Richard Rubin, is a Brunswick-based historian and author--who has written two critically acclaimed books about the largely forgotten World War 1. Richard is also a contributor to the three-part PBS American Experience documentary on World War 1, first part of which aired Monday evening. On Tuesday, Richard...
The stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about the struggles of an ex-convict will be performed all weekend beginning Thursday evening at Crooker Theater in Brunswick by the Brunswick High School Players. Thanks to actors Elliott Nagler and Isaac Bol for joining the Wednesday Midcoast...
[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Darcie-Couture.mp3"][/audio] On the Tuesday Midcoast Morning Buzz at 7:35, Brunswick resident Darcie Couture shared a story of struggle. Darcie's husband Scott, served in the Marine Patrol for over 15 years and, during that time experienced increasingly serious post-traumatic stress stemming from his service in Iraq. After...
In the aftermath of a 125 thousand dollar settlement of a long-running lawsuit in which a former Brunswick junior high school student charged that he had been bullied and sexually assaulted over a period of two and a half years by a group of fellow...
Brunswick town council vice-chair Kathy Wilson, a longtime animal advocate, says it is time to make such a move in Maine. Here she is on the Friday Midcoast Morning Buzz on WCME. The idea has been endorsed in the past by another Brunswick councilor--Steve Walker. [audio...
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[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Brillant-fire-station.mp3"][/audio] The chief discussed the need for a new station and also answered questions from WCME's Jim Bleikamp about the potential for cost-saving regionalization and consolidation of fire services. ...
The Critter Corner is a regular feature of the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz--Friday's at 8:35, when we are visited by Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society/Brunswick. Joe lets loose with a raft of pet and animal advice. But filling in this New Year's...
A first-person account of being homeless from a woman who identifies herself as Renae--now living in Bath, but who in 2012 spent six months at Tedford Housing, the Brunswick homeless shelter. Renae was also a speaker at Tuesday evening's service in memory of local homeless...
After a year of discussion by both town councilors and school board members aimed at a voter referendum on the construction of a new elementary school and a simultaneous major repair project at the junior high school, there is now talk of splitting off the...