Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Downeast Community Partners has a a mission to improve the quality of life and reduce the impact of poverty in Downeast communities. They are currently holding a raffle for $1,000 in their largest fundraiser of the year for their Elder Service Programs. If you’d like to support their programming and be entered into the drawing on September 30th, more information can be found at
Downeast Community Partners or by calling (207-374-5612)
The Bangor Band – the oldest continuous community band in New England, has announced the new date to make up for the concert that was rained out on the 8th. They will perform the closing concert of the season at the Maine Savings Amphitheater on Thursday, August 17 at 6:30 p.m. The family friendly concert, featuring a mixture of concert band favorites, patriotic tunes and marches, is free. Conductor Emeritus Curvin “Chip” Farnham will split conducting duties with Dr Philip Edelman and Mr. Scott Burditt. They invite you to join them, and say “You might just make it onto the Jumbotron!” For more information:
Bangor Band
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 later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
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