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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 10/20/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Troy Jackson, 5th generation logger, former State Senate President and current gubernatorial candidate, speaking at the No Kings!…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne No Kings Day rallies tomorrow. Dave Cox from Indivisible Bangor is here with details of the No Kings Day rally and march there. Rally…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The League of Women Voters is looking for more Election Observation volunteers, and offering two training sessions this month via…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mattie Bamman, Emcee of 2nd Annual Haiku Death Match, and Maya Stein, Belfast Poet Laureate and Co-Director of the Belfast Poetry…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/14/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Local No Kings Day rallies coming up on Saturday, and an ACLU webinar to prep for the event About the host: Amy Browne started out at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Indigenous Peoples Day with Donna Loring Donna Loring Hasn’t Stopped Championing Wabanaki Rights- Dave Dostie, Downeast Magazine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Thomasina DiBiase from Frenchman Bay Conservancy stops by with an announcement about an opportunity to protect 5788 acres in Amherst…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther from the League of Women Voters is here today with information about the ballot questions Mainers will be voting on in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities national speaking tour, “The Future is Collective: From Crisis to Liberation”, kicks off…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kayla Gagnon is here this morning to invite listeners to a “Know Your Rights- Interaction with Law Enforcement” workshop…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/6/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne We speak with author James B Wells who will be in Maine next week (Bangor, Ellsworth and Lincoln) talking about his latest book…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Weekend events: SardineFest at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport Fundraiser for Friends of Sears Island with Bookhead…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine AFL-CIO issues statement on federal government shutdown Friends of Sears Island‘s upcoming Island Tree walk Bangor…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Patrisha McLean, CEO/Founder of Finding Our Voices and host of Let’s Talk About It on WERU joins us to invite listeners to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Brenda Harrington and Ellie Daniels of the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition invite you to the Climate Resilience Fair in Belfast…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne State Senator Mike Tipping and Toby McGrath of Protect Our Care Maine Chapter, speaking last week about the impact Mainers will feel…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/26/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Anthem and Northern Light Health negotiations Sears Island activity kits for children ages 5-12 28th Annual Manhattan Short Film…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A new chapter of ACT-UP has formed in Maine in response to a cluster of HIV cases in the Bangor area in recent months. They invite…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesday on Main in Bucksport joins us to talk about upcoming events in town About the host: Amy Browne started out…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine CD1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s recent letters to the Dept. of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Penobscot Bay Waterkeeper invites you to join them tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23 at 5:30 PM for a Zoom presentation to discuss the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tod Hardin from the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill invites the community to upcoming screenings of SLUDGE: A PFAS UPRISING followed by…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Senator Susan Collins questioning Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director ousted by RFK, Jr, and Dr. Debra Houry, former CDC Chief…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ella McDonald, PhD forestry student at the University of Maine, stops by to let everyone know about the upcoming day-long workshop…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Free Screenings of Local Interest Documentaries at the Stonington Opera House Building Hope: Ending Homelessness on Tuesday…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill stops by to share some good…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mike Kersula, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and Capt. Justin Cooper, Maine Maritime Academy, join us to let listeners know about the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine Cheese Guild’s 9th annual Maine Cheese Festival will be held this coming Sunday, September 14th, in Pittsfield…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler from Belfast Flying Shoes with details on their events this week and beyond About the host: Amy Browne started out at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth’s upcoming 4th annual “Fill the Grand” event Orland River Day About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bee Parks and the Hornets, Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 6pm at the Stonington Opera House Effigy Pot workshop, Wednesday, September 10, from 2…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne PAWS Animal Adoption Center Hosts Annual Maine Wienerfest on Sunday, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Steamboat Landing in Belfast. The…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Checking in with Chrissy Fowler of Belfast Flying Shoes – they have a very busy month of events and we’re all invited!…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jennifer Traub from Native Gardens of Blue Hill drops by to invite you to their 2025 Fall Native Plant Sale coming up on Saturday…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Some local Labor Day events (recap) Lisa Ladd, Director at Buck Memorial Library and Vanessa Newman from Bucksport Bay Healthy…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Some local Labor Day events (recap) Indivisible Bangor: Workers Over Billionaires Rally 10 – 11:30am West Market Square. “In…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders tour stops in Portland on Labor Day with Special Guests Troy Jackson…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/28/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne WERU app Upcoming events, FMI: www.jesuplibrary.org/ www.operahousearts.org www.activatemaine.com/ About the host: Amy Browne started…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/27/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Campaign to Protect Sears Island / Wahsumkik invites those interested to join them for an update on what’s happening with…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/26/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sears Island Art + Poetry Walk Workers Over Billionaires rally on Labor Day in Bangor Eastern Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO &…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Island Institute free screenings of its latest Climate of Change documentary, Aquaculture for People and Planet, a public screening…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jae Echeverria with an update on loss of services for people who are currently without housing, and upcoming “Mourn the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/14/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Daniella Rodriguez, Education & Outreach Manager at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill invites the community to check out their new…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Part 2 of our recent conversation with Andy O’Brien FMI re Black Cat Book Fair, email blackcatbookfair@riseup.net About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace Johnston-Fennell from Out in the Open is here with an invitation for LGBTQ+ folks to join them at an “Arrt!”(Artist…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO, on the Trump administration’s termination of the collective bargaining agreement between the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Courtney Hayes and John Jurcheck, cofounders of the Belfast-based counter/current:collective are here to invite you to their…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/6/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Surry Rural Hall Surry Garden Club Surry Historical Society 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 8/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Bats Maine CDC Rabies page Maine IF&W Bats page Maine CDC’s disease reporting & consultation line: 1-800-821-5821…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30 p.m. the Bangor Band will hold a special event for families with a free, kid-centric concert at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne -Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responds to the Trump DOJ’s request for Maine citizen’s voter records –Goodlife…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/31/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne New York and Maine based award-winning writer/artists Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer are here with a “save the date” for…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shaina Fraser, Executive Director at Families First, is here with information about their services, the upcoming annual dinner and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ara and Kai Bravesnow return to invite you all to the Midcoast Gem and Mineral Fair. It starts Friday evening and runs through the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/28/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne College of the Atlantic Summer Institute 2025 ACLU-Maine What Happened in Augusta: Looking Back on the 2025 Legislative Session About…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pete Nichols, Penobscot Bay Waterkeepers joins us to talk about the group, their efforts to purchase the parcel of land that was…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine ACLU webinar: What Happened in Augusta: Looking Back on the 2025 Legislative Session July 30, 2025 @ 7:00 pm –8:00 pm…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne -Art Under the Elms, Saturday, 7/26/25, 10am-4pm, on the Commons, Court Street, Castine. Roberta brings us the details. -A sampling…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Grow Smart Maine webinar Jesup Memorial Library events 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 7/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming event, Social Security offices in Maine negatively impacted by Trump/Doge, according to the Maine AFL-CIO, and the headlines…