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Wednesday, March 1, 202303/01/2023

Maine Statistics

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Wednesday, March 1, 202303/01/2023

SBA AA Mark Madrid

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We speak with Mark Madrid Associate Administrator for Economic Development with Small Business Administration. The Office of Entrepreneurial Development (OED)…

Tuesday, February 28, 202302/28/2023

Tuesday Topics & Calls

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Tuesday, February 28, 202302/28/2023

Phil Harriman

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Statewide political analyst and “Inside Maine” host joins Matt to discuss the latest issues of Maine and national politics.

Tuesday, February 28, 202302/28/2023

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, February 28, 202302/28/2023

Kristofor Healey

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Homeland Security Analyst Kristofor Healey joins Matt to discuss his take on the current events.

Tuesday, February 28, 202302/28/2023

Traffic & Weather

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We speak with Erin Courtney With MTA and AccuWeather Meteorologist Joe Lundberg

Monday, February 27, 202302/27/2023

Jesse Fairbanks

In ABC, Local, Podcasts

Matt is joined by Jesse Fairbanks from Maine Vintage Toys who comes in every Monday at 8:30

Monday, February 27, 202302/27/2023

Grace Curley

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Grace Curley hosts the “Grace Curley Show” on several radio stations around New England every weekday at noon. On Monday mornings, she checks in with Matt Gagnon to discuss the topics of the day.

Monday, February 27, 202302/27/2023

Jeremy Fischer

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

Local Headlines

4 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.

5 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.

5 hours ago in Local

Brunswick Police Officer Charged with Assault

The officer was charged Monday in West Bath District Court.

National Headlines

7 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.

3 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.