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 Twitchell of...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MEA-5-19.mp3"][/audio] ...
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 on the...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Tucker-school-budget.mp3"][/audio] ...
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 it,...
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 was talking...