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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 7/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne WERU General Manager Matt Murphy joins us with an update on the the federal funding situation at the station FMI: Protect My Public…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jennifer Traub from Native Gardens of Blue Hill invites you to their 2025 Open Garden Day, Saturday, July 19, 10 am-2 pm, at NGBH…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maryann Larson from Indivisible Bangor invites those who are interested to join them tomorrow on the Good Trouble Lives On National…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Island Soundscape Project installation “Soundmarks” Sedgwick at the First Baptist Church, through August 8th Bangor…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/14/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Noel Rubinton, journalist and author of Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee, (2025, Princeton…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler, Executive Director of Belfast Flying Shoes, stops by this morning to let you know about their summer community dance…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Wilson Haims is here with an invitation to Pizza in the Park Thursday, July 17th, with A Climate to Thrive. The 1st Annual TOSS For…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee of Wednesdays on Main in Bucksport returns to AT to let us know about some events that have been added to their summer…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne H.O.M.E. in Orland is having an Empty Bowl supper on Thursday, to raise funds for their services. Jackie Perkins and Rosa Moore are…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Betsy Richard, Executive Director at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, with an invitation to the annual Dawnland Festival of Arts &…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Independence Day 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 7/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Kai and Ara Bravesnow invite you to join the Midcoast Mineral Collectors Club, and let you know about the upcoming MidCoast Gem and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Duncan Newcomer is here with an invitation to “Enjoy a Night in America”, his book launch for Quiet Fire: The Spiritual…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bangor Mayor Cara Pelletier, speaking at Bangor Pride on Saturday 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 6/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, speaking at Bangor Pride on Saturday 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 6/27/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne –Bangor Pride is tomorrow – Co-lead organizer Sam is here with the details. –Grindle Point Light re-opening /…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/26/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy MacKinnon, Director of Communications & Community Engagement, Frenchman Bay Conservancy is here with your invitation to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquire of Friends of Sears Island is here with an invitation to summer activities on the island — and a call for…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The second and final segment produced at the Alewives Festival in Pembroke, Maine in May 2025. Segment 1 was produced by Beatrice…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne An audio postcard from the Alewives Festival in Pembroke, Maine in May 2025. Produced by IDEA homeschool student Beatrice…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/20/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesdays on Main with upcoming events, and the Friends of Sears Island’s Solstice by the Sea celebration…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Juneteenth Commemoration in Ellsworth today, and one final clip from the No Kings Day event in Bangor last Saturday About the host…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne More clips from the No Kings Day events in Bangor and Ellsworth last Saturday (Recorded by Amy Browne and Matt Murphy) FMI…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Reverend Mark Worth speaking at the No Kings Day event in Ellsworth on Saturday (recorded by Matt Murphy) FMI: www.nokings.org/ About…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pam Proulx Curry, Executive Director of the Maine Multicultural Center, speaking at the No Kings Day rally on the Bangor waterfront…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Melissa Berky from Indivisible Bangor joins us with details about the No Kings Day rally and march in Bangor tomorrow from 12-3pm…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, joins us with updates on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Public hearing for “red flag” bill, LD 1378 “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Berit Becker from the Ellsworth Public Library and Hannah Semler from FarmDrop are here to talk about “Hey Ellsworth, How Do We…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Pride Festivities & College of the Atlantic’s Summer Institute 2025 FMI: Heart of Ellsworth OUT Maine Portland’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne No Kings Day, June 14th, 2025 Activate Maine calendar 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 6/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne This coming Saturday will be busy day in Belfast — including the Belfast Pride celebration and a Climate Resilience Fair…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Let’s head to Bucksport this morning to check in with Tracey Hair about a very special art show there this month. The official…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 6/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on what’s happening with the seemingly never-ending efforts to protect Sears Island, a 940-acre island in Penobscot…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Karen Merritt, Coastal and Environmental Geology faculty at Maine Maritime Academy and member of the Surry Conservation Commission…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine’s 1st Congressional District, addressed federal budget cuts to the Department of the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Aaron Miller, Ph.D., Curator of Exhibits & Collections at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, joins us with a preview of what’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/20/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), through its Office for Family Independence (OFI), and Maine’s Department of…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/19/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The number of April arrests by the United States Border Patrol (USBP) in Maine is the highest in a single month in nearly 24 years…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/16/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther of the League of Women Voters, host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, joins us to talk about today’s show (4pm…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/15/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne We listen in as the Maine House of Representatives debates and votes on LD 582 “An Act to Require Health Insurance Carriers to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/14/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Busy day at the statehouse. FMI: Wabanaki Alliance Maine AllCare State Legislature About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Meg Shorette joins us to talk about the 10th All Roads Festival coming up on Friday and Saturday Indivisible and other pro-democracy…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lots happening at the Ellsworth Public Library in May. FMI: Ellsworth Public Library ACLU of Maine Legal Team Update Webinar- Updates…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 2025 Maine Jewish Film Festival draws to a close with a special screening of The Other at the Bangor Public Library tonight…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/7/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Registration is now open for Out in the Open’s 2025 Summit, a regional gathering for small town and rural LGBTQ+ folks, May…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/6/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lauren Stark joins us to talk about the Resistance Faire coming up on Saturday, May 10th in Belfast from 1-5 PM at the UU Church…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The state legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold public hearings on several…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Station Manager Matt Murphy joins us to talk about the DOGE’ing of public broadcasting including WERU – and what you can…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 5/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne May Day events in Maine: the Maine AFL-CIO’s website and ActiveMaine have listings Ed Spencer joins us to talk about the Water…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/30/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne League of Women Voters issues alert on two elections-related bills that will have public hearings this week. LD 1446: RESOLUTION…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/29/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Stephanie Colavito of the Penobscot Theatre Company is here to talk about their production of Mother Russia: A Historical Farce about…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/28/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne A few of the bills being discussed today in Augusta LD 594Resolve, Directing the State Auditor to Audit All State Agencies The State…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/25/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Seaweed Week Statewide events Ellsworth events The Maine legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/24/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne One last clip from last Saturday’s rally at the Federal Building in Bangor – part of the national day of action About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/23/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events at Native Gardens of Blue Hill, with Cathy Rees, Executive Director, and Greg Mekras, Board member and trail crew…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/22/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne “We Rise: End the Tyranny” national day of action. There were protests in at least 28 cities and towns across Maine. This…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/21/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne “We Rise: End the Tyranny” national day of action. There were protests in at least 28 cities and towns across Maine…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/18/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Attorney General Aaron M. Frey’s Statement on Federal Lawsuit Against Maine DOE Tomorrow/Saturday is another day of action and…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 4/17/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Performance poet, teacher and author Barbara Maria joins us to talk about her upcoming show, CELESTIAL EARTH: We Are Here … but when?…