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. Seth...
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. And you can hear...
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 team...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Amy-interview.mp3"][/audio]...
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 on...
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...