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Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Indivisible Bangor‘s weekly No Kings vigil is today (and every Tuesday) from 11 am – 1pm at the Federal Building on Harlow Street, where Susan Collins’ has her Bangor office. Organizers say “Drop in any time between 11 am and 1pm. Bring signs, bring flags, bring your voices for chants and songs”
Dr Nirav Shah, former Maine CDC director- now running for Governor, will have a Town Hall at the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow Street in Bangor later today. The event will double as a food drive for local food pantries. The town Hall begins at 6:00 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) Click here for more information and to register or email [email protected]
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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Around Town 12/8/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Belfast resident Lawrence Reichard joins us to talk about his efforts to help surviving family members of a Colombian man who was killed in one of the US strikes on small boats in recent days.
Support Family of Colombian Fisher Killed in U.S. Air Strike – GoFundMe page
Lawrence Reichard’s work
on Muck Rack
on Counterpunch
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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Around Town 12/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Maine Governor Janet Mills’ statement on the passing of Penobscot tribal elder & WWII hero Charles Norman Shay this week.
Indivisible calls for a boycott of Spotify. Demands include that they stop running ICE recruitment ads.
A quick recap of the weekend events we’ve covered this week on Around Town (see archives for previous days fmi and links)
a quick recap of the weekend events we’ve mentioned this week on AT:
Tomorrow/Saturday, 12/6/2
Bangor’s annual Festival of Lights Parade, 4:30 PM in downtown Bangor
45th Annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade of Lights will kick-off at 4:00pm, followed by the tree lighting
Annual Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival , 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m, Main Street, Northeast Harbor and the Northeast Harbor Marina
All weekend
The Island Arts Association’s 50th Annual Holiday Craft Fair starts today from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and continues on Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am-4:00 pm, at the Atlantic Oceanside on Eden Street in Bar Harbor
Sunday
The 5th annual Festival of the Trees, Sunday, 12/7 from 2-5pm at Rural Hall on Rt. 172 in East Surry.
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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Around Town 12/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Maine Governor Janet Mills’ statement on the passing of Penobscot tribal elder & WWII hero Charles Norman Shay this week.
Indivisible calls for a boycott of Spotify. Demands include that they stop running ICE recruitment ads.
A quick recap of the weekend events we’ve covered this week on Around Town (see archives for previous days fmi and links)
a quick recap of the weekend events we’ve mentioned this week on AT:
Tomorrow/Saturday, 12/6/2
Bangor’s annual Festival of Lights Parade, 4:30 PM in downtown Bangor
45th Annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade of Lights will kick-off at 4:00pm, followed by the tree lighting
Annual Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival , 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m, Main Street, Northeast Harbor and the Northeast Harbor Marina
All weekend
The Island Arts Association’s 50th Annual Holiday Craft Fair starts today from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and continues on Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am-4:00 pm, at the Atlantic Oceanside on Eden Street in Bar Harbor
Sunday
The 5th annual Festival of the Trees, Sunday, 12/7 from 2-5pm at Rural Hall on Rt. 172 in East Surry.
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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Around Town 12/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Dunlap for Congress town hall will be held in the Minsky Lecture hall at the Bangor Public library tonight from 6:30 – 7:30
The Witherle Library in Castine children’s activities (stationery making and story walk) scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
For more information please contact [email protected]
The Island Arts Association (IAA) is celebrating their 50th Anniversary Season with their Annual Holiday Craft Fair, Friday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; and Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am-4:00 pm, at the Atlantic Oceanside on Eden Street in Bar Harbor
Rockland’s Emergency Warming Center will be open this Thursday 12/4 & Friday 12/5 at the Flanagan Community Center, from 7pm – 7am both nights. We offer warm supper, showers, comfortable bedding, and breakfast to guests. All are welcome. Entrance is through the double doors at the rear of the building. If you have questions or transportation needs, contact Jessica by text or phone at (207) 230-4258
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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Around Town 12/3/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Holiday events on Saturday, 12/6/25 Click on links for more details.
Bangor’s annual Festival of Lights Parade, 4:30 PM in downtown Bangor
45th Annual Downtown Ellsworth Christmas Parade of Lights & Light Display
Annual Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival , 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m, Main Street, Northeast Harbor and the Northeast Harbor Marina
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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Around Town 12/2/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Dave Hollenberg, President of the Rural Hall in Surry, is here with an invitation to their 5th annual Festival of the Trees on Sunday, 12/7 from 2-5pm at the hall on Rt. 172 in East Surry. FMI: Surry Rural Hall on facebook
Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC)’s Rad Reading Group will be meeting via zoom on Wednesdays from noon to 1pm, starting this week. December’s book is Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi. Email [email protected] for more information and the zoom link
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
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Around Town 12/1/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Healthy Acadia’s seasonal overnight warming center is now open for the season. The Warming Center is located at 24 Church St., Ellsworth, inside the INSPIRE Center. On weekdays it will be open from 6:30 p.m to 7 a.m. On weekends the warming center will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. AND again from 6:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached. For more information, call 207-412-2288 or follow INSPIRE on Facebook or Instagram.
Friends of Sears Island and Carver Memorial Library will host a free winter solstice-themed after school program for children on Thursday, December 4, from 3:30pm – 5:00pm at the Carver Memorial Library in Searsport. This program is intended for kids ages 5-12 and an accompanying adult. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Sign-up by emailing [email protected]. Registration is complete upon receiving a confirmation email.
Resources for Organizing and Social Change (ROSC)’s Rad Reading Group will be meeting via zoom on Wednesdays from noon to 1pm, starting this week. December’s book is Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi. Email [email protected] for more information and the zoom link
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
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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