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Maine Points

Maine Points

Maine Points is produced weekly by Danny Martignetti from The WGAN Morning News. We try to ensure that organizations are represented on Maine Points by utilizing all 8 stations at Portland Media Group.

The Show airs as follows every Sunday Morning across all our stations                      WGAN @ 5:00AM ~ WMGX @ 5:00AM ~ WYNZ  @ 5:30AM ~ WBAE @ 5:30AM  ~ WPOR @ 5:30AM  ~ 98-9WCLZ  @ 5:30AM ~ WZAN @ 5:30AM  ~ WYNZ HD2 @5:30AM                                         

If you are an organization that wants to be featured, E-mail danny@wgan.com

MAINE POINTS

Friday, February 17, 202302/17/2023

Maine Points: 211 Maine

211 is known as the place where people go when they don’t know where else to go. 211 Maine maintains…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, February 9, 202302/09/2023

Maine Points: Youth Journalism International

Danny speaks with Jackie Majerus of Youth Journalism International. Youth Journalism International started off in 1994 as a small, informal…

MAINE POINTS

Sunday, February 5, 202302/05/2023

Maine Points: Portland Ballet

Danny speaks with Nell Shipman, Artistic Director for the Portland Ballet.  Founded in 1980, Portland Ballet is Maine’s professional ballet…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, January 27, 202301/27/2023

Maine Points: Community Matters More

Danny speaks with Gavin Robinson, Community Relations Manager, Bangor Savings Bank. Community Matters More is a program of the Bangor…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, January 20, 202301/20/2023

Maine Points: MOFGA

Danny speaks with Sarah Alexander, Executive Director of The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. The Maine Organic Farmers and…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, January 12, 202301/12/2023

Maine Points: Children’s Dyslexia Center

Danny speaks with Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Barbara Labrecque, Director with The Portland Children’s…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, January 6, 202301/06/2023

Maine Points: WinterKids

WinterKids is the only nonprofit in Maine dedicated exclusively to increasing outdoor physical activity in children and families during our…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, December 30, 202212/30/2022

Maine Points: Ripple to River Review

Maine Points, I’m revisiting some of the great organizations that have been highlighted by Royal River Heat Pumps in the…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, December 22, 202212/22/2022

Maine Points: Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

Danny speaks with Sheriff Kevin Joyce from The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. He discusses the non-profits they work with, VIP…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, December 16, 202212/16/2022

Maine Points: Camp Sunshine

News

29 minutes ago in Local

Thomaston Woman Accused of Trying to Run Over Border Patrol Agent

Fresh

Police claim the suspects left the scene and was then arrested

1 hour ago in Local

Deputies Looking for Driver Who Left Scene After Hitting Pedestrian in Pownal

Fresh

Deputies say a man was returning to his vehicle from a walk in the woods when he was hit.

2 hours ago in Local

Maine joins states suing over Trump administration’s decision not to tap into emergency SNAP funding

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey is joining 22 other attorneys general and two governors who are suing the Trump administration over the suspension of SNAP benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

4 hours ago in Local

Kennebec County deputies looking for missing 15-year-old

Police in Kennebec County are asking for help as they search for a missing teenager.

10 hours ago in Local

Backers of Maine Red Flag Drill Down Argument Ahead of Vote

Supporters say the law could have helped stop the Lewiston mass shootings two years ago.

11 hours ago in Trending, World

Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began

Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

11 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll

About two-thirds of U.S. adults will celebrate Halloween in some way this year, with parents of kids under 18 especially likely to have plans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

11 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Freeman’s homer in 18th inning lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 6-5 in World Series classic

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in an instant classic Monday night.

17 hours ago in Local

Maine Ballot Questions Reflect National Political Issues

Two ballot measures represent the latest efforts to put two hot-button national issues directly before voters in Maine.

22 hours ago in Local

Maine Agency Issues Recall of Cannabis Vape Cartridges

The recall is for Yani adult use vape cartridges called "Watermelon Chimera."