On The Chris Wolf Show for Wednesday, December 8, 2015, our guest was Phil Crossman, notoriously of Vinalhaven, Maine.

Frank Sinatra sings “I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king”. Phil seems to have lead a similarly charmed life, being an entrepreneur, a raconteur, an author, a musician, a thespian, storyteller, humorist, historian and pundit.

A recent article in the Island Institute’s Working Waterfront describes Phil’s life as full of challenges:

“He is suspicious, for example, of joining in his neighbors’ friendly croquet games, certain he is “fodder.” He describes his wife Elaine, an artist and gallery owner, tolerating his own aesthetic limitations. He is impatient with inefficient, nonsensical government policies and practices. He—a veteran—passionately opposes senseless war, and as a volunteer and sometimes town official, passionately supports community services for those in need of help.

He suffers poor quality beer on the island, rigged duck races, vandalism, trash along the roads and beaches, and a lack of interest in elected offices, but celebrates the high caliber of local theater and music (including that of his a cappella group, Phil ‘n’ the Blanks), the occasional martini tasting, and those who work to preserve the island’s beauty.

Some recent writing resulted from a challenge he gave himself: to circumambulate Vinalhaven’s coastal edge, walking around the island at low tide in stretches over the course of a few years.“

Phil as written two books, “Away Happens” and recently “Observations: A Maine Island, a Century of Newsletters and the Stories Found Between the Lines”.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Time Warner Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 8:00-9:00 a.m. EST.

It’s that time of year. Thanksgiving has just passed and Christmas is coming up. No sign of snow yet, but the season is here with Christmas by the Sea in Camden the big event for this weekend.

On The Chris Wolf Show for Friday, December 4, 2015, our guest was Karen Brace, Camden’s new Community Development Director, who will fill us in about all the happenings for this year’s Christmas by the Sea Celebration, running from December 3 to December 6.

They will have several new activities this year for children and adults during the celebrations in Camden, Rockport, and Lincolnville.

On Wednesday morning, December 2, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show featured some special guests from the PAWS Animal Shelter in Camden including Amie Hutchinson and Holly Raasch along with some friends from the shelter.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Time Warner Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Amie Hutchison, Executive Director of P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center – Amie has worked with mid-coast Maine non-profits for the past 10 years alternating between programs for kids and animals. She has two dogs of her own.

Holly Raasch, Assistant Director of Operations for P.A.W.S. Holly has worked for P.A.W.S part time for many years and recently came on board full time as the Assistant Director of Operations. She has a cat and dog at home – both very special adoptions from P.A.W.S.

No animals will be hurt during the making of this show, although they will be subjected to a relentless barrage of Wolf puns and will be tickled until they laugh.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Wendy Harvey, of Hope, is no stranger to the plight of the American Mustang. She spent most of last winter and spring gentling and training a wild roan mustang from the Wyoming plains. It was all part of the Extreme Mustang Makeovers, a nationwide effort to raise awareness of America’s wild horses and find them homes, as their grazing territory continues to shrink.

By August, Freedom, the traumatized mustang, had blossomed under Harvey’s quiet and persistent touch. At the Extreme Makeover competition in Massachusetts, Harvey took Freedom to 10th place in a contest that inspires the best in horse trainers.

Freedom came back to her new home in Hope, and by Thanksgiving, she was one of the herd at Equine Connections, where Harvey boards and trains horses, and teaches people not only horsemanship, but how to build healthier relationships between humans and equines.
“I am devoted to the business of helping horses,” she said.

She is particular concerned about the American Mustang, whose habitat has shrunk, as the industries of oil, gas and cattle have driven those wild horses into the violent round-ups. Those wild horses are pushed in captivity in order to get them off open land. Some perish in those round-ups. Many get trucked to slaughter houses in Mexico for money. Others spend the rest of their days in cramped, substandard corrals.

A few, very few, like Freedom, find the grace of humans such as Harvey.

On Monday morning, November 30, 2015, the special guest on The Chris Wolf Show was David Troup of Camden, Maine.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Time Warner Maine Coast TV, and streamed live onwww.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 8:00-9:00 a.m. EST.

David Troup is a company member of Camden’s Everyman Repertory Theatre and is also a lifetime member of NYC’s Actors Studio.

David is the Communications Officer at the Farnsworth Art Museum, and is a 4th degree black belt in Shorin-ryu Karate which he teaches at the Pen Bay Y.

This show features many of the overwhelming talents of David and Chris including inspired singing as well as their gift of wit.

Remember the Blue Dots who used to inhabit Rockport? Named after the old Sylvania Blue Dot flashbulbs, they were the students of the Maine Photo Workshop. We used to see them everywhere on the streets dressed in black with cameras, lights, and other equipment working on their photography and film projects.

But now we no longer see them. Are they gone? Perhaps another victim of global warming?

No! They’re still around, bigger and better as the Maine Media Workshops + College at their campus on Camden Street in Rockport.

On Wednesday morning, November 25, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Meg Weston, President of MMW and Elizabeth Greenberg, Vice President in charge of all their programs. You’ll find out all about what they are up to now, where they’re going, and see lots of interesting pictures and videos about their work. And you’ll find out about the Blue Dots.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Time Warner Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Monday morning, November 23, 2015, the special guest on The Chris Wolf Show was Sandra Lauterbach of Clearbrook SeniorCare, Inc. on Pearl Street in Camden, Maine. Sandra was joined on the show by her manager Angie Ross.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Time Warner Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Sandra left her career as a biotech executive in Boston to relocate back to Maine to take care of her mother and start a help at home business. Her parents were her inspiration and the business is dedicated to them. The name “Clearbrook” is a creative translation of her last name, Lauterbach.

Sandra purchased a home in Camden that was a former physician’s office and his home. She gutted and renovated the home to accommodate Clearbrook’s business needs. The house was built in 1850 and she kept most of the original detail to follow the “Federal “ style architecture. Clearbrook now has a reception area and office, with its own private entrance and parking.

Sandra put the business “on hold” while she took care of her mom whose healthcare needs increased significantly over the past two years. Her mom passed away in February 2015.

In June 2015, after Sandra’s mother’s “Celebration of Life” ceremony, she launched Clearbrook with all her energy and enthusiasm. With the help of two consultants with experience in the ‘help at home’ arena, the business expanded quickly. She now has 15 employees and a full time manager. Many of her employees cared for her mom while employed at her assisted living home.

Sandra is actively recruiting for new caregivers and raising awareness about Clearbrook via various channels (in-services at Pen Bay Medical Center, visits to assisted living facilities, rack cards at various businesses, word-of-mouth, etc).

On Friday morning, November 20, 2015, the special guest on The Chris Wolf Show will be Louise MacLellan-Ruf, the new mayor of the City of Rockland.

Louise has been a guest on The Chris Wolf Show in the past and is always very engaging. This show should be very worthwhile watching if you’re a resident of Rockland or of Midcoast Maine. Not only might you learn something new, but Louise is very refreshing as a politician. Definitely not one of “the good old boys”. She listens. She thinks. And she decides based on what is the best for the people she represents.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Erja Lipponen, of Camden, has seen much of the world, and she now takes travelers to explore with through her businesses, Eurynome Journeys and WanderWoman tours.

On the most recent October trip to Greece it became clear to her that global dynamics have altered the landscape to degrees not witnessed before. On a sleepy Greek island in a community with similarities to Camden — with its restaurants and galleries and yoga — in came a steady stream of Syrian refugees, who had been at sea aboard inflatable boats.

They came beleaguered, traumatized hungry. Some babies had not eaten in days, their mother’s milk had dried up with the stress of their journey from Syria, through Turkey, and then to Greece. Some carried pets they could not bear to leave behind.

More recently, boats have capsized and children have been lost at sea.

Onshore, local citizens are helping the refugees, with few nongovernmental organizations nearby to help. It has fallen to the local community to feed, clothe and assist the refugees on their road.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Guests on the November 16, 2015 “The Chris Wolf Show” were Elmer and Holly Savage of the Savage Oaks Vineyard in Union, Maine.

The show was about the vineyard and how they got there. But it also was about how a family in Maine can take a farming business and morph it from a less viable form into one that has a great future in a much for sustainable form. The show should be of interest not only to local wine aficionados, but also those interested in making small family farms and small businesses work in Maine.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Elmer and Holly Savage, along with their two sons, operate Barrett Hill Farm in Union, Maine. Elmer began farming here in 1985 when the farm was purchased by his parents. Since then, the farm has been home to a flock of sheep as well as Belted Galloway cattle. Today the sheep are gone, but the cattle remain.

In 2000, they purchased the 95 acre farm from Elmer’s parents and began planning for its future. The desire to preserve the farming tradition here needed to coexist with the financial realities of agriculture. The farm’s blueberry fields offered great potential, but the lack of profitability for blueberry growers gave them incentive to look for possible value added products for their crop.

They began to explore some of the great blueberry wines being produced. This soon led to the possibility of growing grapes as well. They were impressed by the opportunity to expand into this niche market. They explored vineyards and wineries near and far, and found people willing to help around every corner.

In 2002, they planted the first two acres of their vineyard. Since that time, they have expanded to nearly four acres with ten varieties of grapes. They have spent the past thirteen years growing our vineyard from the ground up and advancing our wine making from hobby level to small scale commercial production. 2015 marks their tenth vintage.

They say “You are what you eat”. On The Chris Wolf Show Friday, from November 6, 2015, you’ll find out if maybe that’s true or not. Our guest will be Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Brianna Monahan from Camden, Maine.

Brianna knows what she’s talking about. She’s a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from Camden, Maine. She received both her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Maine and completed the majority of her clinical training at Maine Medical Center.
Brianna has experience working abroad in China, and has treated patients from varying backgrounds and demographics. While she is versed in many areas of nutrition including intensive care, oncology, pediatrics, and eating disorder counseling; her interest and expertise lie primarily in the areas of weight management and mindfulness.

Chris Wolf also comes from a food background, having been a restaurateur and chef. Between Brianna and Chris and Brianna, we should have and extremely interesting show.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Heather Moran and Brenda Barrett from the Camden-Rockport Historical Society. This show was a lot of good historical facts and pictures of Camden Rockport, a lot of fun, and even a bit of live music!

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Brenda Barrett is the president of the Camden-Rockport Historical Society was born in Camden, raised in the “Millville” section of town and graduated from Camden High School in 1961. She is a retired R.N. Having two sons, grandchildren, playing the ukulele and entertaining at assisted living facilities through out the area keep her busy.

Brenda started as a volunteer in 2006. She has worked in the herb and flower gardens, cataloged artifacts, cleaned, and anything else that needed to be done.

Heather Moran has a Master’s Degree in Library & Information Science and is currently Archives Director at the Camden Public Library.

She was photo editor for “Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: A History of the Camden Area 1900-2000.” Her new book “Images of America: Camden and Rockport Revisited” was released in May 2015. She is Vice President of the Camden-Rockport Historical Society, is a member of the Friends of the Mt. Battie Tower Steering Committee, the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board, and is Vice President of the Association of Maine Archives & Museums.

The Camden-Rockport Historical Society maintains the Conway Homestead Museum, which is comprised of an eighteenth century house, nineteenth century barn, a blacksmith shop and a maple sugar house, among other refurbished and reconstructed buildings. The Homestead also contains the Cramer Museum, which has exhibits of artifacts and other memorabilia as well as an archives. The Society’s offices are located in the Cramer building as well.

For a lot of us, our local schools are a large black box. Students and teachers go in and out. We see the budgets on the ballots and the tax bills. But most of us really don’t know what’s actually going on.

On Monday, November 9, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Maria Libby, Superintendent of both the Five Town Community School District and School Administrative District 28.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Maria’s name is probably familiar because she’s been associated with the schools for along time. Libby attended school in Camden, and was a Camden-Rockport High School valedictorian of the Class of 1982. She studied economics at Bowdoin College and graduated in 1986. After college, she taught math and science at private schools in Colorado and New Hampshire, and then worked in the environmental field before returning to education.

Libby spent 15 years at C-RMS, teaching math for six years before being hired as assistant principal. She filled that post for two and then was hired as principal, where she remained for the next seven years.

In July 2013, Libby was named assistant superintendent for the district.

In March 2015 Libby was selected as the Superintendent of Five Town Community School District and School Administrative District 28.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

"The Chris Wolf Show" Friday, November 13, 2015 featured Mac Economy and Harvey Curtis of K2 Music in Camden. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming. Mac Economy has been working in...

On September 28, Randy Liberty, former Sheriff of Kennebec County, Maine, took over as Warden of the Maine State Prison in Warren.

This show was filmed shortly after Liberty started in the new position. The show will probably change your image of what a prison warren should be like and look like.

Liberty seems to have lots of forward looking ideas about running a prison and how to return a better citizen to society after their time has been served.

This show was supposed to be a discussion with Camden resident Ben Ellison about boats.

But then Leonard Lookner and Jack Churchill, also from Camden, came into the studio and the show morphed into a delightful three-way interchange about local happenings, harbors, politics and just plain fun. It was just like the old time spirited coffee shop discussions between locals before they all started hiding behind their computers and smartphones.

This is a great example of “community television” which brings communication back to our community. It also lets us know about all the wonderful people and things happening right here.

P.S. Ben will be back in the studio again soon to talk about boats!

The Chris Wolf Show is a production of penbaypilot.com, WRFR Community Radio and MaineCoast.tv Community Television for Midcoast Maine.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. On The Chris Wolf Show Wednesday, November 4, 2015, you got both. Our guest was Rockport photographer Peter Ralston.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Peter Ralston has photographed the coast of Maine since 1978, drawn especially to the working communities that define coastal Maine’s character.

His work has been seen in countless books and magazines, featured on network television and has been exhibited in galleries, collections and museums throughout the United States and abroad.Peter Ralston

Peter was co-founder of the Island Institute where many of you have probably seen examples of his photographs. He is now a full time photographer with his gallery “Ralston Gallery” in Rockport, Maine.

Peter’s photographs are gorgeous images but, more importantly, they have a deeper layer…they tell a story.

For more information on Peter Ralston, see www.ralstongallery.com.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Captain Jim Sharp is the founder of the Sail, Power and Steam Museum, in Rockland, Maine, located next to the Snow Marine Park.

In this Chris Wolf Show, Captain Sharp talks about what’s happening at the Museum and the great resource it is for the area.

Captain Sharp was also the force behind creation of the windjammer fleet in Midcoast Maine. He has sailed virtually every kind of boat, and has an amazing number of stories to tell about his experiences.

This is a great show if you’re interested in Maine and/or its boats.

Not long ago, many peoples first job lasted their entire working life, 40 or 50 years. More recently they would have the same type of job, but with perhaps 3 or 4 different employers.

Now, people have a “career” which is not a single employer or a single job, but a series of working experiences with different employers and with different types of jobs. And, in fact as many of us have found out, the jobs they have later on in their career might not have even existed even five years ago!

On Monday, October 26, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Rockport author Frank Burtnett. Guest host for the show was Rich Smalley of Maine Coast TV.

Author and counselor Frank Burtnett is a resident of Rockport, Maine and Springfield, Virginia.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv.

Dr. Burtnett’s new book, “Career Errors: Straight Talk About the Steps and Missteps of Career Development” was published recently by Rowman & Littlefield.

The book addresses more than two dozen things people “do wrong” or “don’t do” in their quest for career satisfaction. In a review of the book, the St. Paul Pioneer Press said; “If you want to know where your job search or career path went wrong, author Frank Burtnett is ready to tell you.”

Dr. Burtnett is also the author of the “Bound-for-College Guidebook” and the “Bound-for-Career Guidebook”.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Friday, October 23, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show was a “Music Day” with the David Scott Norton Band, country with Camden, Maine roots.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

This show features LOTS of live country and bluegrass music.

David Scott Norton is a traditional country music singer and founder of Acadia Music Group, Inc., a recording label & entertainment company, DavidScottNorton2based out of Camden, Maine.

David recently recorded “Honky-Tonkin’ In LA”, an EP set in Los Angeles that includes performances by prominent contributors to the vibrant country music scene he found in and around Hollywood.

“The Honky-Tonkin’ In ” Project will continue showcasing traditional country music sound and musicians found in various cities. The next planned EP releases are set in “Acadia” (New England) and Nashville, TN.

David can be found online at https://www.davidscottnorton.com. His music is also available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, and most online retailers. David Scott Norton Music will be Honky-Tonkin In Acadia as the musical guest on The Chris Wolf Show.

Sitting in with David Scott Norton at the Chris Wolf show, on October 23, 2015, was Broadway musician, John Ruis (Camden, ME), on guitar & mandolin and writer & bassist, Emily Randolph-Epstein (Rockport, ME) from Miners Creek Bluegrass Band.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Wednesday, October 20, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted photographer Patrisha McLean talking about her new book “My Island” which features amazing portraits of Maine Island children.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

For those of you familiar with Patrisha’s photography, you’ll know how great her photography of people is. For those of you not familiar with her, you’re in for a sweet treat. She’s able to capture the essence of a person and the moment in a single black and white photo.

Patrisha photographs with a medium format camera and does her own darkroom work. Her prints have a look and depth that digital photograph can’t rival. Her photographs have exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, including the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, ME and the Silver Eye Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. They are also in the permanent collection of the Farnsworth Museum and the Portland Museum of Art.

The show featured a new song by Patrisha’s husband, Don McLean, “Lucky Guy” from the upcoming Botanical Gardens CD and a song by her daughter,Jackie Lee Strack, “The Last Time” accessible through Soundcloud.

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As always, on the Chris Wolf Show, it’s like having his guest into your living room. The conversation will cover a wide range of topics and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

The rocky coast of Maine and bluegrass music aren’t frequently found in the same sentence, but that’s exactly where you’ll find Miners Creek Bluegrass Band.

Located in the tiny coastal village of Rockport, Maine, Miners Creek is at its core is a family band, consisting of song writing, mother/daughter duo Resa & Emily Randolph and husband/dad/banjo player Whitney Randolph. Jesse McWilliams joins in on mandolin; Peter Proeller on claw hammer banjo; and Jenny Karod on viola/violin.

The band’s sound originates from the bluegrass tradition, but also gleans from the folk revival of the 1960s, latin chords and rhythms, classic rock, Appalachian and old timey tunes, and classical music. With each member of the band bringing their own passion and spin to the final product, they seek to create a new, distinctive take on bluegrass music.

Friday, May 15, PenBayPilot.com and “The Chris Wolf Show” hosted Miners Creek Bluegrass Band of Rockport. This show was streamed live on www.MaineCoast.TV and broadcast on WRFR FM 7-8 a.m.

On Monday, October 19, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Maine’s internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, “Adrift”, which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess’s first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997),Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish(2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), The Bone Garden (2007), The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead), Ice Cold(2010; UK title: The Killing Place), The Silent Girl (2011), Last To Die (August 2012), Die Again (January 2015) and Playing With Fire (coming October 27, 2015). Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.

Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series “Rizzoli & Isles” starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Bill Packard of Union, Maine. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 7:00-8:00 a.m.

Bill is an author, speaker, and business consultant. He writes a very interesting column for penbaypilot.com.

Bill has a special knack of taking the obvious and making it clear, something we many times have difficulty doing. This, of course, has value not only in business, but also in life in general.

This show focused on customer service…something many, many businesses get wrong. And the customers get even.

Bill gives a lot of examples of bad customer service, how to position your businesses towards and implementing good customer service, and the benefits of good customer service to the business and the customer.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television. Check our website www.mainecoast.tv for up to date information on our programming.

Willard Wight is an original. Willard once told a reporter, “I sharpened my teeth on a coal shovel.” Willard learned the value of hard work as a youngster working alongside his grandfather Pearl Glover Willey at the Camden “P. G. Willey” family business founded in 1899.  At that time, PG Willey supplied coal to heat buildings and to fuel the steamboats that came to Camden harbor. Over his many years as part of Camden, Willard showed us how to redefine the possible and in doing so helped make Camden a better community.

On Monday, October 12, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Willard Wight. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 7:00-8:00 a.m.  

Willard has thousands of interesting stories about Camden’s past. This show is very special!

Willard was in college studying boat design when his grandfather died in 1949. He returned home to help his grandmother and mother run the family business.

Not only did the young man help his family manage the family business and navigate the ever changing fuel industry, Willard embarked on a lifetime of community service. He joined the Camden Rotary Club, taking his grandfather’s spot when he was only 20 years old, and remains an active member today.

With a business located on the harbor, Willard couldn’t help but be an avid sailor and an active steward of Camden harbor. He’s been a director of the Camden Yacht Club and served as a member and Chair of the Town’s Harbor Committee for 40 years. Willard was a visionary and realized the importance of the harbor to the local economy and the town’s future. In addition to running the family fuel business, he started renting small sail boats and had a small fleet of daysailers.

In time the PG Willey wharf welcomed some of the largest yachts that came to Maine including those of Malcolm Forbes and Willard’s good friend broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite.

When he saw that Camden needed a community boat launch, Willard worked with a group of business people to form the Camden Launching and Chowder Society. The group got its name because it held fish chowder suppers at the Snow Bowl to raise money for the boat launch. They were successful and later turned Steamboat landing over to the Town.

In the 1970s, lighthouses along the Maine coast were being automated including the Curtis Island light house. In 1973 when Curtis Island was put on the federal government’s surplus property list, the Town acted to acquire the island to make it a public park. In 1976 Willard and his wife Janet became the first volunteer caretakers of Curtis Island.

Willard’s community service and vision stretched far beyond the harbor. He was instrumental in accomplishing something that some people said couldn’t be done. Willard spearheaded the effort to convince the State Legislature to build a road to the summit of Mt. Battie. After nearly a decade of persistence, the road officially opened in June 1965, making it possible for thousands of people to drive to top of Mt. Battie and enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Camden Harbor and Penobscot Bay.

In 2015, the Town of Camden Annual Report was dedicated to Willard Wight.

Anyone who ever thought orthodontists weren’t fun hasn’t met Dr. Doug Laliberte.

On Monday, October 5, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Douglas Laliberte of Granite Orthodontics, Rockport, Maine. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Brace yourself for a great show which is about orthodontics and teeth. Orthodontics is for all ages…not just children. But even if you have straight teeth, this show is great entertainment.

Dr. Doug grew up in Winslow, Maine in a supportive family who helped him to be very involved in the local community. With a father as a dentist, and assisting in his practice, he always had an interest in dentistry. Dr. Laliberte attended Colby College, in Waterville, ME, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Policy, cum Laude. He continued on to dental school at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, earning his Doctorate of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.), Summa cum Laude.

Dr. Doug’s commitment to the community is evident through his compassionate approach to serving those in need. He has been involved in Bridge Over Troubled Water Volunteer Dental Services, traveled with Cape Cares Dental Mission to Honduras, and volunteered for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing. Dr. Doug is very excited to call Midcoast Maine his home and has become involved in the Lobster Festival and Chamber of Commerce. He truly enjoys giving back to our community. Granite Coast makes several donations for local auctions to benefit worthy causes, and sponsors all the local Little Leagues and Rockland Recreation programs.

The show on Friday, October 2, 2015 hosted Brian Wickenden, Senior Vice President of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty in Camden.

The show should be of interest to anyone in the area currently or in the future buying or selling a house or other property. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

The Midcoast Maine area is very unique and the nature of property sales is different from other parts of the country for many reasons. Chris and Brian discuss what’s currently happening in the local market and where the trends are going out to the future.

Brian grew up in Camden and moved here with his family in 1975. He’s spent most of his lifetime in Camden and the surrounding area which gives him a local knowledge of the mid-coast that helps provide an excellent real estate experience for his clients.

Brian graduated from Camden-Rockport High School, Davidson College, and Wake Forest University Graduate School of Management where he earned an master’s degree in marketing and entrepreneurship. In addition to real estate, he’s worked with General Electric, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, ALK Technologies, and Improvenow.com, an Internet start-up company based in Camden.

He’s been a fulltime Broker/Realtor since 2009. He is an avid golfer, skier, and fly fisherman and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Georges River chapter of Trout Unlimited, and is the immediate past President of the Mid-Coast Board of Realtors®. His wife Moon and Brian live in Camden with daughters Isabella and Sophia.

Chris Wolf hosts Joe Steinberger, founder of WRFR the community FM radio station in Rockland, Maine. WRFR is also one of the co-producers of The Chris Wolf Show, in conjunction with Maine Coast TV and penbaypilot.com.

Joe is also a retired attorney from Rockland as well as the founder of The Old School in Rockland. See www.oldschoolrockland,org.

The Old School mission is to create tuition-free collaborative learning opportunities in the Rockland/Camden area.

Their premise is that everyone has something to learn and everyone has something to teach. Old School Fellows teach each other and learn from each other, benefit mutually, and together contribute to the advance of civilization.

Joe and Chris discuss The Old School and a variety of other interesting local topics.

On the Monday, September 28, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Morgan Urquia, of the Alford Lake Camp in Hope, Maine with story and amazing pictures of a special trip she and 12 girls from the camp took in the French Alps. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

In Morgan’s own words:

“For 5 weeks, myself, my female co-leaders, and twelve amazing young women from Alford Lake Camp made our way from Hope, Maine to the Provence region of France, to Chamonix, and then to the nearly 200-mile hike around Mont Blanc with just our packs and some wonderful French, Italian, and Swiss hospitality and cooking.

“These girls had written letters to our directors at Alford Lake Camp (ALC) in Fall 2014 and spent their winters anticipating and imagining what 5 weeks away from home, in a different country, with few amenities; I was just lucky enough to have ALC find me fit as a trip leader.

“It’s no surprise I ended up laughing and singing my way through days of rock climbing, aqua-trekking, hiking, and adventure courses, with those twelve energetic girls, my good friend and co-leader Judy, and the wonderful leaders at Distant Journeys.”

In this show, you will hear Morgan tell lots of interesting stories about their experiences and show amazing pictures of the Alps.

Finally, a politician who makes sense…because he uses common sense!

This Chris Wolf chat with Leonard Lookner, Camden Select Board is probably one of the more meaningful Chris Wolf Shows we’ve had.

Leonard has a long background in local communities and local politics. Leonard has lived in Maine for 45 years has been a truck driver, a dairy farmer, and a co-owner of the Waterfront restaurant. He raised a family of four kids three who still call Maine home. Leonard has lived in Camden for 35 years, and have been involved in numerous political battles.

Leonard has been on the Select Board three different times in two communities, one when they were selectmen, assessors, and overseers of the poor. He has served on the Zoning Board and numerous other boards. He is currently on the Camden Select Board.

One of Leonard’s focus points on this show is the fact the our governments have become huge, growing beasts with ever increasing appetites which must continually be fed ever increasing amounts. The problem now is we need to continue to “Feed the Beast!” This is true on all levels of government, but our local governments particularly affect us.

Leonard covers many examples of these growing beasts, including the Camden Middle School which allegedly must be torn down and rebuilt, even while we’re still paying off two other schools. Another example he covers is the Rockport Library which again must be tossed away on the pretext that there might be mold in the building.

Leonard also talks about “retirement” being an exciting part of life, giving one time to be involved in all sorts of interesting things.

And most importantly, Leonard talks about communities and how their growth should be “organic” and not “contrived”.

The Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Chris Wolf Show hosted Maine State Senator Dave Miramant.

The show focused on changes happening in Augusta for lobster licensing, its effect on local lobstermen and its effect overall. The show was broadcast live on Maine Coast TV and WRFR Community Radio.

This show will be on interest to anyone associated with the lobster industry or those worried about our waters and marine resources. But it will also be an opportunity to get to know more about Dave and what his goals and priorities are.

Chris and Dave had a lot of interesting discussions about politics and Augusta, much more interesting than the dry, contrived reporting of main stream media. Even if your political leanings are not aligned with Dave’s, you’ll probably still learn a lot and find this show enlightening.

The Monday, September 21, 2015 Chris Wolf Show welcomed Lee Karker, Executive Director of the Methodist Conference Home. The show was broadcast live on Maine Coast TV and WRFR Community Radio.

Five days a week, a team of 75 volunteers make deliveries through blizzards and heat spells to deliver 125 home-cooked, well-balanced meals to residents in every corner of Knox County. And while the Methodist Conference Home program has been around for a long time, it routinely needs more funding and more volunteers.

To bring those needs to the forefront, MCH Inc. Executive Director Lee Karker pedaled 100 miles through many of the communities served by the Meals on Wheels program on his bike on Saturday, Sept. 26 on a route that took him through Tenants Harbor, Port Clyde, South Thomaston, Owls Head, Rockland, Rockport, Camden, Lincolnville and Hope. His goal was to raise $10,000 and community awareness of the MCH Meals on Wheels program.

Lee told us about his planned bike ride, the MCH and the Meals on Wheels program. Many of us, or members of our families, have or will potentially use Meals on Wheels. It’s an amazing program and well worth supporting through Lee and his bike ride, or separately.

On Friday, September 17, at 7:00 a.m. The Chris Wolf Show welcomes Scooter Chadbourne of Scooter’s Auto & Truck Repair at 1 Union Street in Camden. Scooter’s Auto was long time known as Camden Exxon. Scooter is the new owner.

The show had a lot of talk about cars and car maintenance and featured live call in questions.