Talk of the Towns | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community and local theater Program Topic: Raise the curtain—Local Theater in Three Coastal Towns Key Discussion Points: 1. Each guest provides brief background on themselves and their organization… 2. What experience drew you to theater and how did you come to coastal Maine? 3. Each guest invited to give a more...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Renewable Energy Options Program Topic: Community and Ecological Impacts of tidal energy in Cobscook Bay Key Discussion Points: Sustainability Solutions Initiative… what is the overall approach and who funds it How does tidal energy fit into the search for alternatives to fossil fuel energy? What...

Issue: Community affairs Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Hancock County Leadership Program Key Discussion Points: · What led to the creation of the program? · What are the goals of the Hancock County Leadership program… how do they compare with the goals of other leadership programs? · What are the basic elements of the program? How do...

Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Joel Mann Issue: Education Program Topic: Renewing the Courage to Teach Key Discussion Points: a) What drew each of you to work in education? Are there other factors that inspire teachers older and younger to take up the “leading forth” or education of the next generations of learners? b) What are some of the values of the profes...

Issue: Local education Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Joel Mann Program Topic: Montessori Education at Belfast’s Corner Spring Montessori School Key Discussion Points: a) What are the basic elements of a Montessori education (Self- Construction, Liberty, Spontaneous Activity) and how do these match with children’s development? b)Talk about the “human tendencie...

Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities for citizen involvement Broadcast Time: 10- 11 AM Program Topic: Food Security and Food Pantries Key Discussion Points (list at least 3): · How are you framing the question of food security (and difference from hunger)? · What is the extent of food insecurity in this part of...

Issue: Community walking and hiking trails, environmental stewardship Host: Ron Beard Engineer: Amy Browne Broadcast Time: 10-11 AM Program Topic: Connecting Trails and Towns Key Discussion Points: a) Questions for Mike Little Describe Island Heritage Trust, mission, history, land conservation and public access through easements and purchase, recent projects, and proposal for walking trail, detail...

Issue: Citizen engagement, local democracy, occupy maine Broadcast Time: 10- 11 AM Program Topic: Learning from Occupy Efforts in Eastern Maine Key Discussion Points: 1. What inspired you to get involved … what was your path like? Where there particular issues or questions that Occupy groups have raised that particularly resonate with you? 2. What have the various Occupy efforts looked like (Bar H...

Issue: Education/ Economy Program Name: Talk of the Towns Broadcast Date: January 13, 2012 Broadcast Time: 10-11AM Program Topic: Careers for Today and Tomorrow: Higher Ed’s role in preparing students Key Discussion Points: · Where is Maine’s economy headed and what are the careers of today and tomorrow? · What is higher education’s role in preparing students for the careers of today and tomorrow?...

Issue: Celebrating Food Heritage in Downeast Maine Broadcast Time: 10-11 Program Topic: Key Discussion Points: ·Interest in food, food systems, food heritage is abundant… ·What is the scope of the interest and what is fueling that interest? ·What is food heritage, as a concept? Guests: ·Joshua Torrance, Woodlawn Museum ·Katie Freedman, Healthy Acadia ·Todd Little-Seibold, College of the Atlantic ·...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne The post Talk of the Towns 10/28/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Signs of the Seasons Guests: Esperanza Stancioff, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant Jessie Muhlin, Professor, Maine Maritime Academy Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Mitch Mason, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Youth leader with phenology...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Hunger in Maine and Local Responses Guests: Donna Yellin, Preble Street, Portland Katie Freedman, Healthy Acadia Kate McGinn, Bar Harbor Food Pantry Marjorie Peronto, University of Maine Cooperative Extension The post Talk of the Towns 9/23/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: The role of the arts in economic development The post Talk of the Towns 9/9/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Earning a Passing Grade- Progress at Deer Isle-Stonington High School Guests: Todd West, Principal, Deer Isle-Stonington High School; Amy Vaughn, Healthy Peninsula The post Talk of the Towns 8/26/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: When Graduation is the Saddest Day: A family and a community responds to developmental disabilities Guests: Dee Karnofsky- Lee Haynes – (all working to establish a group home on MDI) Patty Ryan- Meg Dexter, Charlotte White Center, Dover Foxcroft The post Talk of the Towns, 8/12/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue H...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Bearin’s (the book, the people and the place) Guest: Brian Robbins, columnist and writer, Commercial Fisheries News The post Talk of the Towns 7/22/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Coastal Water Quality for Shellfish and People Guests: Joe Porada, Chair, Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Committee Senator Lois Snow-Mello, Chair, Marine Resources Committee, Linda Mercer (or other), Department of Marine Resources, Keri Lindberg, Coordinator, Maine Healthy Beaches Program, UMaine Cooperative Extension and...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Featuring segments produced by Brooke Welty for The Kindness Project Topic: The Kindness Project Guests: Brooke Welty, College of the Atlantic; Jonathan Appleyard, Rector, St Saviour’s Episcopal Parish, Bar Harbor The post Talk of the Towns 5/27/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local N...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension (and COA Faculty) Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Wood heat as part of our residential energy future Guests: Gray Cox and Don Cass,, Professors, College of the Atlantic; Phin Ramsey and Steve Wagner, Students The post Talk of the Towns 5/13/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archive...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Preventing Cyber Bullying Guests: Kelly Mitchell, Education Coordinator, Downeast Health Services; Students, Sumner High School, Sullivan; Kristy Ouellette, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth and Family Development The post Talk of the Towns 4/29/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Restoring Alewives – The story of the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Guests: Deb Wilson, Selectwoman, Nobleboro; Russ Williams, Volunteer, Riparian owner The post Talk of the Towns 4/22/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: A local food ordinance for the Blue Hill Peninsula and beyond? What is the actual proposal and how would it work? What do you imagine the outcome will be, for producers, growers, the local community, after a town adopts the ordinance? If the local food ordinance passes, how would you advise produc...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Maine School of Science and Mathematics Guests: Staff and students Call in show The post Talk of the Towns 3/11/11 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .