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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 7/24/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Harold Greene, author of The Architects of Control-A Political Thriller, described as “An exhilarating tale of political…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/23/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Art Under the Elms – Castine Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival will show…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/22/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Revolutionary Belfast! Brenda Harrington and Stephanie Holman from the Belfast Free Library are here with news of upcoming events…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/21/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine’s CD1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s questions for DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin after ICE killed Biddeford…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/20/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne One last speaker at last Tuesday night’s ICE protest in Bangor Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/17/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Counter Current Collective’s outdoors production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, and more from Tuesday night’s ICE protest in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/16/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor-Brewer Urban Garden Tours — coming up on Saturday, and more from Tuesday night’s ICE protest in Bangor Theme…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/15/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne One of the speakers at last night’s ICE protest in Bangor. Project Relief – Maine Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/14/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor Band Summer Concert Series continues tonight, July 14, 7:00 PM, Bangor Waterfront Admission is free. The Norman Magician…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/13/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Summer Thursdays at the Ellsworth Public Library— Assistant Director Renee McManus is here with the details. Theme music…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/3/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bicentennial to Semiquincentennial Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Out In the Open, a local rural queer community organization, invites you to join them tonight for a Mycology Walk & Community…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Rosalani Moore, Executive Director of H.O.M.E., Inc invites listeners to H.O.M.E.’s Empty Bowl fundraiser, 7/9/26, 4:30-7:30PM…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/30/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor Pride Rainbow awards – recorded 6/27/26. Part 2 of 2 Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/29/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor Pride Rainbow awards – recorded 6/27/26. Part 1 of 2 Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/25/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Scale Up, Carbon Down event tomorrow in Belfast, with Alan Gibson and Sanna McKim of GoLogic Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/24/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee with Bucksport’s Wednesday on Main upcoming events Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/23/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Seahorses at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, with Dr. Charles Rolsky, Shaw’s Executive Director & Senior Research…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/19/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Jae Echeverria invites the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/18/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine Outdoor school invites you to join them this afternoon for a celebration of the start of summer The South Trailhead gate…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/17/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Summer Solstice by the Sea on Sears Island this weekend — Ashley Megquier from Friends of Sears Island is here to extent an…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/16/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated to Susan Collins’ reelection campaign, according to a new report by Josh…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/15/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine’s 132nd Legislative Session Wrap-up, from the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project EqualityMaine’s Annual Awards and PRIDE…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/12/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Rockland/Rockport Pride Events At Jesup Memorial Library Summer Reading Kicks off with: Mr. Drew and His Animals, Too! – Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/11/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shawn Keeley from College of the Atlantic is here today with an invitation to their 2026 COA Summer Institute, Toward a More Perfect…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/10/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler with Belfast Flying Shoes – upcoming events Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/9/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kathryn Markey, Artistic Director at Opera House Arts in Stonington is here with a preview of their upcoming season RESTORE:The North…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/8/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Secretary of State’s Office provides update on Maine election processes League of Women Voters June 9 Voter Guide: Mainers will vote…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/5/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Candlelight Vigil tonight on the steps of Bangor City Hall, starting at 8pm “in memory of those killed by official…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/4/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine 1st Congressional District spoke out against the Republicans’ funding bill for the 2027 fiscal…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/3/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Town of Deer Isle is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a Safety Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Senior FarmShare program College of the Atlantic Spring Art Crawl Jesup Memorial Library events The Holocaust and Human Rights…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace from Out in the Open and Amy from Waterfall Arts join us this morning to let listeners know about an event they are…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/22/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Wilson Museum in Castine opens May 27th with an exhibit in honor of the United States’ Semiquincentennial, that looks at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/21/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tonight in Searsport, Friends of Sears Island and Carver Memorial Library will be hosting a presentation by Julia Hiltonsmith titled…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/20/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District is partnering with the Maine Natural Areas Program, UMaine Cooperative…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/19/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Today’s Fish News was hosted by Bea Alsop-Cheeney in Milbridge with assistance from youth from the Independent Downeast…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/18/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Berit Becker, Communications and Development Director at the Ellsworth Public Library, is here today to let listeners know about the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/15/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne JD Vance comes to Bangor, plans to save Maine taxpayers from “fraudsters” wasting our money. We talk w/ protesters…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/14/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Fundraiser for Waldo County Bounty at Hey Sailor! this weekend, featuring the Sugar Snaps VP JD Vance’s stop in Bangor today…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/13/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne After the Secretary of State’s office found the “protect girl’s sports” petitions to be valid in March, a…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/12/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A coalition of churches and faith leaders have organized a “Love Is the Point” event to counter a Turning Point USA event…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/11/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Today is the first day of absentee balloting for the June 9th primary – and other information from the Maine Secretary of…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/8/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Andrea LaFlamme, write-in candidate for the Senate primary race on June 9th Past coverage: Graham Platner‘s opening remarks at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/7/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Check out all these great public affairs programs made possible by volunteer power and listener support! (Thank you!) Theme music…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/6/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne League of Women Voters of Maine’s June 9th Semi-Open Primary Voter Guide The VOTER HOTLINE number is 207-558-3333 The Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/5/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne DIY Energy Efficiency for a More Affordable and Comfortable Home, hosted by A Climate to Thrive, Wednesday, May 6th DIY projects to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/4/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s public statement regarding the House passage of the Farm Bill – outlining several…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne May Day / Workers Over Billionaires National Day of Action (“No Work No School No Shopping.”) local events Camden, noon…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/30/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Charles Rolsky, Ph.D, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist, joins us with an update from the Shaw Institute, a Blue…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/29/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne May Day is coming up on Friday, and this year the groups behind the No Kings protests are calling for a day of action called…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/28/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Senate Primary candidate Graham Platner’s opening remarks at a candidate forum organized by the Wabanaki Alliance, held on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/27/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Senate Primary candidate David Costello’s opening remarks at a candidate forum organized by the Wabanaki Alliance, held on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/24/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Maine chapter‘s report on the recently-ended state legislative session. They’ll…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/23/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Julie Ream of H.O.M.E., Inc in Orland, joins us with an invitation to their annual meeting and potluck on Thursday, April 30th…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/22/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 24th Annual Downeast Salmon Federation Smelt Fry and Fisheries Celebration, Saturday, April 25th, from 11 to 3, Wreaths Across…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/21/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pingree Calls on ICE to Release Mainer Indefinitely Detained in Texas Detention Center As of Monday afternoon, her office says they…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/20/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Berit Becker from the Ellsworth Public Library is here with an invitation to view the new documentary The Librarians on Saturday…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/17/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Checking in with Rebecca Porter ahead of her show tomorrow/Saturday night (4/18) at Hey Sailor! in Searsport — an appearance…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/16/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that they are suing federal agents involved in the January…