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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

Thursday, June 16, 202206/16/2022

Maine Points: Coast Guard Auxiliary

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is the volunteer uniformed auxiliary service of the United States Coast Guard. The Auxiliary exists to…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, June 10, 202206/10/2022

Maine Points: Whitney Who

Whitney was born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a degenerative lung disease. CF almost always ends with lung failure resulting in…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, June 3, 202206/03/2022

Maine Points: Kids First

Danny speaks to Chelsea Torrey at Kids First. Center for Co-Parent Education & Family Resilience. The Kids First Center is…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, May 27, 202205/27/2022

Maine Points: Portland Wine Week | Maine Tourism Association

In the first half, We speak with with Erica Archer, founder of Portland Wine Week. www.portlandwineweek.me In the second half…

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Friday, May 20, 202205/20/2022

Maine Points: The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital

We speak with Rob Reider, Philanthropy Manager for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, May 13, 202205/13/2022

Maine Points: Casco Bay Ford + Travis Mills

In The first half, Danny speaks with Casco bay Ford. they’re paying it forward by donating $100 for every new…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, May 6, 202205/06/2022

Maine Points: The Children’s Center

The Children’s Center is A nonprofit preschool on Stevens Ave in Portland Maine. It maintains the rigorous standards of excellence…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, April 29, 202204/29/2022

Maine Points: STRIVE Rocks

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Friday, April 22, 202204/22/2022

Maine Points: Autism Society of Maine + UMaine President

Danny speaks this week with Cathy Dionne, Executive Director Autism Society of Maine about their upcoming walk on Sunday.  The…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, April 14, 202204/14/2022

Maine Points: 2022 Heart Walk

Danny speaks with Steve DeCastro – 2022 Heart Walk Chair & Lena Minervino – AHA’s Heart Walk Director about this…

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8 hours ago in Local

Passenger Faces Charges After Bangor Airport Confrontation

The man was arrested and taken to the Penobscot County Jail.

9 hours ago in Local

Maine Distributing Free Lockable Marijuana Storage Bags

The bags are being distributed to participating retailers.

12 hours ago in Local

Gov. Mills says trade war with Canada is killing jobs in newspaper op-ed

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is delivering a direct message to the Canadian people amid a trade war with the United States.

12 hours ago in Local

Victim identified in fatal Portland hit-and-run

We're learning the name of the person who died in a hit-and-run in Portland last week.

16 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Closing arguments to begin in trial of man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur killing

Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in one of hip-hop's most anticipated trials for the man accused of orchestrating the death of Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the killing of Shakur in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago.

16 hours ago in National, Trending

More storms possible at Grand Canyon where a flash flood killed at least 2 people, others missing

At least two bodies have been recovered since a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, park officials said Monday, as search and recovery efforts continued for about 15 people still missing.

1 day ago in Local

A Teen Accused of Crashing His Car into a Plane at the Portsmouth International Airport

The teen was charged on multiple counts including aggravated DWI and disobeying a police officer.

2 days ago in Local

Crews Battle Large Northern Maine Fire for 4-Hours

Firefighters say the exact location of the fire was hard to determine

2 days ago in Local

3 Seriously Injured in I-295 Head-on Crash in Portland

Police say two of the four lanes of I-295 were shut down for just over two hours.

2 days ago in Local

Researchers link species of plankton to survival of Maine lobsters, warn of northward movement

A species of microscopic zooplankton is the primary source of food for thousands of lobster larvae, and are in turn, the unseen fuel for the industry.