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Tuesday, June 6, 202306/06/2023

Tuesday’s With Howie Carr

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Howie Carr joins Matt to talk about his take on current events. Howie’s show can be heard weekdays from 3PM-7PM,…

Tuesday, June 6, 202306/06/2023

Professor Bryan Caplan

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We speak with Professor Bryan Caplan on his new book: Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality. www.amazon.com/Voters-Mad-Scient…ity/dp/B0C2SD1K8B

Tuesday, June 6, 202306/06/2023

The Maine Sports Hall of Fame

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This year’s Maine Sports Hall of Fame scholarship winners are Ava Feeley of Yarmouth, Elise MacNair of Old Orchard Beach,…

Tuesday, June 6, 202306/06/2023

Who’s Running Next

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Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Monday Discussion 6/5/23

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Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Maine Vintage Toys 5/1

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Jesse Fairbanks with Maine Vintage Toys comes in studio, talking about vintage toys and nostalgic items and What’s It Worth?…

Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Jeremy Fischer

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WGAN political analyst Jeremy Fischer joins Matt for his take on everything political.

Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Incarceration Comments

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Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Jackie Sartoris

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We speak with Cumberland County, DA Jackie Sartoris.

Monday, June 5, 202306/05/2023

Rainy Weather Pattern

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We speak to AccuWeather Meteorologist Joe Lundberg about the rainy forecast up ahead for Southern Maine.

Local Headlines

13 hours ago in Local

Portland City Survey Shows Dissatisfaction with Affordability, Traffic Flow

The survey will help city staff understand community needs and provide guidance in decision-making.

13 hours ago in Local

Portland Police Investigating Possible Arson After Suspect Uses Bedsheets to Escape

Officers say crews located and extinguished a fire on a third-floor unit at 72 Bishop Street.

13 hours ago in Local

Brunswick Police Officer Charged with Assault

The officer was charged Monday in West Bath District Court.

National Headlines

15 hours ago in National, Trending

Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month.

4 days ago in National, Trending

US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.

4 days ago in National

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

4 days ago in National

Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.