WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger

“Let’s Back Up”

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Issue: Writing
Host: Ellie O’Leary
Engineer: Amy Browne

Key Discussion Points:
a)lost treasures in New England
b)religion with snakes

Guests:
Patricia Hughes, author of Lost Treasures,www.patriciahughes.net
Bruce Pratt, author of the novel Serpents of Blissful and the poetry collection, Boreal. www.bepratt.com

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NOTE: (Local writer whose barn burned recently, as mentioned on today’s show): Darthia Farm, http://www.giveforward.com/darthiafarmphoenixfund or Darthia Phoenix Fund, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 159, Winter Harbor ME 04693.

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Host: Adam Lacher, Director, Communications and Community Engagement for United Way of Eastern Maine .
Guest: Pat Kimball,Executive Director of Wellspring Outpatient Services in Bangor ME.
Issue: Substance Abuse, Counseling, Therapy, Bath Salts, Opiate Addiction, Mental Illness, Recovery.
About: United Way of Eastern Maine Presents is a weekly radio program featuring the the voices of Maine community organizations from Piscataquis, Penobscot, Washington, Hancock and Waldo counties. More info at: www.unitedwayem.org

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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 is happening in Cobscook Bay / Eastport to develop a tidal energy alternative?
Ocean Renewable Power Company’s approach and generally, how its technology works? What is the current status of operations?

Guests:
A) Teresa Johnson, UM School of Marine Sciences
B) Gayle Zydlewski, UM School of Marine Sciences
C) David Hart, Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, UM (recording)
D) John Ferland, Ocean Renewable Power Company
E) Will Hopkins, Cobscook Bay Resource Center

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Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh
“Radon”

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Producer/Host: Rob McCall
Studio Engineer: Denis Howard

“Woman’s Day”

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Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The world of technology just keeps on keepin’ on. Today, let’s catch up on some developments relating to TV, cars, and cell phones, at least one of which almost all of us use.

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Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Program Topic: John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Senior Reporters for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, and regular guests on the WERU News Report, join us to talk about their 2 most recent investigative reports.

Segment 1: “University System a haven for former top state staffers” (http://pinetreewatchdog.org/2012/05/03/university-system-a-haven-for-former-top-state-staffers/ )

Segment 2: “Official’s use of US and GOP funds to buy a camper was kept under wraps” (http://pinetreewatchdog.org/2012/05/09/officials-use-of-us-and-gop-funds-to-buy-a-camper-was-kept-under-wraps/ ) NOTE: The official in question is Phil Roy, who is currently the chief financial officer for Hancock County)

Guests: John Christie and Naomi Schalit, Senior Reporters for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

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