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: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Latest news on the LPG tank proposal in Searsport
*Planning Board grants application extension to DCP *DCP refusal to submit certain information to Maine Fuel Board until assured it would not be made public caused delay *Area residents are commissioning a nationally renowned expert to do a risk assessment
Recorded audio from Searsport Planning Board meeting on 8/13/12
Call In Program: No
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by : Matt Murphy
Program Topic: For nearly 5 years WERU has been airing a short, weekly featured called “World Ocean Radio”, hosted by Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory spoke at George Stevens Academy on July 20th, 2012
-Mission/Goals of the World Ocean Observatory
-How they are striving to meet their goal of expanding public awareness of ocean-related issues
-Some of the interrelated issues connected with protecting the ocean
FMI: www.worldoceanobservatory.org
Call In Program: no
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Program Topic: A Tour of H.O.M.E.
-H.O.M.E., located in Orland, Maine, is “a cooperative community dedicated to economic and social reconstruction. It began in 1970 in rural Maine as an outlet for home workers crafts. h.o.m.e. has expanded to include a free health clinic, soup kitchen, food bank, homeless shelters, a learning center with daycare, literacy and GED tutoring, house construction, alternative high school and college-level programs; job and craft training; pottery, leather, wood, and weaving shops; recovery barn, greenhouses and farmers’ market; sawmill and shingle mill.” Board member Beth Taylor gives us a tour, and then we talk with Sister Lucy, one of the founders.
Their upcoming Annual Fair and Auction, their biggest fundraiser, will feature children’s activities and auction of items including services, furniture, a car and a sail boat
H.O.M.E. is serving more people than ever, and resources are stretched thin. One of the most pressing needs is food for the food pantry and meals.
FMI: http://www.homecoop.net/
Guests:
Beth Taylor, H.O.M.E. Board Member
Sister Lucy, H.O.M.E. Founder
Call In Program: No
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Issue: Independent Local News
Program Topic: Jim Hightower speaking at a fundraiser for WERU at the Grand in Ellsworth, 7/19/12 (Part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired 7/24/12)
*Hightower’s take on the state of politics, Q&A session
*Recorded audio of Jim Hightower and some of the participants in the Q&A session, recorded by Matt Murphy, edited by Amy Browne
Call In Program: no
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Issue: Independent Local News
Program Topic: Jim Hightower speaking at a fundraiser for WERU at the Grand in Ellsworth, 7/19/12 (Part 1 of 2)
*Hightower’s take on the state of politics, Q&A session
*Recorded audio of Jim Hightower and some of the participants in the Q&A session, recorded by Matt Murphy, edited by Amy Browne
Call In Program: no
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio contributed by Chris Buchanan, a clip from Democracy Now! is also featured
Topics:
-Free retreat for women with ovarian cancer
-Colby College trustee involved in LIBOR banking scandal
-Opposition to E/W Hwy
Guests:
-Robin Bray, Orland resident who has ovarian cancer and is organizing a free retreat for women with the disease
-Lew Kingsbury, Colby College alum
Also audio from a public forum on the E/W Hwy, held in Dexter, Maine on 7/14/12. Recorded and contributed by Chris Buchanan
FMI:
http://www.bethwrightcancercenter.org/ (info/registration for retreat)
http://defendingwater.net/maine/category/features/ (info & audio from the 7/14/12 E/W Hwy forum)
http://portland.thephoenix.com/news/141235-banking-scandal-taints-colby-board-chairman/ (Lance Tapley’s article about the Colby College/LIBOR connection)
Host: Amy Browne
Producer: Carolyn Coe
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 aired on 7/11/12)
Program Topic: Palestinian nonviolent struggle in the occupied West Bank
*Palestinians paint on the separation Wall and take photographs of daily life to tell their own stories about living under Israeli occupation.
*Weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation continue in the form of street protests; the Israeli Defense Force responds with tear gas and bullets.
*Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and other structures increased in 2011; Palestinians continue to rebuild.
*Women have taken on a greater income-generating role for their families, while preserving the Palestinian tradition of embroidery, by organizing a women’s embroidery cooperative.
Guests:
Khitam Edelbi, expressive art therapist, raising funds for an art bus
Nasser Hamamreh, school counselor and social worker
Basseem Al-Tamimi, community leader in A-Nabi Saleh
Teresa, Italian volunteer with Operation Dove in At-Tuwani
“Sami,” volunteer from the Czech Republic
Buthayna Farajallah, administrative worker for the women’s cooperative in Idna (Women in Hebron)
Call In Program: no
Websites:
www.womeninhebron.com
www.operationdove.org
www.electronicintifada.org
www.btselem.org
www.peacenow.org
Host: Amy Browne
Producer: Carolyn Coe
Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 will air on 7/17/12 at 4pm)
Program Topic: Palestinian nonviolent struggle in the occupied West Bank
*Palestinians paint on the separation Wall and take photographs of daily life to tell their own stories about living under Israeli occupation.
*Weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation continue in the form of street protests; the Israeli Defense Force responds with tear gas and bullets.
*Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and other structures increased in 2011; Palestinians continue to rebuild.
*Women have taken on a greater income-generating role for their families, while preserving the Palestinian tradition of embroidery, by organizing a women’s embroidery cooperative.
Guests:
Khitam Edelbi, expressive art therapist, raising funds for an art bus
Nasser Hamamreh, school counselor and social worker
Basseem Al-Tamimi, community leader in A-Nabi Saleh
Teresa, Italian volunteer with Operation Dove in At-Tuwani
“Sami,” volunteer from the Czech Republic
Buthayna Farajallah, administrative worker for the women’s cooperative in Idna (Women in Hebron)
Call In Program: no
Websites:
www.womeninhebron.com
www.operationdove.org
www.electronicintifada.org
www.btselem.org
www.peacenow.org