Interviews

Brunswick Democratic State Representative Dan Ankeles is declining comment on the newly reached agreement in Augusta on several key supplemental budget items, including the restoration of pension tax breaks for retirees and an increase in pay for educational technicians. Noting the fragility of this deal,…

Steve is a long-serving town councilor who recently became the land trust’s executive director. 25 acres at 262 Pleasant Hill Road are being purchased for $2 million. The property includes an historic barn and 25 acres on land once known as Dionne Farm. Steve also…

Jackie’s monthly stop at the Buzz, which this month could be hardly more varied. It began with Jackie’s solar eclipse story, which parallels the experience of many a Mainer on Monday, and then we asked Jackie about some continuing criticism of her recently announced policy…

From Rob Burgess, President, Southern Maine Astronomers, on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it on the radio you may hear it here.

Sometimes we get attention not because we are already famous or because of our position in this life, but simply for saying a few words that happen to resonate with a significant number of people at a particular moment in time. And so it goes…

It was a year ago today–March 29,2024–that Evan Gershkovich a Bowdoin College grad from the Class of 2014 was simply doing his job as a Moscow reporter for the Wall Street Journal when he suddenly found himself “detained” by Russian authorities. A year later, he…

The attorney general announces the filing of a civil rights complaint in Superior Court in Portland against 49-year-old William Deary and his 18-year-old son Hayden, both of Harpswell. The complaint alleges that in early January, the Dearys vandalized road signs and roadways in Harpswell, Brunswick,…

On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz we were joined by Suzanne Watson, executive director at Meetinghouse Arts on Main Street in Freeport and by Brian Braley, senior manager at Spindleworks, the art center in Brunswick populated by developmentally disabled artists–these two organizations are combining for…

Yes–we have declared this day to be Phantom Thursday in tribute to this evening’s debut of the Brunsnwick High School Players’ production of Phantom of the Opera–the musical with everything–beauty, obsession, a bit of terror, and music to take your breath away. On today’s WCME…

Jackie appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz and says because of an overwhelming caseload, she is temporarily no longer pursuing criminal prosecutions of people charged with driving without a license, and related charges. She also denies that this has anything at all to do…

On the heels of their runaway win on Saturday over the Cony Rams, the four captains of the newly crowned Class A State Champion Brunswick Dragons show up with their gold ball at WCME and the Midcoast Morning Buzz. From left to right, Abby St….

Tip Koehler and Chris Hall from Friends of Sequin Island–they talk here about the continuing value of lighthouses on the Maine coast, and in particular about a new capital campaign aimed at restoring and enhancing the light station at Sequin Island—2.5 miles off the mouth…

On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, we covered a number of subjects with Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano ahead of tonight’s public hearing at Brunswick Toiwn Hall on his budget proposal for the school year ahead. The superintendent called out hate speech on the part…

Marc is retired after 26 years with the CIA and began by talking about the latest move by the Russians to continue to imprison Gershokovich, a Wall Street Journal Reporter and 2014  graduate of Bowdoin College. From there, we moved on to a broader-based discussion…

Mark joined us on President’s Day–just a few days after being named to the job by the Topsham Select Board. Highlights– 1) Mark indicated that there is more commonality than we might assume between his profile jobs as a longtime Brunswick police commander and town…

It’s a unique new business, service and educational effort based in downtown Brunswick. Hand Therapy–help for ailing hands, wrists, arms and more. A discussion on the Buzz featuring hand therapist Mary Woodbury and Mark Thrall, a student completing field work with help from Mary. If…

Not only is today Valentine’s Day, but it’s also opening day for the 3rd annual Love to Build Art Auction until February 24. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be spent on local affordable housing solutions in southern Midcoast. The auction features original works…

On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, the chief defends his controversial plan to purchase the Bearcat, an armored vehicle that would serve as a replacement for another vehicle now deemed to be outmoded. Chief Stewart notes that at any given moment, in the midst of…

Potenziano, on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, elaborates on the plan, reported exclusively this past Saturday. It’s a plan calling for the smallest increase in both the school budget and the town’s mil rate in recent years–a 3.1 percent appropriations increase and an increase in…

Jean is one of two Democratic women seeking to replace current Sagadahoc County Senator Eloise Vitelli in this November’s election. Jean is a former legislative policy analyst, a former Sagadahoc County Register of Probate, a mom, and a part-time law student. If you missed here…

Jeremy Bell started his working life studying swamps, marshes and bogs–work that led him to an understanding of how change in the climate plays a role in coastal and river flooding–like the kind that brought so much recent damage to parts of the Midcoast. Jeremy,…

Honors today for two women who figure prominently into Brunswick’s growing reputation as a fine food destination. Cara Stadler, (pictured), the chef at Brunswick’s Tao Yuan restaurant and Zaoze Cafe, and Baobao Dumpling House in Portland, has been with us before on The Buzz, but…

Wednesday evening at 6–an event of major atmospheric note at Curtis Library in Brunswick. The Town of Brunswick joins with the library to present the first in a series of in-person monthly lectures to be known as “Sustainable Brunswick”–with numerous speakers from numerous organizations addressing…

America’s electoral college system is unique in the developed world, in allowing presidential candidates to win the office without also winning the popular vote, and the system has become more controversial since January 6, 2021 when Donald Trump and his supporters attempted to use the…

Jackie Sartoris, in a discussion of election law, becomes the latest public official in Maine and elsewhere to say that democracy is on the ballot this year.

Here’s today’s nearly one-hour interview on an expanded edition of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, with former Republican State Senator Tom Saviello of Wilton, who twice supported the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, but was horrified by Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021, and brought…

While Brunswick has not seen threats to public officials on the scale of those that have been lodged in recent days against Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, the chief told us on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz that there have indeed been threats against town…

Geoff Smith is the marine program director of The Nature Conservancy-Maine,  based at Fort Andross in Brunswick. A man working on various marine projects in the Gulf of Maine. And joining us today on “Outdoor Friday” on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed…

Barbara grew up in Freeport, starred on the 1976 state champion Freeport girls basketball team. She also scored a thousand points in her Freeport career, but was never recognized for that achievement in the early days of girls sports in Maine. Barbara went on to…

The chief gave us some insights as to how his people go about handling the challenging and dangerous matter of high-speed chases of those who don’t respond to police traffic stop orders. If you missed it, you may hear it here.

Denise is a former four-term state representative who seeks a return to Augusta and announced her candidacy on the Friday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed the interview, you may hear it here.

It’s a most exciting project in Topsham with regional appeal, already underway, and growing rapidly. And on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, we received an update from Bill Patterson and Becky Wilkoff of Six Rivers Youth Sports–the non-profit seeking to build and operate a multi-purpose…

On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–the father and son act from Lisbon–Gary and Greg Hauger talking about the Lisbon High School Drama Club’s upcoming production of “A Christmas Carol”–with Greg in the title role of Ebeneezer Scrooge. If you missed it you may hear it…

The superintendent gives an endorsement to the move in Bath-based RSU1 to consider later start times for high school students and also talks about two programs he has implemented in Brunswick to enhance student safety in turbulent times.

The classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald will come to life on the stage of Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School this evening. And on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, three of the prime players–all Brunswick High seniors who plan to remain on stage after…

The chief follows up on a disclosure from the Maine Attorney General’s Office that the state’s yellow flag law has been invoked 14 times since the Lewiston shootings, to take away someone’s access to guns, and in three of those cases, the name of Robert…

Jackie’s first monthly appearance on The Buzz since the Lewiston shootings. You may hear it here.

Jim Bleikamp here. It’s always a riveting experience to talk to someone who has spent moments of their life in armed combat, because that is so very far removed from my own reality.  And it’s an experience that becomes even more riveting when that person…

Chris Teel–he’s at times an outspoken conservative in a town with progressive voting trends in recent years. He is one of three candidates seeking the at-large town council seat being given up at the end of the year by longtime councilor Kathy Wilson. We talked…

Ryan is the author of “Sedition Hunters: How January 6 Broke the Justice System”–the first definitive account of the massive open-source effort to bring January 6 perpetrators to justice. In the course of this interview, Ryan discussed the case of Matt Brackley, the one-time Sagadahoc…

Brunswick’s chief was a part of the 48-hour search for Robert Card, the mass shooter in Maine, eventually found dead in Lisbon. The chief told his searching story on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

Mike is a parent just finishing his first term on the Topsham-based SAD-75 School Board, who says he’s ok on the label “progressive” being applied to him. As he seeks re-election, Mike talked about a range of school issues on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz….

She’s just been selected by the Freeport Town Council, and after two decades of town management in Maine–the last ten years in Orono–she’s headed our way. You may hear the entire interview here.

Annalyse Sarvinas is one of five candidates for four Topsham seats on the SAD-75 School Board, which will be filled in the November election. Annalyse has made parental involvement a major theme of her campaign. This morning she became the latest of numerous Midcoast candidates…

Cross-endorsements, in which one candidate endorses another in multi-candidate elections, have been a relative rarity on the Midcoast in recent years, but today, an exception to the rule. In Topsham, where five candidates are competing for a total of four seats on the SAD-75 School…

Ann is one of three candidates for two seats on the board this fall. If you missed the interview on the radio, you may hear it here.

River is a Bowdoin College graduate, a teacher in Lewiston, and a transgender resident of Topsham seeking  a seat in November on the SAD-75 School Board. Today River became the first of those candidates to appear on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed…

After the recent discovery of a Nazi swastika inside a slide at the Morse Street School playground in Freeport, Town Council Vice-Chair John Egan and thought about it and decided that a quick response was in order. Thus, this afternoon’s forum and rally against hate…

Seth Berry, who launched the movement for the establishment of a consumer-owned utility in Maine sounds off one day after Governor Mills urged all Mainers to oppose the November referendum, which would allow the plan to go forward. You can hear the full interview here.

Jessica Damon and Stephanie Luce are concerned mothers in the Topsham-based SAD-75 School District who aroused much community concern with their remarks to the School Board. If you missed them on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you may hear the interview here.

Jim Bleikamp here.  A couple of years ago I began to hear from a gentleman in Brighton UK–he and his family listen to the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz on a regular basis. This week David and his family have been visiting in Maine and we…

The chief covered a number of topics in his monthly visit to The Buzz, and notably said that he endorses Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris’ call for a state law mandating safekeeping of firearms in homes, but questions whether such a bill could pass…

Jim Bleikamp here. The major and the mundane. My chat with Jackie began with her breaking story relating to a raccoon invasion of her Brunswick household–and later a plea for a law in Maine requiring the safe storage of firearms. If you missed it you…

Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz reflecting on the designation of Brunswick High School as the seventh-best high school in Maine, in the new rankings of the nation’s high schools from U-S News and World Report Magazine. You can hear…

Marc, who is a 26-year veteran of the CIA talks a little about his beloved Boston Red Sox who he has been watching battle the Nationals in D.C.. and talks quite a bit about the incarceration of Evan Gershkovich, the 2014 Bowdoin College graduate and…

Dan makes news by telling us that he is leaving the council a year before the expirationof his current term, and will devote himself entirely to his position as a Brunswick state representative in Augusta. He also further comments on the assessment and tax controversy…

From WCME News: The Brunswick Town Council is calling a special meeting next Thursday evening at 6:30 to take action in response to a highly critical public reaction to its recent property valuation “adjustment”, which resulted in a large number of residential assessment increases and…

Contrary to some expectations, the arrival of 60 more asylum-seeking families in Brunswick this summer and fall may not have substantial impact on the school system. On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, School Superintendent Phil Potenziano also indicated that he’s still wating for some of…

She had always lived here–in Brunswick–since the day of her birth. But she had never been politically active. So in some ways, it seemed that Kathy came out of nowhere in 2014 when she won an at-large seat on the Brunswick town council by an…

Jim Bleikamp here. Truly a pleasure to chat about the often fun but sometimes harrowing experience of bartending with a veteran of this craft, Amber Ambrose, who has been behind the bar at several Midcoast establishments in recent years, and currently serves up the suds…

It was both fun and quite educational on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, as we heard from Jeremy Cluchy, public affairs director of the Nature Conservancy in Brunswick, on the Maine Department of Transportation’s proposal for the 26-mile Merrymeeting Trail, connecting Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and…

Ryan Holmes is a medical marijuana distributor, a former physical education teacher at Mt. Ararat High School and a former athletic director at Leavitt High School, who announced his candidacy on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. A post-Buzz interview with Ryan is here.  

Jackie, who is also a former Brunswick town councilor, talks about the recent difficulties in dealing with neo-Nazi demonstrations in Portland.

The superintendent on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz almost a month after the meeting in which the School Board hired a new athletic director and decided not to select a particularly popular local candidate–Brunswick High School math teacher and veteran lacrosse coach Don Glover. You…

Jim Bleikamp here. This is one subject that does not come easily to me but I believe I understand a little more and a little better after talking with Harpswell-based software developer and software engineer John Kushiner on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you…

You may know Matt Nixon as a Topsham selectman, as a family man, as a dad. But he’s also a man of imagination. An aquaculture pioneer. The designer of the first 3-D-printed, closed-loop oyster-farming tank made from sustainable materials. On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz,…

This past Wednesday, the Brunswick School Board hired Mt. Ararat Middle School Assistant Principal Kaili Phillips, a former Division 1 volleyball player at the University of Maine and veteran coach, to serve as athletic director. This move was made in front of a crowd of…

With the fate of this year’s Brunswick school budget proposal still up in the air, Superintendent Phil Potenziano on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, and saying that any further cutting of the school budget, as is being suggested by four councilors, would result in cuts…

Sarah is best know for co-starring in the hit TV show “24”, while her other half Xander is well-known for his work in action films. In the last several years they have taken up residence in Falmouth, and came to Brunswick to help the Gelato…

On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Jim Bleikamp talked with NBC National Security Analyst Marc Polymeropoulos, a retired 26-year veteran of the CIA, about the imprisonment of Gershkovich–the Wall Street Journal Moscow reporter and a Bowdoin College graduate. Marc began by declaring that spying allegations…

Kim Pacelli is an attorney and partner in the risk management consulting firm TNG, who also holds a masters degree in education. She’s also the newest member of the perpetually electric SAD-75 School Board, based in Topsham, which has seen six superintendents in the last…

Jennifer Hicks, who serves as communications director for an environmentally-oriented non-profit, is the only candidate so far in the running for a vacant town council seat in Brunswick’s 5th district. She’s running as a designated write-in candidate and she was a guest on today’s WCME…

Monday February 13–marks the release date of the 21st century version of a song written decades ago by a life-long resident of Bath. On the Monday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–we heard and told the latest chapter in the evolution of the song “Wait Til Tomorrow”–written…

The man who coached boys basketball for 25 years at Brunswick High School and won a state title in 2002 is now in the Hall of Fame. Todd joined the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz to talk about it.

Brunswick Police Chief Scott Stewart, on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, says newly proposed increased fine levels for driving while talking on cellphones in Maine, may be excessive. A legislative proposal calls for hiking the fine for a first offense from $85 to $500, while…

After last week’s school board discussion in Topsham about racial tension among some students in the SAD-75 district, Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano was asked on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz about the racial climate in the Brunswick schools. The superintendent also talked about the…

On the morning after a discussion at a meeting of the SAD-75 School Board, where a consensus emerged that racism is a problem in need of attention at Mt. Ararat High School and at other schools in the system, Superintendent Steve Connlly discussed the situation…

Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah, who came to Maine four years ago, tells us on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz that even though he is leaving for a high-level position at Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and Washington, he will…

In just three weeks, Dan holds on to one four-year-old life as a town councilor and begins a new one as a state representative. On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz he talked about the challenges and opportunities in doing that, and also touched on the…

On this Veteran’s Day, another chance to hear Billy’s musical epiphany on the Vietnam War and the 58,000 Americans who took their last breath there. As well as countless Vietnamese.  

With no declared candidates in the race for the downtown council seat being given up by Kate Foye, Nat Shed, a retired consultant to non-profit agencies, is aggressively seeking the seat as a write-in candidate. He talked with Jim Bleikamp on the Monday WCME Midcoast…

WCME News: On this day of September 10, 2022, some recollections in technicolor of the attack on America 21 years ago this weekend. At a remembrance on the town mall in Brunswick, former Bath Fire Chief Mike Clark, a native of New York City, called…

On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Dike Newell Principal Jennifer McKay talks about the very busy summer just now ending, in which she and others in the RSU 1 School District, have managed to fashion a new and temporary Dike Newell School after the arson…

On today’s WCME Creature Feature, brought to you by Darling’s Brunswick Ford on Bath Road, Midcoast Humane’s Kate Griffith talked about the ways in which Midcoast Humane has committed to helping Bandit-O, Dieg-O, and Jackie-O, dogs who were brought to the Sumter Humane Society in…

The Brunswick Police Department is stepping up its drive to fill vacancies, and is looking for patrol officers and for a communications officer. We had one of each on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–to hear more about what they do. Communications Officer Rebecca Blier Carter…

The new superintendent talked with us on the morning after he was authorized by the School Board to decide on a plan for dealing with school security issues on election days. And more. If you missed it on the radio, you may still hear it…

Oasis is well known on the Midcoast for providing medical and dental care for people without insurance. But the agency has struggled to keep up with demand. Now it looks like it’s headed for an $833,000 federal grant. Oasis Executive Director Anita Ruff talked with…

Sally Cluchey is a veteran community activist in Bowdoinham who serves as Chair of the Board of the Bowdoinham Food Pantry, and will be the Democratic candidate for the Maine House seat in District 52 covering Bowdoinham, Richmond and part of Bowdoin. She seeks to…

Debra Rumery is the new president of the American Legion Auxiliary in Maine and has embarked on a project to lessen this number. If you missed her on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you may still hear her at this link. Also here is some…

It’s something Brunswick Police Chief Scott Stewart, a recent graduate of the FBI Academy, certainly gives thought to. The Chief talked about preventing the once unthinkable–which is becoming ever more thinkable and real across this nation, on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed…

The woman who will likely serve as Cumberland County’s next district attorney starting in January comments on issues that may confront her in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s move to decimate the Roe vs. Wade decision. From the Monday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

The Brunswick Police Chief on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz looking back on the last ten weeks of his life at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia–of which he is now a graduate. If you missed it on the radio, you can hear it…

On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Jim Bleikamp hosted an exclusive interview with Jackie–the Brunswick attorney who has now won the Democratic nomination for Cumberland County district attorney, and will almost surely be taking over that job in January. If you missed it on the…

On this week’s edition of WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, a focus on nursing during National Nurse’s Week, with Stephany Jacques, who oversees nursing at Rumford Hospital–a division of Central Maine Healthcare. If you missed it on the radio, you may still catch it here.

On this week’s WCME Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up we talked with Dr. Hector Tarraza, the oncology chief at Central Maine Medical Center, about CMMC’s soon-to-open new Cancer Center, and the various reasons he can’t wait for that opening. If you missed it, you may still…

Steve is a 40-year educational veteran in Maine just named to the top job in the Topsham-based school district this past Thursday evening. His first interview was today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, it’s right here.

On this weekend’s edition of WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, urologist Dr. Christopher Foote talked about the  ways in which the forthcoming Cancer Center will improve his practice. If you missed it on the radio, you may still hear it here.    

Jim Bleikamp here.   I found it a most interesting experience to talk with Brunswick Police Patrol Commander Paul Hansen on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.   Many don’t realize that nearly two years ago, some quick thinking by Paul kept a tense moment (former…

It’s a process that can take various forms and gives help to countless people every year–but many people don’t know much about it. Occupational therapy is explained on this week’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on 99-5 WCME by Emily Perro, an occupational therapist at Bridgton…

On this week’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, Elaine Drew, a veteran certified diabetes educator with much that you need to know about a disease that impacts on the lives of so many.

It will likely be more than a year before construction begins on expanded recreational facilities near the Recreation Center at Brunswick Landing–including a skatepark–in the first phase of this plan. But many are already talking about it. Including two at Brunswick Town Hall deeply involved…

If you’ve ever felt that a job in health care, may be the thing for you, you want to catch this weekend’s WCME Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. Dr. Monika Bissell runs Maine College of Health Professions, which is expanding. She may have some ideas for…

After a wait lasting for several months, Brunswick High School has a new varsity football head coach. Brandon Dorsett seems to have been born to be involved with football–he comes to Brunswick from Westbrook High School and IMG Academy, a nationally recognized high school football…

Greta Warren, whose day job is serving as operations manager of Maine Conservation Voters, has been unanimously picked by the Harpswell Board of Selectmen to be the next SAD-75 School Board member. She talked a short time later with WCME’s Jim Bleikamp.

Jim Bleikamp here. Like so many here on the Midcoast, I have followed the admirable adventures of the Brunswick boys hockey team–especially in their high-performance post season–leading to a state championship. But I didn’t really know what to expect when they came in on the…

In this month of March–National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month–we hear from a specialist in that field on this week’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on 99-5 WCME. Dr. Kanishka Bhattacharya is on the staff of Central Maine Medical Center. If you missed it on the radio…

That was the subject on this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on 99-5 WCME with Dr. Trustin Ennacheril of Central Maine Medical Center’s Sleep Lab. If you missed it, you won’t find it at all tiring to catch it here.

Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano tells the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz that  because of more encouraging COVID-19 numbers, he plans to end the school mask mandate on March 14. If you missed it on the radio you may hear it here.

A two-man school board race is soon to be decided in Harpswell–a race with reverberations beyond that town and throughout Topsham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham–the four towns that comprise the SAD-75 School District.   After earlier hearing from former board chair Tyler Washburn, who desires to return…

Clinical dietician Ellen Grant explains on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. If you missed it on the radio you may hear it here.

On Saturday, February 19, 36-year-old Joshua Bailey, a resident of Linnhaven Mobile Home Park in Brunswick, is accused of holing up in his trailer for five hours with knives, as well as kerosene and paint thinner, which when mixed, were potentially explosive. Ultimately the situation…

Dr. Karpman, from the staff of Central Maine Medical Center, was our guest on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up at the start of Valentine’s week, talking about what else–heart health.   If you missed it–you may hear it here.

It’s February–Heart Awareness Month–and this weekend we listened again on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up to a conversation one year ago this month on matters of the heart with a man you may know–Dr. David Salko, who is found at Topsham Family Care. If you…

If you missed it on WCME you may hear it here.

Jim Bleikamp talks with Central Maine Healthcare’s Peter Wright, who oversees Bridgton and Rumsford Hospitals, which have received national recognition for strong performance. If you missed it on the radio you can hear it here.

The final words to the SAD-75 School Board of a departing member. Alison Hawkes of Harpswell, a vocal opponent of mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions, says she’s resigning and contemplating a move to Florida, where her young son can go to school without a…

Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz outlining his plan to dismiss students one hour early each Wednesday in order to give teachers and staff more professional development time.

WCME’s Mike Violette looks back on the baseball milestones of the force of nature known as David Ortiz, which have brought Big Papi to the Hall of Fame.   If you’re a Papi fan who missed this on the radio, we’re pretty sure you want…

It takes effect city-wide today–January 24–and Jim Bleikamp talked live with Marc Meyers inside WCME’s 8:00 news update on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.  

Lindsay Austin is a team leader at CMMC’s Maternity Department and fills us in on a strong review from the magazine U-S News and World Report.

If you missed it on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, here, in its entirety is the speech given in the Senate by Angus King opposing the continuation of the filibuster, which King notes is inhibiting even so much as a discussion of the voting rights…

If you missed Lindsay Gannon of Healthy Androscoggin talking about her program aimed at keeping kids physically active in the pandemic and beyond, you may hear it here.   Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up–Saturday mornings at 9:05 and an encore Sunday mornings at 8:45 on 99-5…

Peter has settled in Bath and over the past year has finally opened up about a long and major early life experience in the group known as the American Sikhs. If you missed him on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you may still hear him…

With a COVID-19 surge increasingly fueled by the omicron variant, Kathy appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

COVID-19 cases in a parallel to statewide trends, is running at a higher level in the Brunswick schools.   School Superintendent Phil Potenziano gave us an update on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.   If you missed it, you may hear it here.

Central Maine Healthcare Close–the weekend program designed to help you stay healthy–or get there if you are not there.   ONLY on 99-5 WCME.   If you missed it today, you missed Part 2 of our chat with Emily Dooling-Hamilton, tobacco prevention specialist at Healthy…

The sheriff on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz talking about the search for a 15-year-old Mt. Ararat high school student who goes missing and is found–only to leave home again.

He’s been there for 12 eventful chairs and the council’s chair for the last four years.  Monday night was his final meeting, after deciding earlier this year not to seek re-election. Today he spent nearly an hour on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–looking back and…

We went to the scene of a candlelight vigil in Downtown Brunswick held to remember the 26 victims of Sandy Hook—most of them very young children. And we talked with Maine gun safety activist Lynn Ellis, who says in spite of Maine’s reputation as a…

The drive continues to get more people vaccinated in Androscoggin County at the Auburn Mall. Walk-in vax for anyone and everyone in Maine! An update here from Amy Lee, who is overseeing the project. On WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up.

The Chief makes his monthly appearance on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz and reviews gun regulations in Maine after all the attention given to the school shooting in Michigan, in which four young people died. If you missed it on the radio, you may hear…

This is National Influenza Vaccination Week and we are also still in the midst of the pandemic.   Elise Waber-Hays, an infection preventionist at Central Maine Medical Center, talked about both on this weekend’s edition of WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up.   If you missed…

Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano on the Buzz in the aftermath of a swirl of controversy and community discussion stemming from allegations of bullying and hazing at a Brunswick High School football retreat in August. The superintendent tells us that there will be more on…

Former Topsham Selectman Bill Thompson on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz joins the ever-growing community chorus in favor of forward motion on a new bridge  over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. If you missed it, you may hear it here.  

Expert analysis from Joanne Kenney Lynch, System Director of Infection Prevention at Central Maine Healthcare. On WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up.

On today’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, cardiologist Dr. Adam Karpman on the perils of neglecting your medical care during the pandemic. And more. If you missed it on WCME you can still hear it here.

Jim Bleikamp here.   If you missed it on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you can still hear myself and Nick Blanchard causing each other’s blood pressures to rise.   Nick is the founder of “Maine Patriots With Attitude” in Central Maine, and has a…

Dan, who was just re-elected to a second term as a Brunswick At-Large Councilor, now wishes to go to Augusta as a state representative. Dan’s first interview in the newly announced campaign was on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, it’s right…

The second half of our interview with Dr. Brown, a radiation oncologist at Central Maine Medical Center, talking about one of the deadliest cancers of all.

The Chief appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz to follow up on his Friday report. which found 1) No evidence of sexual assault, a crime based on anatomy and involving assault below the belt. 2) Potential victims of assault were identified. Assault involves “offensive…

Central Maine Medical Center’s Dr. Brown has been helping Mainers battle this demon for years. And now, an update on how the fight is progressing.

Roo Dunn won a two-man battle for the council seat in Ward 4 this past Tuesday. If you missed him on the radio you may hear him here.

Ann is Ann Curtis is a nurse and the director of Central Maine Healthcare’s Maine College of Health Professions. She joined me to talk about the often avoided subject of domestic violence on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. If you missed it on the radio…

If you missed it on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you may still hear Lois here–in four consecutive segments.  

Katelyn talked about stuttering on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. You may hear it here.

Denise Carina Shannon, violinist with Midcoast Symphony Orchestra on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz previewing today’s “Welcome Back” concert at 2:30 at Orion Performing Arts Center–inside Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham.

Kyle talked about the value and healing power of various forms of physical therapy on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. If you missed it on the radio, you can still hear it here.

Dr. Thibodeau is an OB/GYN and a breast surgical oncologist who appeared on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up during October–Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you missed it on the radio, you may still hear it here.

Shawn is a 2018 graduate of Brunswick High School who was in special education programs throughout his days in the Brunswick schools, and says he was repeatedly bullied. His story has special meaning in the context  of the current continuing investigation of bullying allegations among…

The superintendent appears the morning after he announced the departure of Head Football Coach Dan Cooper and also released a heavily redacted report from the School Board’s attorney who has been investigating allegations of bullying and hazing during a recent football team retreat.

Dr. Thibodeau, based at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, was our guest on this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. If you missed it on the radio, you may hear it here.

Dr. Chris Bowe is Chief Medical Officer at Mid Coast Hospital and updated us on the status of COVID-19 on the Midcoast. If you missed it on the radio, you may catch it here.

On the latest edition of Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up the conclusion of a two-part series on Recovery. Specifically, recovery from substance abuse. The guest is Corrie Brown, Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin–a division of Central Maine Healthcare. If you missed it on the…

Bath Fire Chief Lawrence Renaud, who has served on the department for 34 years, has embarked on a hiring drive. More about it here.

On the latest edition of Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up the start of a two-part series on Recovery. Specifically, recovery from substance abuse. In this month of September–National Recovery Month. The guest is Corrie Brown, Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin–a division of Central Maine…

If you missed this weekend’s WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, you missed Dr. Dan Rausch talking about his work treating blood disorders and various cancers at Central Maine Medical Center. But you can still hear it here.

He’s been on the Freeport force for 24 years–the last 15 in supervisory positions. Nate Goodman has now been appointed Chief of Police by Town Manager Peter Joseph. Within minutes of his confirmation by the Town Council, he spoke with WCME News. Hear it here.

If you missed this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on childhood obesity, you can still hear it at the link below.   Questions and answers from Dr. Gretchen Pianka, pediatrician at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.   Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up twice each weekend…

A topic very much of the moment–vaccine hesitancy.   On this weekend’s edition of WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up.   Questions and answers from Dr. Rebecca Brakeley, a pediatrician at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.   If you missed it on the radio, you…

On this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-up, we are up close with hunger in Maine and one who is working to lessen the problem. Cecelia Natale is health promotion coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin–a division of Central Maine Healthcare. If you missed it on the radio…

Dr. Renee Thibodeau was our guest on this week’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up. If you missed it, you can hear it here.

In this segment of WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, you will hear Emily talk about the challenges involved in quitting smoking.

If you missed Emily on Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up over the weekend you can still catch here here.

Senator Angus King, in an appearance today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said that President Trump, who has been vaccinated for COVID-19, could save many American lives by publicly getting behind the vaccination effort. You can hear Senator King, who also talked about the infrastructure bill…

Larissa Darcy is the spokeswoman for the newly formed organization “Bridge To The Future”, which supports the Maine Department of Transportation to replace, and not  renovate the bridge.  If you missed Larissa on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you may hear that interview here.

This weekend on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, two big D’s–Diet and Diabetes. A conversation with Allison Bruno, a dietician at Central Maine Medical Center. If you missed it on the radio you may still hear it here.

On this weekend’s WCME Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, Part 2 of our chat with Dr. Christopher Foote from Central Maine Urology Center–we touched on hot-button issues like erectile dysfunction, medical marijuana as a treatment for some urological issues, and prostate cancer.   If you missed…

Bowdoinham State Representative Seth Berry is the architect of the plan. If you missed this interview, just hours after the veto on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, you can hear it here.

Jim Bleikamp here.   In my coverage of the often exciting and rambunctious SAD-75 School Board, I often found the board’s youngest member (at least in recent times) and also its former chair, Tyler Washburn, to be an intriguing figure–thought he might make an interesting…

If you missed it on the radio this weekend, you can still hear it at the link below.   Questions–the kind that you might ask–and answers from Dr. Christopher Foote, a urology specialist at Central Maine Medical Center.   It’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on…

If you missed Dr. Salko on 99-5 WCME you can still hear him here.

If you missed this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up, you missed out on some summer health and safety tips as we emerge from a long pandemic. From Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Flynn from Central Maine Medical Center. But you can still hear it at this link….

Dr. Winoah Henry talked about liver health and liver concerns on this weekend’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up on 99-5 WCME. If you missed it, you may still hear it here.

Part 2 of our two-part interview with Dr. Curtis on WCME’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up.  Dr. Curtis discussed the current state of COVID-19 in Maine and talked about what may lie ahead. With a particular emphasis on the impact of the virus on kids.

Dr. Margaret Curtis, from the staff of Central Maine Pediatric, on where we are now in the pandemic, and the short-term and long-term outlook.

Speech difficulty–and speech therapy and speech pathology on this week’s Central Maine Healthcare Close-up on 99-5 WCME. Jim Bleikamp talks with Sara Lewis–a speech pathologist at Bridgton Hospital–an affiliate of Central Maine Healthcare. If you missed it on the radio, you may still catch it…

Jim Bleikamp here. We are periodically reminded by wise people that later on in this life and after this life ends, we may not be remembered so much for what we did, as much as how we made those around us FEEL. If that’s the…

Dante is the grants writer at Midcoast Humane–the Brunswick-based animal shelter. His job is to find grant money to benefit the organization. He also co-hosts the weekly “WCME Creature Feature” Fridays at 8:35 –a part of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. Where on Friday April…

The superintendent updates the plan for  further reopening all schools on April 26 to in-classroom instruction.

Brunswick Police Chief Scott Stewart on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz talking about the impact of the trial of a former cop in Minneapolis for the death of George Floyd.   In particular, the impact on attitudes about police and the impact on local police…

We talked with the superintendent on the morning after a meeting of the Brunswick School Board, which approved a plan to resume in-classroom instruction at a minimum of four days per week in all schools beginning April 26.

The Chief talking about one of the most difficult and challenging aspects  of police work. You may hear it here.

If you missed Lois on 99-5 WCME you can still catch the interview here.

The chief addressed recent and continuing concern about speeding on Jordan Avenue. You can hear it here.

Midcoast Hospital CEO Lois Skillings briefed the Topsham Select Board on December 3. You may hear her entire presentation here.

With the spike raging and the holidays approaching, we get an in-depth update on COVID-19 and its realities on the Midcoast from Dr. Bove, who serves as Midcoast Hospital’s chief medical officer. If you missed it on WCME you may still hear it here.

On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Ryan Holmes, proprietor of the Topsham-based medical marijuana provider Sundog Caregiving, recognized expert on marijuana economy issues and former member of the Topsham Marijuana Committee, with his view of the launch of recreational marijuana sales in Maine. If you…

Here’s what Brunswick school superintendent Phil Potenziano had to say about it. ONLY on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

We are proud to be sending a very SWEET message these days on 99-5 WCME. On behalf of Bath Sweet Shoppe on Centre Street in Bath–and its new owners. Jennifer DeChant and Isaac Ensel. It’s right here.

Dr. Bowe appeared on an extended edition of WCME’s Midcoast Morning Buzz to talk about getting ready for flu season and about COVID-19. If you missed it, it’s all here.

Dr. Shah–director of Maine Center For Disease Control, the man who has guided us through the pandemic, on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. We talked about the virus, the life and times of Dr. Shah, and even learned the name of his favorite piece of…

Phil Potenziano on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz just days before the start of a hybrid education plan on Monday September 14. If you missed it you may hear it here.

Dr. Hagler was our guest on a special extended edition of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed any part of it, you can hear it right here.

At Wednesday evening’s school board meeting, Brunswick School Department curriculum director Shanna Crofton outlined the so-called “hybrid” plan for education this fall, in the midst of the continuing pandemic. A mix of in-school instruction and online “distance” learning. The initial presentation from Shanna Crofton can…

Jim is a veteran shark researcher, now at Arizona State University, and formerly of the University of New England. Here he is on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz in the aftermath of Monday’s fatal shark attack in the waters of Harpswell.

Jim Bleikamp here. My apologies for taking longer than I would have liked to post the appearance on the Wednesday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz-of Poppy Arford, the newly-designated winner of last week’s three-woman race for the Democratic nomination for a Maine House seat in Brunswick….

Jim Bleikamp here. I guess you could say that I invited the former Freeport town council chair Melanie Sachs to take a victory lap in the last stanza of today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. After Melanie won the Democratic nomination for the Maine House seat…

Melanie Sachs, who is a former two-term Freeport town council chair, is one of two Democratic candidates for the Maine House seat in District 48 covering Freeport and a part of Pownal. Melanie joined us this past Saturday on the WCME Election Guide. Also invited…

Four-term Brunswick state representative Mattie Daughtry and former longtime senator Stan Gerzofsky are competing for the Democratic nomination for the Maine Senate seat in the 29th district, which includes Brunswick, Harpswell, Freeport, Pownal and North Yarmouth. The primary election is Tuesday. They squared off on…

The three women in a quite friendly race to replace four-term state representative Mattie Daughtry in Brunswick, were interviewed one-on-one on WCME. If you missed it you may hear it here.

The new chief in his first major interview since assuming his new duties in Brunswick–at a transitional moment for American police officers. If you missed any part of it, hear it here.

Luka Baskett, a U-Maine-Farmington student who spent four years at Brunswick High School, and who graduated in 2018, has written a letter calling for an investigation of sexual violence at Brunswick High School. And the new superintendent is listening. Luka talked about her concerns on…

Mark is a month away from retirement after missing out on the chief’s job–which went to former Cumberland County Sheriff’s patrol commander Scott Stewart. And he has a lot to say about the state of policing in general and in Brunswick in particular. If you…

On the Monday June 8 WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, two men who come from very different places in this life, but who have come to know and respect one another over the past week. A relationship formed in the aftermath of the confrontational Black Lives…

Isabella Banks, often known as Izzy, is the president of the class of 2020 at Brunswick High School–the one that because of a global pandemic, will have only a limited graduation in June. Izzy has been class president throughout her four years at Brunswick High….

There are three clips here. 1) Initial questioning of Wentworth by Perreault. 2) Questioning of Wentworth by Watson 3) Subsequent questioning of Wentworth by Perreault  

Jim Bleikamp here. If you haven’t missed my interview with Curt Dale Clark, artistic director of Maine State Music Theater, talking about the end of a season that never began, you may hear it here. Curt begins with a notation that it was not a…

Berry talks about his letter to BIW CEO Dirk Lesko, seeking a temporary shutdown at the shipyard in Bath, and also lodges some new complaints against Central Maine Power, which he seeks to replace with a consumer-owned utility.

42 more cases of Covid-19 just since Sunday in Maine, putting the new statewide total at 275 cases, and after earlier reporting a virus outbreak at Ocean View, the retirement and assisted living community in Falmouth, there is word of yet another outbreak in what…

On Tuesday, March 24, we spent an hour with Dr. Carl Demars of Mid Coast Palliative Care at Midcoast Hospital on the subject we never stop thinking about–coronavirus. We tried to ask him every question that we could imagine that YOU might ask. If you…

Perry was a guest today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.  You can hear it here.

On the WCME Creature Feature–a part of the Friday Midcoast Morning Buzz–Kate, who is Midcoast Humane’s community programs manager, provided reassurance that you can’t get COVID-19 from your pet. Hear it here.

Dr. Loeffler is a pediatrician at Midcoast Hospital who addressed the Brunswick school board on this issue Wednesday evening and on Thursday appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, you may hear it here.

And Rota Knott made some news on The Buzz by saying that the homeless services agency is “hitting” pause in its previously announced plans to expand and build a large resource center. This announcement follows a long and emotional debate on homeless shelter zoning regulations…

It’s a major project on which construction will begin in the fall, with a dedication planned for Veterans Day. Hear the update here:  

The Sunrise movement is a growing national coalition of young people battling climate change and also promoting the creation of “green jobs.” In Brunswick, the Bowdoin College chapter of Sunrise was recently successful in convincing the Brunswick Town Council to go on record with a…

On the Monday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Keith Carlon, who along with his brother Kevin owns and runs Elevated Remedies, a medical marijuana dispensary in Brunswick’s industrial park, reflects on a recent burglary at his store, and how that got him thinking more deeply about…

The Bath City Council has voted unanimously to allocate $26,000 to the effort, which will involve help from the U-S Department of agriculture. Foxes and other possibly rabid animals will be trapped. Peter Owen talked about the pending effort with WCME’s Jim Bleikamp.

The senator held a 90–minute listening session at Bowdoin College on Sunday and held a brief news conference afterwards. Posted here is the audio of the news conference, which begins with Angus King making the case that the Senate in its deliberations this week should…

Fred is a former attorney, business owner, and longtime resident of downtown Brunswick making another bid for the Maine House in the 49th district, which encompasses about half of Brunswick. But Fred, unlike Mattie Daughtry, the current holder of the seat, is adamantly refusing suggestions…

Brian Beal is a marine ecologist at the University of Maine at Machias who has just completed a study conducted at three marine locations in Maine–one of which is Harpswell. A study into the effect of “brushing” on clam recruitment and survival–putting fir boughs and…

A surprise announcement from Kathy Wilson, who is in her second term on the Brunswick council. But she says she has wanted to do it for years. We spoke at length with Kathy on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

Eloise Vitelli appeared on Friday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, you can hear it here.

The veteran former state senator from Brunswick left Augusta in 2016–not because he wanted to–but rather because he was required to leave by the state’s term-limits law. Three years later he wants his old seat again. Stan’s largest problem is that the popular four-term veteran…

Holly Kopp is also a former chair of the SAD 75 board of directors, and holds a masters in school psychology. She’s challenging incumbent Democratic senator Eloise Vitelli in the 23rd senate district, which includes all of Sagadahoc County and Dresden in Lincoln County. If…

Martha Stein is uniquely positioned to talk about the asylum seekers. From their point of intake in Portland–where she serves as executive director of Hope Acts–an organization supporting asylees. And she also lives on the Midcoast–in Brunswick–where she formerly served as development director at Tedford…

On an extended edition of today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Andy Sokoloff, bereavement coordinator at CHANS Home Health and Hospice in Brunswick, talked about grief at the holidays and how to deal with it–and related issues. If you missed it, you may still catch it…

There are three seats being filled in Tuesday’s Brunswick municipal election but only one race has more than one candidate–the one for the downtown council seat now held by the retiring Jane Millett. The candidates are Toby McGrath, a veteran political strategist and former deputy…

A third candidate, incumbent selectwoman Marie Brillant, was not a part of the discussion because of a prior commitment. If you missed it, you can hear it here.

Suzanne is a Brunswick-based attorney and president of Brunswick Area Citizens for a Safe Environment, who says the Navy’s plan for dealing with remaining contamination in stormwater at Brunswick Landing is lacking. She explained on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, you…

Dan appeared on Tuesday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. You can hear it here.  

Berry is the state’s leading critic of CMP–he’s pushing legislation to require the sale of its assets to the state which would then form a consumer-owned utility. His case may be bolstered by an incident in his own district, in which a 71-year-old woman living…

On the Buzz Kathy Izard told a part of the story that has already gripped millions–on NBC’s Today show and all over the country.   In her best-selling book “The Hundred Story Home.”   And tonight at 7:30 she will tell it again at First…

Kevin (r) and Keith Carlon (l)–two brothers born and raised in Brunswick–have become the first proprietors to be licensed to operate a medical marijuana storefront in Brunswick under the terms of the town’s new ordinance–enacted last year. The Carlons have been operating for two months–on…

Louise and Lucie are activists in the Bowdoin College student organization “Bowdoin Climate Change.”  They appeared on the Monday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz in the aftermath of Friday’s world-wide “climate strike” to show concern about the warming of the earth. They say the Bowdoin College…

Melissa and Cate are focused on disease prevention and on wellness at Midcoast Center for Community Health and Wellness–at Midcoast Hospital’s  Parkview Campus on Main Street in Brunswick. They joined Jim Bleikamp on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

Jim Bleikamp here. It was both fun and poignant hearing from Georgetown’s Maureen Stanton on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–talking about her newly published gaze on the hard highway she rode in the 70s. Not far away–in Walpole, Massachusetts. Just a bit south of Boston….

Today is the drop date for the fifth novel from Bowdoin College creative writing professor Brock Clarke. “Who are You, Calvin Bledsoe?” The story focuses on a small-town Mainer living in the house in which he grew up, who first sees his father and then…

The latest talk about broad-based solar power is in Topsham, where the select board has authorized a solar-advocating citizens group known as Topsham Solar Advocates to consult with both town staff and solar developers with the aim of presenting a solar power purchase plan to…

Seth is a Democratic state representative from Bowdoinham who co-chairs the legislature’s energy committee. He’s also the legislature’s most vocal critic of Central Maine Power, and is pushing a bill that would require the sale of its assets for the formation of a consumer-owned utility–as…

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….

Our way of reminding you that help and donations are appreciated in the drive to help the refugees arriving in Brunswick from Portland.   Utilizing the tuneful reflections of the pop icon Neil Sedaka.   You can touch base with Brunswick town hall at 725-6659….

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…

David Watson is Brunswick’s longest-serving town councilor, the only one who wears what we might call a definitive “conservative” label and for that reason and others, he connects with a like-minded group of people in town–not small in size–who have a bond with Watson that…

A whole bunch of people–many of them kids–from 9 to 90–enjoy the carnival rides every year at Bath Heritage Days, and at other spots in Maine. And inevitably the company providing and operating those rides is Smoky’s Greater Shows–a firm that’s been around for 65…

Delightful Friday moments today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz hosting the award-winning husband-and-wife independent filmmakers Matt Notthelfer and Alicia Wszelaki, whose new film “Flying Fur” is attracting many eyeballs. It’s a documentary focusing on Iraq War vet and private pilot Paul Steklenski and his…

Big fun to spend some time today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with Amy Lilly–overseeing Pepper’s Landing–your new stop for lobster and seafood at Merrymeeting Plaza, Bath Road, Brunswick. If you missed it, you can hear it here.

Jim Bleikamp here. Some notable changes are ahead for this year’s massive Heritage Days celebration in Bath over the Fourth of July weekend. For one thing it is no longer simply “Bath Heritage Days”–it is “Bath Heritage Days and Music Festival”–yes with a greater focus…

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…

Annie is a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 2020 who caught the eyes of many on the Midcoast with her recent op-ed in the Bowdoin Orient, which has to do with the gulf that sometimes exists between the college and the community and…

After Mike Violette sounded off on today’s Buzz on the emergence of eight-man football in some high schools in Maine, Mike and Jim Bleikamp tackled an emerging political and educational development in Maine. It so happens that on one day recently, the teenaged son of…

Jim Bleikamp here. Every day-every month-every year at WCME we air a multitude of local voices–it’s a big part of what we do.  Some of them come to the Midcoast Morning Buzz at our studio at Fort Andross in downtown Brunswick and are heard live….

Pender Makin currently serves as assistant school superintendent in Brunswick and has been tapped by Governor-elect Janet Mills to serve as the state’s education commissioner. The first part of this interview dealt with Pender’s background in education including her directorship of the REAL school–the alternative…

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…

Mari talks about Friday evening’s pre-Christmas celebration in downtown Bath–known as “Bright Night Bath.” And she talks about a few other things. On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

With something of a storm raging in Brunswick over zoning regulations for homeless shelters, we hear the thoughts of the man at the helm of  Tedford Housing, the homeless services agency in Brunswick, which operates two downtown shelters, and has formulated a plan to consolidate…

Mr. Tepler–a member of Beth Israel–Bath’s Jewish congregation–spoke  memorably about anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice at the vigil in Bath’s Library Park. Very compelling. So much so we played it back in full on the Monday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. But if you missed…

Rabbi Vinikoor announced a candlelight vigil for everyone in the community Sunday November 4 at 4:30 in Library Park in Bath. On Friday morning November 2 she appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz to talk about a range of issues in the aftermath of…

One of the largest days in Buzz history. How could it not be? We were joined by Maine’s premier humorist Tim Sample, who hung around for an hour after speaking to a breakfast gathering sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association. If you missed it, it’s…

If you missed the latest edition of WCME’s ground-breaking “Medicate and Educate–Saturdays at 11AM–the show that covers the ever-changing legal cannabis culture in Maine–both medical and recreational–hear it here. Hosted by Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving/Topsham.  

Jim Bleikamp here. Can’t tell you what it was a pleasure to spend some time on the Friday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with a man so wonderfully wedded to the roots of American music. Pat Colwell joined us to talk about a special event Saturday…

Some call it “Med and Ed” for short. Whatever. It’s WCME’s weekly update on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues. Hosted by Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving/Topsham. This week Ryan and co-host RJ talk about security considerations faced by those in the marijuana business.  

It’s WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues hosted by Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving/Topsham. If you missed this weekend’s edition, you can still hear it here.

If you missed this weekend’s edition of WCME’s weekly forum on cannabis issues, you may still hear it now. It’s hosted by Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving/Topsham. Right here.

One who believes we should is Times-Record columnist Jon Crimmins, who made his case on today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. If you missed it, you can still hear it here.

If you missed the August 4 edition of “Medicate and Educate”, WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues in Maine, and hosted by Ryan Holmes, hear it here:

If you missed it this weekend, here it is again. WCME’s weekly forum on cannabis issues. Every Saturday morning at 11.

Brunswick realtor Tom Cole of Better Homes and Gardens/The Masiello Group, also happens to be the one-time co-owner of WCME in another incarnation–when WCME was based in Boothbay Harbor as an FM station.   So when he heard that we were about to launch a…

Our weekly forum on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues. Saturdays at 11AM. Expertly hosted by Ryan Holmes–proprietor of Sundog Caregiving in Topsham. If you missed this weekend’s edition: hear it here.

It’s WCME’s ground-breaking weekly update on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues 11AM Saturdays. Hosted by Ryan Holmes, proprietor of Sundog Caregiving/Topsham. If you missed this week’s edition, no problem. Hear it here.

A young girl from Wiscasset is at Tufts Medical Center in Boston where doctors are hoping to save her eyesight, after she was bitten on the face by a boxer dog at her babysitter’s home on Raymond Road in Topsham. Dr. Mandie Wehr, chief veterinarian…

It’s WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis in Maine and other cannabis issues. Every Saturday morning at 11. Today, your hosts Ryan Holmes and RJ discussed Governor LePage’s Friday veto of medical marijuana reform legislation. If you missed it, you may still hear it here….

The latest edition of WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues. 11AM Saturday mornings. Hosted by Ryan Holmes, proprietor of Sundog Caregiving, a medical cannabis delivery service in Topsham. If you missed it, hear it here.

Medicate and Educate is WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis and cannabis issues Saturday mornings at 11. On today’s edition, host Ryan Holmes launched a discussion about the possible impact of the legalization of marijuana in Canada on the U-S. If you missed it you…

If you missed this week’s edition of “Medicate and Educate”–WCME’s weekly forum on medical cannabis and other cannabis issues–with Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving in Topsham–all is not lost. You can hear it right here. And join us every Saturday morning at 11.

Jim Bleikamp here. It all began with Amelia Tuplin in Lisbon, a woman with heritage in the Micmac tribe and a son on the Lisbon Greyhound football team. She complained last fall about football game between the Wells Warriors and the Greyhounds in Wells, where…

Mike Violette talks sports every morning at 8:10 on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–it’s a service of Tucker Ford, Bath Road, Brunswick–New England’s fastest-growing Ford dealer. But sometimes it goes beyond sports and after all, Maine politics may be the greatest sport of all. So…

In case you haven’t heard it, “Medicate and Educate” is WCME’s new show at 11 Saturday morning dealing with medical cannabis and other cannabis issues. Hosted by Ryan Holmes, who runs Sundog Caregiving, a medical cannabis delivery service in Topsham. Here is the opening segment…

In case you missed in on WCME Saturday morning, here is the latest installment of our weekly update on medical cannabis and additional cannabis issues. Hosted by Ryan Holmes of Sundog Caregiving in Topsham.  

It’s a brand new 12-acre park in Topsham, with the Cathance River running through it. Saturday June 2 is the day of the grand opening. But a day earlier, Jim Bleikamp talked with two in the know–Topsham Parks and Recreation Director Pam LeDuc and Angela…

Here’s something that might make you feel better if you are having a bad day. Otis, a husky mix, was surrendered by his owners to Coastal Humane Society in Brunswick, because they lacked the knowledge and resources to deal with issues arising out of his…

With Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson leaving office at the end of this year after nearly 30 years, a crowded race is on to replace her. Three Democrats, an Independent, and a Republican. One of the three Democrats is veteran Portland attorney Jon Gale….

The debut edition of WCME’s new weekly show on cannabis issues. Hosted by Topsham’s Ryan Holmes. Saturdays at 11AM. If you missed it, you may hear it here.  

The Brunswick school board wants to spend considerably more on the schools in the year ahead than town councilors, who want to limit the tax rate increase to three percent. That has led to some predictable friction, which boiled over both at Wednesday evening’s school…

WCME’s Mike Violette has a problem. He’s predicted that the Celtics will lose their current playoff series to the Philadelphia 76ers. But the Celtics already have a leg up on proving Mike wrong. Because they won the series opener. A not-inflamed Mike discussed the situation…

Jim Bleikamp here. Kelly is a young woman and a senior at Brunswick High School, who in large part, has grown up at the Brunswick Teen Center. She had some tough times in coming of age, and says the teen center and teen center coordinator…

Ben is a school board member and former two-term town councilor. He was heard on the April 2 Midcoast Morning Buzz, defending a plan that calls for a nearly five percent tax hike to fund public education in Brunswick for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.  

On the Monday Midcoast Morning Buzz, a collage of voices from this past Saturday in downtown Brunswick–where almost everyone it seemed was focused on guns. Most of them were there to show support for an increase in gun restrictions. But not all. If you missed…

Mike on some of the latest proposals for speeding up America’s national pastime, and on the outlook for the Brunswick Dragon girls in the Saturday evening Class A South final against the Greely Rangers. If you missed it on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, hear…

The forever-skeptical Mike Violette has had an epiphany. In the course of the sparkling 75-24 quarterfinal win in the Maine Basketball Tournament by the Brunswick Dragon girls over the Falmouth Yachtswomen, Mike says he became a big-time believer. If you missed it on the WCME…

Paul’s jersey was retired on Sunday–never to be worn again. Mike looks back and reflects.

Mike on what we fail to appreciate about the current play of the Celtics and the Bruins. If you missed it on Thursday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, hear it here.

Mike’s thoughts on the benching of the talented Malcolm Butler by Bill Belichick. If you missed them on WCME hear them here.

If you missed Mike on the morning after the Super Bowl on WCME, hear him here.  

LePage and Richardson–The Republican governor and John Richardson, the former Democratic speaker of the Maine House. Every Saturday they are on WCME usually tackling the same subject from diametrically opposed points of view. And sometimes they go their own way.   This weekend, the governor…

2018 Social Security changes. Brunwick-based certified financial planner Eric Simonds ran them down for you on this weekend’s WCME Midcoast Money Memo–every Saturday morning at 11:05. If you missed it, you can still hear it here.

Mike Violette’s Super Bowl prediction and supporting evidence. Just in time for the big game. Hear it here, and catch Mike live on sports weekday mornings at 8:10. ONLY on Radio 9 WCME. Brought to you by Tucker Ford, Route 1, Brunswick. Coming soon to…

As we enter the month in which players report to training camps in Florida and Arizona, Mike sounds off on the pace of major  league baseball and how it might be quickened. If you missed it on the Thursday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, hear it…

Mike talks about the PARTIAL end to the life of Chief Wahoo–the controversial symbol of the Cleveland Indians and what it could mean for Native American sports nicknames in Maine and elsewhere. Hear it here.

You need not talk very long on the radio to sometimes foster fury. Last Saturday, a talk show host on Boston’s all-sports WEEI, musing on a new documentary about Tom Brady, made a quick reference to a scene showing Brady in his kitchen with his…

On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz it was something like a Mike doubleheader! First Mike mused and mentally meandered on the ultimate fate of some promising baseball free agents. And then Mike and Jim Bleikamp reflected on the controversial plea deal in which a string…

Mike focuses on the curious nature of Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand.

Today Mike wonders about the absence of some certain big names from baseball’s Hall of Fame. Mike lays it on the line mornings at 8:10 on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. Hear today’s edition here.  

If you missed it at 8:10 this morning on WCME, here’s Mike Violette on Sports. Brought to you by Tucker Ford, Route 1, Brunswick.   Today, our hero was on a daring and even potentially dangerous mission–pondering the possible rearrangement of the Mt. Rushmore of…

For the second time in less than two years, the federal agriculture department has denied a request from Governor LePage to ban food stamp recipients from using their benefits to buy sugary drinks and candy. A LePage spokeswoman says the request will be resubmitted. On…

Jim Bleikamp here. Nearly 50 years after his death, it surely does seem that the “I Have a Dream” speech is the winner when it comes to the speech by Martin Luther King that is his best known and most-loved. And not, of course, without…

At St. John’s Catholic School on Pleasant Street in Brunswick on Pleasant Street in Brunswick, they are beginning a drive to find more students with an Open House at the school on Sunday January 28 from Noon-2.   You’re invited.   And on the Thursday…

Recorded at WCME and heard on the Thursday ‘WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.”   From Logan and Juliet.   Logan Whelan and Juliet Frizzle of the Brunswick Junior High School Choral Program.   And you can hear it here:

If you missed Chris on the Wednesday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, not to worry. You can hear it here.

Thanks so much for listening to and enjoying WCME’s Christmas Eve Baby It’s Cold Outside Marathon–with over 50 versions of the classic winter song. Made more special by a Midcoast connection. And a local take on Baby It’s Cold Outside. From Stacy Frizzle is executive…

So far, two-term Auburn state senator Eric Brakey is the only Republican challenging Angus King’s 2018 U-S senate re-election campaign.   Eric joined the Midcoast Morning Buzz on Tuesday and talked with Jim Bleikamp.   Missed it? No problem. Hear it here. 

Radio 9 WCME is proud indeed to present the Baby It’s Cold Outside Marathon–many many versions of the Christmas and winter favorite. On Christmas Eve. The ones you know. The ones you don’t know. A country-tinged version or two. A soulful version. A home-brewed Midcoast…

Must-listen radio. Brunswick-based certified financial planner Eric Simonds on social security changes in a year that will soon be here.

Frank Connors has done much with his life–Times-Record writer and photographer, Bowdoinham town manager, People Plus membership director (at present) and a prolific writer of numerous essays and several books. On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz just one day ahead of Veteran’s Day, Frank read…

Jim says on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz that the contributions of a controversial man were notable.

Jim Bleikamp hashed it out on Monday’s Midcoast Morning Buzz with WCME sportscaster Mike Violette, best known to many for years as Maine talkradio’s “compassionate conservative caveman.”  

Saturdays at High Noon on WCME–it’s LePage and Richardson–the weekly radio face-off on the future of Maine. In one corner, Governor LePage and in the other, John Richardson, former Democratic speaker of the Maine House.   Often they address the same subject but this week,…

Brunswick-based certified financial planner Eric Simonds with some factors to consider before you buy your next lottery ticket, on this week’s edition of the WCME Midcoast Money Memo–every Saturday morning at 11:05.

If you missed Friday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with Margo Knight, former church council chair at First Parish in Brunswick, and former Brunswick town councilor, talking about the church’s rich history, as it celebrates its 300th anniversary, you can still hear it here.

On the August 19th edition of WCME’s weekend point-counterpoint program “LePage and Richardson”, Brunswick’s John Richardson, a former Democratic speaker of the Maine House strikes back at Governor LePage’s comparison of statues honoring Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate army in the Civil…

That’s the question addressed by Brunswick-based certified financial planner Eric Simonds  on the WCME Midcoast Morning Memo at on Radio 9 WCME. 900AM. Radio9WCME.com. And if you missed it, thankfully you can still here it here.

Thanks so much to Callie Ferguson for joining us on today’s Midcoast Morning Buzz to talk about her Forecaster story on the young people entering the lobster industry. If you haven’t seen it yet…you can do that below. And you can hear Callie here. Maine’s…

On the Friday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, up close and in-depth with Eveningstar Cinema/Brunswick   owner-operator Barry Norman.   Barry talked with us about the challenges he faces in running an independent theater in 2017.   If you missed it, hear it here now.  In two…

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….

It might be your perfect event on a rainy day on the Midcoast. Miss Annabelle’s fourth annual dance recital. Crooker Theater. Brunswick High School. Saturday afternoon at 2–for the benefit of Brunswick Teen Center. Watch a video preview here: http://Facebook.com/Radio9WCME

Jennifer Iacovelli, development director at Tedford Housing, which runs two homeless shelters in Brunswick, was on Thursday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz talking about tonight’s annual Tedford meeting and awards at 5:00 at the Daniel Hotel on Water Street. Everyone invited! Free Hors ‘d oeuvres and…

Even though the credibility of people reporting sexual abuse is frequently challenged, as has been the case in the recent lawsuit involving alleged abuse at Brunswick Junior High School, professionals who respond to such abuse are pushing back. On today’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Melanie…

We’re fortunate at WCME to have a bond with some talented folk at the nation’s classiest all-news station–WCBS NewsRadio 880 in New York. WCBS afternoon news anchor Steve Scott is a frequent Maine visitor and braved some heavy rain today to visit us at Fort…

Mike is a longtime and major conservative radio voice in Maine and spent a decade as the co-host of the hugely popular Portland-based “Ken and Mike” morning show. On Wednesday, Mike joined the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with his take on the school bullying lawsuit–and…

On Monday, Brunswick-at-large town councilor Kathy Wilson became the first elected town official to speak out on the event that resulted in some national attention to Brunswick last week–the recently-settled lawsuit in which former Brunswick junior high school student Chaz Wing was awarded $125,000 after…

The courts have seen fit to seal and keep from public view much of the testimony from depositions given by key figures in the recently-settled lawsuit brought by Chaz Wing, a former Brunswick junior high school student who says he was bullied and even raped…

Richard Rubin, is a Brunswick-based historian and author–who has written two critically acclaimed books about the largely forgotten World War 1. Richard is also a contributor to the three-part PBS American Experience documentary on World War 1, first part of which aired Monday evening. On…

The stage adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel about the struggles of an ex-convict will be performed all weekend beginning Thursday evening at Crooker Theater in Brunswick by the Brunswick High School Players. Thanks to actors Elliott Nagler and Isaac Bol for joining the Wednesday…

On the Tuesday Midcoast Morning Buzz at 7:35, Brunswick resident Darcie Couture shared a story of struggle. Darcie’s husband Scott, served in the Marine Patrol for over 15 years and, during that time experienced increasingly serious post-traumatic stress stemming from his service in Iraq. After…

In the aftermath of a 125 thousand dollar settlement of a long-running lawsuit in which a former Brunswick junior high school student charged that he had been bullied and sexually assaulted over a period of two and a half years by a group of fellow…

Brunswick town council vice-chair Kathy Wilson, a longtime animal advocate, says it is time to make such a move in Maine. Here she is on the Friday Midcoast Morning Buzz on WCME. The idea has been endorsed in the past by another Brunswick councilor–Steve Walker.

The chief discussed the need for a new station and also answered questions from WCME’s Jim Bleikamp about the potential for cost-saving regionalization and consolidation of fire services.  

The Critter Corner is a regular feature of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz–Friday’s at 8:35, when we are visited by Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society/Brunswick. Joe lets loose with a raft of pet and animal advice. But filling in this New Year’s…

A first-person account of being homeless from a woman who identifies herself as Renae–now living in Bath, but who in 2012 spent six months at Tedford Housing, the Brunswick homeless shelter. Renae was also a speaker at Tuesday evening’s service in memory of local homeless…

After a year of discussion by both town councilors and school board members aimed at a voter referendum on the construction of a new elementary school and a simultaneous major repair project at the junior high school, there is now talk of splitting off the…

In 2006, Richardson was serving as Maine’s economic development commissioner when he helped former governor Baldacci lead a Maine trade mission to Cuba and met Castro, who died this past Friday. John, also a former speaker of the Maine House, is pictured fourth to the…

Leah Alper is a politically active Bowdoin senior circulating a petition calling for such a designation to protect immigrant students at risk of deportation under the incoming Trump administration. She talked with Jim Bleikamp on WCME’s Midcoast Morning Buzz.

Eric talks with the co-owner of Bath’s newest gallery–on Front Street.

Former Freeport town council chair Ed Bonney was working last week at the polling place at Freeport High School as a deputy election warden when he says he was accused by two men of RIGGING the election. Hear Ed’s story here:

Sarah talks about the year ahead for the council.

Coleman Burke. The man who 30 years ago had a vision for what might happen to what was then an old and falling-apart building in downtown Brunswick known as Fort Andross. Coleman was honored today at Fort Andross in a presentation sponsored by the Brunswick…

Frank Connors is a lifelong Midcoast resident who has written for and served as a photographer for the Times Record, served as town manager in Bowdoinham, and much more. He’s also a Vietnam Veteran and four years ago he wrote about that experience. And today–on…

Newly elected Freeport state representative, in her first interview since the election, as she prepares to become the new speaker of the Maine House in January, on WCME’s Midcoast Morning Buzz.

If you are still unsure about your position on Question 1, which favors the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Maine, you might want to check this one out. Two smart women who know their way around the issue, and who disagree. Portland state representative…

Jim Bleikamp here with some comments that I can’t hold back in the wake of the settlement of a long-running lawsuit against the town of Brunswick, the school department, and against Brunswick Junior High School principal Walter Wallace. A lawsuit brought by a former student…

Jim Bleikamp’s coverage of Trump at the gym of Open Door Christian Academy in Lisbon.

On the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Chef Cara at Tao Yuan talks about her move to eliminate tipping in favor of an 18 percent service charge on all customer bills.  

Colleen is a spokeswoman for a newly formed citizens group seeking a referendum in which Brunswick voters would be asked to require the town to retain ownership of a tract of land at 946 Mere Point Road and develop it into a public park. This…

These were the subjects of some heated complaints lodged at Wednesday night’s Bath City Council meeting by Richardson Street residents Dan Dunn and Wayne Fortier.  

Brunswick town council chair Sarah Brayman talked with Jim Bleikamp after Monday night’s council meeting about strategies that might be employed by the town to counter the moths, which consider to be a painful and expensive problem throughout the Midcoast.

Maria Padian appeared with Jim Bleikamp on WCME’s Midcoast Morning Buzz.

On the Thursday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, Jim Bleikamp talked with Christine Donahue, an entomologist at the Maine Forest Service, who talked about the scope of the problem, and what might be done to help get rid of it–but it’s not easy.  

A former Brunswick police officer faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to send obscene material to a minor. 25-year-old Garrett Brosnan was arrested in June after an investigation that began last October when the parents of a 13-year-old girl…

A motorcyclist injured Saturday evening in Durham has now died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. 77-year-old Kenneth Kilby was riding west on Newell Brook Road when he crashed without a helmet on. Meanwhile, 26-year-old Hailey Bouchard of Brunswick is now listed in stable…

Conservationists are delighted but some opponents in northern Maine are seeing red in the aftermath of President Obama’s move to designate over 87 thousand acres of forest land in Maine’s North Woods as what will be known as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument…

It appears that there could be a settlement soon in a long-running lawsuit brought by a former Brunswick junior high school student, now 17 years old, who says he was physically and sexually assaulted at the school by fellow students. A settlement conference has now…

Almost 100 people turned out at Curtis Library in Brunswick to hear Wayne Maines, a self-described political conservative with an air force background, talk about his long battle to secure fundamental human and legal rights for Nicole Maines–his trans-gender daughter. One of the most public…

Funny how there are so many parents around and very few courses and little education available on how to be a good and successful parent. But there are a few parenting coaches. Kathy Bowen is based in Brunswick and guested with Eric Simonds on this…

If you missed it on Monday’s WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, here are some of the voices of those who toured a four-acre tract of shoreline property at 946 Mere Point Road in Brunswick, which is being considered as a site for public access to the…

He’s a 25-year-veteran of the fire service in Maine, having retired not long ago as fire chief in Rockland. But Charles Jordan loves the fire service, so he’s returning to duty in Freeport. WCME’s Jim Bleikamp talked with him about his second career.

Certified financial planner Eric Simonds is joined by educational counsultant and podcaster Courtney Belolan on this week’s Midcoast Money Memo. Sound financial talk from someone who’s just trying to help–not trying to sell you anything.

A Brunswick police officer residing in Bath has been arrested and charged in federal court in Portland with attempting to transfer photos of his genitals to a minor. 25-year-old Garrett Brosnan has been placed on administrative leave by Brunswick police pending an internal investigation, and…

Breaking from WCME News 9: It may be a history-making event in Maine politics. We can find no indication that a governor of either party has in any election endorsed a primary challenger over an incumbent member of his own party, but today Governor LePage…

Brusnwick school board member Teresa Gillis speaks out in support of Steve Shea, a much-praised fifth-grade teacher at Harriett Beecher Stowe School, who is leaving the district, after apparently running into some trouble with school administrators who were critical of some of his teaching methods…

Stacy Frizzle, the executive director of Brunswick’s People Plus Center, talks about an incident this past Tuesday afternoon in which her 11-year-old daughter was twice approached by an older man she didn’t know, who asked her to come closer and offered her candy.

Both suspects in the Sunday stabbing on Market Lane near Federal Street in Brunswick are now in custody and at the Cumberland County Jail. 43-year-old Robert McKenney (top) was arrested on Pleasant Street in Brunswick, while 38-year-old Wendall Casler (bottom) was picked up by Portland…

Kristina talks about her just-announced resignation  as a Freeport town councilor–prompted by her appointment as executive director of the Portland Area Council of Governments. She also comments on the drive in Freeport to end the retail distribution of paper and plastic bags and looks back…

Joe appeared on WCME’s Friday Midcoast Morning Buzz with a status report on the cute dog victimized in an extreme abuse case in Brunswick.

Michelle, a Latina student at Bowdoin College from Chicago, outlined her concerns about prejudice and discrimination among students of color at the college on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

Breaking from Radio 9 WCME: Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz has won the Maine Republican caucus, scoring what some observers view as a significant upset against Donald Trump. The Cruz win may also be seen as a setback for Governor LePage, who had endorsed Trump….

Eric Simonds, certified financial planner and host of the WCME Midcoast Money Memo on what you should be looking for AND looking to avoid when you hire a financial advisor.

Certified financial planner Eric Simonds on second-career options and entrepreneurial activity in retirement. Eric’s on WCME every Saturday morning at 11:05 but it you missed today’s edition, here it is:

Darrel Fournier began his fire service career in Freeport, then became fire chief in Waterville in 1990, and returned to Freeport in 1999.

The chief has announced his retirement in almost the same moment as Fire Chief Darrel Fournier.  

Freeport’s top two public safety officials have announced retirement plans at the same moment. Police Chief Jerry Schofield, a police officer in Freeport for almost 40 years, will step down at the end of the month while Fire Chief Darrel Fournier will stay on his…

Kathy discussed her view that there is no such thing as an “accidental shooting” after two recent incidents on the Midcoast that have been widely labeled as such. And some related matters.

Brunswick-Freeport state senator Stan Gerzofsky was an observer at Tuesday night’s volatile town hall meeting in Freeport, where Governor LePage suggested that immigrants are bringing diseases to Maine–such as Hepatitis C.  This comes without any corroborating evidence from medical authorities. Jim Bleikamp talked with Senator…

Eric talks about what you most need to know about Medicare–for your own benefit and for those with whom you are close.

Certified financial planner Eric Simonds talks here about the money matters you need to be thinking about in this–the last week of the year.

A woman attending a demonstration in support of the Freeport flag ladies is in serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after having been struck by a sport utility vehicle at the corner of School and Main Street in Freeport as she was crossing…

Here’s today’s edition of the Memo–which airs EVERY Saturday morning at 11:05 on Radio 9 WCME. 900AM and Radio9WCME.com

Certified financial planner Eric Simonds discusses the question of whether you need insurance for your phone. And related matters.

Tom Pagnotti, who lived in Grove Street in Bath, and who has died after a short battle with cancer, was a one-time host of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, and a major contributor to the development of the radio station in a number of ways…

Brunswick town council chair Sarah Brayman visited the Friday WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz and stayed for awhile–with good reason. She had quite a bit to say. Sarah first talked about her recent vacation in Paris, which began JUST after the terror attacks occurred. And she…

If you missed our extended look-back and look-ahead at last night’s Brunswick Dragons massacre of the Brewer Witches–and their playoff prospects next week–its’ here. The Dragons won it by the unexpected margin of 49-0. You’ll hear in this program from the WCME midcoast high school…

On Halloween night of 2014, 23-year-old Zach Lambert of Bath, an intelligent and artistic man, made what he now concedes was a stupid decision–to enter the vacant Huse School building on Andrews Road in Bath–where damage was subsequently done. Several felony counts were later lodged…