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
Segment 1: An interview with Nell Gluckman and John Christie of the Maine Center for Public Interesting Reporting (www.pinetreewatchdog.org) re: their latest report, released today, on Representative Chellie Pingree’s large increase in campaign donation since marrying a billionaire – and how that gels with her past work on campaign finance reform.
Segment 2: Short story/poems by Norman Snowden, about life in Maine.
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Program Topic: We take you to the banks of the Penobscot River in Bradley on Monday morning, where removal of the 200 year old Great Works Dam was about to get underway. You’ll hear the Penobscot Nation Chief, Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and others, explaining the significance of the Penobscot River Restoration project.
Key Discussion Points:
a) Background on the dam removal
b) Reasons for removing the dam
c) Next steps in the Penobscot River Restoration Project
Call In Program: No
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Marge May
Topic: Familes USA Teleconference on a new report published in April:Too Great a Burden: Americans Face Rising Health Care Costs
The teleconference focuses on Maine and was recorded by Marge May for WERU on 4/29/09
What percentage of real income goes to healthcare costs in Maine?
What are the trends in healthcare costs? Does Rep. Chellie Pingree support H.R. 676, the Conyers bill that proposes a single-payer option
Participants: Ron Pollack , Executive Director of Families USA; Rep. Chellie Pingree and others