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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU Special 4/22/25 Earth Day Special – Land Conservation in MaineHost: Matt Murphy On Earth Day 2025, listeners hear from representatives from four Maine conservation land trust organizations about their philosophies, challenges, and current/upcoming projects. Guests: George Fields Executive Director, Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Blue Hill (full disclosure: we are on tower managed by BHHT) Julia Zell Executive Director, Island Heritage Trust, Deer Isle Landon Fake Executive Director, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Bucksport/Orland Ciona Ulbrich Associate Director of Partnerships, Maine Coast Heritage Trust The post WERU Special 4/22/25 Earth Day Special – Land Conservation in Maine first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Pu...2025-04-2257 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesHealthy Options 4/2/25: Building Resiliency to TraumaHost/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: Using the Trauma Resiliency Model to stay resilient and centered during this exceeding stressful time The differences between fight, flight, & freeze as reactions to stress “Toxic stress”,“tolerable stress”, & “positive stress”, and what may be helpful- or harmful- to us How can we regulate our nervous system in reaction to stress & trauma? What are some techniques to deal with stress, be resilient, and stay/become centered? What are some specific strategies to use when you are scared or agitated? How being aware...2025-04-0259 minHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options 4/2/25: Building Resiliency to TraumaHost/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical Assistance: Joel Mann Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: Using the Trauma Resiliency Model to stay resilient and centered during this exceeding stressful time The differences between fight, flight, & freeze as reactions to stress “Toxic stress”,“tolerable stress”, & “positive stress”, and what may be helpful- or harmful- to us How can we regulate our nervous system in reaction to stress & trauma? What are some techniques to deal with stress, be resilient, and stay/become centered? What are some specific strategies to use when you are scared or agitated? How being aware...2025-04-0259 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU Wabanaki Windows 8.27.24Wabanaki Windows is a monthly community radio public affairs program, hosted by Donna Loring, Penobscot Indian Nation Tribal Elder. In this episode Donna and her guests explore Blood Quantum and the influence it has played in the development of Tribal Communities, membership numbers, and their very identities. This is a highly controversial subject, and this program is but one in a series that thoroughly addresses the subject. The post WERU Wabanaki Windows 8.27.24 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2025-03-1208 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU Maine Monitor Radio Hour 12.5.24The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a public affairs program that airs monthly on WERU Community Radio, in collaboration with The Maine Monitor (a publication of the nonprofit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting). In this episode, Monitor environmental reporter Emmett Gartner joins host Kate Cough (Maine Monitor Editor) to talk about his recent series on dams in Maine and how they will fare in a changing climate. The post WERU Maine Monitor Radio Hour 12.5.24 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2025-03-1208 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 3/5/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Wilson Haims of A Climate to Thrive, host of Climate and Community- a short feature that airs at 8:30am every Thursday here on WERU, is here to talk about a climate artists panel at COA… and more community news FMI: www.aclimatetothrive.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and...2025-03-0504 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 1/29/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne -Learn about the ACLU of Maine’s legislative priorities at an online meeting this week. -Opportunities to meet the baby lambs at College of the Atlantic’s Rockerfeller Farm on Crooked Road in Bar Harbor -From the WERU Archives – A discussion on state vs federal powers on this month’s Democracy Forum on WERU. If you missed it, you can listen now on our archives FMI: www.aclumaine.org/en/events/webinar-aclu-maine-2025-legislative-priorities www.coa.edu/prf and @peggy_rockefellerfarm on Instagram www.archives.weru.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a vol...2025-01-2904 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 1/15/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Mike Bennett with an invitation to celebrate the life of Joel Raymond this weekend at The Grand or livesteamed via youtube— FMI: www.weru.org www.grandonline.org email: drummingmike@hotmail.com About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and host...2025-01-1505 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 1/1/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne WERU Staff members Susan Pierce, Joel Mann, Willie Marquart, Amy Browne and Matt Murphy with a new year’s greeting About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for...2025-01-0103 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 12/17/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Singer-songwriter and host of “Country and Northeastern” (WERU-FM Wednesday mornings at 9) Sara Trunzo talks about the Song Writer’s Round coming up later this week in Seasport at Hey Sailor! FMI: www.heysailorhey.com/shows/songwriter-round-3 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also...2024-12-1704 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 12/9/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Adina Salmansohn, host and producer of “Creative Maine” on WERU, joins us to talk about her upcoming show (12/19, 4pm) — and to try to find someone with certain restoration skills to interview for that show. If it’s you, email news@weru.org and put “Creative Maine” in the subject line. Deadline is Friday 12/13/24 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since...2024-12-0903 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 12/3/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne -Acadia National Park changes campground reservations process -Giving Tuesday (Maggie Garfield, Development Director at WERU) FMI: www.nps.gov/acad www.recreation.gov www.givingtuesday.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for se...2024-12-0303 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 11/19/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne We’re checking in with Sara Trunzo today for an update on the songwriter rounds at Hey Sailor! in Searsport that she told us about the last time she was here. There’s another one coming up this Thursday- Sara has the details on that- and a preview of what’s coming up on her radio show Country and Northeastern here on WERU, tomorrow morning at 9 FMI: www.saratrunzo.com email: saratrunzomusic(at)gmail.com www.heysailorhey.com/shows About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 200...2024-11-1904 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 10/9/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne There will be a free showing of the 2023 documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” tonight at the Grand in Ellsworth, sponsored by The Maine Monitor and The Ellsworth American.  WERU’s General Manager Matt Murphy interviewed filmmaker Rick Goldsmith, along with Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Executive Director at the Maine Monitor earlier this week, and he joins us today to talk about the film. FMI: www.grandonline.org/upcoming-events www.themainemonitor.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrance...2024-10-0904 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU Special 10/7/24 Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the BrinkHost: Matt Murphy The Maine Monitor and WERU will host Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink filmmaker Rick Goldsmith for a three-day program in Maine, October 8-10. This program is a radio preview of the film, with Matt Murphy hosting Goldsmith and Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Executive Director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm. Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or...2024-10-0729 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 9/5/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/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 a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News...2024-09-0504 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 8/27/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Singer/songwriter and WERU DJ Sara Trunzo with information about an upcoming song clinic in Belfast. FMI: www.saratrunzo.com/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for...2024-08-2704 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 8/13/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/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  (WERU is a media sponsor) FMI:  www.facebook.com/HOMEINC1970/ homemmausa.org/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be...2024-08-1304 minHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options 8/7/24: Conversation with Jess Mauer, Executive Director of The Maine Council on AgingHost/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What does it mean to have purpose in our lives and why is that important for healthy aging? – What steps can all of us take- at any age- to stay healthy? – How does the language we may use to describe getting older, reinforce (or dispel) stereotypes of aging in our society? – How can we dispel the rampant use of negative stereotypes of growing older?  What can we do in our own lives to create a positive image of getting o...2024-08-071h 01WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesHealthy Options 8/7/24: Conversation with Jess Mauer, Executive Director of The Maine Council on AgingHost/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – What does it mean to have purpose in our lives and why is that important for healthy aging? – What steps can all of us take- at any age- to stay healthy? – How does the language we may use to describe getting older, reinforce (or dispel) stereotypes of aging in our society? – How can we dispel the rampant use of negative stereotypes of growing older?  What can we do in our own lives to create a positive image of getting o...2024-08-071h 01WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 6/27/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne FMI: Casey Neill concert / tickets: www.weru.org www.wilsonmuseum.org www.friendsofsearsisland.org crockpotbelfastmaine@gmail.com About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs inc...2024-06-2704 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 6/25/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Stephen Miller of Islesboro Islands Trust reacts to documents related to the wind project proposal in Searsport, recently received by WERU from Governor Mills’ office, via FOAA request (more than 2 months after the request was submitted). FMI:  www.islesboroislandstrust.org/  ht.org/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: T...2024-06-2505 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesMaine Currents 5/29/24: Checking in with our sisters in El SalvadorProducer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Audio segment contributed by John and Katie Greenman. This part of Maine has strong connections with El Salvador dating back several decades.  Bangor has a sister city there, Carasque; MOFGA has a sister farming community organization, CCR; and WERU has a sister station, Radio Sumpul in El Salvador. Many people from this area have traveled to El Salvador on delegations coordinated by Sister Cities, PICA and MOFGA over the years, including today’s guests (and the host). Members of the most recent delegation talk about what they witnessed earlier this year, and the shi...2024-05-2956 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/29/24: Checking in with our sisters in El SalvadorProducer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Audio segment contributed by John and Katie Greenman. This part of Maine has strong connections with El Salvador dating back several decades.  Bangor has a sister city there, Carasque; MOFGA has a sister farming community organization, CCR; and WERU has a sister station, Radio Sumpul in El Salvador. Many people from this area have traveled to El Salvador on delegations coordinated by Sister Cities, PICA and MOFGA over the years, including today’s guests (and the host). Members of the most recent delegation talk about what they witnessed earlier this year, and the shi...2024-05-2956 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/29/24: Checking in with our sisters in El SalvadorProducer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Audio segment contributed by John and Katie Greenman. This part of Maine has strong connections with El Salvador dating back several decades.  Bangor has a sister city there, Carasque; MOFGA has a sister farming community organization, CCR; and WERU has a sister station, Radio Sumpul in El Salvador. Many people from this area have traveled to El Salvador on delegations coordinated by Sister Cities, PICA and MOFGA over the years, including today’s guests (and the host). Members of the most recent delegation talk about what they witnessed earlier this year, and the shi...2024-05-2956 minHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options 5/1/24: Lyme Disease & other tick borne illness- update for 2024Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well This month: – Why is prevention the best medicine when it comes to ticks? Why is it important to keep ticks off of us, to begin with? – What is a tick borne infection?  What is Lyme disease, and other tick-borne illness? – What are the different kinds of ticks, and the diseases they may carry? Do ticks spread bacteria or viruses? – What is a co-infection? – What tick found in Maine, can cause severe to fatal illness in just 15 minutes (!) after a bite? – What is a tic...2024-05-0159 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 2/27/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Guest: Bucksport resident Don White with an update on the landfill controversy in that town FMI: Previous WERU programs on this topic: archives.weru.org/maine-currents/2023/09/maine-currents-9-5-23-glampgrounds-shaw-institute-healthy-options-and-bucksport-landfill/ archives.weru.org/around–town/2023/09/around–town-9-5-23-update-on-the-bucksport-landfill-expansion/ archives.weru.org/maine-currents/2023/02/maine-currents-2-7-23-multinational-corporation-requests-bucksport-reopen-problematic-landfill/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to Radi...2024-02-2705 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 2/16/24: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Guest: Ann Luther, host of the Democracy Forum, with details about this afternoon’s show; Crumpetfest (IYKYK) and a call for bean suppah stories!   FMI:  Democracy Forum archives (and sign up for podcasts) archives.weru.org/category/democracy-forum/ League of Women Voters of Maine www.lwvme.org/ Send your bean supper stories to: news@weru.org About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Pub...2024-02-1604 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesOne Small Step WERU Live Special 1/31/2024Host: Matt Murphy Facilitators: Michele Christle and Chris Battaglia Engineer and Producer: Pepin Mittelhauser Additional Help: Joel Mann Guests: Karla and John, Melissa and Christa, Phil and Sue Theme Music: “Two Dollar Token” by Blue Dot Sessions Back in June 2023, we put out a call. We were looking for people who were willing to come together for an hour-long facilitated conversation with a stranger with different viewpoints, during which they would be invited to get to know each other as people, through listening to each other’s stories. As you can imagine, the response was mixed. But by the end of...2024-01-3159 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 12/14/23: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Guest: WERU Volunteer Steve Kahl, host of “Power for the People”, with an invitation to send in questions for his next show, with guests from Efficiency Maine.  Questions must be sent to news@weru.org by the end of the day on Thursday, December 14th, as the show is taping on 12/15.  Then tune in on 12/27, 4-5pm to hear the show, or check it out later on our archives. FMI: Efficiency Maine: www.efficiencymaine.com/ Power for the People archives: archives.weru.org/category/power-for-the-people/ About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunte...2023-12-1405 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 11/9/23: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne Guest: Lisa Savage FMI: www.notoxicrockets4me.org/ UPDATE 12/7/23: WERU received the following corrections from a spokesperson for bluShift Aerospace: “A few corrections to your program: Sascha Deri grew up in Orland, Maine, the back yard of WERU (not Massachusetts as stated by Savage) He actually had to leave Maine in order to find work and brought his business here intentionally as a way to create local jobs. Also, bluShift’s rockets are between 20 and 80 feet long — much smaller than rockets used to carry heavy payloads into space. They run on non-toxic biofuels and will carry s...2023-11-0905 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/7/23: Word Literary Arts Festival 2023: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month:  “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”, recorded by Matt Murphy on October 21st. at the annual Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill.  WERU is a media sponsor of the annual festival. Guest: A.O. Scott,  critic at large for the New York Times Book Review. FMI: www.wordfestival.org/ www.nytimes.com/by/a-o–scott Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined th...2023-11-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/7/23: Word Literary Arts Festival 2023: “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by Matt Murphy This month:  “A.O. Scott in conversation with Alicia Anstead”, recorded by Matt Murphy on October 21st. at the annual Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill.  WERU is a media sponsor of the annual festival. Guest: A.O. Scott,  critic at large for the New York Times Book Review. FMI: www.wordfestival.org/ www.nytimes.com/by/a-o–scott Sponsored by the Word Festival and Blue Hill Books Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined th...2023-11-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/5/23: Glampgrounds, Shaw Institute, Healthy Options, and Bucksport LandfillProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: Segment 1: Moratorium on “glampgrounds” in Lamoine — and lessons for other towns, with organizer Amy Morley of “Growing Lamoine Responsibly” Segment 2:  Meet the new director of the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill,  Charles Rolsky, PhD Segment 3: A profile of WERU’s Healthy Options show and producers Rhonda Feiman and Petra Hall Segment 4: Don White, one of the Bucksport residents fighting the reopening of a problematic landfill, joins us with an update About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team...2023-09-0557 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/5/23: Glampgrounds, Shaw Institute, Healthy Options, and Bucksport LandfillProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: Segment 1: Moratorium on “glampgrounds” in Lamoine — and lessons for other towns, with organizer Amy Morley of “Growing Lamoine Responsibly” Segment 2:  Meet the new director of the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill,  Charles Rolsky, PhD Segment 3: A profile of WERU’s Healthy Options show and producers Rhonda Feiman and Petra Hall Segment 4: Don White, one of the Bucksport residents fighting the reopening of a problematic landfill, joins us with an update About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team...2023-09-0557 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 8/1/23: Behind the Scenes – Donna Loring of Wabanaki Windows & Tom Yaroschuk of Cosmic CuratorProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: As we continue to profile some of WERU’s public affairs and spoken work hosts, we talk with Donna Loring of Wabanaki Windows & Tom Yaroschuk the Cosmic Curator about their lives, what brought them to WERU and what goes into putting their shows together. FMI Wabanaki Windows archives Cosmic Curator archives About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Mana...2023-08-0158 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 8/1/23: Behind the Scenes – Donna Loring of Wabanaki Windows & Tom Yaroschuk of Cosmic CuratorProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: As we continue to profile some of WERU’s public affairs and spoken work hosts, we talk with Donna Loring of Wabanaki Windows & Tom Yaroschuk the Cosmic Curator about their lives, what brought them to WERU and what goes into putting their shows together. FMI Wabanaki Windows archives Cosmic Curator archives About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Mana...2023-08-0158 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/4/23: The Democracy Forum & the League of Women Voters of MaineProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: One of the things we’re going to be doing on Maine Currents this year is taking a peak behind the scenes at some of WERU’s public affairs shows- what they cover, how they are produced, the experience and background of the hosts, how you can send in questions, or, in some cases, even get involved. We’re starting with the Democracy Forum, which began as an election season special before becoming a monthly program year ’round. Ann Luther hosts, but there is a whole team from the League of Women Voters behind h...2023-04-0456 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/4/23: The Democracy Forum & the League of Women Voters of MaineProducer/Host: Amy Browne This month: One of the things we’re going to be doing on Maine Currents this year is taking a peak behind the scenes at some of WERU’s public affairs shows- what they cover, how they are produced, the experience and background of the hosts, how you can send in questions, or, in some cases, even get involved. We’re starting with the Democracy Forum, which began as an election season special before becoming a monthly program year ’round. Ann Luther hosts, but there is a whole team from the League of Women Voters behind h...2023-04-0456 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/7/21: 20 Years Post-9/11 – Listening Back to WERU’s CoverageProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Some of the historic segments on today’s show were coproduced with Meredith DeFrancesco NOTE: The time of the 9/11 vigil in Bucksport has been changed to 9:30 The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy is this coming Saturday, so this week we take a listen back at how the WERU community responded, what was happening behind the scenes at the station in the hours and days that followed, and how our news coverage was impacted—and we’ll hear from David Weeda, one of the organizers of an event in Bucksport this coming September 11th. We start...2021-09-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/7/21: 20 Years Post-9/11 – Listening Back to WERU’s CoverageProducer/Editor/Host: Amy Browne Some of the historic segments on today’s show were coproduced with Meredith DeFrancesco NOTE: The time of the 9/11 vigil in Bucksport has been changed to 9:30 The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy is this coming Saturday, so this week we take a listen back at how the WERU community responded, what was happening behind the scenes at the station in the hours and days that followed, and how our news coverage was impacted—and we’ll hear from David Weeda, one of the organizers of an event in Bucksport this coming September 11th. We start...2021-09-0758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 6/1/21: “Celebrate Progress for the Penobscot River” – River Restoration ReflectionsProducer/Host: Amy Browne 9 years ago we covered the removal of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River. It was one of the dams removed from the river as part of an effort that had taken years and much coalition building. On May 20th of this year, some of those involved in the Penobscot River Restoration project got together to talk about how the river ecosystem has changed over the years since the dams were removed. We’ll hear the panel, titled “Celebrate Progress for the Penobscot River” today, but first we take a quick trip back to June o...2021-06-0157 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 6/1/21: “Celebrate Progress for the Penobscot River” – River Restoration ReflectionsProducer/Host: Amy Browne 9 years ago we covered the removal of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River. It was one of the dams removed from the river as part of an effort that had taken years and much coalition building. On May 20th of this year, some of those involved in the Penobscot River Restoration project got together to talk about how the river ecosystem has changed over the years since the dams were removed. We’ll hear the panel, titled “Celebrate Progress for the Penobscot River” today, but first we take a quick trip back to June o...2021-06-0157 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/6/21: Dennis Chinoy on The Deep Roots and Bitter Fruits of White SupremacyProducer/Host: Amy Browne We continue our series on racism and hate groups with a recent presentation sponsored by the Maine Multicultural Center. From their website: “The Maine Multicultural Center is a community-driven group representing Bangor-area business, cultural, and educational organizations. We promote community enrichment and economic growth by attracting, retaining, supporting, and integrating people of diverse cultures and backgrounds into greater Bangor. Since Fall 2016, we have provided welcoming services for New Mainers, while celebrating and promoting the racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity that already exists in the region. The Maine Multicultural Center offers presentations, conversations, community and teacher wo...2021-04-0656 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/6/21: Dennis Chinoy on The Deep Roots and Bitter Fruits of White SupremacyProducer/Host: Amy Browne We continue our series on racism and hate groups with a recent presentation sponsored by the Maine Multicultural Center. From their website: “The Maine Multicultural Center is a community-driven group representing Bangor-area business, cultural, and educational organizations. We promote community enrichment and economic growth by attracting, retaining, supporting, and integrating people of diverse cultures and backgrounds into greater Bangor. Since Fall 2016, we have provided welcoming services for New Mainers, while celebrating and promoting the racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity that already exists in the region. The Maine Multicultural Center offers presentations, conversations, community and teacher wo...2021-04-0656 minHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesHealthy Options 3/3/21: Building Resiliency to TraumaHost/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-producer: Petra Hall 1 What are some new strategies being used globally to treat trauma? 2 How does our nervous system respond to stress? 3 What is the difference between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system? 4 What is a simple technique we can try right now to relax our nervous system? 5 What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and why are they so vital to recognize and address? 6 What is the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning™) program and how does it help K-12 students with learning resiliency skills based on trauma-informed care? Guest: Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is...2021-03-031h 01Maine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 1/19/21: Inauguration Eve SpecialProducer/Host: Amy Browne We’re joined once again by our Elections 2020 panel: Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine and columnist for the Bangor Daily News, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters We’ve invited them back to get their thoughts about what has been (and is) happening around the transfer of power in DC. About the host: Amy Brow...2021-01-1955 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 1/19/21: Inauguration Eve SpecialProducer/Host: Amy Browne We’re joined once again by our Elections 2020 panel: Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine and columnist for the Bangor Daily News, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters We’ve invited them back to get their thoughts about what has been (and is) happening around the transfer of power in DC. About the host: Amy Brow...2021-01-1955 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 12/15/20 Elections 2020 Edition: The FinaleProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results, the Electoral College meeting under heavy securi...2020-12-1558 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 12/15/20 Elections 2020 Edition: The FinaleProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results, the Electoral College meeting under heavy securi...2020-12-1558 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/17/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Election Outcomes, Polling Fails, and Where Things Go From HereProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of the election outcomes, polling fails, and where things go from here Taped via Zoom on T...2020-11-1759 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 11/17/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Election Outcomes, Polling Fails, and Where Things Go From HereProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of the election outcomes, polling fails, and where things go from here Taped via Zoom on T...2020-11-1759 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/20/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Debates, Voting Deadlines, Voter Suppression and moreProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of the recent debates and town halls, voting deadlines, ballots, efforts to prevent voter suppression and...2020-10-2000 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/20/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Debates, Voting Deadlines, Voter Suppression and moreProducer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU, and Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, joining us for a discussion of the recent debates and town halls, voting deadlines, ballots, efforts to prevent voter suppression and...2020-10-2000 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/15/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Senate Debate, Election Safety, RCV & more!Producer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with regular guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, and former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU is with us again today, along with Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, for a discussion of election safety issues, the current status of ranked choi...2020-09-1500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 9/15/20 Elections 2020 Edition: Senate Debate, Election Safety, RCV & more!Producer/Host: Amy Browne It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, so it’s once again time for our Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, with regular guests, Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, and former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, board member for the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum here on WERU is with us again today, along with Will Hayward, Advocacy Program Coordinator for the League of Women Voters, for a discussion of election safety issues, the current status of ranked choi...2020-09-1500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 8/4/20: Immigrant Experiences in Maine SchoolsProducer/Host: Amy Browne The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine recently hosted a panel discussion on the Immigrant Experience in Maine Schools. Several people who came to Maine from other countries as children spoke about their experiences in the schools here. While they are mostly from the Portland and Lewiston areas, the experiences they shared are important for all of us who want to be part of a welcoming community. The moderator was Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the HHRC, in addition to her work as a State Senator. The panel was recorded via zoom, and lightly...2020-08-0400 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 8/4/20: Immigrant Experiences in Maine SchoolsProducer/Host: Amy Browne The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine recently hosted a panel discussion on the Immigrant Experience in Maine Schools. Several people who came to Maine from other countries as children spoke about their experiences in the schools here. While they are mostly from the Portland and Lewiston areas, the experiences they shared are important for all of us who want to be part of a welcoming community. The moderator was Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the HHRC, in addition to her work as a State Senator. The panel was recorded via zoom, and lightly...2020-08-0400 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/5/20: WERU Public Affairs Producers Zoom RoundupProducer/Host: Amy Browne Several WERU public affairs producers/hosts join us with reports related to the pandemic, and the topics their shows cover: Rhonda Feiman is a licensed acupuncturist and host of Healthy Options, which airs on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 4pm Ann Luther hosts the Democracy Forum, produced in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Maine, where she also serves as a board member. Democracy Forum airs on the 3rd Friday of each month at 4pm Natalie Springuel hosts Coastal Conversations, in collaboration with the University of Maine Sea Grant, where she...2020-05-0500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/5/20: WERU Public Affairs Producers Zoom RoundupProducer/Host: Amy Browne Several WERU public affairs producers/hosts join us with reports related to the pandemic, and the topics their shows cover: Rhonda Feiman is a licensed acupuncturist and host of Healthy Options, which airs on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 4pm Ann Luther hosts the Democracy Forum, produced in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Maine, where she also serves as a board member. Democracy Forum airs on the 3rd Friday of each month at 4pm Natalie Springuel hosts Coastal Conversations, in collaboration with the University of Maine Sea Grant, where she...2020-05-0500 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/5/20: WERU Public Affairs Producers Zoom RoundupProducer/Host: Amy Browne Several WERU public affairs producers/hosts join us with reports related to the pandemic, and the topics their shows cover: Rhonda Feiman is a licensed acupuncturist and host of Healthy Options, which airs on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 4pm Ann Luther hosts the Democracy Forum, produced in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Maine, where she also serves as a board member. Democracy Forum airs on the 3rd Friday of each month at 4pm Natalie Springuel hosts Coastal Conversations, in collaboration with the University of Maine Sea Grant, where she is...2020-05-0558 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/21/20: Elections 2020 EditionProducer/Host: Amy Browne A discussion of politics and elections during the COVID-19 pandemic Guests: Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine Former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, host of the Democracy Forum program here on WERU, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Maine, where she serves on the Board of Directors. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has...2020-04-2100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/21/20: Elections 2020 EditionProducer/Host: Amy Browne A discussion of politics and elections during the COVID-19 pandemic Guests: Professor Amy Fried, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine Former State Representative Ralph Chapman Ann Luther, host of the Democracy Forum program here on WERU, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Maine, where she serves on the Board of Directors. About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has...2020-04-2100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/7/20: “From SARS to COVID-19: My Life With Pandemic Response”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Last week The Jackson Laboratory and Ellsworth Public Library presented a webinar for the local community entitled, “From SARS to COVID-19: My Life With Pandemic Response” featuring Jackson Lab President and CEO Edison Liu. Dr. Liu led the scientific response for Singapore during the SARS crisis in 2003, and spoke last week about the science of COVID-19, how to slow the spread of the virus, and what the scientific community is doing to address the public health crisis. And we do want to alert listeners that part of that discussion includes research on animals. Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D...2020-04-0700 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 4/7/20: “From SARS to COVID-19: My Life With Pandemic Response”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Last week The Jackson Laboratory and Ellsworth Public Library presented a webinar for the local community entitled, “From SARS to COVID-19: My Life With Pandemic Response” featuring Jackson Lab President and CEO Edison Liu. Dr. Liu led the scientific response for Singapore during the SARS crisis in 2003, and spoke last week about the science of COVID-19, how to slow the spread of the virus, and what the scientific community is doing to address the public health crisis. And we do want to alert listeners that part of that discussion includes research on animals. Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D...2020-04-0700 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20, 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20, 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-3100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20, 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20, 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-3100 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20, 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources.2020-03-3108 minChange Agents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesChange Agents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20 8 a.m.Steve Wessler, host of “Change Agents” on “Has the Coronavirus Leveled the Playing Field?” The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/31/20 8 a.m. first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-3100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2600 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2600 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources.2020-03-2610 minLet\'s Talk Animals | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesLet's Talk Animals | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 8 a.m.Retired veterinarian Dr. John Hunt, hosts of “Let’s Talk Animals” here on WERU-FM, with a report on coronavirus and pets The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 8 a.m. first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2600 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/26/20 8 a.m.Retired veterinarian Dr. John Hunt, hosts of “Let’s Talk Animals” here on WERU-FM, with a report on coronavirus and pets2020-03-2607 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/25/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/25/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/25/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/25/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2500 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/25/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources.2020-03-2509 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/24/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/24/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2400 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/24/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources. The post WERU Coronavirus Updates 3/24/20 2:30pm first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.2020-03-2400 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Coronavirus Updates 3/24/20 2:30pmWERU News & Public Affairs Manager Amy Browne with the latest local news and mutual aid resources.2020-03-2406 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: Joel Mann This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group th...2020-03-1700 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: Joel Mann This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group th...2020-03-1700 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents Special 3/17/20 Coronavirus: Community Response, Elections, WERUProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: Joel Mann This is the Elections 2020 edition of Maine Currents, so we start off with a discussion of how the coronavirus is impacting the campaigns and how it might affect the general election in November. We’ll also look at what Professor Amy Fried calls the “delegate math” following the Maine primaries. Later in the program station manager Matt Murphy pops to talk about the measures we’re taking here at the station to keep everyone safe and the station on the air. We also talk with Cass Clem, founder of a facebook group that’s h...2020-03-1758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 2/18/20: Elections 2020 EditionProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Our monthly discussion of Elections 2020 related issues. Today we also discuss the League of Women Voters – celebrating their 100th anniversary this year- with Ann Luther. Guests: Professor Amy Fried is the Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine. She also oversees the Maine Policy Scholar Program at UMaine, and has researched and written extensively about public opinion. Ralph Chapman served 4 terms as the State Representative for Blue Hill and several surrounding towns in Hancock County. He served first as a Democrat, then as an Independent and fi...2020-02-1800 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 2/18/20: Elections 2020 EditionProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Our monthly discussion of Elections 2020 related issues. Today we also discuss the League of Women Voters – celebrating their 100th anniversary this year- with Ann Luther. Guests: Professor Amy Fried is the Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine. She also oversees the Maine Policy Scholar Program at UMaine, and has researched and written extensively about public opinion. Ralph Chapman served 4 terms as the State Representative for Blue Hill and several surrounding towns in Hancock County. He served first as a Democrat, then as an Independent and fi...2020-02-1800 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 1/7/20: CMP Corridor Draws Opposition from Across the Political SpectrumProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Production assistance: Meredith DeFrancesco, WERU-FM & Sunlight Media Collective Audio provided by: North American Megadam Resistance NOTE: The first audio file (below) is this program, and the second is a full, unedited recording of the Megadam Resistance tour speakers in Augusta in November 2019, used with their permission. If you come from a politically mixed family here in Maine, chances are there was one topic you were able to discuss over the holidays without anyone getting disowned. The New England Clean Energy Connect – or the CMP Corridor as it is widely known- is dr...2020-01-0700 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 1/7/20: CMP Corridor Draws Opposition from Across the Political SpectrumProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Production assistance: Meredith DeFrancesco, WERU-FM & Sunlight Media Collective Audio provided by: North American Megadam Resistance NOTE: The first audio file (below) is this program, and the second is a full, unedited recording of the Megadam Resistance tour speakers in Augusta in November 2019, used with their permission. If you come from a politically mixed family here in Maine, chances are there was one topic you were able to discuss over the holidays without anyone getting disowned. The New England Clean Energy Connect – or the CMP Corridor as it is widely known- is dr...2020-01-0700 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 1/7/20: CMP Corridor Draws Opposition from Across the Political SpectrumProducer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Production assistance: Meredith DeFrancesco, WERU-FM & Sunlight Media Collective Audio provided by: North American Megadam Resistance NOTE: The first audio file (below) is this program, and the second is a full, unedited recording of the Megadam Resistance tour speakers in Augusta in November 2019, used with their permission. If you come from a politically mixed family here in Maine, chances are there was one topic you were able to discuss over the holidays without anyone getting disowned. The New England Clean Energy Connect – or the CMP Corridor as it is widely known- is drawing op...2020-01-071h 01WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Special: Giving Tuesday 12/03/19Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Giving Tuesday is an international day focused on charitable giving during the holiday season. This was WERU’s 3rd year celebrating Giving Tuesday with a call in show dedicated to area nonprofits. Representatives from area nonprofits called in to talk about the work they are doing in the community, and how the community can help them continue.2019-12-031h 00WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Special 10/17/19: “Universal Health Care: is it possible in Maine?”Producer/Host: Amy Browne Audio recorded by: Matt Murphy A conversation about our health care system with Dr. Phil Caper of Maine AllCare advocating for universal health care, and Matt Gagnon of The Maine Heritage Policy Center promoting free market alternatives. The discussion, taped Monday, October 14 in a small gathering above Old Professor’s Bookshop in Belfast, provides background for listeners who might have a heightened interest based on the upcoming 2020 political season. Moderator for the talk, Jim Campbell (host of “Notes from the Electronic Cottage” on WERU-FM), began by asking the speakers to define what they meant by universal health...2019-10-1758 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesLove Stories by Mainers – event recorded 2/14/18Love Stories by Mainers, a storytelling event hosted by WERU-FM and Wednesday on Main, was held at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport, Maine on 2/14/18. Storytellers Becky and Rob McCall, David Weeda, Anu Dudley, Amy Roeder, Brook Minner, Carol Visser, Jonathan Fulford and Naomi Graychase took the stage to share their stories. Amy Browne of WERU-FM was the emcee. John Greenman recorded the event. Some of these stories aired on WERU’s Maine Currents on 2/27/18 and on a WERU Special on 2/28/18. Instead of archiving those show separately, here you will find the entire storytelling event unedited, as well as the in...2018-03-0200 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesLove Stories by Mainers – event recorded 2/14/18Love Stories by Mainers, a storytelling event hosted by WERU-FM and Wednesday on Main, was held at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport, Maine on 2/14/18. Storytellers Becky and Rob McCall, David Weeda, Anu Dudley, Amy Roeder, Brook Minner, Carol Visser, Jonathan Fulford and Naomi Graychase took the stage to share their stories. Amy Browne of WERU-FM was the emcee. John Greenman recorded the event. Some of these stories aired on WERU’s Maine Currents on 2/27/18 and on a WERU Special on 2/28/18. Instead of archiving those show separately, here you will find the entire storytelling event unedited, as well as the in...2018-03-0200 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/3/17Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Segment 1: Multi-partisan panel discussion on communicating with people with political differences Segment 2: Indivisible MDI’s April Town Hall for Senator Collins (who did not attend) Guests: Multi-partisan panel Renee Trust, Ken Gleason, Thomas White (Tim Wilson was unable to join us this week) WERU thanks Jeff Dobbs who provided us with a recording of the speakers at the Indivisible MDI Town Hall and Jennifer Booher who sent the photos from the event that are posted on WERU’s facebook page. FMI: Indivisible Guide: www.indivisibleguide.com/about-us/ MDI Indivisible group: www.face...2017-05-0300 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 5/3/17Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Segment 1: Multi-partisan panel discussion on communicating with people with political differences Segment 2: Indivisible MDI’s April Town Hall for Senator Collins (who did not attend) Guests: Multi-partisan panel Renee Trust, Ken Gleason, Thomas White (Tim Wilson was unable to join us this week) WERU thanks Jeff Dobbs who provided us with a recording of the speakers at the Indivisible MDI Town Hall and Jennifer Booher who sent the photos from the event that are posted on WERU’s facebook page. FMI: Indivisible Guide: www.indivisibleguide.com/about-us/ MDI Indivisible group: www.face...2017-05-0300 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 12/21/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Special thanks to Bill Solomon This Solstice edition of Maine Currents features stories about holidays, families and winter in Maine. Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley (host of WERU’s “Earthwise” feature which airs Saturdays at 7:30) kicks things off with a look at the history of Solstice celebrations, then we hear from storytellers Marjorie Longwood of Surry, Edee Howland of Blue Hill, Cathy Mink of Waldo and Roger Sprague of Belfast. We close out the hour with some voices from the past- a 2006 holiday special recorded at WERU. Maine Currents- independent local news, views & culture on WERU-FM 89.9 Blue H...2016-12-2100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 12/21/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Special thanks to Bill Solomon This Solstice edition of Maine Currents features stories about holidays, families and winter in Maine. Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley (host of WERU’s “Earthwise” feature which airs Saturdays at 7:30) kicks things off with a look at the history of Solstice celebrations, then we hear from storytellers Marjorie Longwood of Surry, Edee Howland of Blue Hill, Cathy Mink of Waldo and Roger Sprague of Belfast. We close out the hour with some voices from the past- a 2006 holiday special recorded at WERU. Maine Currents- independent local news, views & culture on WERU-FM 89.9 Blue H...2016-12-2100 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/5/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Today we welcome visitors from El Salvador and local residents who are working together through US-El Salvador Sister Cities. The right wing death squads in El Salvador’s civil war (1980-1992) were funded and trained by the US government, so alliances between citizens of these two countries may seem unlikely – but our guests explain how they are strong and mutually beneficial. We also look at some of the issues facing El Salvador today, and hear what Salvadorans are saying about the US presidential elections. Guests: Zulma Tobar, US-El Salvador Sister Cities staf...2016-10-0500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents 10/5/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Studio Engineer: John Greenman Today we welcome visitors from El Salvador and local residents who are working together through US-El Salvador Sister Cities. The right wing death squads in El Salvador’s civil war (1980-1992) were funded and trained by the US government, so alliances between citizens of these two countries may seem unlikely – but our guests explain how they are strong and mutually beneficial. We also look at some of the issues facing El Salvador today, and hear what Salvadorans are saying about the US presidential elections. Guests: Zulma Tobar, US-El Salvador Sister Cities staf...2016-10-0500 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Special: Orland Dam Removal Public Forum 6/3/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Production Assistance: John Greenman Today we have a special report on the proposal to remove the Orland Dam – a decision that regardless of which way it goes, will likely have impacts not only on that town, but on surrounding areas as well. Orland took over ownership of the dam from Verso in 2011. The dam has been found to have serious structural issues, has failed in the past, and currently salt water flows over the top periodically. It also blocks fish passage and the existing fish ladders are considered inadequate. The town will be voting on Ju...2016-06-0300 minMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesMaine Currents | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesWERU Special: Orland Dam Removal Public Forum 6/3/16Producer/Host: Amy Browne Production Assistance: John Greenman Today we have a special report on the proposal to remove the Orland Dam – a decision that regardless of which way it goes, will likely have impacts not only on that town, but on surrounding areas as well. Orland took over ownership of the dam from Verso in 2011. The dam has been found to have serious structural issues, has failed in the past, and currently salt water flows over the top periodically. It also blocks fish passage and the existing fish ladders are considered inadequate. The town will be voting on Ju...2016-06-0300 min