From WCME News 9: It was a week ago Friday that the week-long winter vacation break began early at Woodside Elementary School in Topsham after an early morning evacuation of the school prompted by what's described as a third-hand bomb threat. A Woodside parent told Principal...
In the course of a day of tension at Mt. Ararat High School on the heels of the school shooting in Florida, WCME's Jim Bleikamp talked at some length with Mt. Ararat principal Donna Brunette. That conversation in its entirety--a WCME News 9 Extra. ONLY on Radio...
Jim Bleikamp here. Scares me to say it, but I have been broadcasting for almost a half century. I've covered lots of news. I have heard many people say many memorable things. But I'm not sure I have ever heard a moment like Fred Gutenberg...
No reports of injuries or damage, but a number of people have been shaken by a 2.6 magnitude earthquake this evening about four miles south of Richmond. More hear from WCME's Jim Bleikamp, who talked with Stacy Frizzle, executive director of Brunswick's People Plus. Stacy...
From WCME News 9: In Brunswick, some residents of Bay Bridge mobile home park are without water and have been for several days--as water is being rationed by the owner. Town manager John Eldridge has been looking into the situation and talked with WCME's Jim Bleikamp. [audio...
John Perrault is a veteran fourth district councilor and contractor who now finds himself the unanimous choice of the council to serve as its leader in 2018. Just after his election as council chair, he shared some thoughts on the road ahead with WCME's Jim...
From WCME News 9: A neighbor tells WCME News 9 that it began with a loud boom. Fire chief Ken Brilliant says there were two injuries--neither thought to be serious--in a smoky house fire in bitter cold temperatures at the intersection of Mere Point and Maquoit Roads...
On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Jim says Hefner liberated us from an era in which the word "pregnant" could not be said on many American radio stations. [audio mp3="https://radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bleikamp-on-Hefner-1.mp3"][/audio] ...
The Forecaster's Brunswick-Harpswell reporter Callie Ferguson joined the Thursday Midcoast Morning Buzz to talk about her story on a dilemma being faced not only in Harpswell but in rural communities throughout the nation. Hear Callie here: [audio mp3="https://radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Callie-July-27-1.mp3"][/audio] Read Callie's Forecaster story here: http://www.theforecaster.net/new-volunteers-help-but-harpswell-fire-departments-are-still-in-need/...
A seismic and passion-fueled U-S Senate race may be brewing in Maine in 2018. Governor LePage is thinking again about challenging Brunswick's independent incumbent and one-time Democrat Angus King. A potential race sized up by WCME political analyst and former Maine House speaker John Richardson on...