Host/Producer: Amy Browne Voting information from the Maine Secretary of State’s office Meet Poutine! Storytime at the Witherle Art Stuff Sale in Belfast Bucksport Town Council Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Host/Producer: Amy Browne ILAP Statement on Administration’s Failure to Issue a Decision on Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador College of the Atlantic’s Share the Harvest program welcomes The Soulbenders to COA Beech Hill Farm for its annual benefit concert. Penobscot Marine Museum’s Home School Days Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Host/Producer: Amy Browne Mary Thibodeau of Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District is here with an invitation to the 2026 Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit, a gathering of wild blueberry growers, scientists, conservations, policy makers, and local, state, and federal partners to address drought, rising costs, and the future of Maine’s signature crop, on Friday, September 18, 2026 from 9am-4pm, at Blue Ridge Farms, 1284 Waltham Road, Waltham, Maine Door prizes and raffles Free, includes lunch Pre-registration is requested so the caterer has an accurate head count. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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CJ Kenna | Producer + Writer/Reader

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Producer/Host: Anu Dudley About the host: Rev. Dr. Anu Dudley is an ordained Pagan minister and a retired history professor. She continues to teach classes, including the three-year ordination curriculum at the Temple of the Feminine Divine, and others such as History of the Goddess, Paganism 101, Ethical Magic, and Introduction to the Runes. Currently she is writing a book about how to cast the runes using their original Goddess meanings. She lives in the woods off-grid in a small homesteading community in Central Maine.

The post Earthwise 9/12/26: The Color Yellow first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Host/Producer: Amy Browne Chrissy Fowler, Belfast Flying Shoes and 25 years ago today Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sea Chantey Singalongs with Guest Chanteyman Stephen Sanfilippo, this afternoon at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport Orland River Day, September 12, 2026, 9am-3pm Sunday afternoon Friends of Sears Island is offering “Making Art in the Wild” – a cyanotype and nature stamping workshop with artist Ashley Megquier Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Host/Producer: Amy Browne Maine CD1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s letter to Speaker Johnson Tuesday, urging resistance to Trump’s efforts to build a 250 arch outside Arlington National Cemetery, and earlier this summer speaking in a Congressional Hearing MoveOn / No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call, Thursday, September 10 8 – 9pm EDT Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Host/Producer: Amy Browne Sarah Scamperle from the Blue Hill Coop with details of their Democracy Day events coming up on September 15th. For those planning to register to vote that day, the following forms of ID are acceptable: 1.) Unexpired government issued photo ID (driver’s license, state ID card, passport, military identification) 2.) Student photo ID 3.) Birth certificate 4.) Social security number 5.) Determination for public benefits, utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or other government document that shows name and address For more information, go to Blue Hill Coop’s instagram or facebook pages. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License

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Andree Bella | Writer/Reader

The post Esoterica 9/6/26: Othering first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.