.org/artfeeds UPDATE 9/15/23 FROM AIO…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/13/23: Friends of Sears Island September Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Friends of Sears Island Outreach Coordinator Ashley Megquier joins us with the details. FMI…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/12/23: Bangor Historical Society’s “Ghostly Bangor” Walking Tours
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Matt Bishop, Curator/Operations Manager at Bangor Historical Society joins us with the details. FMI: Welcome to the Bangor Historical…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/11/23: Amazon Labor Event and this week’s local public affairs lineup
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Cynthia Phinney, President of the Maine AFL-CIO joins us with the details FMI: Chris Smalls event Wednesday, Sept 20 – 6:00pm…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/07/23: Local news and a bit of history
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Contact info mentioned in today’s program:  Challenger Learning Center, contact@astronaut.org City of Ellsworth…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/5/23: Update on the Bucksport Landfill Expansion
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Don White of Bucksport, one of the residents that has been working on this issue for several months, joins us with what opponents are…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/31/23: Labor Day events by the folks who brought us Labor Day
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Cynthia Phinney, President of the Maine AFL-CIO has the details on celebrations this holiday weekend that were organized by Labor…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/29/23: “One Small Step” and a new A/V club
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Two stories, one guest! Chris Battaglia is one of the producers of WERU’s StoryCorps project called One Small Step. He’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/24/23: New Trail Guide for Ellsworth
Host/Producer: Amy Browne City of Ellsworth staff Maura Condon, Communications Specialist; Janna Richards, Economic Development Director; and Matt Williams…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/22/23: The Ark Animal Shelter has good news to share!
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dani Bauer, Operations Manager at The Ark Animal Shelter joins us with an announcement. About the host: Amy Browne started…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/17/23: Families First Community Center Fundraiser
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shaina Fraser, Executive Director, joins us to let the community know what services they offer, and how the public can support them…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/15/23: Downeast Community Partners Raffle, Bangor Band Rescheduled
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Downeast Community Partners has a a mission to improve the quality of life and reduce the impact of poverty in Downeast…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/10/23: Medea Benjamin Speaks in Maine about War in Ukraine
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Robin Farrin joins us to talk about Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin’s speaking tour in Maine next week. About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/8/23: “Paint the Town” in Surry this Sunday to benefit Rural Hall
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Margret Baldwin talks about the 3rd annual “Paint the Town” event,  Sunday, August 13, 4:00 – 6:00, Rural…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/3/23: Station Manager Matt Murphy joins us with an update
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI:  https://protectmypublicmedia.org/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/1/23: Upcoming Events at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lila Miller, Director of Advancement and Community Relations at Jesup Memorial Library invites you to join them for An Evening…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/27/23: Volunteers Needed for Bridging Neighbors Project
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lori Johnson, Healthy Aging Coordinator at Healthy Peninsula joins us with all the details.  …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/25/23: 2nd Summit for LGBTQ+ Folks in Monroe in August
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace from Out in the Open joins us with all the details about what to expect and how to register for this free event. FMI…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/20/23: Island Readers and Writers
Host: Ron Beard Producer: Amy Browne Ron Beard speaks with Kelsey Buckley, Director of Communications & Engagement at Island Readers and Writers. About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/18/23: Machias Blueberry Festival Fun Run
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Angela Fochesata, Executive Director of the Beth C Wright Cancer Resource Center is with us today to talk about their…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/13/23: 3rd Annual Ashley Bryan Honorary Lecture Tonight at Jesup
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lila Miller, Director of Advancement at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor with all the details of tonight’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/11/23: Our Town Belfast Events
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Amanda Cunningham, Executive Director of Our Town Belfast fills us in on all of this week’s events — and how you can…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/6/23: DCP Encourages Early Calls for Heating Assistance this Year
Producer/Host: Amy Browne James Nealy, Director of Energy Services for Downeast Community Partners (DCP) joins us to talk about their heating…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/4/23: Urban Garden Tours
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Organizer Larry Dansinger joins us to talk about Urban Garden Tours taking place in Bangor and Brewer on July 22nd. …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/27/23: Update on the latest threat to Sears Island
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Steve Miller of Islesboro Islands Trust spoke with us on Friday, ahead of the final meeting of the Maine DOT’s Offshore…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/22/23: Bangor Pride 2023
Producer/Host: Amy Browne One of the biggest Pride month celebrations in this area is coming up this weekend in Bangor.  Organizer Jill Henderson from…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/20/23: Maine Natural History Observatory – Events this weekend on MDI
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Celeste and Glen Mittelhauser of Maine Natural History Observatory join us this week to let listeners know about 20th…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/15/23: Summer Solstice on Sears Island
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Rolf Olsen, Friends of Sears Island  invites the community to a summer solstice celebration on Sears Island (off Rt 1 in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/13/23: Sea Shanties by the Seashore with Rockland Folks Arts
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Kathy Westra Stevens of Rockland Folk Arts joins us to talk about their upcoming event featuring   40…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/8/23: Local PRIDE 2023 Events
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Maggie Hirshland from OUT Maine  joins us with the details About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/6/23: Community Festival and Fun Run at Coe Park June 10th
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Jack McKay, Executive Director of Food AND Medicine is here with all the details. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/1/23: MDI YWCA Takes Step to Address Affordable Housing Shortage
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Jackie Davidson, Executive Director of the YWCA of MDI fills us in on the details.  FMI:  www.ywcamdi.org/  or…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/25/23: Sustainable Communities Day
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Today we’re talking with Gregory Biddinger, one of the organizers of a Sustainable Communities Day coming up in on 6/1/23 from…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/18/23: Downeast Community Partners’ “Top to Bottom” drive
Producer/Host: Amy Browne Sharon Catus from Downeast Community Partners joins us this week to talk about their upcoming “Top to Bottom” drive…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/11/23: Bill Nemitz on the Maine Journalism Foundation
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week we’re talking with award-winning long time Maine journalist Bill Nemitz.  He’s been a reporter, editor and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/20/23: Maine Jewish Film Festival
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: The Maine Jewish Film Festival  is holding statewide showings of  FOUR WINTERS  this month to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/13/23: Legislative Public Hearings Today
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Taking a look at what’s happening in Augusta today, after this morning’s session the legislature will return…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 3/30/23: NRCM State House Action Day
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Kristin Jackson from the Natural Resources Council of Maine on their upcoming State House Action Day on Tuesday, April…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 3/16/23: Friends in Action Ellsworth
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: The mission of Friends In Action in Ellsworth is “to empower older adults and people living with disabilities to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 3/9/23: Maine Legislature Today- And How You Can Participate
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: There’s a lot happening in Augusta this week — including several public hearings this afternoon that you can…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 3/2/23: Gov. Mills’ “Offshore Wind Roadmap” – What Does it Mean for Sears Island?
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Steve Miller, Executive Director of Islesboro Islands Trust and member of Maine’s Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 2/23/23: A Climate to Thrive Offers Free “Climate Ambassador” training
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: A Climate to Thrive is launching a statewide program to train Mainers to be climate ambassadors in their local…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 2/16/23: How To Participate in the Legislative Process in Maine (& some bills under consideration this week)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: One positive thing to come from the pandemic is a new system that makes it easier to participate in public hearings held…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 2/9/23: “To Warm a Winter’s Night” benefit
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Sharon Catus, Development Director at Downeast Community Partners joins us to talk about “To Warm A Winter’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 2/2/23: WERU Listener Survey Results
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: WERU’s General Manager Matt Murphy joins us today with the highlights from our recent listener survey About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/26/23: Maine Girls of STEM
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: The Challenger Learning Center of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy are partnering together to celebrate International Day…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/19/23: Loaves and Fishes Ellsworth
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Last week we heard about the Blue Hill Coop’s plans to raise funds for a Hancock county food bank. This week…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/12/23: Blue Hill Co-op & Patrons Help Address Food Insecurity in Hancock County
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: This week we’re in Hancock County where the Blue Hill Coop and their customers are working together to address food…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/5/23: Mainers Join Call to Close Guantánamo, Rally in Augusta January 14th
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: With so much happening in the world right now, a coalition of local groups want to make sure Mainers don’t forget…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/29/22: New Year’s Eve Opera Downeast!
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: The Winter Harbor Music Festival has a unique offering this New Year’s eve. Executive Director Deiran Manning is…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/22/22: Atheist Group Reacts to Bucksport’s Nativity Scene
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: One of the things people are talking about around town this holiday season is the controversy around a nativity scene in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/15/22: Energy Efficiency Career Opportunities Downeast
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Earlier this month Governor Mills announced that her administration is dedicating $5.4 million dollars to address climate…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/8/22: Develop Sears Island or Mack Point? Public Meeting Next Week
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Sears Island is an uninhabited 940 acre island off the coast of Searsport that has been eyed by developers for various…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/1/22: “Our Town Belfast” Invites You For the Holidays!
Producer/Host: Amy Browne This week: Amanda Cunningham, Executive Director of Our Town Belfast brings us highlights of festivities this year in downtown…