Around Town 1/31/25: Local News, Culture and Events

Host/Producer: Amy Browne

A group called the Committee for Orland, Penobscot, Surry and Blue Hill, and officials in those towns, are encouraging local residents to let the towns and lake associations know where they stand on possible future plans for the Alamoosook Lake and Toddy Pond dams. There will be a series of meetings in February, and a survey is being circulated on the town office and lake association websites and social media. (Link below)

Meeting schedule:
-Orland- February 5th at Alamoosook Lakeside Inn
-Surry, February 10th at the Surry Elementary School
-Blue Hill, February 12th at the Town Hall Auditorium
-Penobscot, February 13th at Penobscot Community School
(All of the sessions are scheduled for 6-7:30pm)

The survey- bit.ly/alamtoddysurvey

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.

Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015
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