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Tuesday, December 3, 202412/03/2024

Pardoning His Son

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The donations continue to come in for our Holiday 100 as Matt continues with the stories of the day.

Tuesday, December 3, 202412/03/2024

Eric Twahirwa

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Matt speaks with Eric Twahirwa , Social Service Administrator with The Salvation Army Greater Portland.

Monday, December 2, 202412/02/2024

Holiday 100 Donations 12/2/24

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Monday, December 2, 202412/02/2024

Maine Vintage Toys

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Jesse Fairbanks with Maine Vintage Toys comes in studio, talking about all things nostalgic, trivia and more! Maine Vintage Toys…

Monday, December 2, 202412/02/2024

Hunter Biden Update

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Monday, December 2, 202412/02/2024

Holiday100 KickOff 2024

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Major Keith Jache and Major Katie Jache as we kick off our Holiday 100!  

Friday, November 29, 202411/29/2024

Coffee & Politics: Gregg Lagerquist

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Coffee & Politics sponsored by Autowerkes Maine in Freeport. Expert and efficient European car service without the attitude! Maine’s number one independent repair facility. 3-98 Route 1 Freeport. Online at AutowerkesMaine.com. Today, CBS 13’s Gregg Lagerquist joins guest host Phil Harriman.

Friday, November 29, 202411/29/2024

Jerry Leeman

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Jerry Lehman of the New England fisherman stewardship joins guest host Phil Harriman to talk about offshore wind projects, and how they negatively affect fisherman who supply food to the general public

Wednesday, November 27, 202411/27/2024

Eye On Politics

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Former Cumberland County Republican Chair Eric Lusk and guest fill-in Former Portland City Councilor Spencer Thibodeau joins the show to give their analysis of Maine & National Politics.

Wednesday, November 27, 202411/27/2024

Tech Talk With Craig Peterson

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Craig Peterson – America’s Leading CyberSecurity Coach,
Joins The WGAN Morning News every Wednesday at 7:35 for Tech Talk. Catch Craig every Saturday from 5pm-7pm on WGAN as he shares his Cybersecurity Secrets along with the latest Security news.

Local Headlines

6 hours ago in Local

Bobby Charles proposes $100,000 homestead property-tax exemption

Charles said he would “give every Mainer a $100,000 property tax exemption as a homestead exemption” and reimburse towns in full. He criticized the state’s current $25,000 homestead exemption, arguing that municipalities are reimbursed for only about 75% to 76% of the cost and may make up the difference by raising property taxes.

7 hours ago in Local

Collins touts Maine funding, lobster protections and bipartisan judicial record at Gorham campaign event

The Republican senator interviewed by Howie Carr also criticized Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over taxes and a proposed expansion of the Supreme Court, and said four debates are scheduled for October.

10 hours ago in Local

Sen. Collins makes first public appearance since ProPublica allegations released

Collins didn't address the allegations directly at the Gorham event, but did say that Democrats are "throwing everything and the kitchen sink at her."

National Headlines

2 days ago in National

Judge orders White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Reporters still blocked

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban of three news outlets from the White House, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. Reporters from all three outlets, however, said they remained blocked a few hours after the ruling.

4 days ago in National

California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

It's harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown for generations.

1 week ago in National, Trending

Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.

2 weeks ago in National, Trending

US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.