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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 1/21/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne LD 1383, An Act to Require State Divestment from Perpetrators of International Human Rights Violations Public hearing today at 11…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/20/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Faith Linking in Action Opera House Arts “Island Women Speak 2026” About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/16/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Suzanne Kelly joins us with news about Faith Linking in Action’s 4th annual MLK celebration, coming up on Sunday, January 18th…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/15/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne US – El Salvador Sister Cities statement on Trump’s actions in Venezuela Applications are now open for Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/14/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine State Legislature’s Taxation committee will hold a public hearing this morning at 10 for LD 382 “An Act to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/13/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Author and AI expert Jeff Pennington will give a presentation called “You Teach the Machines: From Virtual Hearts to Smarter…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/12/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne LD1671 – An Act to Establish Disclosure Requirements Regarding Law Enforcement Officer Credibility Information. A public…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/9/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Frenchman Bay Conservancy has some good news to share! Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition’s Immigrant Resource Hub and Hotline…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/8/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The state legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology committee held a work session this week for LD 343. The original title…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/7/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Witherle Memorial Library‘s Foreign Affairs Discussion Group meets tonight from 5 to 6 pm over Zoom. The topic will be the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/6/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Maine Congressional District 1, and Graham Platner, candidate for the Democrat’s nomination for…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/5/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Applications open tomorrow / Tuesday for Haystack Mountain School of Crafts upcoming 75th season. “Supporting Older Mainers: A…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne LD 287- “An Act to Require and Encourage Safe and Interconnected Transportation Construction Projects” will have a public…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 1/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The regular schedule of public hearings and work session for proposed legislation resumes in Augusta next Tuesday. Here’s what…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/31/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kids’ Noon Year’s Eve Party today, 11:00AM – 12:00PM at the Ellsworth Public Library Family friendly New…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne College of the Atlantic’s new scholarship program – Pine Tree Scholars Maine Academy of Modern Music’s summer camps…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Kennedy Center and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO, with news of successful organizing efforts with University of Maine graduate workers. NOTE: Around…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ed Spencer with an update on the Juniper Ridge Landfill – area residents are petitioning the DEP for a public hearing on the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne US vs Shenna Bellows – updates on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. The League of Women…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquier with all the details (and changes!) for Friends of Sears Island‘s Solstice by the Sea celebration, coming up on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on the special Bangor City Council Workshop last Friday where the discussion of the homeless encampment behind Penobscot…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A special City Council Workshop will be held this Friday, Dec. 12, beginning at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall for the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center’s annual Beth’s Trees for HOPE Festival, Friday, December 13th, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Covering Russia’s Borderlands During War: A Talk by Journalist Levi Bridges” Thursday, December 11th at 6 PM at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indivisible Bangor‘s weekly No Kings vigil is today (and every Tuesday) from 11 am – 1pm at the Federal Building on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Belfast resident Lawrence Reichard joins us to talk about his efforts to help surviving family members of a Colombian man who was…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Governor Janet Mills’ statement on the passing of Penobscot tribal elder & WWII hero Charles Norman Shay this week…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Governor Janet Mills’ statement on the passing of Penobscot tribal elder & WWII hero Charles Norman Shay this week…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dunlap for Congress town hall will be held in the Minsky Lecture hall at the Bangor Public library tonight from 6:30 – 7:30 The…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Holiday events on Saturday, 12/6/25 Click on links for more details. Bangor’s annual Festival of Lights Parade, 4:30 PM in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dave Hollenberg, President of the Rural Hall in Surry, is here with an invitation to their 5th annual Festival of the Trees on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 12/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Healthy Acadia’s seasonal overnight warming center is now open for the season. The Warming Center is located at 24 Church St…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/28/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Groon Show (Guest Hazel de Mesa) Ellsworth Pub Crawl – Heart of Ellsworth Belfast Downtown Holiday Season Kick-off –…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine DHHS Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) info UnitedHealth’s former chief tops US managed care CEO pay list in 2024, Tyler…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Unprecedented Number of Apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol in Maine. Follow them on facebook @ US Border Patrol Houlton Sector…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Flash in the Pans Accepting Applications for 2026 Summer’s Monday Night Benefit Pan Dances. Seasons of Maine, produced by…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/20/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Forever Ours: PFAS and Plastics Opening Reception “The Shaw Institute is proud to host Forever Ours: PFAS and Plastics, a…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Beloved Children’s Author’s Family Torches DHS for Using Book Title in Immigration Raids Tom Latchem, Daily Beast, Nov. 17 2025…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Stress Reduction for the Holidays Workshop, Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center (in person or via zoom) Friday, November 22, 2025…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Opera House Arts is looking for people who would like to take part in a community reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/14/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Severine Welcome joins us to talk about a new way to connect the downeast food producers with people looking for local food FMI: Eat…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indivisible Bangor is looking for volunteers to help with their Saturday protests at Home Depot. Contact Indivisible Bangor for more…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne U.S. Geological Survey issues alert for downeast and northern Maine, as they start, this month, to use low-flying planes to conduct…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner reacts to news Monday afternoon that an agreement had been reached to reopen the federal…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Equal Justice update on the SNAP crisis (Part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired on 11/7/25) 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 11/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne “Standing in Solidarity: Educating for Justice in Palestine,” forums in Orono (Friday, November 7, 6:30-8 PM, Wilson…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/6/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Senator Angus King, and at least 70 other members of Congress have issued a letter in opposition the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Artivisim in Maine’s Arts in Action summit, What’s Art Got To Do With Freedom & Justice? coming up this weekend in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine statewide ballot questions with Ann Luther, League of Women Voters – and voting information from the Secretary of…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 11/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine student mock election results, voting information 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 10/31/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne There will be a protest outside the Bangor Home Depot on Stillwater Avenue on Saturday from noon to 2pm,”in honor of all the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Today’s guest, Kristi Williamson on facebook or Kristi Ann Williamson on Instragram, email ladymoon.selene(at)gmail.com…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Brunswick-based nonprofit Full Plates Full Potential is hosting a virtual town hall on SNAP in Maine, tomorrow afternoon at 4 on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/28/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sara Trunzo from the Maine Songwriters Association is here to let singer-song writer fans know about the 15th Annual Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/27/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A community coalition of groups including Presente! Maine and the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition have launched a Maine ICE Watch…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week issued a second Notice of Violation to Mallinckrodt US LLC/Medtronic…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace Johnston-Fennell from Out in the Open is here today with an invitation to the upcoming free public screening of the documentary…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne State Representative Sean Faircloth speaking at the No Kings rally in Bangor on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 About the host: Amy…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne State Representative Amy Roeder speaking at the No Kings rally in Bangor on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 About the host: Amy Browne…