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 be heard...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sukolowski-sharks.mp3"][/audio]...
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. It...
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 from...
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 Saturday in...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ElectionGuide1.mp3"][/audio]...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Stewart-7-10.mp3"][/audio]...
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 the Friday...
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 missed it...