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12/20/2025

In Topsham, the first quarter of a girls basketball battle hosted by the Mt. Araraat Eagles, belonged to their opponents of the evening--the girls of Edward Little in Auburn.

But Eagle momentum grew in the second quarter, grew further in the third quarter, and commanded the fourth quarter, which ended with a twenty point Mt. Ararat margin of victory, and the Eagles remain undefeated.

The final Mt. Ararat 64 Edward Little 44, with Little now 4-1 on the season.

Every play live on 99-5 WCME!

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12/19/2025

From NBC News and WCME

The Epstein files finally go public.

Although with many redactions.

Follow the latest news updates as the Epstein files are released. Trump signed a bill in November for the DOJ to release the documents.

12/19/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

The windstorm is now past us but has left behind much in the way of outed power still to be restored. But at the same time, considerable restoration has already taken place.

--After 3000 outages on Friday in Harpswell, there are now about 450 outages left in the expansive town
--In hard-hit Topsham about 250 outages remain to be cleaned up
--88 outages remain in Brunswick after 1500 earlier
--87 outages remain in Bowdoinham
--Phippsburg is down to about about 100 outages after many more initiallly
--There are over 445 outages remaining in Woolwich

12/19/2025

Friday's Creature Feature

12/19/2025

Every Friday morning it's the WCME Creature Feature--just after the WCME 830 News.

Brought to you by the animal lovers at Darling's Brunswick Ford--Bath Road.

This week's featured creatures in need of FOREVER HOMES on the Midcoast--Pixie the Dog and a cat named Gentle Ben.

More info at Midcoasthumane.org.

12/19/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Weather Eye

A Friday before Christmas with weather that will be warm and windy and maybe even WILD.

The National Weather Service says we will have rain with fog and an unseasonable high of 54 with wind gusts that could go as high as 55 miles an hour, raising the distinct possibility of power outages and threats of property damage.

--The AOS 93 school district in Lincoln County will close at noon today due to the weather forecast.

The WCME Midcoast Weather Eye throughout the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz and all day long on the hour and half-hour and more often as is necessary.

99-5 WCME--Midcoast Maine's Weather Station!

12/19/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

Complaints are being heard here in Maine from business leaders and immigrant advocates about new restrictions from the Trump administration on work permits for asylum seekers. They say the new limits will hurt business and note that they rely on new Mainers to fill a significant labor shortage.

The administration has reduced the valid period for work permits issued to asylum seekers and other migrants from five years to just 18 months — a move expected to heighten a backlog of applications for U-S citizenship.

The Portland Press Herald reports that Ben Conniff, co-founder of Luke’s Lobster, a lobster processing and restaurant company in Portland, is urging the administration to “walk back” the changes.

12/19/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

Saying that Paul LePage will be a "tremendous congressman", President Trump has endorsed the former governor's bid for the Second District congressional seat in 2026.

LePage is the best known name in the race since the recent withdrawal of Democratic incumbent Jared Golden.

LePage and Trump have been aligned for years, with LePage having been an early supporter of Trump in the primary elections of 2016. LePage, known for a bombastic style in his public appearances, has said on several occasions that he "was Donald Trump before Trump became popular."

12/19/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

In Brunswick, Central Maine Power Community Relations Manager Greg Thompson tells town councilors that the company continues to plan for the upcoming rebuilding of Section 31, an aging 5-mile transmission line running through Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, being replaced due to reliability issues.

Construction is expected to begin in April and Thompson says CMP expects to have all necessary permits secured in January and February, and is beginning to talk to abutters about encroachments in the course of the project. Design work is also underway.

We'll hear from Greg Thompson throughout the Friday WCME Middcoast Morning Buzz.

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12/19/2025

From NBC News and WCME

Police are looking into whether a shooting that killed an MIT professor could be linked to the mass shooting incident at Brown University, according to law enforcement officials.

12/19/2025

FIRST from WCME News

There will be no classes on Friday at Brunswick High School due to the school losing all of its communications capabilities--internet, phone and wi-fi.

Superintendent Phil Potenziano tells WCME News that he has met onsite with representatives of the communications company who say there is no estimate of a restoration time. Thus, the closing of the high school on Friday, which does not relate to the looming windstorm.