WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Holiday events on Saturday, 12/6/25 Click on links for more details. Bangor’s annual Festival of Lights Parade, 4:30 PM in downtown Bangor 45th Annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade of Lights & Light Display Annual Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival , 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m, Main Street, Northeast Harbor and the Northeast Harbor Marina About the host:...

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 Dave Hollenberg, President of the Rural Hall in Surry, is here with an invitation to their 5th annual Festival of the Trees on Sunday, 12/7 from 2-5pm at the hall on Rt. 172 in East Surry. FMI: Surry Rural Hall on facebook Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC)’s Rad Reading Group will be meeting via zoom on Wednesdays from noon to 1pm, starting this week...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Healthy Acadia’s seasonal overnight warming center is now open for the season. The Warming Center is located at 24 Church St., Ellsworth, inside the INSPIRE Center. On weekdays it will be open from 6:30 p.m to 7 a.m. On weekends the warming center will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. AND again from 6:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Space is available on a first-come, first-served b...

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/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode is part 4 of an interview with Coco and Tracey Faber, who have spent the past decade working in Maine’s offshore seabird colonies. They reflect on broader patterns observed across years of fieldwork, including tern foraging strategies during food shortages, the recurring mid-July drop in forage fish, and the stark differences in survival between early-...

CK Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 11/30/25: Mapping The Mystical 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: thewaldotheatre.org colonialtheatre.com schoodicartsforall.org courthousegallery.com farnsworthmuseum.org georgesriver.org/events/ wendellgilleymuseum.org radiomaine.podbean.com poets.org About the host: Sarah Pebworth l...

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...

Host: Asy Xaytouthor, student producer Coastal Conversations: Conversations with people who live, work, and play on the Maine coast, hosted by the University of Maine Sea Grant Program. In the past few years there have been attempts to build the green crab supply chain to respond to the prominent impacts of rising green crab populations in the Gulf of Maine. This month on Coastal Conversations, ou...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne The Groon Show (Guest Hazel de Mesa) Ellsworth Pub Crawl – Heart of Ellsworth Belfast Downtown Holiday Season Kick-off – Our Town Belfast 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 lat...

Host/s: Linda Small and Mackenzie Kelley Production Coordinator: Daria Cullen Other credits: TECHNICAL SUPPORT – Aaron Pyle and 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: Linda and Mackenzie interview Valerie Cartonio, podcaster, producer, and host of The Prison POD Po...

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE This week on World Ocean Radio we are reflecting on a time and place no longer familiar: traditions and accepted norms unrecognized, histories forgotten, futures uncertain. How do we recapture standards and beliefs that can contribute to a changing civilization and rapidly changing climate? Are there opportunities for new...

Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart. Music by Ralph Richter, a track called little eagles from his CD Dream Walk. Wabanaki Windows is a monthly show featuring topics of interest from a Wabanaki perspective. This month: Paper Chains How Treaties, Laws and policy on Paper have deep abiding affects on Tribal Natio...

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 DHHS Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) info UnitedHealth’s former chief tops US managed care CEO pay list in 2024, Tyler Hammel and Jason Woleben, S&P Global, 20 Aug, 2025 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 tea...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Unprecedented Number of Apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol in Maine. Follow them on facebook @ US Border Patrol Houlton Sector Maine ICE Watch Resource Hub & hotline: (207) 544-9989 The Conscious Café, in conjunction with Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, will offer a free community Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, November 27 from 11 to 4 PM at the cafe, 50 Churc...

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/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode is part 3 of an interview with Coco and Tracey Faber, who have spent the past decade working in Maine’s offshore seabird colonies. They discuss the challenges facing Arctic and Common Terns, from poor body condition on return from migration to storms, food shortages, and gull predation. Despite these pressures, they describe moments of resilience when...

Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 11/23/25: Jill Bolte Taylor, The Brain 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: ellsworthlibrary.net watervillecreates.org gallerybgallery.com stonington.lib.me.us About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held each O...

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...

About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom is writing a memoir of the spiritual lessons derived from his work in a Homeless Day Center in between a career as an award winning television and documentary producer. The post The Cosmic Curator 11/22/25 first appeare...

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Production Assistance: Linda Washburn, Joel Mann Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics. This month: We’ll talk about the continuing concentration of executive power in the office of the President of the United States. What has been the historical precedent? How unusual...

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Flash in the Pans Accepting Applications for 2026 Summer’s Monday Night Benefit Pan Dances. Seasons of Maine, produced by Sullivan resident Evan Procko, a young, amateur filmmaker, is playing at The Grand Theater in Ellsworth, Saturday, 11/22 at 7pm. All ticket proceeds will benefit research for a cure of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Artivism in Maine (AIMe) Artist R...