Around Town

Ann Luther from the League of Women Voters of Maine, and host of the Democracy Forum on WERU (3rd Friday of every month, 4-5pm, and archived here) weighs in on the Maine Supreme Court’s ruling this week on Ranked Choice Voting

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Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general — and one governor– in suing Trump over his attempts to take voting powers away from the states

Healthy Acadia’s Art for Health and Hope project is holding 2 Art Making Gatherings this week as they celebrate their 25th anniversary this year (and Public Health week, this week)

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Friends of Sears Island’s April activities
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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Poetry Celebration at the Statehouse this afternoon, organized by the Maine Arts Commission in honor of National Poetry Month

Witherle Library and Castine Arts Association invite you to join them on Saturday afternoons in April for A Little Afternoon Music, from 1:30-2:30 in the Witherle’s Reading room

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is looking for seasonal workers including life guards, rangers and customer service representatives to fill jobs at state parks and historic sites this summer

The Department of Marine Resources is looking for a volunteer island caretaker duo for the 2026 season, at Burnt Island Light in Boothbay Harbor. For more information or to apply, send a letter of interest to: [email protected]

The Maine Association of Broadcasters is accepting applications for $2000 scholarships for Maine students enrolled in a college communications-related field.

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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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responds to Trump’s latest attempt to federalize elections

The Maine Department of Marine Resources Bureau of Sea-Run Fish and Habitat (BSRFH) is announcing the return of Alewife Days, a spring program that connects students with Maine’s annual alewife run through hands-on field trips timed with peak alewife migration in local rivers and streams. FMI and to register Alewife Days coincides with World Fish Migration Day, with events happening globally leading up to May 23. Participating schools are encouraged, but not required, to register their trip as part of this international effort, themed “We Are River People.”

Registration is open for the American Lung Association’s 42nd annual Trek Across Maine in June. Organizers say they expect about 1000 participants this year, for the 3-day, 180-mile mile trek that will start and end at Pineland Farms in Gloucester. FMI and to register

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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Chrissy Fowler from Belfast Flying Shoes with events over the next two weekends to get YOUR shoes flying!

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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Hungry Now screening and discussion at the Colonial Theatre in Belfast tonight, a benefit for Waldo County Bounty

“Get Them Out of the Attic! Caring for Family Photos and Papers with Archivist Jules Thomson, tonight at the Wilson Museum’s Hutchins Education Center on Perkins street in Castine, or go to tje museum’s calendar for the zoom link.

League of Women Voters of Maine alert: Starting on Wednesday, April 1, the Maine Supreme Court will begin reviewing oral arguments for LD 1666, our bill to expand Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to gubernatorial and state legislative races in general elections. Oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday, April 1 at 1:30 PM and will be livestreamed at this link

Maine AFL-CIO update on strike at Bath Iron Works

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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No Kings Day #3, March 28th, 2026

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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