Hospitals Worried The people who run hospitals in Maine are pushing back against the LePage administration's budget proposal, saying that millions of dollars in proposed Mainecare reimbursement cuts combined with a proposed property tax on non-profits would result in medical services being reduced or eliminated. Jeff...
This photo, courtesy of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, shows the mobile meth lab said to have been discovered by drug agents in the parking lot of Lowe's at Cooks, Corner, Brunswick....
Dave Douglass is the vice-chair of the Topsham Board of Selectmen, and recently won election to a new term on the board. Here are Dave's preliminary reactions to a proposal on WCME from Brunswick town councilor-at-large John Richardson that the two towns explore possible consolidation. [audio...
A particularly striking edition of our weekly radio face-off on the future of Maine. First you'll hear Republican governor Paul LePage defend his budget and tax-cut plans. Then John Richardson, the former Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives on what he finds to...
Brunswick police have released this picture of the robber who held up the Bank of Maine on Wednesday afternoon. They continue to look for him. Anyone with any information is asked to call Brunswick police. ...
Details are awaited on an armed standoff on the waterfront in Bath, where police have apparently taken a man into custody after shots were fired. No reports of injuries. More information forthcoming on Radio 9 WCME. 900 AM. And right here at Radio9WCME.com....
Radio 9 WCME is doing all we can to help the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program win a five thousand dollar grant from Bangor Savings Bank. You can help too. And it won't cost you a dime--not even a penny. You see there is competition for this...
Meteorologist Eric Schwibs at the National Weather Service on Gray previews the Blizzard of 2015 and how best to cope with it....
Parking Perils A plan to set up an overnight permit parking plan on Page Street in Brunswick, near Bowdoin College, has moved a step forward. The town council has voted to hold a public hearing on the proposal on February 2, and may adopt the plan...
Two young men living Bath, believed to have been wearing Guy Fawkes masks while they vandalized the Huse School Building on Andrews Road in Bath, are now in custody. Police have charged the pair with felony counts of burglary and criminal mischief in the incident,...