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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 10/16/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 10/15/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Steve Miller of Islesboro Islands Trust on the recent quiet release of the Alternatives Analysis report for the site location (Sears…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/14/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maya Stein, Belfast Poet Laureate  and member of the Belfast Poetry Festival Steering Committee talks about…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/11/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Local news & events. 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 10/10/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 10/9/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne There will be a free showing of the 2023 documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” tonight at…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/8/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Rob Shetterly of Americans Who Tell the Truth with details of their event in Blue Hill tomorrow (Wednesday) evening…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/2/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace Johnson Fennell, Power and Belonging Program Director at Out in the Open with details of their event on 10/27 at MOFGA…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 10/1/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Department of Marine Resources has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the 2024-2025 Scallop season, and the deadline…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/30/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Editor Kate Cough joins us with a sneak peek at the October episode of the Maine Monitor Radio Hour which focuses on Josh…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/27/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne We head to Belfast where the annual Art Works for Humanity auction is happening this weekend, and Karla Joseph has all the detail…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/26/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The latest news from the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, with Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/25/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Nancy Hathaway on the Blue Hill Peninsula Night Sky Festival, which kicks off on Sunday.  FMI: www.darkskymaine.com or…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/24/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne News and upcoming events. 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 9/23/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ann Luther of the League of Women Voters Downeast talks about their resources for voters– including an upcoming presentation…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/20/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Carter Newell is kicking off what he hopes will become an annual event – and a fundraiser for the Maine Coast Fishermen’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/19/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne -Department of Environmental Protect is issuing a draft Public Benefit Determination for the expansion of the Juniper Ridge…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/18/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Independent Senate Candidate Jason Cherry. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/17/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sarah Trunzo joins us to talk about the next Songwriters’ Round, coming up on Thursday in Searsport. FMI:  saratrunzo.com…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/16/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events and Maine news from 100 years ago today. 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 9/13/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mike Hastings, Director of Acadia Senior College, invites the public to the 2nd annual Dorothy and Jim Clunan Lecture Series on…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/12/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Fiona from COA joins us to talk about a benefit concert this weekend for Shared Harvest. 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 9/11/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne – US Justice Department sues Maine over lack of community-based services for children with mental health issues. – Orland…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/10/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 9/9/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 9/6/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jo Cooper, Chair of the Lamoine Committee on Aging invites listeners to the Resource Fair today in Lamoine, and 100 years ago today…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/5/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne WERU General Manager Matt Murphy with an update on the station’s transmitter. 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 9/4/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 9/3/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Events and 100 years ago today in Maine news. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 9/2/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jack McKay, Director of Food AND Medicine. FMI:  www.foodandmedicine.org 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 8/30/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Steven Tanguay and Jim Hyland with events tomorrow (Saturday) and in September at the Searsport Shores campground, sponsored by the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/29/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jack McKay, Director of Food AND Medicine, with an invitation to the 21st Annual Labor Day Celebration at the Solidarity Center in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/28/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lizzie Peabody, one of the organizers of East Blue Hill Stories, invites you to a live storytelling event tonight. FMI: …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/27/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Singer/songwriter and WERU DJ Sara Trunzo with information about an upcoming song clinic in Belfast. FMI: www.saratrunzo.com/…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/26/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 8/23/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 8/22/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Jill Howell, Executive Director of Upstream Watch, with an update on the controversial Nordic Aquafarms project in Belfast.  …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/21/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Lawrence Reichard from the protests outside the DNC in Chicago.   FMI: www.counterpunch.org/author/hu3atena/ About the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/20/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Cara Romano, Executive Director for Heart of Ellsworth is here with the details about the Maine Outdoor Film Festival happening in…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/19/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesday on Main with details of the final event of the summer– happening this week.  And more upcoming…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/16/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Matt Burns, Executive Director of the Maine Port Authority was in Searsport Tuesday at the invitation of the town selectboard, to…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/15/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Colonial Theatre and Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County are hosting a one night screening of the documentary “The Last…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/14/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Some upcoming events… 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 8/13/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne We check in with Rosa Moore and Jackie Perkins at H.O.M.E. for details about their Empty Bowl fundraiser, coming up on Thursday …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/12/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Paula Kee from Wednesdays on Main talks about this week’s  FMI: oldfilm.org/alamo-theatre/ …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/9/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events. 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 8/8/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne More from Searsport – upcoming events on Sears Island, and a public meeting next week with the Searsport Selectboard and the…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/7/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Allie Williamson from Next Step Domestic Violence Project is here today with an invitation to a free family fun event this weekend…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/6/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ashley Megquier from Friends of Sears Island with an update on the events and activities happening on the island this month.  …
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/5/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne An update on the Penobscot River mercury remediation project. FMI: www.penobscotriverremediation.com/ About the host: Amy Browne…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/2/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Author/Filmmaker and Belfast resident Jim Merkel’s new film “Saving Walden’s World” will have several…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 8/1/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shaina Fraser of Families First joins us to talk about their upcoming 7th annual fundraising dinner…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/31/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Branch Lake Association’s photo exhibition “Life on Branch Lake Over The Decades” opens at the Ellsworth Public…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/30/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Upcoming events and Maine news 100 years ago today… 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 7/29/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne We check in with Paula Kee from Wednesdays on Main in Bucksport to see what they have happening this week: FMI: Bucksport’s…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/26/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The annual Peninsula Potters Studio Tour is coming up on the first weekend in August, so today we’re checking in with potter…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/25/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne The 2024 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute: Questions of Democracy examines democracy in the United States during…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/24/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine filmmakers Lee Ann and Thomas Szelog’s feature length wildlife film “A Peace of Forest”–shot in Maine-…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/22/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne John and Courtney Jurcheck from the Counter Current Collective in Belfast join us to talk about their production of Annie…
- Around Town | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Around Town 7/19/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne Author Talk with Noa Silver: California Dreaming at the Ellsworth Public Library on Saturday…