A Positive Omen New figures from Maine Revenue Services indicate that our state's taxable sales soared to a record high in 2014 of nearly 19 billion dollars. Mild early winter weather, rising consumer confidence and strong holiday shopping are all listed as factors. This year's taxable...
Ominous Warning It's not unusual at this time of warmer weather and the coming end of winter. Game wardens are reminding snowmobilers to be cautious on thinning ice, noting that conditions can and will change rapidly due to the increase in air temperature. This concern is...
Dave Douglass is the vice-chair of the Topsham Board of Selectmen, and recently won election to a new term on the board. Here are Dave's preliminary reactions to a proposal on WCME from Brunswick town councilor-at-large John Richardson that the two towns explore possible consolidation. [audio...
It's a sad story but one that also comes packaged with some hope. The Coastal Humane Society in Brunswick says a cat suffering severe injuries from what appears to be burns from a car engine is making a remarkable recovery. Frederick, a young orange tabby,...
[audio mp3="https://www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/LePage-and-Richardson-2-28-15.mp3"][/audio] On today's edition of "LePage and Richardson", the point-counterpoint program Saturdays at noon on WCME, featuring Governor LePage and Brunswick town councilor John Richardson, a former Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, Richardson suggests that Brunswick and Topsham expand their current conversation...
In Brunswick, a break in the robbery of the Bank of Maine on Maine Street a week ago today, with the arrest of a suspect 20-year-old Brian Lamphere of Perrault Way in Brunswick is said to have walked into the bank with a neck warmer...
A particularly striking edition of our weekly radio face-off on the future of Maine. First you'll hear Republican governor Paul LePage defend his budget and tax-cut plans. Then John Richardson, the former Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives on what he finds to...
Brunswick police have released this picture of the robber who held up the Bank of Maine on Wednesday afternoon. They continue to look for him. Anyone with any information is asked to call Brunswick police. ...
Terror in Brunswick Multiple charges, one of which is aggravated assault, have been filed against a man said to have stabbed a teenager and to have terrorized several guests at a Valentine's Day party at his home on Beverly Drive in Bay Bridge Estates, the mobile...