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Around Town 6/12/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Jun 12, 2026
3m 42s
Around Town 6/11/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Jun 11, 2026
4m 20s
Around Town 6/10/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Jun 10, 2026
3m 54s
Around Town 6/9/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Jun 9, 2026
4m 21s
Around Town 6/8/26: Local News, Culture and Events
Jun 8, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/12/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/12/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsculture+4 | — | Jesup Memorial LibraryMaine Secretary of State’s Office+1 | — | local newsculture+4 | — | 3m 42s | |
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/11/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsculture+3 | Shawn Keeley | College of the AtlanticBangor Historical Society | — | local newsculture+3 | — | 4m 20s | |
| 6/10/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/10/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsculture+3 | Chrissy Fowler | Belfast Flying ShoesBreakBeat Chemists I | — | local newsculture+3 | — | 3m 54s | |
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/9/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsculture+3 | Kathryn Markey | Opera House Arts | — | local newsculture+3 | — | 4m 21s | |
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/8/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsMaine elections+3 | — | Secretary of State’s OfficeLeague of Women Voters | — | Maine electionsRanked Choice Voting+3 | — | 4m 39s | |
| 6/7/26 | ![]() Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 6/7/26: Seabird Management in a warming Gulf of Maine, Part 2✨ | seabird managementMaine coast+4 | Linda Welch | Maine Natural History Observatory | MainePetit Manan Island | seabirdsMaine Natural History Observatory+5 | — | 5m 57s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/5/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newsculture+4 | — | Bangor PrideAct Up Nation | Bangor City Hall | Bangor City HallCandlelight Vigil+3 | — | 4m 33s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/4/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newspolitics+3 | — | Appropriations CommitteeWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill+1 | — | Chellie Pingreefunding bill+3 | — | 5m 53s | |
| 6/3/26 | ![]() World Ocean Radio 6/3/26: World Ocean Day 2026✨ | ocean advocacysustainability+3 | — | — | — | World Ocean Dayocean science+3 | — | 5m 05s | |
| 6/3/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/3/26: Local News, Culture and Events✨ | local newscommunity events+3 | — | Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation FundBeth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center+1 | Deer IsleRockland+1 | Deer Islelocal news+3 | — | 4m 14s | |
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| 6/2/26 | ![]() Dawnland Signals 6/2/26: Historic and Contemporary Importance of Canoeing to Waponahki People | Hosts: Nolan Altavater and Nick Bear Producer: Esther Anne Technical Support: Scarlett Tudor Original music: Nick Bear Dawnland Signals highlights indigenous topics not immediately represented in mainstream media and is meant to share, inspire, and inform. This month: – History of Wabanaki canoeing and canoe making. – Wabanki identity and the connection to waterways and homelands. – Canoeing and its importance to survival and healing. – Mentorship of the next generation of canoers and guides. – Language and names are descriptions of place and waterways. – Supporting youth culturally and through possible career pathways. Guests: Damon Galipeau – Penobscot Nation citizen, Wabanaki Youth in Science Technician – Forestry Lead and coach of Penobscot Canoe and Kayaking Team. Clark – the Canoe Dog. FMI: Wabanaki Youth in Science – www.wabanakiyouthinscience.org/ Penobscot Canoe and Kayaking Team – www.penobscotnation.org/team-penobscot/ Links: Wabanaki REACH: www.wabanakireach.org/ Dawnland Signals: www.wabanakireach.org/dawnland_signals The post Dawnland Signals 6/2/26: Historic and Contemporary Importance of Canoeing to Waponahki People first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Outside the Box 6/2/26: “Yes to a Clean Environment” | 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 cooperatives and two men’s groups, refused to pay federal income taxes for war, lived on a community land trust for 23 years, and met a wonderful partner whom Larry has loved for over 40 years. Larry has produced Outside the Box features on WERU since 2007 and continues to look for unique ways of seeing almost any problem or situation. The post Outside the Box 6/2/26: “Yes to a Clean Environment” first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events | Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine Senior FarmShare program College of the Atlantic Spring Art Crawl Jesup Memorial Library events The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine’s free summer seminars for educators Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 6/2/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Around Town 6/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events | Host/Producer: Amy Browne Grace from Out in the Open and Amy from Waterfall Arts join us this morning to let listeners know about an event they are cosponsoring, “Transmission Quilts Presents Home & Away: a trans text(iles) exhibition“, Friday 6/5 through Sunday 6/7. More information can be found here Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 6/1/26: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/31/26 | ![]() Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 5/31/26: Seabird Management in a warming Gulf of Maine, Part 1 | Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser Glen speaks with seabird biologist Linda Welch about her long-term work at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, tracing her career from early research on contaminants in Bald Eagle populations to nearly three decades studying breeding seabirds along the Maine coast. Linda talks about the remarkable recovery of eagles, the life-history strategies of long-lived seabirds like Atlantic Puffins and Arctic Terns, and the growing challenges these species face as the warming Gulf of Maine alters food availability and reproductive success. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) in 2003 to fill the need for an organization that specializes in collecting, interpreting, and maintaining datasets for understanding changes in Maine’s plant and wildlife populations.  Glen received his Bachelor’s in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic in 1989 with a focus in the biological sciences and received his Master of Science degree in Zoology (with a focus on ornithology and statistics) from the University of Maine in 2000. Glen was the Managing Editor for Northeastern Naturalist and Southeastern Naturalist for 18 years and has served as external graduate faculty for 3 graduate student committees at the University of Maine.  Glen currently serves on the Baxter State Park Research Committee. Logan Parker is an Ecologist residing in Waldo County, Maine. Logan started the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project in 2017 and brought the project (and his passion for bird conservation) to MNHO when he joined the team in 2018. Logan is heavily involved in the ongoing Maine Bird Atlas where he both coordinates and participates in the project’s special species surveys. When “off the clock”, Logan enjoys birding, writing, gardening, and working alongside his wife, Hallee, on their off-grid home in the Maine woods. Logan is also a wildlife photographer and shares photos and field notes through his project, Here In The Wild. The post Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 5/31/26: Seabird Management in a warming Gulf of Maine, Part 1 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/31/26 | ![]() Esoterica 5/31/26: Making Bread | Andree Bella | Writer/Reader The post Esoterica 5/31/26: Making Bread first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/30/26 | ![]() What’s the Word on Maine Street? 5/30/26 | 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 turtlegallery.com susanwebster.net swhplibrary.org nehlibrary.org courthousegallery.com kendallfarmcottages.com About the host: Sarah Pebworth leads the steering committee for Word—a Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival, founded in 2017 and held each October. She serves on the boards of the Cultural Alliance of Maine and Lawrence Family Fitness Center YMCA. Since February 2023 Sarah has written “Shared Seas and Common Grounds,” a column published in the Penobscot Bay Press’s Weekly Packet. She and her wife Julie Jo Fehrle live in Blue Hill. Theme music: Ross Gallagher is a bassist who grew up in East Blue Hill, ME, and currently lives between Bath, ME and Brooklyn, NY, where he works with a wide variety of musical artists. Infinite Blues is a cut from his recently released neon night, an excursion into an ambient/electronic musical world built around rhythmic bass ostinatos, clouds of processed looping electronic atmospheres, and melody. By turns both subtle and unapologetically noisy, the songs are a collection of luminous constellations, roved between by a band of texturally minded instrumental improvisers. The post What’s the Word on Maine Street? 5/30/26 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/30/26 | ![]() Earthwise 5/30/26: The Blue Moon | 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 runes using their original Goddess meanings. She lives in the woods off-grid in a small homesteading community in Central Maine. The post Earthwise 5/30/26: The Blue Moon first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/30/26 | ![]() The Cosmic Curator 5/30/26 | 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 5/30/26 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Justice Radio 5/28/26: Values and Culture of a Public Defender’s Office | Host/s: Rob Ruffner 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: Rob and Jon discuss the importance of values and culture in the context of a public defender’s office. Guest: Jon Rapping, founder of Gideon’s Promise The post Justice Radio 5/28/26: Values and Culture of a Public Defender’s Office first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | ![]() World Ocean Radio 5/27/26: Death of Science by One Thousand Cuts | Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Science is one of the best tools available to humanity for understanding the complexities of the unknown and of life on earth. NOAA (the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States) is arguably the most advanced utility for the investigation of natural systems, yet a new 2026 budget has been presented with cuts to NOAA exceeding 1.6 billion US dollars: an administration that has provided research and information to inform our understanding of weather, changing systems and impacts, emergency response, forecasting, air and water circulation, temperature change, and so much more. WORLD OCEAN RADIO 5-minute weekly insights dive into ocean science, advocacy and education hosted by Peter Neill, lifelong ocean advocate and maritime expert. A catalog of more than 730 episodes offering perspectives on global ocean issues and solutions, and celebrating exemplary projects. Available for RSS feed and broadcast by college and community radio stations worldwide via Exchange.prx.org and Audioport.org. Visit WorldOceanObservatory.org for the full catalog, searchable by theme. The post World Ocean Radio 5/27/26: Death of Science by One Thousand Cuts first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | ![]() Wabanaki Windows 5/26/26: Tribute to Penobscot Elder Reuben (Butch) Phillips | 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: Traditional knowledge of Birch Bark Canoe Making. Guest/s:  Sage Phillips, Grand daughter, the late Reuben Phillips Penobscot Elder, James Francis Penobscot Historian. About the host: Donna M Loring is a Penobscot Indian Nation Tribal Elder, and former Council Member. She represented the Penobscot Nation in the State Legislature for over a decade. She is a former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Mills. She is the author of “In The Shadow of The Eagle A Tribal Representative In Maine”. Donna has an Annual lecture series in her name at the University of New England that addresses Social Justice and Human Rights issues. In 2017 She received an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humane Letters from the University of Maine Orono and was given the Alumni Service Award. It is the most prestigious recognition given by the University of Maine Alumni Association. It is presented Annually to a University of Maine graduate whose life’s work is marked by outstanding achievements in professional, business, civic and/or Public service areas. Donna received a second Honorary Doctorate from Thomas College in May of 2022. The post Wabanaki Windows 5/26/26: Tribute to Penobscot Elder Reuben (Butch) Phillips first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | ![]() Outside the Box 5/26/26: “Yes to Responsible Money” | 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 cooperatives and two men’s groups, refused to pay federal income taxes for war, lived on a community land trust for 23 years, and met a wonderful partner whom Larry has loved for over 40 years. Larry has produced Outside the Box features on WERU since 2007 and continues to look for unique ways of seeing almost any problem or situation. The post Outside the Box 5/26/26: “Yes to Responsible Money” first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | ![]() A Word in Edgewise 5/25/26: Memorial Day 2026, Pericles, Ransomware, & Kit the Mare . . . | 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 — though not always! Sometimes in addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives, in this age of vagary and ambiguity, when chronological time is punctuated elliptically, things can quickly turn edgy and controversial, as we search for understanding amid our dialectic. Tune in Monday mornings at 7:30 a.m. for an exciting journey through space and time with a few notable birthdays thrown in for good measure during A Word in Edgewise . . . About the host: RW Estela was raised as a first-generation American in Colorado by a German mother and a Corsican-Basque father who would become a three-war veteran for the US Army, so RW was naturally a military brat and later engaged in various Vietnam-era civil-service adventures before paying his way through college by skiing for the University of Colorado, playing Boulder coffeehouses, and teaching. He has climbed all of Colorado’s Fourteeners; found work as an FAA-certificated commercial pilot, a California-licensed building contractor, a publishing editor, a practitioner of Aikido, and a college professor of English; among his many interdisciplinary pursuits are the design and building of Terrell Residence Library (recently renamed the Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center at the University of Maine), writing Building It In Two Languages (a bilingual dictionary of construction terminology), aerial photo documentation of two dam removals (Great Works and Veazie) on the Penobscot River, and once a week since 1991 drafting an installment of A Word In Edgewise, his essay series addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives — and WERU’s oldest continuous short feature. When pandemics do not interfere, he does the Triple Crown of Maine open-water ocean swims (Peaks to Portland, Islesboro Crossing, and Nubble Light Challenge) and the Whitewater Downriver Point Series of the Maine Canoe and Kayak Racing Organization. RW is the father of two and the grandfather of three and lives with his partner Kathleen of 37 years and their two Maine Coons in Orono. The post A Word in Edgewise 5/25/26: Memorial Day 2026, Pericles, Ransomware, & Kit the Mare . . . first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | ![]() Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 5/24/26: Rare birds – Are more visiting Maine | Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser In this episode, Celeste reads an essay by Rob Speirs exploring whether the apparent increase of rare birds in Maine reflects real change or simply more observers equipped with better tools. From early phone trees to modern platforms like Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird and Merlin apps, he traces how advances in communication and technology, combined with a growing and increasingly skilled birding community, have transformed the detection and documentation of avian rarities. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) in 2003 to fill the need for an organization that specializes in collecting, interpreting, and maintaining datasets for understanding changes in Maine’s plant and wildlife populations.  Glen received his Bachelor’s in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic in 1989 with a focus in the biological sciences and received his Master of Science degree in Zoology (with a focus on ornithology and statistics) from the University of Maine in 2000. Glen was the Managing Editor for Northeastern Naturalist and Southeastern Naturalist for 18 years and has served as external graduate faculty for 3 graduate student committees at the University of Maine.  Glen currently serves on the Baxter State Park Research Committee. Logan Parker is an Ecologist residing in Waldo County, Maine. Logan started the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project in 2017 and brought the project (and his passion for bird conservation) to MNHO when he joined the team in 2018. Logan is heavily involved in the ongoing Maine Bird Atlas where he both coordinates and participates in the project’s special species surveys. When “off the clock”, Logan enjoys birding, writing, gardening, and working alongside his wife, Hallee, on their off-grid home in the Maine woods. Logan is also a wildlife photographer and shares photos and field notes through his project, Here In The Wild. The post Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 5/24/26: Rare birds – Are more visiting Maine first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives. | — | ||||||
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