Around Town 8/8/23: “Paint the Town” in Surry this Sunday to benefit Rural Hall

Host/Producer: Amy Browne

Margret Baldwin talks about the 3rd annual “Paint the Town” event, Sunday, August 13, 4:00 – 6:00, Rural Hall, 680 Surry Rd. FMI: 207-667-8328 or 207-460-1959 or www.facebook.com/SurryRuralHall

Rural Hall Association members, responsible for making this happen: Dave Hollenberg, Marie Merkel, Julie Lord, Cathy Engel, Darcell Winslow, Margret Baldwin, and graphics designer and music John Curtis.

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.