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In this special Boston Marathon episode, we sit down right after the race with Dennis Lavoie—a remarkable runner from Maine living with Usher Syndrome Type 2, which causes both profound hearing loss and legal blindness. Just six years after taking up running, Dennis has completed all six World Marathon Majors, earning the prestigious Six Star Medal. He may be the first person in his para category (both blind and deaf) to achieve this milestone.This year, Dennis's regular guide was sidelined last minute, and our chance partnership was formed. We share stories from a history-filled weekend, including a pre-race dinner with my mentor Mark Bauman (Boston Marathon streak world record holder and this year's official starter), and lining up with the competitive para athletes division right behind the elite women. We even had the chance to encourage running legends like Des Linden, Sarah Hall, and Paula Radcliffe.Boston's course is legendary, and the crowds carried us from Hopkinton through Wellesley's “scream tunnel” and up the infamous Newton hills. Despite a hip flexor injury, Dennis finished strong—qualifying again for next year.We also discuss the tough Boston qualification process, the rarity of the Six Star Medal, and the power of community and tradition on marathon day.Learn more about Dennis's story: [Bangor Daily News article]1Support and learn about para athletes: Team With a VisionSee photos and read more: Running Anthropologist Blog: www.Runninganthropologist.com

In February, Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills got into a spat over Trump's executive order on trans athletes, that ended with both parties tersely agreeing to meet in court. Since then, the Trump administration seems to be trying to make an example of the state—cutting off federal funding where it can.  Guest: Callie Ferguson, investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February, Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills got into a spat over Trump's executive order on trans athletes, that ended with both parties tersely agreeing to meet in court. Since then, the Trump administration seems to be trying to make an example of the state—cutting off federal funding where it can.  Guest: Callie Ferguson, investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February, Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills got into a spat over Trump's executive order on trans athletes, that ended with both parties tersely agreeing to meet in court. Since then, the Trump administration seems to be trying to make an example of the state—cutting off federal funding where it can.  Guest: Callie Ferguson, investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February, Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills got into a spat over Trump's executive order on trans athletes, that ended with both parties tersely agreeing to meet in court. Since then, the Trump administration seems to be trying to make an example of the state—cutting off federal funding where it can.  Guest: Callie Ferguson, investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election. Rachel Cave speaks with Michael Shephard, political editor for the Bangor Daily News, to break down the results as they stand.

For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience, I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a christian perspective so if that's something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episode that dropped this week about slow living with Stephanie O'Dea or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don't want to miss!If you've ever felt stuck with pelvic floor issues, exhaustion, burnout, or lactation struggles, you're not alone—but there's hope. Joining me for a bonus episode of the podcast today are authors of the new book, Your Postpartum Body, Ruth Macy & Courtney Naliboff. They're here to offer medical expertise and practical advice you need to reclaim your body. From pelvic floor recovery and nutrition to ending lactation and regaining your strength, our conversation covers it all. Your postpartum journey may be different, but you don't have to live with pain or discomfort—you have the tools to heal!About Ruth & Courtney |Ruth E. Macy is a pelvic floor physical therapist with seventeen years of experience in the field. She is passionate about working with people to achieve their desired health outcomes, removing bias and exclusion in healthcare, and delivering a compassionate patient-centered approach that eliminates shame and blame in the ownership of the human body. When she's not at work, she enjoys paddleboarding, spoiling her dog, and winning at board games with her family.Courtney Naliboff is a teacher, writer, musician, volunteer EMT, parent, and swimming enthusiast who lives on North Haven, a tiny unbridged island off of Maine's Midcoast, with her husband and daughter. She is a longtime reporter and columnist for the Working Waterfront and has written about Jewish parenting in small-town Maine for kveller.com, heyalma.com, and the Bangor Daily News.Links Discussed in This Episode |Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with SimplicityConnect with Miranda:Instagram: @chnaliboffInstagram: @drbbayruthieWebsiteEpisode Sponsors |The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal!Enjoy the Podcast?Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity.Questions |You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook.Checkout the Minimalist Moms Podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane.Need help decluttering? I'm here to help! If you've been struggling with motivation to declutter, I'd love to help you achieve your goals in your home. We'll work together (locally or virtually) to discover what areas in your home are high priority to get you feeling less overwhelmed right away. For more info on my processes, fees, and availability please contact!Our Sponsors:* Check out Gobble: https://gobble.com/MINIMALIST* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code MINIMALIST for a great deal: happymammoth.com* Check out Life 360 and use my code MIN for a great deal: www.life360.com* Check out Ritual : https://ritual.com/MINSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast2093/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

25 years ago the Edwards Dam was removed from the Kennebec River in Maine allowing alewives and sturgeon to return to their spawning grounds in force, revitalizing the ecosystem and delighting the paddlers and local communities with the sturgeons' explosive breaching displays. In the summer of 2024, 2 separate source to sea trips ran the lengths of the Sandy and Kennebec in Maine. Contributing host Clark Tate was part of the Sandy trip and tells the on river story of both source to sea trips.CONTRIBUTING HOSTClark Tate@lclarktate RIVERS FOR CHANGE @riversforchangewww.riversforchange.org2024 Sandy to Kennebec ConfluenceGUESTSStuart Hickey, raft guide @freeheelinghickeyJessica Sterling, kayak instructor and web designer @jester1ingChris Morgan @ccmorgan8Jennifer Noll Maine Department of Marine ResourcesSaige Purser @saigelinsayRiver Radius Podcast - Native Teen Guide In Training ProgramJoe Klementovich, Photographer@klementovich   klementovichphoto.comRiver Radius Podcast - Source to Sea on the Saco RiverMatt Palmariello @mattpalmariello    www.mainepaddling.comAmy Borch, Tattoo artist  @amy.wildhand@melontrout.tattooEli Studer, Tattoo artist @elistudertattowww.elistudertatto.com SPONSORSDenver Area Nissan Dealers@nissanusaOver It Raft Covers@overitraftcoverspromo code, free shipping: riverradius SANDY RIVER INFORMATIONSandy River Northern Forest Canoe Trail MapEnvironmental Geology Along the Sandy River, Farmington Maine, Field Trip from University of Maine at Farmington. Dr. Tom Eastler, Mr. Andy Buckland, Mr. Joel SproulIndigenous Land and Water Acknowledgement by the University of Maine at FarmingtonThe Rangeley Area: A Geologic Tour by Emma Stattelman and Katarina Dickson SEA-RUN FISH INFORMATIONFinding the Next Sebasticook - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMap of Atlantic SalmonHabitat - Maine Department of Marine ResourcesKennebec River Management Plan Diadromous Resources Amendment - Maine Department of Marine ResourcesHistorical Fish Trap Counts - Maine Department of Marine Resources KENNEBEC DAM RELICENSING INFORMATIONDraft Environmental Impact StatementThe written comments are posted on the FERC elibrary website under docket P-2322.World weighs in on fate of 4 Maine dams blocking passage of endangered salmon - Bangor Daily News by Lori ValigraConservation groups cheer decision preserving state authority in Kennebec River dam relicensing - Maine Public by Robbie FeinbergDEP says Sandy River dredging violated Maine laws - Maine Public by Murray Carpenter4 dams, the future of Kennebec fish runs and salmon's survival at stake in federal licensing battle - Press Herald, Colin WoodardState agencies are reporting more salmon returning to the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers this Year (2023) - Maine Public by Robbie FeinbergWe Can Turn a River in Maine into a Paradise for Salmon - The New York Times by John Waldman THE RIVER RADIUSWebsiteInstagramFacebookApple PodcastSpotifyLink Tree

In 1898, Sarah Ware went missing from her New England town of Bucksport, Maine. For two weeks, no one bothered to search for her, assuming she'd left town for a new job. But on October 2nd, a grisly discovery was found less than a mile from her house. Join us to hear what happened to Sarah Ware and why she's said to still haunt the town today.Tea of the Day: Front Porch Special Theme Music by Brad FrankSources:“Mrs. Ware's Strange Death.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Mon, Oct 03, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827996586/In Search of Sarah Ware: Reinvestigating Murder and Conspiracy in a Maine Village by Emeric Spooner  - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 14, 2008)“Sarah Ware Was Murdered.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Tue, Oct 04, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827996602/“Murder, By Her Friend.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Wed, Oct 05, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983670/“Mrs. Ware's Death Wound.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Sat, Oct 08, 1898, Page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983711/“Some Think it Was Suicide.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Tue, Oct 11, 1898, Page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983739/“Strengthens The Theory.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Thu, Oct 13, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983756/“All Clews Look Alike.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Thu, Oct 20, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983818/“No Clue Can Be Found.” Daily Kennebec Journal, Mon, Oct 31, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857079483/“Bucksport Won't Give Up The Case.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Thu, Nov 03, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983956/“New Clues Discovered.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Mon, Nov 07, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105983994/“There Is Evidence.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Tue, Nov 08, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105984004/“Odlin Goes Back.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Wed, Nov 09, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105984016/“Problem of Bucksport Journal.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Fri, Nov 11, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827997304/“Remains to Be Disinterred.” Daily Kennebec Journal, Mon, Nov 21, 1898, Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857079976/“Blood Clots on Canvas.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Sat, Nov 26, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828060211/“Still a Mystery.” Daily Kennebec Journal, Mon, Nov 28, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857080101/“An Arrest At Last.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Fri, Mar 10, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827983567/“Arrested for Ware Murder.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Fri, Mar 10, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105903161/“Treworgy Arraigned.” Lewiston Saturday Journal, Sat, Mar 11, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827983719/Treworgy Held for Grand Jury.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Sat, Mar 11, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105903380/“Case Against Treworgy.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Mon, Mar 13, 1899, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827984222/“Fogg Confesses.” Daily Kennebec Journal, Wed, Mar 15, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857026331/“Is Will Treworgy Shielding the Real Ware Murderers.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Thu, Mar 16, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105904098/“Ware Murder.” The Lewiston Daily Sun, Wed, Mar 22, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828089069/“Retracts Again.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Thu, Mar 23, 1899, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/827985641/“Bucksport Agog.” Daily Kennebec Journal, Fri, Mar 24, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857027228/“Hall Knows The Guilty Party.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Fri, Mar 24, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105905468/“Fogg Retracts Again; Treworgy Talks Freely.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Sat, Mar 25, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105905654/“Retraction No. 4.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Mon, Mar 27, 1899, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105905918/“Will Treworgy Be Indicted?” Bangor Daily Commercial, Wed, Apr 12, 1899, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1106723620/“Case Falls to Ground.” The Portland Daily Press, Thu, Apr 13, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/814242883/“Sarah Ware Case Opens on Tuesday.” The Bangor Daily News, Wed, Jul 16, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/662706780/“Most Dramatic!” Lewiston Evening Journal, Tue, Jul 15, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828109384/“Mysterious Noise at Night.” and “Good Progress Made Tuesday.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Wed, Jul 16, 1902, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105968755/“Good Progress Being Made.” Bangor Daily Commercial, Thu, Jul 17, 1902, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105968805/“It Waxes Exciting!” Lewiston Evening Journal, Fri, Jul 18, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828110036/“Trewrotgy's Story.” Fall River Globe, Wed, Jul 23, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/603686796/“Verdict, Not Guilty.” Lewiston Evening Journal, Fri, Jul 25, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828111674/Treworgy Case Goes to the Jury.” The Bangor Daily News, Fri, Jul 25, 1902, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/662707509/“Who Killed Sarah Ware.” By Sam E.Conner, Lewiston Journal Magazine Section, Sat, Apr 11, 1931, Page 15, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828892991/“Beating a Horse.” Daily Kennebec Journal,Sat, Jul 02, 1904, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/857209334/“Head Buried at Last.” By Catherine Hines, The Bangor Daily News, Sat, Sep 12, 1998,Page 22, https://www.newspapers.com/image/664214741/“Locker Holds Gruesome Memories…” By Jean Hay, The Bangor Daily News,Sat, Jul 10, 1982, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/665229528/Maine Ghost Hunters, November 3, 2023, http://www.maineghosthunters.org/2023/11/03/sarah-ware-and-the-haunting-of-silver-lake/“Silver Lake Park Might Just Be The Most Haunted Park In Maine.” By Marla S, Only in Maine, Published Sep 1, 2021, https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/maine/haunted-park-maine

Wawel Hill in Krakow is home to the Wawel Hill complex, a historically important set of buildings that are central to Poland's history. In many ways, the story of Wawel is the story of Poland Research: “$50 Million Art Leaves Quebec for Poland via Boston.” The Boston Globe. Jan. 3 1961. https://www.newspapers.com/image/433010907/?match=1&terms=poland%20quebec Biskupski, M. B. “Re-Creating Central Europe: The United States ‘Inquiry' into the Future of Poland in 1918.” The International History Review, vol. 12, no. 2, 1990, pp. 249–79. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40106179 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Jadwiga". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jadwiga Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mieszko I". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mieszko-I Butterwick, Richard. “The Constitution of 3 May 1791.” Polish History Museum. 2021. https://polishhistory.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/Konstytucja_en_www.pdf “Historic Polish Crown Found in Trunk of Tree Uproooted by Storm.” The Buffalo News. Jan. 16, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/352030573/?match=1&terms=%22wawel%20castle%22 “Historic Centre of Kraków.” UNESCO World Heritage Convention. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/29 “The History of the Royal Palace.” Wawel. https://wawel.krakow.pl/en/the-history-of-the-royal-palace “Krakowskie ABC.” Krakow.pl. https://www.krakow.pl/kultura/73601,artykul,krakowskie_abc.html#:~:text=Istnieje+kilka+koncepcji+wyja%C5%9Bniaj%C4%85cych+pochodzenie,od+imienia+legendarnego+ksi%C4%99cia+Kraka B. “The Partitions of Poland.” Bulletin of International News, vol. 16, no. 21, 1939, pp. 3–12. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25642594 Nungovitch, Petro Andreas. “Here All Is Poland: A Pantheonic History of Wawel, 1787-2010.” Lexington Books. 2018. “Retain Hopes of Getting Art Treasures to Poland.” The Sault Star. Sept. 21, 1960. https://www.newspapers.com/image/736942502/?match=1&terms=poland%20quebec Rhode, Gotthold K.S.. "Władysław II Jagiełło". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Apr. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wladyslaw-II-Jagiello Rhode, Gotthold K.S.. "Casimir III". Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Casimir-III Rosenthal, A.M. “Ancient Treasures Return to Poland From Canada.” The Bangor Daily News. Feb. 17, 1959. https://www.newspapers.com/image/662432249/?match=1&terms=wawel%20castle Wilk, Marcin. “KAROLINA LANCKOROŃSKA: ARISTOCRAT, SCHOLAR, AND PATRON.” Polish History. https://polishhistory.pl/karolina-lanckoronska-aristocrat-scholar-and-patron/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don't you just love Maine? It's so nice and peaceful - but B is going to ruin that for us all again as she dives into the deaths of Harry Staples, Richard Mace, Lorenzo D. Troyer, Lewis & Francis Gephart, and Russell Bailey in a multi-state, multi-year murder spree of one Richard Steeves. Sources: Aged Beaten Man, 83, Dies Of Injuries by C.Scott Hoar for the Evening Express on June 28, 1965 Officials Term Augusta Man's Death Murder for the Evening Express on August 16, 1965 Richard Steeves: A 'Golden Boy' Gone Bad by Bob Hohler for The Concord Monitor on July 5th, 1985 ​​383 A.2d 1379 (1978), STATE of Maine v. Richard STEEVES via Justia US Law Ex-Maine Man Ordered Held For Court In Slaying from the Bangor Daily News on January 7th, 1966 Officials did not think Steeves would be released from The Tribune on May 8th, 1985 Murder suspect moved to state prison from The Sun-Journal on August 28th, 1985 Steeves sought for questioning in death from the Kennebec Journal on April 26th, 1985 Retrial sought in murder case from The Sun Journal on January 22nd, 1987 Sentenced to life, a killer of 6 wants to go free (again) by Bob Hohler for The Boston Globe on March 18, 2017 You can reach out to us via email at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com - send us stories, questions, Maine movie recommendations, or just say hi! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/homegrownhorrorpod/⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

James Cassidy had it all family, a good job, a successful business, a second home on the Cape, and an embezzled $1.1 million dollars. As the FBI closed in on the audit of his banking business, James seems to have made a mad escape up North through Maine. A move that would lead him to his demise. Send us your questions homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com or reach us on instagram @homegrownhorrorpod. Sources: Cold Case New England, James Cassidy, June 27, 2022. Me. Probe Continues into Banker's Death, April 10, 1976, The Lewiston Daily Sun. Probe Burning Death of Massachusetts Banker, April 9, 1976, Lewiston Evening Journal. Burned body found in auto off Airline, April 9, 1976, Bangor Daily News. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

We talk about the unsolved murder of Joseph Savitch and Louis Alexander, two career criminals that disappeared as they were expected in court for their part in an elaborate home burglary operation. Did the two's past catch up with them or were there other players looking for their chance to get the drop on Joe and Louis? Come say hi at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com or come by instagram @homegrownhorrorpod Sources: Skeletal remains were 2 SouthCoast men, southcoasttoday.com, November 24, 1997. 1994 Masardis double homicide questions remain, by Susan Farley, August 7th, 2019. foxbangor.com Not quite biography of Joe Gun, southcoasttoday.com, January 7th, 1998. Two arrested, 2 sought in string of burglaries, by Wayne Brown, Bangor Daily News, March 25, 1994. Investigation continues into dual homicide deaths, by Beurmond Banville, Bangor Daily News, October 29, 1999. Four Massachusetts men linked to burglaries in Aroostook County, Sun Journal, March 26, 1994. Police poring over clues to IDs of Masardis bodies, by Beurmond Banville, Bangor Daily News, August 22, 1997. Masardis remains those of burglars, by Wayne Brown, Bangor Daily News, November 25, 1997. Two decomposed bodies found in northern Maine Woods, by Sun Journal, August 21, 1997. Bay State man back in Aroostook Jail, Bangor Daily News, September 8, 1998. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Production Assistance: Joel Mann The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Ruth Eveland, Michael Fisher, Claire Fox, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We'll revisit topics from our show in 2021, talking about the historical and contemporary links between labor organizing and expanding political rights like voting. Is union organizing an important, if not essential, tool in building a vibrant democracy – of people having a voice in their self-governance? What led to the demise of unions over the last half century? What have been the political consequences? Are unions making a comeback? Why is that? What new trends are emerging here in Maine? Guest/s: David Madland, Senior Fellow and senior adviser to the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress www.americanprogress.org/people/madland-david/ Arthur Phillips, Economic Policy Analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy www.mecep.org/about/our-teams/ Cynthia Phinney, President of the Maine AFL-CIO. maineaflcio.org/content/32232 To learn more about this topic: 1. Americans' views of labor unions | Pew Research Center, February, 2024, www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/01/labor-unions/ 2. State worker union filing charges against Mills administration over pay gap | WGME, February, 2024, wgme.com/news/local/state-worker-union-filing-charges-against-mills-administration-over-pay-gap-maine-gov-janet-mills-low-wages-cost-of-living 3. USPS reschedules meeting on Hampden processing facility | WABI, February, 2024, www.wabi.tv/2024/02/01/usps-reschedules-meeting-hampden-processing-facility/ 4. Local union president shares concerns about proposed changes to Hampden USPS facility | WABI, January, 2024, www.wabi.tv/2024/01/18/local-union-president-shares-concerns-about-proposed-changes-hampden-usps-facility/?link_id=6&can_id=1905c6b9067a4b4bf8e189b166246f7a&source=email-new-take-action-re-mail-service-changes&email_referrer=email_2215388&email_subject=correction-re-mail-service-changes 5. Union membership grew last year, but only 10% of U.S. workers belong to a union | NPR, January, 2024, www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226034366/labor-union-membership-uaw-hollywood-workers-strike-gallup 6. Maine's labor movement sees big shift from small unions | Portland Press Herald, December, 2023, www.pressherald.com/2023/12/04/small-unions-drive-maines-labor-movement-forward/ 7. Maine farmworkers deserve equal rights | Bangor Daily News, Food and Medicine Op-ed, December, 2023, www.bangordailynews.com/2023/12/25/opinion/opinion-contributor/maine-farmworkers-equal-rights/ 8. UMaine System graduate-student workers win union certification | Mainebiz.biz, October, 2023, www.mainebiz.biz/article/umaine-system-graduate-student-workers-win-union-certification 9. Brief: The state of labor organizing in Maine | MECEP, September, 2023, www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-state-of-labor-organizing-in-Maine-Labor-Day-2023.pdf 10. Why Government Unions—Unlike Trade Unions—Corrupt Democracy | TIME April, 2023, time.com/6267979/government-unions-corrupt-democracy/ 11. Chipotle agrees to pay $240 K after closing a store that sought to unionize | CBS, March, 2023, www.cbsnews.com/news/chipotle-union-settlement-closing-store-augusta-maine/ 12. Chipotle workers in Maine file for chain's first union election | The Hill, June, 2022, thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-lobbying/3534270-chipotle-workers-in-maine-file-for-chains-first-union-election/ 13. House sustains veto of bill to allow Maine farm workers to unionize | Maine Public, January, 2022, www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-01-26/house-sustains-veto-of-bill-to-allow-maine-farm-workers-to-unionize 14. Re-Union by David Madland | Hardcover | Cornell University Press, 2021, www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501755378/re-union/ 15. Democracy, Union Made, Phil Fishman in The American Interest, September 2007, www.the-american-interest.com/2007/09/01/democracy-union-made/ About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 3/15/24: Unions and Democracy Take Two first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

On an October evening Amy St. Laurent disappeared from the streets of Portland, within two days police began seriously investigating all angles of foul play possible. While leads seemed thin, luckily the murderer is an idiot. Keep yourself safe with the Rape Aggression Defense System (R.A.D.S.) through the Amy St. Laurent Foundation. amystlaurentfoundation.org You can say hi to us at homegrowhorrorpod@gmail.com or through Instagram @homegrownhorrorpod Sources: Portland police seek clues in case of missing S. Berwick woman, Bangor Daily News, October 25, 2001. Story of witness raises doubts, Bangor Daily News, November 29, 2001. Buried body identified as St. Laurent, Bangor Daily News, December 11, 2001. Man pleads innocent in St. Laurent killing, Sun Journal, February 14, 2002. Victim's mother stresses safety, Bangor Daily News, October 22, 2002. In son's trail mother says she can't recall, Sun Journal, Jan 16, 2003. Gorman gets 60 years for St. Laurent murder by Sarah Coffey, Bangor Daily News, July 1, 2003. Murder by the Book: The Amy St. Laurent Case by David Krajicek, crimelibrary.org STATE V. GORMAN (2004) caselaw.findlaw.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Hey Homies! Jackson takes us on a little island tour of the mysterious Ayers Island. An industrious 64 acres island with not one, but three grim legends on its soils... and probably asbestos. You can reach out to us via email at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com - send us stories, questions, Maine movie recommendations, or just say hi! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/homegrownhorrorpod/⁠ Sources: Ghost Hunters Summoned for Trespassing in Orono, by Dawn Gagnon. Bangor Daily News, May 18th, 2011. Big Brother to Watch Over Island, by Mark Baard. Wired.com Hawthorne Mill, angelfire.com Why Some Believe this Private Island in Orono, Maine, is Cursed, by Joey. wcyy.com The Spooky Side of Maine: Hauntings and Urban Legends from The Pine Tree State, by Jessica Betit. Gardnerpubliclibrary.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Claire Fox, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We will talk about the history of the Electoral College and how it's working in the 21st century. What reforms are needed, and which are possible? What is the NPV compact, and how would it work? Is it right for Maine? Guest/s: Mike Saxl, former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and Managing Principal of Maine Street Solutions, the leading proponent of the National Popular Vote in Maine www.verrill-law.com/michael-v-saxl/ Kate Shaw, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/kateshaw To learn more about this topic: Our View: It's time to pick the president by national popular vote | Portland Press Herald, Editorial, January, 2024 www.pressherald.com/2024/01/14/our-view-its-time-to-pick-the-president-by-national-popular-vote-2/ No thanks to national popular vote | Bangor Daily News, Matt Gagnon op-ed, January, 2024, www.bangordailynews.com/2024/01/10/opinion/opinion-contributor/national-popular-vote-problems/ Arguments against national popular vote compact fall short | Bangor Daily News, Amy Fried op-ed, January, 2024, www.bangordailynews.com/2024/01/30/opinion/opinion-contributor/arguments-against-national-popular-vote-compact-fall-short-joam40zk0w/ Yarmouth representative pitches National Popular Vote plan | Spectrum News, January, 2024, spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2024/01/08/yarmouth-representative-pitches-national-popular-vote-plan-for-presidential-elections National Popular Vote | National Conference of State Legislatures, December, 2023, shows state-by-state passage, www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/national-popular-vote Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College | Pew Research, September, 2023, www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/ “A Mystifying and Distorting Factor”: The Electoral College and American Democracy | Michigan Law Review, Katharine Shaw, 2022, repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8442&context=mlr The National Popular Vote, Explained | Brennan Center for Justice, December, 2020, www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/national-popular-vote-explained?utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED The Electoral College is flawed — so are the alternatives: Experts | ABC News, December, 2020, abcnews.go.com/Politics/electoral-college-flawed-alternatives/story?id=74708394 Why We Need A National Popular Vote | Robert Reich, m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn8rWMVGlfQ About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 2/16/24: National Popular Vote: What do we need? How can we get it? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, there are resources for you. Call 988 or call Maine's 24 hour crisis hotline at 1-888-568-1112. On this episode of HGH, Jackson discusses the mysterious disappearance and death of Gail Delano. A 35 year old from Westport Island who left her home the morning of June 21, 1986 to never return home again. It would take two and a half years before this case was finally closed. Socials: Want to say hi or send questions? Email us at homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com or hit us up on instagram at @homegrownhorrorpod Sources Unsolved Mysteries Wiki: Gail DeLano https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Gail_DeLano Unclaimed body may be that of Delano, The Lewiston Journal, November 2, 1988. 'Mysteries' TV show produces flood of calls to state police, Bangor Daily News, October 7, 1988. Woman still missing, The Lewiston Journal, July 3, 1986. Police believe Delano staged her disappearance, The Lewiston Daily Sun, November 3, 1988. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Today we welcome Ernest Scheyder to discuss his recently published book, "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives." Ernest is the first author I have hosted on the podcast and given our mutual interest in the metals business, we cover a lot of ground here. Ernest does a terrific job of putting a human face on some complex issues as well as sharing some great stories from his time on the road researching this book (ask him about the Norseman Burger). Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent for Reuters, covering the green energy transition and the minerals that undergird it. He previously covered the US shale oil revolution, politics, and the environment, and held roles at the Associated Press and the Bangor Daily News. A native of Maine, Scheyder is a graduate of the University of Maine and Columbia Journalism School.  Link to the book and other information about Ernest can be found at https://www.ernestscheyder.com/

We explore the 1991 disappearance of Thomas Grant Jacoby. In July of '91 Thomas packed a car full of camping gear and left his home in Pennsylvania, just a couple days later a letter arrived to his then girlfriend stating he had driven 700 miles away to Portland, ME. A statewide search unsues, but no leads are uncovered until Jacoby's car is discovered near Millinocket Lake. Come join us as we explore the details of this case and enjoy a couple tasty chips. Got cases you want us to check out? You can reach out to us on instagram @homegrownhorrorpod or the gmail homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com Sources: The Charley Project: Thomas Grant Jacoby uncovered.com "1991 disappearance remains a mystery", by Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, April 11th, 1995. "Wardens may stage new search in man's 1991 disappearance", by Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, April 28th, 1995. "Canoeists missing in deep woods", Sun Journal, November 17th, 1992. "Family seeks man last seen two years ago", by Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, September 2nd, 1993. "Park bone fragment of human's jaw", Bangor Daily News, June 24th, 2004. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

Based on her 27 years as a journalist in Maine, Deirdre Stires (you might recognize her from her byline, Deirdre Fleming) shares what she was always looking for as a journalist and how PR people can be helpful. Deirdre talks about her recent transition to creating content for Bates College and why it is important to be a good writer when it comes to creating content. Deirdre also lists some of the content she enjoys consuming and some resources she has found helpful as a writer. 3:16 – Deirdre describes how her career began by studying journalism in college and moving to Maine to cover hockey. 10:53 – Deirdre shares the best ways to help a journalist, including delivering on what you say you will deliver. 21:08 – Deirdre talks about content creation and how she is always looking for something quirky or unusual. 28:58 – Deirdre gives a glimpse into the types of content she consumes. 33:28 – Deirdre explains why it is important to be a good writer when it comes to content creation. 35:28 – Deirdre shares some resources that have been helpful to her.   Quote “I always wanted to get an unusual story, something different, something quirky, weird, bizarre and ideally, it's something new. It's breaking news. Then, you're the first person to get it on your website or on the front of your newspaper, but even if it's not something new, oftentimes within a story, there's something unusual or unique.” – Deirdre Stires, senior writer at Bates College       Links: Maine's outdoor tourism industry seeks solutions for workforce housing: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/04/23/maines-outdoor-tourism-industry-seeks-solutions-for-workforce-housing/ Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife: https://www.maine.gov/IFW/ Maine Audubon: https://maineaudubon.org/ The Nature Conservancy in Maine: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/maine/ Bates College: https://www.bates.edu/ Bates Trashion Show 2023: https://www.bates.edu/news/2023/11/16/bates-trashion-show-2023/ Portland Press Herald: https://www.pressherald.com/ “Becoming” by Michelle Obama: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Michelle-Obama/dp/1524763136 Word Counter: https://wordcounter.net/ “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Run-Bruce-Springsteen/dp/1501141511 “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson: https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537     About the guest:     Deirdre Stires worked for 27 years as a journalist in Maine, first at the Bangor Daily News and then at the Portland Press Herald, where she covered the outdoors for 20 years. Many newspaper readers in Maine know her from her byline — Deirdre Fleming — and her stories that anchored the Maine Sunday Telegram Outdoors section virtually every week. But Deirdre also covered outdoor and environmental breaking news and wrote in-depth, front-page Sunday stories on Maine's myriad outdoor activities, wildlife populations, conservation efforts and trends in outdoor recreation. In two decades, she wrote about — and experienced while reporting —virtually every outdoor activity in Maine.   She's won several writing awards in Maine and nationally. In 2013, she was selected as a national finalist in the beat-writing category by the Associated Press Sports Editors, which means as an outdoor writer she beat out sports journalists around the country covering traditional sports like football, basketball and baseball.   Her first book, which will be published by Islandport Press this spring, will be one of the nation's few hiking guides on accessible trails and will highlight the current movement to build more universal-access trails across the country.   Looking to connect: Email: Deirdre.fleming30@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-fleming-stires-383910132/ X: @DeirdreStires

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine The mostly volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Martha Dickinson, Michael Fisher, Starr Gilmartin, Maggie Harling, Lisa Leaverton, Ann Luther, Rick Lyles, Judith Lyles, Wendilee O'Brien, Maryann Ogonowski, emerita, Lane Sturtevant, Leah Taylor, and Linda Washburn. Democracy Forum: Participatory Democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics This month: We’ll talk about what happened in the November 7 election. Who were the winners and losers, and what does it mean for the future? Guest/s: Shenna Bellows, Maine Secretary of State www.maine.gov/sos/about/bio.html Michael Shepherd, Political Editor at the Bangor Daily News www.bangordailynews.com/author/mshepherd/ To learn more about this topic: Mike Shepherd in the BDN www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/08/politics/maine-2023-election-surprises-n6hjn1me0n/?mc_cid=3b4ae1f6a5&mc_eid=a2b49da37d www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/08/morning-update/here-are-results-of-the-biggest-maine-races-from-tuesdays-election/ www.pressherald.com/2023-election/ www.vote411.org/ www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/ballotquestionsnov2023.html 2023 Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/citizensguide23.pdf www.mainepublic.org/tags/political-pulse archives.weru.org/democracy-forum/2023/10/democracy-forum-10-20-23-yikes-8-ballot-questions/ archives.weru.org/democracy-forum/2023/04/democracy-forum-4-21-23-ballot-questions-whose-initiatives-are-they/ About the host: Ann currently serves as Treasurer of the League of Women Voters of Maine and leads the LWVME Advocacy Team. She served as President of LWVME from 2003 to 2007 and as co-president from 2007-2009. In her work for the League, Ann has worked for greater public understanding of public policy issues and for the League's priority issues in Clean Elections & Campaign Finance Reform, Voting Rights, Ethics in Government, Ranked Choice Voting, and Repeal of Term Limits. Representing LWVME at Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, she served that coalition as co-president from 2006 to 2011. She remains on the board of MCCE and serves as Treasurer. She is active in the LWV-Downeast and hosts their monthly radio show, The Democracy Forum, on WERU FM Community Radio -which started out in 2004 as an recurring special, and became a regular monthly program in 2012. She was the 2013 recipient of the Baldwin Award from the ACLU of Maine for her work on voting rights and elections. She joined the League in 1998 when she retired as Senior Vice President at SEI Investments. Ann was a founder of the MDI Restorative Justice Program, 1999 – 2000, and served on its Executive Board. The post Democracy Forum 11/17/23: What Happened on Election Day? – And What Does It Mean? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

High interest rates are making our already enormous national debt more expensive, and many economists are worried. We’ll discuss what it may cost to get the national debt under control. Plus, a referendum to replace Maine’s two main power companies with a publicly owned alternative was shot down in yesterday’s election. And, the James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing the way we see the universe. Here’s everything we talked about today: “What it would cost to stabilize the soaring national debt” from Axios “Maine voters reject utility takeover after heavy spending from CMP and Versant” from Bangor Daily News “What the Failed Pine Tree Power Proposal in Maine Could Have Accomplished” from CNET “More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities” from Stateline “A Guide to the James Webb Telescope’s View of the Universe” from The New York Times Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

High interest rates are making our already enormous national debt more expensive, and many economists are worried. We’ll discuss what it may cost to get the national debt under control. Plus, a referendum to replace Maine’s two main power companies with a publicly owned alternative was shot down in yesterday’s election. And, the James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing the way we see the universe. Here’s everything we talked about today: “What it would cost to stabilize the soaring national debt” from Axios “Maine voters reject utility takeover after heavy spending from CMP and Versant” from Bangor Daily News “What the Failed Pine Tree Power Proposal in Maine Could Have Accomplished” from CNET “More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities” from Stateline “A Guide to the James Webb Telescope’s View of the Universe” from The New York Times Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

One week after a tragedy unfolded in Lewiston Maine, the manhunt is over, and the national media outlets have left, but the recovery is just beginning for people who live, and work there. Bangor Daily News editor Michael Shephard talks with Julia Wright about how people are coping.

A political reporter of 15 years with Bangor Daily News, Michael Shephard joins us with the latest from the area around Lewiston, Maine, which on Wednesday became the site of the worst mass shooting in the history of the state.

The stories we are going to discuss today cannot be separated as they all revolve around one jackass. We talk about the tragic death of Cheryl Murdoch and the unsolved mystery surrounding Shirley Moon-Atwood, while the second case is unsolved we already have a feeling on what happened. You can reach out to us via email - homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com - send us stories, questions, Maine movie recommendations, or just say hi! Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/homegrownhorrorpod/ Sources: Man gets 55 years for murder, by Sharon Kiley Mack. Bangor Daily News, February 25, 2009. State Police continue search for Canaan woman 13 years after she goes missing, by Bob Evans. News Center Maine, July 16, 2019. STATE OF MAINE V. SHANNON R. ATWOOD. Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Death treated as homicide. Portsmouth Herald. August 15, 2006. Cheryl Murdoch Obituary. Legacy.com Canaan man found guilty of murder by Sharon Kiley Mack. Bangor Daily News. July 3, 2008. Shirley Theresa Moon Atwood. charleyproject.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

**CONTENT WARNING: GUN VIOLENCE** Our episode is a bit different today, we talk about the homicide of James Cummings where Amber Cummings used force against James to protect her daughter. Years of abuse, brainwashing, and trauma, under the roof of a literal Nazi and aspiring terrorist. All this and more! Sources: Slain Neo-Nazi, Angry over Obama victory, reportedly prepared ‘Dirty Bomb' Component by David Holthouse, February 11, 2009. The Southern Poverty Law Center. Amber Cummings Avoids Prison for Killing Nazi Husband While He Slept by Kealan Oliver, January 11, 2010. CBS News. James Cummings shot, December 18, 2009. Fort Bragg Advocate-News.  Report: ‘Dirty bomb' parts found in slain man's home by Walter Griffin, February 10, 2009. Bangor Daily News. Slain Belfast man was ‘angry' by Walter Griffin. December 11, 2008. Bangor Daily News. Contractor: Maine shooting victim was abusive, December 12, 2008. Foster's Daily Democrat. A watchdog lied to get radioactive materials. Terrorists could, too by Joe Davidson, July 22, 2022. The Washington Post. White Supremacists Want a Dirty Bomb by Will Cathcart, August 16, 2009. Foreignpolicy.com Amber Cummings reflects on her daughter, Belfast and what led her to kill her abusive husband by Abigail Curtis, February 12, 2010. Bangor Daily News. You can reach out to us via email - homegrownhorrorpod@gmail.com - send us stories, questions, Maine movie recommendations, or just say hi! Twitter:  ⁠https://twitter.com/HgHpod⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/homegrownhorrorpod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hghpod/support

He called it just another day of skydiving, but today in 1987, Gregory Robertson saved a fellow skydiver's life with a high-speed free fall of more than a mile. Plus: on the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride, the story of the expense account he sent for reimbursement to colonial officials. Man rescues fellow skydiver seconds before impact (UPI) Revere's expense account revealed (Bangor Daily News via Google News Archive) Keep our show flying high as a backer on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support

On this episode of mwmh, Payton and Garrett discuss the puzzling mass murder of 4 individuals at a Maine B&B. Social and Bonus episode links: https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband World app available for apple! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/worlds-the-home-for-community/id1666127579 Sources: Cbsnews.com, “3 of 4 Maine B&B Victims Dismembered,” no author provided, September 6, 2006   Rutlandherald.com, “Cook charged in 4 grisly murders,” by Glenn Adams, September 6, 2006   Seacoastonline.com, “Murder suspect loses 55 lbs. in jail,” by David Sharp, May 4, 2007   Sfgate.com, “Former S.F. innkeeper, 3 others slain in Maine,” by Jaxon Van Derbeken, September 8, 2006   Q106.5, q1065.fm, “The Scary Stories of 10 Maine Multiple Murderers & Their Victims,” by Cindy Campbell, August 23, 2001   Wjbq.com, “Do you remember the Maine bed & breakfast serial killer?” by Brittany Rose, August 9, 2022   Portland Press Herald, “Suspect arrested in quadruple slayings near Maine ski resort,” by Gregory D. Kesich, September 6, 2006   Murderpedia.org, “Christian Charles Nielsen”   Google maps   Findagrave.com   State of Maine v. Christian Nielsen, written opinion of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, dated May 6, 2008   The Boston Globe, Boston.com, “Rent dispute may have preceded Maine deaths,” by Michael Levenson and Raja Mishrae, September 7, 2006   The Standard-Times, southcoasttoday.com, “Maine man pleads guilty to killing 4 people in Maine resort country,” by David Sharp, October 10, 2007   The Standard-Times, southcoasttoday.com, “Nielsen said he bought gun and ammo on day he killed Whitehurst,” by Staff Writer, November 7, 2006, updated January 14, 2011   State of Maine Department of Corrections, www1.maine.gov, “Adult Resident Search”   Sun Journal, sunjournal.com, “A troubled childhood,” by Scott Thistle, September 16, 2006   The Oklahoman, Oklahoman.com, “Man gets life for killings at Maine B&B,” by Clarke Canfield, October 18, 2007   TheCinemaholic.com, “Where is Christian C. Nielsen Now?” by Noor Malhotra, August 28, 2020   U.S. Census   Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Man accused of killing 4 in Maine deemed competent to stand trial,” by Associated Press, September 20, 2007   The Bangor Daily News, “Police say accused recounted slayings,” by the Associated Press, July 5, 2007   The Bangor Daily News, “Insanity plea entered in B&B slaying case,” by the Associated Press, May 17, 2007   The New York Times, “Man Is Charged in Killings at Maine Bed and Breakfast,” by Ariel Sabar, September 6, 2006   USAToday.com, “Maine bed and breakfast slayings a shock,” by Shelby Bullard, September 6, 2006   Sunjournal.com, “Family mourns ‘super mom,'” by Terry Karkos, September 7, 2006   Mainebiz.biz, “Inn's grisly connection prompts conversion,” by Mainebiz News Staff, September 8, 2009   Boston.com, “Maine police investigate an apparent quadruple homicide,” by Andrew Ryan, September 5, 2006   Boston.com, “Murder victim remembered with memorial in remote spot,” by Clarke Canfield, October 17, 2007   Assisted research and writing by Diane Birnholz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week features another unsolved murder from 1989. A car abandoned along a major highway with no sign of the driver, just a dog, a spare tire, and two blood stains along the pavement. The disappearance is mysterious, and the investigation infuriating as precious time could have led investigators to a killer. All this and more on HGH! Sources: Missing Winthrop woman's family waiting, hoping by Mike Laberge. Kennebec Journal. July 4th, 1989. Webb's parents notify state police of possible lawsuit, by Mike Laberge. Kennebec Journal. May 5th, 1992. Court blocks lawsuit over turnpike slaying, by Joshua L. Weinstein. Portland Press Herald. May 14th, 1999. Mourners pack church for Pamela Webb Funeral. Bangor Daily News. July 26th, 1989. Webb's death ruled homicide; investigation moves to N.H., by Michele Valway. Journal Tribune. July 20th, 1989. Pamela Webb, lived in Winthrop. Journal Tribune. July 24th, 1989. Police sifting through all leads, calls about missing Winthrop woman, by Mike Laberge. Kennebec Journal. July 13th, 1989. Search for blood type stalls probe, by Michele Valway. Journal Tribune. July 7th, 1989. Parents of murder victim sue state police, by Mike Laberge. Morning Sentinel. May 5th, 1992. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hghpod/support

Esther, Cate and Ben discuss the Bangor Daily News‘ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad editing of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—and their pretty good apology. They also look at efforts in the state legislature to protect abortion rights and they explain what’s next…

Orion Krause, a 22-year-old from Rockport, Maine killed his mother, his grandparents and their caretaker at the 80 Common St. home. What made this young musician and Oberland graduate take the life of 4 people with a baseball bat? Join us as we take a deep dive into this Groton, Massachusetts tragedy. Works Cited Acquisto, Alex. ““Another Person Came Out,” Father Says of Son Accused of Killing Four.” Bangor Daily News, 14 Sept. 2017, www.bangordailynews.com/2017/09/14/news/another-person-came-out-father-says-of-son-accused-of-killing-four/. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022. Archive, View Author, et al. Orion Krause Pleads Guilty to Quadruple Murder with Baseball Bat. 3 Sept. 2021, nypost.com/2021/09/02/orion-krause-pleads-guilty-to-quadruple-murder-with-baseball-bat/. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022. Boudet, Mike. “Sword and Scale Episode 214.” Www.swordandscale.com, www.swordandscale.com/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-214. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022. “Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Baseball Bat Killings of 4.” The Patriot Ledger, www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/09/02/maine-man-pleads-guilty-killing-four-baseball-bat/5702607001/. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022. mhanson@masslive.com, Melissa Hanson |. “What We Know: Groton Quadruple Murder.” Masslive, 12 Sept. 2017, www.masslive.com/news/2017/09/orion_krause_accused_of_killin.html. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

See TitleSourceshttps://www.futilitycloset.com/2021/01/11/podcast-episode-327-the-misplaced-tourist/Bangor Daily News article by Kent Ward, December 4, 2009

Nick Murray from the Maine Policy Institute joins the podcast tonight after Democratic Governor Janet Mills and former Republican Governor Paul LePage took the stage in Portland for an hour long debate with moderators Greg Lagerquist from CBS Channel 13 and Mike Shepherd from the Bangor Daily News.

On the podcast this month, we're exploring different ways you can channel using your voice and building your thought leadership platform. In this episode, we're diving into the impact and legacy you can have by writing op-eds. Did you know that most op-eds are only 650-850 words in length? You can do this! My guest is Princella Talley, who is a writer and speaker. In 2020, she was selected as a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Princella and I talk about: The purpose of op-eds and why you would want to write one How Princella got into writing op-eds The elements that go into a good op-ed Two impactful op-eds she has written and the power of vulnerability and truth telling Handling backlash, sexism, and racism as a woman with a public voice What The OpEd Project is About My Guest: Princella Talley dived headfirst into her craft at age six when she would clip images out of magazines and paste them into her notebook as inspiration to create new stories. She won her first writing contest at 12 years young but couldn't claim her prize because she was under 18. Today, with over 15 years of experience, Princella has built an impressive resume as a writer, ghostwriter, and editor. Princella's writing portfolio includes an array of content from magazines, initiatives, and companies. She has been a columnist for a variety of outlets including CBS Las Vegas and Las Vegas' Guardian Liberty Voice and was contracted as an assistant editor by publications in the United States, South America, and throughout the Caribbean islands. In addition, she has conducted numerous celebrity interviews and worked on Grammy campaigns for award-winning artists.  She has also written and published works on climate change and social entrepreneurship, ecotourism, and the role of AI in environmental conservation.  In 2020, she was selected as a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. During the course of her fellowship year, her op-ed pieces and commentary were published in Grist, The Hill, Zora, World War Zero, The Urbanist, The Progressive, The Sacramento Bee, Quad City Times, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Killeen Daily Herald, The Chronicle, Herald News, Bangor Daily News, Merced Sun-Star,Times Herald-Record (Catskills Edition), Newsbug, and the Marietta Daily Journal. About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories, voices, and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.  Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/296/ Princella's website: https://www.princella-talley.com/ Princella's op-ed after the overturning of Roe v. Wade: https://inthesetimes.com/article/black-women-abortion-ban-roe-louisiana-universal-healthcare  The Op-Ed Project: https://www.theopedproject.org/  Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/  Apply for our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/    Connect on social: Carol on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox Carol on Twitter = https://www.twitter.com/carolmorgancox  Princella (guest) on Twitter = https://twitter.com/p_talley101 Related Podcast Episodes: Episode 257: Writing a Book Gives Your Ideas Depth and Longevity with Tiffany Hawk [The Medium is the Message Series]  

Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Maine: The Way Life Could Be, a series in which we look at challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the lifetimes of people alive today. This episode: At the outset of this series, we invited anyone interested to participate in a Zoom call to help us gather information on what folks saw as major challenges facing Maine people during the lifetime of those alive today. One of those challenges mentioned by several of the participants on that call was affordable and accessible health care. It's important to note right at the beginning of today's program that health care and health insurance are two different things that are sometimes conflated. Health care refers to the care that providers such as doctors, nurses, therapists, and others provide to people with health issues. How to pay for that care is a separate challenge, often provided in part by either for-profit insurance companies or government programs such as Medicaid, for those with very low incomes; or Medicare, for those age 65 and over. On today's program, we will speak with two retired physicians who, over long careers, took somewhat different paths but wound up at the same conclusion about how to provide Maine people, and all Americans, with affordable, accessible health care. Guests: Dr. Geoff Gratwick practiced medicine with a specialty in rheumatology in the Bangor area, and in clinics across Maine for over 40 years. He eventually became so concerned about what he saw as problems with Mainers getting access to quality health care that he ran for the Maine Senate after serving 9 years on the Bangor City Council. He served four terms in the Maine Senate before leaving because of term limits, and while there served on the Opioid Task Force, as well as on several legislative committees. He was a key player in establishing the state's Health Care Task Force which has been charged with determining how to make health care in Maine universal, affordable, accessible and of high quality. Dr. Phil Caper, in addition to practicing as a physician, spent a good part of his career in policy areas related to health care. From 1971 to 1976, he was a professional staff member on the United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare's subcommittee on Health. He served on the National Council on Health Planning and Development from 1977 to 1984, chairing the panel from 1980 to 1984. He has also taught at Dartmouth Medical School, the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and worked in private industry trying to improve the technology of hospital medical records. Both guests are active with Maine AllCare FMI: Maine AllCare From the National Bankruptcy Forum, 10/22/21: 10 Statistics about US Medical Debt that Will Shock You Health care executive pay soars during pandemic, Bob Herman, AXIOS, Jun 14, 2021 Universal health care could have saved more than 338,000 lives from COVID-19 alone, Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, June 13, 2022 Sudden resolution of Anthem and Maine Med dispute leaves more questions than answers, Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News, 8/20/22 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Report Hidden charges, denied claims: Medical bills leave patients confused, frustrated, helpless, Joe Lawlor, Portland Press Herald, 8/21/22 About the hosts: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. 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. The post Maine: The Way Life Could Be 9/6/22: Health- Care & Insurance first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Welcome to this edition of Maine: The Way Life Could Be, a series in which we look at challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the lifetimes of people alive today. Affordable housing is a big issue here in Maine, with current residents being priced out of certain areas by people moving here from out of state, purchase prices beyond the reach of average wage earners in all but one county, rents skyrocketing, and short term vacation rentals displacing long term rentals. Today we again hear from area town managers and planners that we interviewed earlier this year, a young person dealing with the issue, and a local real estate agent who fills us in on the trends. With inflation and interest rates complicating things, it’s hard to predict what things will look like in a few years, much less beyond that. Guests: Lane Sturtevant, Participant in January MTWLCB forum Kathleen Billings, Town Manager, Stonington, Maine Mike Cunning, Realtor, Worth Real Estate, Belfast, Maine Jim Fisher, Town Manager, Deer Isle, Maine, and former senior planner with the Hancock County Planning Commission Anne Krieg, Bangor Planning Officer FMI: Trends and Outlooks for the Maine Economy, Maine Association of Mortgage Professionals (presentation), by Amanda Rector, Maine State Economist, June 8, 2022 2021 Homeownership Housing Facts and Affordability Index for Maine, Maine State Housing Authority LD 290, An Act to Stabilize Property Taxes for Individuals 65 Years of Age or Older Who Own a Homestead for at Least 10 Years Airbnb bookings in rural Maine surge to $95M in 2021, Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News, June 29, 2022 Portland isn't the only place out-of-staters are buying pricey homes, David Marino Jr., Bangor Daily News, June 23, 2022 About the hosts: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. 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. The post Maine: The Way Life Could Be 8/2/22: Housing in Maine -Affordable to Mainers? first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Welcome to this edition of Maine: The Way Life Could Be, a series in which we look at challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the lifetimes of people alive today. The population of Maine has been the oldest and “whitest” in the state, but even before the real estate boom during the pandemic, some of state’s demographics were starting to shift. Today we look at the 2018-2028 demographics forecast for the state, with Maine’s State Economist, Amanda Rector, author of the report. We also talk with Jim Fisher, Deer Isle Town Manager and Hancock County planner, about how some of the trends play out in real life in our communities. Guests: Amanda Rector is the State Economist for Maine. In this capacity, she conducts ongoing analysis of Maine’s economic and demographic conditions to help inform policy decisions. Amanda is a member of the State of Maine's Revenue Forecasting Committee and serves as the Governor's liaison to the U. S. Census Bureau. She started working for the state in 2004 and has been State Economist since 2011. She earned a BA in Economics from Wellesley College and her Master’s in Public Policy and Management from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Jim Fisher is the Town Manager for Deer Isle and former senior planner with the Hancock County Planning Commission. He earned a doctorate in urban regional planning from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and was a Fulbright scholar. He also hosted “Common Health” here on WERU for several years. FMI: Maine Population Outlook, 2018-2018, Office of the State Economist State Economist Amanda Rector presents Trends and Outlook for Maine’s Economy to the Maine Association of Mortgage Professionals, June 8, 2022 Pandemic Migration Spurs Maine’s Biggest Population Growth in Two Decades, Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News, December 27, 2021 About the hosts: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. 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. The post Maine: The Way Life Could Be 7/5/22: Shifting Demographics in Maine first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

When I was a boy, my father told me a story about a ghost town. I come from northern Maine, Aroostook County, a place of endless trees and potato fields with more deer than people. It's lonely country, a place of long, quiet, windswept vistas, of dark temples in the forest, of a world not yet destroyed by the endless march of human industry. Not yet. To be clear, I had heard my share of ghost stories - my sister had even seen the spirit of my grandmother standing at the foot of her bed, watching over her. I know because I awoke to her screaming. We lived with the idea of the Holy Ghost, the idea that life did not end with death, that life is but a walking shadow of the world and times to come. Once, when I was 17, I came face to face with a full body apparition. I'm still not sure what that was. But when my father told me of the ghost town, it was a horse of a different color. It wasn't the remnant or memory of a person - no, it was an entire place, lost and forgotten, like a ghost but not a ghost. You can't hang out and linger with a ghost, but a ghost town? Maybe it was the next, best thing. “The clay there is red,” he told me. “That's how you'll know you're there. It lies next to the river. It was a whole settlement, with a general store, homes, you know…A while back some folks dug there for clay to make ceramics with. Reddest clay you ever saw. Like blood. Not much left now, just a couple of old foundations and an old, broken down church from what I remember when I went there as a kid. It's not far away,” he told me, “just over the hill and down by the river, a hidden place. No one goes there anymore. It used to be called Dow Siding. There's a road, but it's hard to find. Mostly grown over. More like a path” he told me, “but be careful. Don't go there alone.” That was my old man, for you. Tell your boy about a ghost town, give him the rough coordinates, and then tell him not to go. So when there came a day when I didn't have any real adult supervision, I hopped on my little Yamaha Mini-Enduro 60 and headed up through the field roads, over Buck Hill and down to the Aroostook River to search for a road that I hoped…man, I hoped for dear life that it existed. It did. It took me half the day to find it, past people's homes, down along fields even the farmers didn't plow anymore, a patch of earth no one thought worthy of visiting. But there I was, going back and forth in a search pattern until…what was that? A pair of ruts in a tiny clearing? A pathway mostly overgrown with raspberry vines and thistle? Slowly, I drove the little bike through the thicket, dodging low hanging branches that cut at my face. Through squinting eyes, an opening appeared and then, a cleared area in the forest, something you only ever saw if it was a farmer's field. This was not a field, but a half acre of land cleared years ago by forgotten hands and still, the woody root and red alder hadn't been able to reclaim all of it. There were the remains of a building, very likely the church my father saw when he was a boy, all a pile of ruins. There were bits and pieces of metal, a wagon wheel, an ancient rusted hand pump resting at an angle in the ground. There were fieldstone foundations just peeking up through the undergrowth and, as I recall, a rosebush more full of blossoms than I had ever seen before. Someone had planted that rose, I thought. Someone had lived here, children had grown up here, men had risen early in the morning to keep the fires burning in the coldest winters imaginable. I got off my dirt bike and walked into the middle of the clearing. I could see where someone had dug into the side of a hill and, sure enough, the clay there was fine and as red as the dust of Mars. Someone had come back for it, as my father had told me, but even they eventually left this place alone. I stood there and listened for a long while. A silence fell, a kind of weight covering everything I could see. It was like I was all alone in the world - a totally empty planet, and this was all that was left. For a second, I was the ghost. And the absence of sound probably caused my own imagination to hear, on the edge of things, a cart rolling past, a horse's measured clop as it passed me, a faint ringing of a bell far in the distance. For a moment, I realized the truth of things: a place, whether it be a room, a house, or even a town, doesn't hold you and shelter you from the storm for the years of your life and then just let you go. It retains a memory of sorts, an echo of days long past and if you are receptive to such things, you can hear that echo and see those phantoms. They are not ghosts, they are only memories with weight, but on that lost afternoon of my youth nearly fifty years ago, I know one thing to be true - for a few moments, I was somewhere else. I never went back. It wouldn't be the last time I stepped off the map. Just like people, there are places that disappear. In the American West, there are many ghost towns. You can find them from Alaska to southern Texas, but there's something about the climate in those places that keep the buildings standing and the roads open. In Maine, where the cold and the snow, the wind and rain rage and the green growth covers all, such places tend to quickly vanish from view. A road untraveled in this place will soon get lost in the thicket by the little maple saplings and the puckerbrush tangle of growth that are only kept at bay by constant travel. There are many such places in Maine. This story is about one of them, a place known as Riceville. On a map made in 1894, it is noted as the F. Shaw and Brothers Bark Extract Works. An ancient way of tanning animal skins requires boiling down tree bark to make a dark tea-like liquid that is full of tannins, the substances that give tanning its name. The raw materials for bark extraction were plentiful there: water, trees, and wood for boiling it all down. On the edge of Buffalo Stream, east of Greenfield and west of Nickatous Lake in Hancock County, a little village arose to support the bark extraction works. By 1890, 130 or more people called the place home. Eventually, F. Shaw and brothers sold the works. Its name comes from the fellows who bought it from F. Shaw and Brothers, a company called Buzzell and Rice. They converted the works into a full-fledged tannery. At the time, shoe leather was desperately needed and buffalo skins were shipped all the way to Riceville so they could be processed and shipped back to the growing shoe industry in New England. If you try to find Riceville now, you'll have a hard time. It's nearly lost to the forest. If you do find the tote road a few miles northeast of Old Town, you'll be walking to Township 39, a place that has a number instead of a name. You'll be lucky if you can get there on foot - it's wet and overgrown and you might have to turn back. A couple of hours of trudging will get you to the first thing you encounter - the Riceville Cemetery. There, in the middle of the thick undergrowth, it meets you with an old crooked white picket fence and a sign nailed to a tree growing in the middle of the little plot. Someone pays enough attention to this place to see that the fence remains and the little plot is kept fairly clear. Strangely enough, there are no markers at all in the cemetery. You wonder as you walk the little spot who lies below, forgotten. It's quiet here, but the wind whispers through the trees. You listen, then you move a little further into the woods and after a few minutes of walking and dodging, you will come upon an opening, a cleared area, littered with scraps of metal here and there, a wagon axle, a pipe, and rusted barrel hoops. There's a big open well that has been circled by faded yellow warning tape. If someone fell into that hole this far away from help, they might never emerge. There's a stone foundation still standing strong after so many years of neglect. You look around a little more, wonder at the thought of it all and realize that you've got quite a hike to get out of there and really, there is nothing left. Nothing except the story of how this all came to be. Today, hunters and ruin-seekers are about the only folks who make it to Riceville, but a little over a hundred years ago, this place had a mill, a school, a general store, boarding house and homes for the workers at the tannery. It was a thriving community. A vital trade in tanned buffalo hides made this place perfect. There was a stream with clean, pure water. It was far enough away from civilization that the foul odors of the tannery would not be bothersome. Set far from any major town or city, Riceville was a successful little community carved into the Maine forest. For years, it was a hub of activity. Families thrived there. Children grew up and went to a school, played on a the baseball team. Visitors stayed at the boarding house. Commerce thrived as product was made and shipped out for the larger markets of the world. The people who lived there, though, lived alone among themselves, especially in the winter. Places that are far from the main currents of the world of people and doings do not often have casual visitors. Long periods of time can occur when no one comes or goes from the town. Days might pass without a visitor, something that would never happen today. It was not unusual for no one to leave or visit for long periods. Riceville, situated where it was, was self-sustaining. It was also isolated. So what happened to the people of Riceville? And this is where the story comes in. One day, it occurred to someone that they had not heard from anyone in Riceville for a while. We don't know who asked, but someone did. Asking around in town, they discover that no one else has had any contact with Riceville for more than a week, maybe two. Someone decides it's time to pay the good folks a visit. In other stories, it's not a deputation from a town but a traveling merchant who eventually finds his way to Riceville on that fateful day. What was found is legend. As their horse slowly made its way up the road to the village, they noticed a strange stillness, an absence of movement. Actually, there was nothing moving. They cast their gaze around to find someone to speak with but to their shock and then their horror, they begin discovering the bodies. First one lying on the side of the road then others, lying in the grass, their bodies swollen by the heat. They've been there awhile. Further investigation of the little homes and boarding house prove an undeniable fact - everyone of them, over a hundred people, are dead. Officials are called in - investigations are made. Has cholera killed them all? Poison from the tannery? Those in charge determine that they need to bury these bodies quickly - a mass grave is dug and the bodies are placed together and covered. In time, the mystery deepens. No one can determine exactly how these people died and why at least one of them did not take a horse and seek help in the next settlement. No one knows what happened to the people of Riceville. And so, a legend is born. The buildings fall in, the road disappears, and the story is the only thing that remains. Even if it isn't quite true. As storytelling creatures, we tend to remember the most sensational tales, the ones that leave us wondering, the ones that make our world seem more mysterious. Everyone loves a good mystery, even if there is, after all, no mystery. I've heard of cholera as the cause of the large number of deaths or of mercury poisoning the water source. The large number of deaths, however, is not supported by the evidence. An entire town disappearing overnight? Didn't happen.In fact, as far as we know, nobody died of anything. But something did happen to the settlement and the people. Towns don't usually disappear overnight and people need time to move on. According to a report in the Ellsworth American, sometime between December 30 and 31st, 1905, the tannery burned to the ground. The store and boarding house survived, but the rest of the tannery works was suddenly gone. Every single person in Riceville was in some way employed by the tannery, so the livelihood of all was contingent upon the mill being rebuilt. But it wasn't. The tannery was insured. The owners of the Riceville Tannery also owned a tannery in Lowell, Massachusetts which had previously burned under similar circumstances. Neither was rebuilt. With no income, the people soon found no reason to stay in Riceville. They moved on, as people do, when the income suddenly stops. This is how ghost towns are born, after all. Within ten years, the post office closed and no one lived there anymore. For years, the surviving buildings remained there, alone, quiet, with echoes and shadows and nothing more. In 2009, a group of ghost hunters from Bangor visited Riceville. Their visit was written up in the Bangor Daily News article entitled, Bangor Ghost Hunters probe site of former tannery town. The members of the team reported a few strange occurrences: a clear path through the trees suddenly filled in with nearly impassable growth, the sound in the wind of someone calling, “It's time to go in now!” One of the members, a sensitive, was sure they were being followed by the ghost of a young girl. They did their best to document this place, but in the end, there is little to tell except the story of a mill owner who, for awhile, did well financially and whose benefits were shared among his workers. It's not a ghost story, not really. It's not even really a ghost town. It's just a place that used to be, a place with a few reminders left lying in the undisturbed middle of nowhere that once, people thrived here, children ran the streets and went to school and a town prospered. And then it didn't. Slowly, it ran out of steam and then, one day the last family left and no one ever lived there again. It's a sad story and perhaps that's why people keep going there, standing in the quiet, wandering around the few artifacts left to show Riceville even existed. Perhaps the sadness calls them and they answer the call. Perhaps the idea that once, something good existed there and now, there is nothing, is a reminder that we all live on very precarious ground ourselves. If Riceville could turn into nothing more than a legend, what of the towns and cities we live in now? What happened to Riceville? A single thing - a fire. From there, all the dominoes fell into place. That's all it takes. A single thing.

In this episode, Ronda Dodge, Chairperson of the Island Nursing Home (INH), provides the community with updates, including: 1. Where to find a copy of the INH Task Force's final report and the INH Board's response to the report. 2. What needs the INH Board has that our community may be able to help fill. 3. Why a recent Bangor Daily News article said the Island Nursing Home may need millions of dollars to reopen. Ronda also answers a listener's question about whether or not the INH Board plans to keep the two minivans, bus and pick-up truck that they had at the time of closing. Lastly, Ronda and I talk about how she, and other INH Board members, are doing after four months of pouring their hearts and souls into this effort. To access a copy of the INH Task Force Report: https://islandnursinghome.squarespace.com/new-blog/2022/1/4/task-force-executive-report-and-recommendations To volunteer to help the INH Board with fundraising, affordable housing or offer your talent/services, please email Ronda at: rcdodge@yahoo.com To offer a housing or rental option, please email Lori Morey at: lmorey@islandnursinghome.org or call 348-2351. Keep those questions coming! Email me at ihwf1966@gmail.com or call 207-367-5851 (leave a message).

Ernie is excited about this story. The seaside town of Belfast, Maine recently welcomed a new visitor to their harbor. No, it's not Wally the Walrus. But, it is something really big. (Run time: 4-1/2 minutes) >> Become a fan and comment on Facebook or MeWe>> Follow us on Instagram>> Call the new phone line: (213) 290-4451>> Drop us an email at podcast @ comedy4cast.com>> Not able to be a Patreon patron? Consider just buying Clinton some coffee>> And be sure to check out everything happening over at The Topic is Trek, the other podcast Clinton does>> Dog image by karsten_kettermann-2496499 and microphone image by alles-2597842, both courtesy of Pixabay>> Certain sounds effects courtesy of freeSFX and FreeSound.org Transcript: CLINTON Here's a math problem for you: if a rubber ducky the size of a bar of soap is "lots of fun," what about one the size of a truck full of jacuzzis? That's what residents of the seaside town of Belfast, Maine may be trying to calculate. Because there is a gigantic, bright yellow rubber ducky sitting in their harbor. According to the city's harbormaster, Katherine Given, the really, really, big bird suddenly appeared -- or is it "landed" -- on August 14th. It seems to be anchored to the bottom of the harbor. Officials say they have no idea who put it there. The growth-spurt game bird, which looks exactly like it's smaller bathtub counterpart, is estimated to be about 25 feet tall, and has one distinguishing feature -- uh, aside from being 25 feet tall. The word "Joy" is written in large letters on the front of the fowl of unusual size. At first residents thought it might have been connected to Belfest Harborfest, which had concluded at the end of the previous weekend. But organizers said they had nothing to do with it. Others think the massive mallard may have come from nearby Islesboro Island, where a similar, or the same duck had reportedly been spotted. Regardless of where the Daffy Down-Easter came from, it seems to be making a big splash with the locals. "Everybody loves it," Harbormaster Given told the Bangor Daily News. "I have no idea who owns it, but it kind of fits Belfast. A lot of people want to keep it here." Indeed. It has already become quite the tourist attraction. Residents of other towns have been making a detour to the harbor just to see the salt-water quacker. Giant rubber ducks have been making themselves seen for at least the past 20 years, when artist Florentijn Hofman began installing them in waterways on a worldwide tour. He called the project "Spreading Joy Around the World." However, those ducks stood six stories tall, truly making even the world's largest harbors look like bathtubs. Given said she isn't in any hurry to get rid of the surprise visitor, even though it has migrated a bit. Originally the floating fowl figure was in the shallows, in an area where it didn't interfere with trafic. However, wind from a recent thunderstorm dragged it a little closer to the mouth of the harbor. "If it was in the middle of the mooring field, it could be kind of a navigational hazard," she said, but added that in it's current location, "it's not bothering anybody." If the enormous avian does begin to make an exit from the harbor, we can offer only one piece of advice: Make way for duckling! But for now, that's it. We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye bye.

As we were preparing for our show on underdogs, I kept saying that we shouldn’t overlook the fact that, often, to be an underdog in the first place, you have to be relatively bad at the thing you’re an underdog about. The more we talked about it, the more I found myself making the case that losers and losing are fascinating. And they are. There’s a whole podcast about political candidates who lost. We romanticize losers in movies and TV and songs and stories. And think just about the phrase “lovable losers.” In a culture where we focus seemingly entirely on the positive half of the zero sum, where we endlessly exalt WINNING, it’s kind of interesting that we love the losers too, isn’t it? This hour, a long look at losers and losing. GUESTS: Jason Cherkis - Political reporter for The Huffington Post and the co-host of Candidate Confessional Josh Keefe - An investigative reporter at the Bangor Daily News; in a piece for Slate’s Sports Nut, he claimed that he was the worst high school quarterback ever Jonathan McNicol - Producer at Connecticut Public Radio Irene Papoulis - Teaches writing at Trinity College Brian Slattery - Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Betsy Kaplan contributed to this show, which originally aired August 1, 2016.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SURPRISE! We bring you a lighthearted crime fail story of "The Snapchat Burglar", 24-year old not-Biggie-Smalls Christopher Wallace from Fairfield, Maine, in the US of A.  If you're driving to your chamba (job) we highly recommend this episode to put you in a good mood to start your week.We reference the Canadian mockumentary, "Trailer Park Boys" which you can watch on Netflix or get a quick blurb on this her Wikipedia link.Episode Sources: The Consumerist, The Bangor Daily News, and MTV News.  KahKuh had a root canal and is recovering (wooo!), so this episode is hosted by Nani and Special Guest RG  Edited (I'm practicing!) By: Nani

Christi Holmes, registered Maine Guide and founder of Maine Women Hunters, speaks with host Catherine Gordon. The Machias native works as a design engineer and writes monthly columns for The Maine Sportsman and the Bangor Daily News.

Aislinn Sarnacki. She is a columnist and editor for the Bangor Daily News, where she writes stories and produces videos about outdoor activities, conservation and wildlife for the Act Out section. She's the author of three hiking guidebooks: “Family-Friendly Hikes in Maine” (2017), “Maine Hikes Off the Beaten Path” (2018) and “Dog-Friendly Hikes in Maine” (2019)

As we were preparing for our show on underdogs, I kept saying that we shouldn't overlook the fact that, often, to be an underdog in the first place, you have to be relatively bad at the thing you're an underdog about. The more we talked about it, the more I found myself making the case that losers and losing are fascinating. And they are. There's a whole podcast about political candidates who lost. We romanticize losers in movies and TV and songs and stories. And think just about the phrase "lovable losers." In a culture where we focus seemingly entirely on the positive half of the zero sum, where we endlessly exalt WINNING, it's kind of interesting that we love the losers too, isn't it? This hour, a long look at losers and losing. GUESTS: Jason Cherkis - Political reporter for The Huffington Post and the co-host of Candidate Confessional Josh Keefe - An investigative reporter at the Bangor Daily News; in a piece for Slate's Sports Nut, he claimed that he was the worst high school quarterback ever Irene Papoulis - Teaches writing at Trinity College Brian Slattery - Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Betsy Kaplan contributed to this show, which originally aired August 1, 2016.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we speak with folks from the People First Portland campaign as the 2020 electoral season winds down. We touch on each of the referenda, all the potential positive impacts to Portlanders, what the opposition has to say, and more! Happy listening! Further notes and citations for the episode: Citations and Further Reading 00:00:00 - People First Portland. (n.d.). People First Portland. Retrieved October 29, 2020, from https://www.peoplefirstportland.org/ - P.F.P. (2020, October 19). How to fix Portland's housing market [Video]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=816502295832078 00:12:25 - Harrison, J. (2020, June 24). Here's what the Maine Information and Analysis Center is, and why it was created. Bangor Daily News. https://bangordailynews.com/2020/05/14/politics/heres-what-the-maine-intelligence-analysis-center-is-and-why-it-was-created/ - Shepherd, M. (2020, June 27). Hundreds of records hacked from Maine intelligence agency. Bangor Daily News. https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/26/mainefocus/hundreds-of-records-hacked-from-maine-intelligence-agency/ - An Open Letter to Portland City Council on Facial Recognition. (2020, January 6). ACLU of Maine. https://www.aclumaine.org/en/news/open-letter-portland-city-council-facial-recognition - American Civil Liberties Union. (n.d.). What's Wrong With Fusion Centers - Executive Summary. Retrieved October 29, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/report/whats-wrong-fusion-centers-executive-summary - American Civil Liberties Union. (2020, June 24). ACLU OF Maine Statement Calling For MIAC Investigation. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-maine-statement-calling-miac-investigation 00:13:46 - M.P.H.C. [Maine People's Housing Coalition]. (2020a, October 29). @phc.me · Community Organization [Facebook Profile]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/phc.me/ 00:18:42 - The Associated Press. (2020, October 18). City officials against social ballot referendums in Portland. Bangor Daily News. https://bangordailynews.com/2020/10/18/news/city-officials-against-social-ballot-referendums-in-portland/ - Billings, R. B. (2020, October 13). Portland mayor and most councilors announce opposition to 5 referendum questions. Press Herald. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/13/portland-mayor-and-most-councilors-announce-opposition-to-5-referendum-questions/ 00:21:00 - Money pours in to efforts to defeat citizen referendum questions in Portland. (2020, October 28). Press Herald. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/28/money-pours-into-efforts-to-defeat-citizen-referendum-questions-in-portland/ 00:24:00 - More than a quarter of Maine workers will get a raise from minimum wage increase in 2020. (2019, December 30). Maine Center for Economic Policy. https://www.mecep.org/more-than-a-quarter-of-maine-workers-will-get-a-raise-from-minimum-wage-increase-in-2020/ 00:33:09 - Portland City Council approves ban on use of facial recognition technology. (2020, August 5). [Video]. Https://Www.Wabi.Tv. https://www.wabi.tv/2020/08/05/portland-city-council-approves-ban-on-use-of-facial-recognition-technology/ 00:34:00 - American Civil Liberties Union. (2020b, August 4). Portland City Council Unanimously Passes Face Surveillance Ban, but. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/portland-city-council-unanimously-passes-face-surveillance-ban-without-important

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 88, originally published in July 2012. Teaching basic reading, writing, and arithmetic has been systematically replaced with an agenda-based curriculum run by government organizations, shifting America's educational system from one of learning facts and figures to changing values and beliefs, i.e. brainwashing. Join Jason Hartman and whistleblower Charlotte Iserbyt in this lively discussion about the dumbing down of America's school children and college students. Listen at: www.HolisticSurvival.com. Charlotte explains 100-plus years of chronological history of educational reform, through the use of controversial, non-academic material, institutionalizing schools, and plans for a global economy, and how these reforms have led to American students scoring below the international average and being among the lowest of several participating nations in mathematics and science. Material collected over a 30 – 50-year period shows the irrefutable proof of deliberate and malicious intent to bring about behavioral changes in students, parents, and society for a collective mentality. Charlotte discusses the Pavlovian and Skinner animal training methods being employed today in America's schools that has led to a socialist democracy, and which is disguised in many ways, such as Outcome-Based Education. She also talks about how books are being phased completely out of schools, to be replaced with computers, which further emphasizes this global economic system and collectivism. Charlotte encourages parents to become more knowledgeable and informed of what their children are being taught in today's schools. Charlotte Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms. Iserbyt is a former school board director in Camden, Maine and was co-founder and research analyst of Guardians of Education for Maine (GEM) from 1978 to 2000. She has also served in the American Red Cross on Guam and Japan during the Korean War, and in the United States Foreign Service in Belgium and in the Republic of South Africa. Iserbyt is a speaker and writer, best known for her 1985 booklet “Back to Basics Reform or OBE: Skinnerian International Curriculum” and her 1989 pamphlet “Soviets in the Classroom: America's Latest Education Fad”, which covered the details of the U.S.-Soviet and Carnegie-Soviet Education Agreements which remain in effect to this day. She is a freelance writer and has had articles published in Human Events, The Washington Times, The Bangor Daily News, and included in the record of Congressional hearings. Website: The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America

Lovely early fall weather means we’re spending our whole hour-long episode outside. All these sunny days, though, mean a shortage of water for crops, gardens, livestock, and lawns. Climate scientists warn that droughts interspersed with periods of heavy storms are becoming the new normal in New England. We look into how farmers and the rest of us are adapting. We also consider what “national monument status” means. President Barack Obama just granted the status to nearly 90,000 acres of the north woods of Maine, and is considering doing the same for miles of ocean canyons and mountains off the coast of Cape Cod. And: it's back to school time, but that means something different for the children of seasonal workers, bringing in the late summer crops. Our Dry New England Summer Livestock farmer Bill Fosher with sheepdog Zues. (Courtesy Bill Fosher) It was an unusually dry summer for much of New England. Massachusetts was (and still is) the hardest-hit. This week, Governor Charlie Baker announced an emergency loan fund to help family farms and other small businesses affected by the drought. New England Public Radio reporter Jill Kaufman has been reporting on the tentative move among New England farmers to adopt drought-friendly techniques. She joins us in the studio, and we call New Hampshire livestock farmer Bill Fosher to talk soil and water. It's not just farmers who have been affected by the long dry spell. If you live in Massachusetts, your town may have told you to limit watering the lawns and garden. But as WBUR reporter Shannon Dooling found out, the rules may be different on the other side of the town line. (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection) Director of the Billerica Public Works Abdul Alkhatib points out the level of the Concord River is three feet lower than it was this time last year in 2015 due to the current drought conditions this summer. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Monuments to Nature If you've ever visited the North Maine Woods, you know that it's one of the most wild places you'll ever see. Nearly 90,000 acres adjacent to Baxter State Park have been designated by President Obama as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. It’s not quite a national park, but it is protected recreational land. It was donated by Roxanne Quimby, the founder of personal care company Burt's Bees. The donation was her family's plan for some time. The moon rises over Mt. Katahdin. (Bill Duffy) Bull moose in the area designated Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (Mark Picard) View from Lunksoos Mountain (Bill Duffy) Wassataquoik River at Orion Falls (Credit: EPI) The area also has logging and paper industry history. Many politicians have fought against the protected designation, hoping that some day paper mills would return. We speak with two Maine reporters covering the dispute: Maine Public Broadcasting’s Susan Sharon, and Nick Sambides, Jr. of the Bangor Daily News. There's an even more remote part of New England being considered as a national monument. The New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts area, about 150 miles from Cape Cod, is (according to a Congressional letter written to the President): “a world of canyons that rivals the Grand Canyon in size and scale and underwater mountains that are higher than any east of the Rockies. These mountains – known as seamounts – rise as high as 7,700 feet from the ocean floor and are the only seamounts in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean.” A Paramuricea coral in Nygren Canyon, which is 165 nautical miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Hydromedusa in Washington Canyon. Mussels in Nygren Canyon. Lawmakers, led by Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, want the president to use the 1906 Antiquities Act to preserve the area. This is much like President George W. Bush did when he designated a similar monument in 2006 off the coast of Hawaii. President Obama just expanded that monument. But like loggers in Maine, many in the commercial fishing industry are fighting the designation, questioning the use of the act by the president. We speak with Brad Sewell, Director of Fisheries and Atlantic Ocean Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which is backing the proposal. We also hear from Bob Vanasse, executive director of the fisheries industry group Saving Seafood. Maine’s Blueberry Harvest School September means one thing for most kids in New England: an end to summer holidays and the start of classes. But for some, the school year isn't that straightforward, because their parents chase the seasons from Texas to Maine, harvesting vegetables, picking apples, and raking blueberries. The federally funded Migrant Education Program seeks to fill some of the gaps left by a life on the road. MPBN reporter Jennifer Mitchell spent a day with the Blueberry Harvest School in Downeast Maine. The Blueberry Harvest School was established to teach kids whose parents are busy bringing in Maine's $75 million wild blueberry harvest. (Jennifer Mitchel/MPBN) To learn more about parents of these kids — the blueberry harvest workers — we spoke with Jorge Acero, State Monitor Advocate for migrant farm workers in Maine. A teacher asks for volunteers during a class. (Jennifer Mitchel/MPBN) About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Jill Kaufman, Shannon Dooling, and Jennifer Mitchell Music: Todd Merrell, Lightning on a Blue Sky by Twin Musicom, New England by Goodnight Blue Moon Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and pictures of your corner of New England to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.