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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

MAINE POINTS

Friday, December 15, 202312/15/2023

Maine Points: Center For Grieving Children

We’re very happy to welcome the Center for Grieving Children back to Maine Points—we’ve had some great conversations with Anne…

MAINE POINTS

Tuesday, December 5, 202312/05/2023

Maine Points: The Salvation Army

Danny speaks with Captain Michael Harper from The Salvation Army Of Greater Portland. If you are in need of services,…

MAINE POINTS

Tuesday, November 21, 202311/21/2023

Maine Points: Best Buddies Maine

Danny speaks with Rebecca Williams, State Director for Best Buddies Maine. Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, November 17, 202311/17/2023

Maine Points: Portland Children’s Dyslexia Center

Portland Children’s Dyslexia Center are one of only two facilities in Maine dedicated to helping children with dyslexia learn to…

MAINE POINTS

Monday, November 13, 202311/13/2023

Maine Points: Main Street Bath

Danny speaks with Amanda McDaniel, Executive Director of Maine Street Bath discussing their Old Fashioned Christmas in Bath.

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, November 2, 202311/02/2023

Maine Points: Walk A Mile in Their Shoes

MAINE POINTS

Tuesday, October 31, 202310/31/2023

Maine Points: Maine Chiropractors Association

The Maine Chiropractic Association returns to Maine Points for “The Voice of the Patient.” Join Dr. Crystal Zagwen (“Dr. Z”),…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, October 20, 202310/20/2023

Maine Points: Fork Food Lab

Maine’s Only Food Business Incubator and Largest Shared Processing/Manufacturing Facility. As a non-profit organization, we are in the market to…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, October 13, 202310/13/2023

Maine Points: Veterans Foward Maine

Brian Cummings on Maine Points, talking about Veterans Forward, and our big classic car show this coming Saturday Oct 21st—raising…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, October 5, 202310/05/2023

Maine Points: Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter

News

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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.

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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.

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Drought Conditions Still Getting Worse in Maine

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

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UMaine Offering Early Retirement to Faculty Amid $19 Million Shortfall

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

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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.

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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