On the WCME Midcoat Morning Buzz, the officer who administers Brunswick's ongoing community policing effort--a law enforcement philosophy focused on collaboration between police and community members to proactively identify and solve public safety issues, rather than simply reacting to crime. It involves building partnerships, employing...
The superintendent previewed the new school year, which will include some tighter restrictions on student cellphone use during the school day--you'll find the cellphone discussion toward the end of this interview, which you can hear right here. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/potenziano-schoolnew.mp3"][/audio]...
Jim Bleikamp here, after spending some time today on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with Maine's former director of Center for Disease Control, who went on to do similar work at the federal level and is now back in Maine considering a run for governor. It...
Jim Bleikamp here. It was a morning on the Buzz when some of us got to know him. Others became reacquainted. With the man who retired from the Brunswick Police in 2021 at the rank of lieutenant. And is now back as the new Brunswick Police patrol commander. The...
Jim Bleikamp here. "I was never a victim—but I did have to play the game to survive." -- Ryan Zwick, Hyde School graduate, 2015 It's a subject on many lips and in many heads these days--and over time, we hope to hear a number of viewpoints and...
Nothing but big fun talking to Elizabeth Faye--a veteran of acting, singing and directing. Footlose debuts this evening at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus. If you missed any part of today's interview you may hear it here. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/EFaye.mp3"][/audio] ...
Marc spent 26 years with the CIA--much of that time in the Middle East--and this morning we touched on several subjects. 1) The increasingly desperate situation in Gaza where an Israeli airstrike has killed 18 Palestinians as tension mounts over food distribution. 2) The controversy over the...
Tucker is a 34-year-old Brunswick High and West Point graduate, a veteran of the Army's recently established Cyber unit, who now works in cyber-security. He talked this morning on The Buzz about what causes him to set his eyes on Washington. You may hear it here. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FavreauBuzz.mp3"][/audio] ...
Jim Bleikamp here. When it comes to my job of gathering news and finding guests for the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, I plead guilty to a certain impatience--I don't like to wait for guests who are topical now! So I really appreciate Maine's newest candidate for...
Jim Bleikamp here. Mission Accomplished! We have now spent time on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz with BOTH of the candidates in next week's election (in which there has already been considerable early voting) to fill a vacancy on the Brunswick School Board. After Thursday's appearance by candidate...