WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Shaina Fraser from Families First in Ellsworth is here today with an invitation to their annual fundraiser and some information about the programs that will benefit Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/31/26: Local News, Culture and Events f...

Host/s: Emily Goulette Editor: Sarah Johnson Music: Samuel James Justice Radio is a WMPG production. Justice Radio: Tackling the hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine. This week: Maine Indigent Defense Center sits down with Elizabeth Simoni and Shawn LeGrega of Maine Pre-Trial to discuss the organization’s mission and the programs it offers to support individuals navigating...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Ellsworth’s Downtown Summer Concert series The Witherle Memorial Library in Castine invites the public to join Ms Orado for a showing of Disney Pixar’s A Bug’s Life on the library’s big screen tonight. Finding Our Voices will mark their 5th anniversary as a nonprofit Saturday, with Dance Into the Light, a music festival fundraiser at a lavender farm in Appleton Great Pond...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Author Cara Benson on her new book, An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment and her upcoming appearances in Maine, including one at Left Bank Books in Belfast on August 8th, Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around To...

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s activities since then: Done community organizing on numerous issues through INVERT and then Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), committed civil disobedience several times, grown a garden yearly since 1977, joined various food coop...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Bucksport’s Wednesday on Main The Blueberry Blues film showing/fundraiser for the Wild Blueberry Collective, tonight at the Colonial Theatre in Belfast. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/28/26: Local News, Culture and Events first a...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne ACLU-Maine’s summary of new laws offering protections against ICE – and a petition to urge state officials to fully enforce the laws from day one — which is Wednesday Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/27/26: Local News,...

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of worldly and heavenly happenings, a confluence of 21st-century life in its myriad manifestations, international and domestic, cosmopolitan and rural, often revealing, as the French say, the more things change, the more they stay the same — t...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle Continuing a conversation with herpetologist Steve Ressel, this episode explores the breeding ecology of Maine’s frogs, from the brief, explosive breeding season of Wood Frogs to the territorial calls of Bullfrogs. Steve also describes surprising research showing that female Gray Treefrogs can assess the quality of potential mat...

CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 7/26/26: Flat Earth first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events and offerings! FMI: islandheritagetrust.org journalingwithnature.com friendml.org operahousearts.org wendellgilleymuseum.org practiceofwriting.com camdenoperahouse.com fogtownbrewing.com penobscotmarinemuseum.org About the host: Sarah Pebwo...

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes, including the three-year ordination curriculum at the Temple of the Feminine Divine, and others such as History of the Goddess, Paganism 101, Ethical Magic, and Introduction to the Runes. Currently she is writing a book about how to cast the r...

Producer/Host: Steve Kahl Power for the People: Energy education and solutions for Mainers and Maine communities This month: Status of the electric grid, lessening our impact on grid electric generation, using batteries, Time of Use utility pricing. Guest/s: Andy Meyer, Senior Energy Manager, Efficiency Maine FMI: EfficiencyMaine.com About the host: Steve Kahl developed and has hosted Power for th...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Harold Greene, author of The Architects of Control-A Political Thriller, described as “An exhilarating tale of political intrigue and corruption set against the backdrop of rural Maine.” A coalition of groups including supports of the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine plan to rally at West Market Square in downtown Bangor Saturday morning at 11, the...

Host/s: Nicole Editor: Sarah Johnson Music: Samuel James Justice Radio is a WMPG production. Justice Radio: Tackling the hard questions about our criminal legal system in Maine. This week: Nicole and guest, Bobbi, discuss addiction, recovery, and the importance of community support. Guest/s: Bobbi Smalley The post Justice Radio 7/23/26: Finding Recovery in your Community first appeared on WERU 89....

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Art Under the Elms – Castine Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival will show the 2nd offering in their summer film series tonight at the Strand, followed by a community discussion. Time and Water (2026) is directed by Oscar-nominee, Sara Dosa – Rockland The Castine Historical Society is offering self-guided Hous...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Revolutionary Belfast! Brenda Harrington and Stephanie Holman from the Belfast Free Library are here with news of upcoming events marking the Semiquincentennial, including viewing sessions for a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence for a limited time. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Deriv...

Host: Jazz Bradley & Carrie Clark at NextStep Domestic Violence Project. NextStep 24/7 Helpline: 1(800) 315-5579 Theme Music for the show donated by local musicians Megan Light and Nathan Spears. Relationship Rewind: Rewinding relationships in popular media and breaking down behaviors based in power, control, and abuse. This episode: 1. Discussing unhealthy themes in the song “Love...

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger About the host: Larry Dansinger (no pronouns) of Bangor came to Maine in 1974 and has been here ever since. Some of Larry’s activities since then: Done community organizing on numerous issues through INVERT and then Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC), committed civil disobedience several times, grown a garden yearly since 1977, joined various food coop...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine’s CD1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s questions for DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin after ICE killed Biddeford resident Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero last week — the second time in recent weeks that ICE mistakenly attempted to arrest the wrong person, and killed them in the process. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Crea...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne One last speaker at last Tuesday night’s ICE protest in Bangor Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 7/20/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I’m RW Estela: Since 1991, I’ve been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU’s longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of worldly and heavenly happenings, a confluence of 21st-century life in its myriad manifestations, international and domestic, cosmopolitan and rural, often revealing, as the French say, the more things change, the more they stay the same — t...

Host: Glen Mittelhauser Producers: Glen Mittelhauser and Daaby Tingle Glen begins a conversation with herpetologist Steve Ressel, who reflects on a career studying frogs from the tropics to Maine. Along the way, they explore the unique mix of amphibians found on Mount Desert Island, the mysteries behind the absence of some familiar species, and the beauty of Maine’s Gray Treefrog. More information...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 7/19/26: A Dangerous Sport: Part 2 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

What’s the Word on Maine Street?, hosted by Sarah Pebworth, is a weekly short feature Saturdays at 9:30am looking at local literary and visual arts events and offerings! FMI: bhpl.net zam.umaine.edu practiceofwriting.com castinehistoricalsociety.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held each October. S...