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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, August 25, 202308/25/2023

Maine Points: Pets For Vets

Marianne has loved helping others and animals all her life.  She has been involved in the Pets for Vets Portland…

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Friday, August 18, 202308/18/2023

Maine Points: Chalk The Port

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Thursday, August 10, 202308/10/2023

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, August 4, 202308/04/2023

Maine Points: Maine GearShare

Maine GearShare began as an idea in 2017 when local outdoor-focused foundations had started recognizing a pattern of requests for…

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Thursday, July 27, 202307/27/2023

Maine Points: Portland Free Pantry

We talk with Mei DW, Kristin Lash, and Anna Heath about their creation and launch of a first-of-its-kind in New…

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Friday, July 21, 202307/21/2023

Maine Points: Bill Dodge Auto Group

My guest this week is a familiar face to all of us here at Portland Radio Group… we’re talking to…

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Friday, July 14, 202307/14/2023

Maine Points: Agassiz Village

Agassiz Village was founded in 1935 at its present lakeside location in Poland Maine by Mr. & Mrs. Harry E.…

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Thursday, July 6, 202307/06/2023

Maine Points: Yarmouth Clam Festival

The beloved Clam Festival is successful because of our hundreds of Yarmouth volunteers who donate their time to the festival…

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Friday, June 30, 202306/30/2023

Maine Points: Grammy Rose Dog Rescue

The Dog Days of Summer? We kick off July with a special “Maine Points on the Road” edition of the show, as we travel to Acton, Maine to talk to Chris McKinley and Cindy Norwood of Grammy Rose Dog Rescue and Sanctuary.

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Thursday, June 22, 202306/22/2023

Maine Points: Sweetser

Dr. Marc Kaplan is Sweetser’s Medical Director. He has been with Sweetser since 1997. Dr. Kaplan is a member of…

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