Donate to WERU Today!
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Pam Proulx Curry, Executive Director of the Maine Multicultural Center, speaking at the No Kings Day rally on the Bangor waterfront, Saturday, 6/14/25.
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 6/13/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Melissa Berky from Indivisible Bangor joins us with details about the No Kings Day rally and march in Bangor tomorrow from 12-3pm, rain or shine. The rally will be at the waterfront near Railroad and Front Streets. A 1-mile march (with shorter alternate routes) will leave from, and return to the park, where the march will be followed by music.
FMI:
No Kings
List of No Kings Day events across the state (and US)
Indivisible
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 6/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Dr. Charles Rolsky, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, joins us with updates on a new research project on PFAS and lobsters, and an update on their new touch tank
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 6/11/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Public hearing for “red flag” bill, LD 1378 “An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act”
Scheduled to start at 3pm this afternoon in the Judiciary Committee room at the State House. Live stream of the hearing can be accessed here
Two new DSF preserves acquired this spring are open to the public for exploration
Talks at the Jesup Memorial Library tonight and Thursday – register and more info
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 6/10/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Berit Becker from the Ellsworth Public Library and Hannah Semler from FarmDrop are here to talk about “Hey Ellsworth, How Do We Want to Eat?” – an event focusing on “engag(ing) in participatory and collective action around the future of our food sources”, with a panel discussion (and possibly a pizza party if enough people sign up)
FMI and to register: Ellsworth Public Library
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 6/9/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
Pride Festivities & College of the Atlantic’s Summer Institute 2025
FMI:
Heart of Ellsworth
OUT Maine
Portland’s first Pride Parade 1987, Portland Public Library Digital Commons
Bangor Pride
College of the Atlantic Summer Institute 2025
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 6/5/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
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 6/4/25: Local News, Culture and Events
Host/Producer: Amy Browne
This coming Saturday will be busy day in Belfast — including the Belfast Pride celebration and a Climate Resilience Fair happening in close proximity. Brenda Harrington and Ellie Daniels of the Waldo County Climate Coalition join us with the details of that event. UPDATE 6/4/25: ORGANIZERS HAVE POSTPONED THIS EVENT DUE TO WEATHER. THEY PLAN TO HOLD THE EVENT THIS FALL
The Climate Resilience Fair is sponsored by the Belfast Free Library and Waldo County Climate Action Coalition. Saturday, June 7th, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. at Steamboat Landing (adjacent to the Belfast Boathouse)
Belfast Pride, Saturday, June 7th, is hosted by the Belfast Area High School Gender and Sexuality Alliance and Our Town Belfast. Those who are planning to march in the parade should line up at 10:30 at the high school. The parade starts at 11 and ends at Heritage Park for a party from noon-2pm
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
Shows
(18)
(30)
(2)
(822)
(18)
(12)
(687)
(600)
(7)
(221)
(17)
(36)
(32)
(69)
(117)
(140)
(4)
(47)
(7)
(211)
(23)
(35)
(111)
(3)
(650)
(599)
(212)
(30)
(26)
(115)
(53)
(46)
(9)
(71)
(198)
(27)
(11)
(34)
(69)
(74)
(408)
(17)
(825)
(7)
(940)
(348)
(20)
(105)
(72)
(251)
(425)
(4)
(43)
(174)
(326)
(276)
(27)
(94)
(24)
(305)
(93)
(14)
(12)
(140)
(8)
(20)
(12)
(7)
(77)
(8)
(8)
(85)
