Around Town 3/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events

Host/Producer: Amy Browne This morning, starting around 10, the state legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources committee will hold a combine public hearing for 2 bills related to protecting Sears Island from industrial development: LD 226, “An Act to Protect the Cultural Resources and Historical Heritage of Sears Island in Searsport by Extending Conservation Easement Protections”. FMI: legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/226?legislature=132 LD 735, “An Act to Protect Sand Dunes on Sears Island and to Establish Criteria for Legislation Regarding Land Development”. FMI: legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/735?legislature=132 To register to testify via zoom: www.mainelegislature.org/testimony The Digital Security Discussion Group at the Witherle Library will be discussing “Understanding the Dark Web: what it is, where it is, and how to avoid it”, with Moderator Tom Lamontanaro from 5-6pm tonight in person at the Witherle Memorial Library and via zoom. For more information and the zoom link: witherlelibrary.net/events/digital-security-discussion-group-9/ The public is invited to “United We Stand: Building Community Resilience in Uncertain Times” Organizers say “Join us for a panel discussion where local leaders will share facts and insights to help our community navigate uncertainty, foster resilience, and build supportive networks.” Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor March 13th, 6:30pm – 7:30pm FMI: www.jesuplibrary.org/events/communityresilience About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. Theme music: BreakBeat Chemists I, 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License The post Around Town 3/12/25: Local News, Culture and Events first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.