At WRFR we are all volunteers - now more than 60 strong. We play the music and host the talk shows - and we play what we like and say what we think, subject only to the FCC rules against profanity and our own principle that we must treat all members of our community...
By Phyllis Merrimann I finally got my act together to store the patio furniture and plant pots in the garden shed. It took no time or effort at all. Why did I procrastinate until early December? Why to I procrastinate about other chores? Because of another...
China’s famous herd of wandering elephants has stopped for a rest after a 15-month journey far out of their natural habitat, an odyssey that has captivated the country. Authorities have marshalled extraordinary resources to monitor the herd and keep it away from...
Watch this replay of the Maine Class A boys basketball game between the Camden Hills Windjammers and the Mt. Ararat Eagles. this game was played at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport on December 14, 2021. the play-by-play announcer is Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Charlie Crockett, the analyst is Dave Ridley, and the sports videographer is Penny Crockett.
And it wasn’t red because he had too much to drink at a Christmas party, although we heard he had a pretty good time there.
Amy Fairfield, seen here interviewing a witness during Anthony Sanborn's 2017 post-conviction review case, has been sued by the Maine Attorney General for misrepresenting the hours lawyers worked on cases to earn a higher reimbursement from the state. Photo courtesy...
Watch this Maine High School Girls Basketball game between the Class A Windjammers of Camden Hills and the Class AA Broncos of Hampden Academy. This game was played at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport on 12/10/ 2021. The play-by-play announcer is Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Charlie Crockett, the analyst is Dave Ridley, and the sports videographer is Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Penny Crockett.
It is hard to believe I’ve been writing these Random Notes now for 90 weeks. The prolonged virus, its power and variants, homegrown conspiracies, fake news about vaccines, transmissions, masks, social distancing, political divides about all of these topics and Americans’ inabilities to come together as families, political bodies and as a nation to protect one another and find the stamina to sustain the courage to outlast Covid and its variants makes me very anxious.
Frank Slason’s wife, Diane, lived at Country Manor for two years until this fall. Now Diane is 30 miles away in Winthrop. He visits her three times a week, but the drive costs $20 in gas each time and is nerve wracking. Photo by Garrick Hoffman.
Many people don’t realize that Midcoast Maine was home to world-famous poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She lived in Union, Camden and Rockland, Maine and her house in Rockland is being restored.