WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Magnus Johnstone
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Assembly of God
What are the Assembly of God Churches? How does the Book of Revelations influence them? What is speaking in tongues?
Guest: Pastor Joseph Browne of the Assembly of God Church, Bangor, Maine
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Recorded by John Greenman, edited by Joel Mann
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Topic: The Future of Sears Island
Opponents of the Joint Use Planning Committee’s Consent Agreement discuss concerns about the agreement, specifically the potential for port development and environmental degradation.
Guests: Peter Taber and Harlan McLauglin, Fair Play for Sears Island
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FMI: www.fairplayforsearsisland.org , www.penobscotbay.blogspot.com
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Topic: Sears Island, a 941-acre undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, has been the focus of various development schemes for decades—and for decades there have been people who have fought to preserve the island. But each battle ended with the long-term fate of the island still undecided. That may all be about to change.
The Maine Department of Transportation owns the island and they have never lost sight of their goal to develop at least part of it, for a deep water shipping port. Knowing that there would be strong opposition to such a plan, the Baldacci administration pulled together a group of stakeholders back in 2006 and asked them to come up with recommendations about possible uses for the island– by consensus. Last year the group, called the Sears Island Planning Initiative, released a Consensus Agreement that calls for an easement of 600 acres that will be set aside for light recreational, educational, and conservation facilities and uses, and reserves 341 acres on the west side of the island for potential port development. A smaller committee, the Joint Use Planning Committee, has been meeting since last year to figure out the boundaries of the 2 areas and other details.
The people we have joining us in the studio today have differing opinions about the Consensus Agreement. Should it be seen as a victory that permanently protected 2/3rds of the island or a sell-out of the other 3rd?
Guests: Ken Cline, Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club; Peter Tabor and Harlan McLaughlin of Fair Play for Sears Island
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NOTE: We’ll take up this topic again, and try to take some of the calls that didn’t get through this morning, on RadioActive this afternoon from 4-4:30p.m.
Producers/Hosts: Dave Evans and Bruce Maanum
Topic: Building/Energy additions and renovations needed at WERU
What are the infrastructure needs for WERU? What are the range of possibiliities for the project? How can the community become involved?
Guests: Jonathan Fulford, Builder; Rick Malm, Architect; Matt Murphy, WERU General Manager; Kathleen Rybarz, WERU Board of Directors
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Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Topic: Six Maine peace activists who were charged with Criminal Trespass for refusing to leave the offices of Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) in March 2007 have been found NOT GUILTY in a jury trial that ended yesterday. They were at the Senator’s office after several unsuccessful requests that she meet with her constituents regarding their concerns about the war/occupation in Iraq.
The six found not guilty : Jim Freeman, Doug Rawlings, Robert Shetterly, Henry Braun, Jon Kreps and Dud Hendrick. Some represented themselves while others were represented by attorneys Lynne Williams and Phil Worden. Arrested with them in 2007 were Pat Wheeler, Nancy Hill, Judy Robbins, Peter Robbins, Diane FitzGerald and Maureen Block, who settled their cases previously.
For today’s special we have three of the defendants here in the studio: Jon Kreps, Dud Hendrick and Jim Freeman , attorney Lynne Williams joining us by phone, and we open the phone lines to the community for their questions and comments.
FMI: Eric T. Olson’s blog includes articles, photos and video: http://maineowl.net/blog/; http://shows.weru.org/archives/radioactive/ra-20070308
Producer/Host: Adam Lacher with production assistance from Jeffrey McCarter
Topic: Former Black Panthers Discuss U.S. Political Prisoners and Social and Ecological Justice
What are the ten points of the Black Panther platform? How is Common Ground Relief related to the Meg Perry Center in Portland, Maine? Who are the Angola 3?
Speakers: Robert King, to date the only free member of the imprisoned Panthers known as the “Angola 3”. Was exonerated after 29 years in solitary confinement; Malik Rahim, Louisiana Black Panther Party co-founder and co-founder of Common Ground relief just one week after Katrina hit.
**Also available is the speech in it’s entirety,divided into 3 sections that are each approximately one hour in length. Click on links below**
FMI: www.angola3.org , www.commongroundrelief.org
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Butch Phillips of the Penobscot Nation speaking about the Penobscot River Restoration Project, at the 2008 Maine Water Symposium: Who Owns Maine’s Water?, held at Bates College on 3/29/08. The symposium was sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy and The Water for Life Campaign
FMI: www.defendingwaterinmaine.org