I have been covering Maine people and stories of public interest for more than 25 years. With genuine interest, I provide news and public affairs information to the people of Maine utilizing both radio and online media platforms. My other passions include my family and music. I am the founder of The Gifts of Music and also volunteer for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.
Susan Patten
Island Living in Maine; Is it For You? [VIDEO]
The phrase "you can't get there from here" comes to mind, unless of course you have a boat or barge.
Flooding Impacts Maine; Dexter Sustains Heavy Damage [VIDEO]
Many rivers and streams in Maine remain under flood watches and warnings, and low lying areas prone to Spring floods are underwater.
The town of Dexter is waiting for the rushing water to recede before they can begin to assess and repair damages sustained.
Quotas Set for Maine’s Elver Harvest
This year Maine’s elver eel season opens late and comes with new rules and guidelines.
The Department of Marine Resources has reached an agreement with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission that sets the elver eel catch limit this year to 11-thousand 749 total pounds.
Where Law Enforcement and Treatment Meet in Maine’s ‘War on Drugs’ [Video]
Crime, sex, and drugs, but the only rock 'n' roll in these women's lives is the time they've wasted going in and out of the corrections system in Maine, all because of their addiction to drugs.
"Most of them never start out intending to become addicts and criminals," states Kennebec County Sheriff Randal Liberty.
Sheriff Liberty oversees a drug rehabilitation program inside the jail and
When Music Heals and Inspires [Video]
Sarah Robinson may not have known cancer was creeping in to her body when she did, if it had not been for her drumming.
There was a feeling that just wasn't right in her arm and hand, and after a gig with the family band, Sarah got that feeling checked out, and it turned into a brain cancer diagnosis.
It was during her treatment that Sarah realized other people in Maine enduring cancer treatment w
Bank Robbery in Corinth
Penobscot County Sheriff's deputies and State Police are scouring the Corinth and Hudson area at this hour after a reported bank robbery.
The robbery was reported just after 9 this morning at the Camden National Bank Branch on Main Street in Corinth.
Former State Police Chief Accused of Sexual Contact with Minor
Former Maine State Police Chief Andrew Demers, 73, of New Gloucester posted bail this morning and was released from Cumberland County Jail after being charged with unlawful sexual contact of a minor.