A large night indeed at the Grammy Awards for an artist heard often on 99-5 WCME--Bonnie Raitt, who at the age of 73, surpasses a slew of younger artists--among them Adele, Harry Styles, and Lizzo, to win the Song of the Year award, for her...
The first bells in Maine signaling the arrival of the new year are rung every year in Bath--the ringing of the Paul Revere bell in the belfry at City Hall and this year was no exception. If you missed it--you can hear the bell right...
John Perreault has been a vocal participant in town government for 12 eventful years as a member of the Town Council and for the last four years, its chair. He looked back and looked forward on today's WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz. You can hear it here. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PerreaultA.mp3"][/audio] [audio...
Former Topsham Selectman Bill Thompson on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz joining the ever-growing chorus of community voices favoring forward motion on the construction of a new bridge over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Thompson-bridge-2.mp3"][/audio]...
In the same moment that commercial traffic is now prohibited on the Frank J. Wood Bridge connecting Brunswick and Topsham, very harsh criticism of the citizens group Friends of the Bridge, the group staging a legal fight in opposition to a new bridge. On the WCME...
There was a lively rally outside Bath Iron Works in opposition to President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, including Bath Iron Works shipbuilders. Here's a wrap-up from WCME News: [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Rally-story.mp3"][/audio] ...
Central Maine Medical Center's Dr. Brown has been helping Mainers battle one of the toughest cancers of all. And now an update on how the fight is progressing. [audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CMHC-Healthcare-Close-Up-Brown-Part-1.mp3"][/audio]...
One of the late former Secretary of State Colin Powell's last public statements had to do with his view of the January 6th riot at the Capitol in Washington. Powell clearly had a different view than that of Georgia Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde, who called...
On the latest edition of Central Maine Healthcare Close-Up the conclusion of a two-part series on Recovery. Specifically, recovery from substance abuse. The guest is Corrie Brown, Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin--a division of Central Maine Healthcare. If you missed it on the radio, you can...
If you missed Dr. Salko on 99-5 WCME you can still hear him here. ...