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

Producer/Host: Ron Beard Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Featuring audio clips produced by: Meghan Vigeant, Island Fellow Topic: Swans Island: Recovering Our Legacy How did the Swans Island Memory Project come about? Who was involved? What are the key components of the project? Guests: Meghan Vigeant, Island Fellow; Sonny Sprague; Donna Weigle The post Talk of the Towns 2/25/11 first appeared on WERU...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Looking Ahead: Municipal concerns for Maine’s Legislative Agenda What is the Maine Municipal Association (MMA)’s history and its role in creating a legislative agenda with the help of its Legislative Policy Committee? Given the make up of this legislature and the election of Governor LePage, what do you see as your mo...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Recruiting and Retaining Volunteer Firefighters What are the key requirements for being a firefighter in small towns in Maine in 21st century? What are you looking for as you recruit? How can citizens can get involved in your efforts to educate, prevent and fight fires and contribute to public sa...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Celebrating Local History When did people start keeping track of local history and what forms did that take? What are some trends with local historical societies and museums? How do they make materials available and engage the community? Guests: Tim Garritty, Director, Mount Desert Island Histori...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant Topic: Protection for Working Waterfronts What is “working waterfront” and why is it important? What are the threats to Maine’s working waterfront? What is being done to protect them? Guests: Jen Litteral, Policy Directory, Island Institute; Natalie Springuel, University of Maine Sea Grant; Gerry Cu...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Community Science: Schoodic Education and Research Center links researchers, school teachers and students Guests: Michael Soukup, Director, Schoodic Education and Research Center; Sarah Nelson, Water Research Institute, University of Maine; Ed Lindsey, Science Teacher, Old Town High School; James...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Clean Elections: What has Maine learned over its ten year history?? Guests: Ann Luther, Co-Chair, Maine Citizens for Clean Elections; Anne Perry, State Representative, District 31, Calais; John Brautigam, legal counsel, ME Citizens for Clean Elections; Hannah Pingree, Speaker of the House, Maine...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Maine’s Invasive Species In general, what are invasive species? When did we begin to take notice of them? How do they find their way here, and why do they persist? What are the broad implications of the various invasive species for Maine or other locales? Guests: Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine Cooperative Extension El...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: The Challenge of Communicating Science Guests: Dr. Randy Olson, filmmaker and marine scientist;  Ed Leydecker; Brain Robbins, Nobleboro lobsterman, featured in “Salt of the Earth”;  Stevie Robbins, Little Deer Isle;  Malcolm Schick, UMaine The post Talk of the Towns 9/10/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hi...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer:  Joel Mann Topic:  Slow Money, Local communities Guests: Bonnie Rukin, Coordinator, Slow Money Maine, Camden Marada Cook, Crown of Maine Organic Cooperative, Vassalboro Gray Harris, Director of Agricultural Resources and Program Development at CEI (Coastal Enterprises Inc.), Wiscasset Aaron Bell from Tide Mill Far...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer:  Amy Browne Topic: Making Housing More Affordable in Hancock County Guests: Tom Martin, Hancock County Planning Commission Chris Spruce, Island Housing Trust, Mount Desert Island Jimmy Goodson, Habitat for Humanity The post Talk of the Towns 8/13/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Pu...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Developing Environmental Literacy for Maine Guests: Kara Wooldrick, Director of Education, Maine Audubon; Kevin Doran, Maine Department of Conservation; Anita Bernhardt, Maine Department of Education; Linda Woodard, Maine Environmental Educational Association The post Talk of the Towns 6/25/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM...

Producer/Host: Natalie Springuel, University of Maine Sea Grant College Program Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic:  Sustainable business program at College of the Atlantic Guests: Jay Friedlander, Professor of Green and Sustainable Business Katharine Macko, Sustainable Business Program Administrator COA hatchery students The post Talk of the Towns 6/11/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, M...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard Studio Engineer:  Amy Browne Topic:  Frenchman Bay Multi-town Shellfish Ordinance Guests: Joe Porada, chair, Frenchman Bay Shellfish Conservation District;   Hannah Annis, Department of Marine Resources;   Janet Toth, City of Ellsworth;   Jim Norris, Town of Lamione; Sherm Hoyt, UMaine Sea Grant The post Talk of the Towns 5/28/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, M...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic:  Maine Connections to Haiti What has been your experience in Haiti?  How do you tell your friends and colleagues so they will understand better the situation there… history, culture, current condition?  What did you see on your most recent trip?  How are people of Haiti coping with the aftermath of the earthquake? Guests:  Linda Robinson,...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Resiliency as a strategy to combat underage drinking and substance abuse Guests: David Savage, Hannah Boyce, Abby Jewett, Robert Colson students at MDI High School, engaged in service learning work, Jessica Naylor, Substance Abuse Counselor, Open Door, Ed Oechslie, Executive Director, Acadia Family Center and MDI Drug and A...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: School Supported Agriculture Guests: Sue Deblieck, Farm to School Coordinator for Healthy Acadia,            http://www.healthyacadia.org/ Scott McFarland, Principal and Linda Mailhot, Cook, at Mount Desert Elementary School www.mdes.u98.k12.me.us/ Charlotte Young, Shalom Orchard Organic Farm and...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Teen choices and challenges—how do we support them? There are many choices that teens face, some of which have consequences for physical and mental health… what are some of those choices, and how do adults—parents and other family members, teachers, coaches and others help frame the choices and e...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Restorative Justice and Rentry – New Ways to Respond to Crime Guests: Margaret Micolichek – Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast What is the history of crime and punishment in the US?  What are the underlying beliefs that support these approaches? What are the signs that our overall approac...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Producing, Fishing and Buying Local: What are the benefits to local communities? Guests: Aaron Dority, Penobscot East Resource Center; Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future; Will Hopkins, Cobscook Bay Resource Center; David Bright, MOO Milk The post Talk of the Towns 2/26/10 first appeared on WE...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Reflections After Copenhagen: Next Steps for Climate Negotiations Guests: Attendees at Climate Summit from College of the Atlantic: Doreen Stabinski, Faculty member Global Environmental Politics Lindsay Britton Matt Maiorana Noah Hodgetts The post Talk of the Towns 2/12/10 first appeared on WERU...

Guest host: Natalie Springuel, University of Maine Sea Grant Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Aquaculture on the Maine Coast Guests: Dana Morse, University of Maine Sea Grant (207-563-3146 x205 or dana.morse@maine.edu) Adam Campbell, North Haven Oyster Company and commercial fisherman (futureseas@aol.com) Sebastian Belle, Maine Aquaculture Association (207-867-4453, North Haven, Maine) The post...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Community Meals: Building Food Security and Connections Guests: Hadley Friedman, The Simmering Pot, Blue Hill;  Larry Stettner, Common Good Soup Kitchen, Southwest Harbor; Frank Donnelly, Everybody Eats, Ellsworth The post Talk of the Towns 1/8/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs...

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: An interview with Bob Keteyian, Counselor, Consultant based in Ellsworth, and author of “Do You Know What I Mean?” FMI: communicationstyles.us/ Call in show The post Talk of the Towns 12/11/09 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: Maine’s Off-Shore Wind Demonstration Sites Why is Maine looking at offshore wind? What do we need to know in order to benefit from development of off shore wind? Why is the state proposing wind demonstration sites in Maine waters, and what would happen at these sites? How have impacts to fi...