Longtime Bowdoinham state representative Seth Berry, co-chair of the legislature's Energy Committee, reacts to the very unusual op-ed from Maine's Public Utilities Commission, appearing in the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, which drops as the PUC continues an investigation of Central Maine Power. Seth...
Jim Bleikamp here. Next time when I am prone to complain that my life is overly chaotic, I will think of Abdi Iftin--my guest today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, who was born 34 years ago in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia in the...
We at WCME have had a number of requests to post our recent interview with Pete Slovinsky–a coastal geologist at the Maine Geological Survey–a unit of the state department of agriculture. Pete talks here about how climate change is ALREADY impacting us, what we might...
The well-known and highly regarded Boston-based sportscaster and Bruins TV host was back in Brunswick this weekend--the place where his broadcasting career began at the age of 15 on WCME---where he was "the voice of the Brunswick Dragons." Dale was in town to sign copies of...
She was, by all accounts, a very special young woman. She was many things--a student, a dancer, an athlete--even a writer. She packed a whole lot of living into her 15-year-tour of this earth, which ended with a car crash in Edgecomb last Friday. If you...
Jim Bleikamp here. Following a two-hour closed session and a controversy-filled year in which the Brunswick school board settled a bullying lawsuit for $125,000, the board has now awarded a two percent pay raise to school superintendent Paul Perzanoski, who is already salaried at $139.922. I believe...
From WCME News 9: In Brunswick, police are crediting an unnamed passerby with pulling a driver from a burning car on Route 1 southbound. When police arrived at the scene they found a 2008 Hyundai off the road and in flames. The driver was later taken...
In Bath, police report the seizure of 17 and a half pounds of processed marijuana from the residence of Joseph Plummer and Alison Hartill at 5 Bumpy Hill Road, where they went initially on a child custody complaint. The two are said to have ultimately...
Maine Republican senator Susan Collins, in a Washington Post op-ed, says she won't be supporting Donald Trump. By Susan Collins The writer, a Republican, represents Maine in the Senate. I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a decision I make lightly, for...
Some more snow today--patchy blowing snow likely beginning to fall shortly after noon. One to two inches of accumulation this afternoon, another two to four inches tonight, and another 1-2 inches are expected tomorrow afternoon. The National Weather Service says the southern Maine coast is...