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Maine Points

Maine Points

Discover Maine Points – Your Weekly Spotlight on Maine’s Movers and Shakers!
Produced by Danny Martignetti of The WGAN Morning News, Maine Points brings you inspiring stories and highlights from organizations making a difference in our community. We proudly share these conversations across all eight stations of the Portland Media Group, ensuring your message reaches listeners throughout Southern Maine. Tune in every Sunday morning on your favorite station:

WGAN – 5:00 AM
WMGX – 5:00 AM
WYNZ – 5:30 AM
WBAE – 5:30 AM
WPOR – 5:30 AM
98.9 WCLZ – 5:30 AM
WZAN – 5:30 AM
WYNZ HD2 – 5:30 AM

Start your Sunday with stories that matter—Maine Points, where Maine’s voice is heard! If you are an organization that wants to be featured, E-mail danny@wgan.com

Friday, October 11, 202410/11/2024

Maine Points: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Danny speaks with Katie Hey Marketing & Communications Director With Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. At over 325 acres, Coastal Maine…

Friday, October 4, 202410/04/2024

Maine Points: The Maine Strong Memorial Foundation

  The Maine Strong Memorial Foundation is a certified 501(c)(3) organization that was established in light of the mass shooting…

Thursday, September 26, 202409/26/2024

Maine Points: 100+ Women Who Care Southern Maine

100+ Women Who Care Southern Maine is an organization founded in October 2014 by Deb Bergeron with the help and…

Monday, September 23, 202409/23/2024

Maine Points – Pain Management

We cover a wide range of topics on Maine Points, but we always try to bring it back to something…

Friday, September 13, 202409/13/2024

Maine Points: B.A.C.A. of Maine

Bikers Against Child Abuse, Inc. (B.A.C.A.) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist…

Friday, September 6, 202409/06/2024

Maine Points: Camp Sunshine

Danny speaks with Kayley Walker, AVP of Communications and Strategic Initiatives and Ruth Calas, Vice President of Development with Camp…

Friday, August 30, 202408/30/2024

Maine Points: MSSPA

Danny speaks with Peg Keyser with The Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals (MSSPA) The mission of the…

Wednesday, August 21, 202408/21/2024

Maine Points: MOFGA Maine

Danny speaks with Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners of America MOFGA. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is creating…

Friday, August 9, 202408/09/2024

Maine Points: Tedford Housing

  Danny speaks with Andrew Lardie, Executive Director of Tedford Housing. Tedford Housing solves housing crises, one household at a…

Friday, August 2, 202408/02/2024

Maine Points: McAuley Residence

McAuley Residence, a department of Northern Light Mercy Hospital, is a comprehensive two-generation program for families affected by substance use…

News

5 hours ago in Local

Court to try 19-year-old charged in death of Maine paddleboarder as an adult

The 19-year-old accused of killing paddleboarder Sunny Stewart on Crawford Pond in Union last year will be tried as an adult.

9 hours ago in Local

Missing man with dementia being sought by Portland Police

Police in Portland are looking for a man with dementia who left a retirement home.

12 hours ago in Entertainment, Music, Trending

25 years after ‘Britney,’ 5 new Britney Spears songs showcase a pop icon at a transformative moment

Legacy Recordings on Friday is releasing "Britney (25th Anniversary Edition)," an expanded reissue of her pivotal record, which went quadruple platinum in less than two months. The collection features two remixes and five previously unreleased songs from that era, her first new (or is it old?) music since she announced she would "never return to the music industry" in a 2024 Instagram post.

1 day ago in Local

Drought Conditions Still Getting Worse in Maine

Extreme conditions have expanded to cover a section of northern Maine.

1 day ago in Local

UMaine Offering Early Retirement to Faculty Amid $19 Million Shortfall

UMaine notified 158 faculty members this week about the retirement incentives.

1 day ago in Local

Fire Marshal’s Office investigates 2 suspected arsons at abandoned Auburn property

Fire investigators are looking into two incidents of arson at an abandoned building in Auburn this week.

1 day ago in Local

Race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District goes to ranked choice runoff

The race for Maine's 2nd Congressional district will go to a ranked choice runoff.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

Cristiano Ronaldo announces his international retirement from Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo won't play for Portugal anymore, ending on Thursday a career that spanned six World Cups and included a European title and the men's all-time international scoring record.

2 days ago in Local

Maine Gun Safety Group Claims Victory in Tuesday’s Election

The group says 70 candidates it endorsed won election.

2 days ago in Local

Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Damariscotta Hit-and-Run Crash

Police say a 65-year-old woman has serious injuries