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 been...
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 week's...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Jordan-interview-pleased-1.mp3"][/audio]...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/MMM-6-25-16-1.mp3"][/audio] ...
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 is siding...
[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gillis-statement-should-be.mp3"][/audio] 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...
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. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Frizzle.mp3"][/audio]...
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