It was a year ago today--March 29,2024--that Evan Gershkovich a Bowdoin College grad from the Class of 2014 was simply doing his job as a Moscow reporter for the Wall Street Journal when he suddenly found himself "detained" by Russian authorities. A year later, he...
The attorney general announces the filing of a civil rights complaint in Superior Court in Portland against 49-year-old William Deary and his 18-year-old son Hayden, both of Harpswell. The complaint alleges that in early January, the Dearys vandalized road signs and roadways in Harpswell,...
On today's WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz we were joined by Suzanne Watson, executive director at Meetinghouse Arts on Main Street in Freeport and by Brian Braley, senior manager at Spindleworks, the art center in Brunswick populated by developmentally disabled artists--these two organizations are combining for...
Yes--we have declared this day to be Phantom Thursday in tribute to this evening's debut of the Brunsnwick High School Players' production of Phantom of the Opera--the musical with everything--beauty, obsession, a bit of terror, and music to take your breath away. On today's WCME Midcoast...
Jackie appeared on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz and says because of an overwhelming caseload, she is temporarily no longer pursuing criminal prosecutions of people charged with driving without a license, and related charges. She also denies that this has anything at all to do...
On the heels of their runaway win on Saturday over the Cony Rams, the four captains of the newly crowned Class A State Champion Brunswick Dragons show up with their gold ball at WCME and the Midcoast Morning Buzz. From left to right, Abby St. Pierre,...
Tip Koehler and Chris Hall from Friends of Sequin Island--they talk here about the continuing value of lighthouses on the Maine coast, and in particular about a new capital campaign aimed at restoring and enhancing the light station at Sequin Island---2.5 miles off the mouth...
On today's WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz, we covered a number of subjects with Brunswick School Superintendent Phil Potenziano ahead of tonight's public hearing at Brunswick Toiwn Hall on his budget proposal for the school year ahead. The superintendent called out hate speech on the part of...
Marc is retired after 26 years with the CIA and began by talking about the latest move by the Russians to continue to imprison Gershokovich, a Wall Street Journal Reporter and 2014 graduate of Bowdoin College. From there, we moved on to a broader-based discussion...
Mark joined us on President's Day--just a few days after being named to the job by the Topsham Select Board. Highlights-- 1) Mark indicated that there is more commonality than we might assume between his profile jobs as a longtime Brunswick police commander and town management in...