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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

Saturday, December 25, 202112/25/2021

Maine Points: Make-A-Wish 12/26

Every 38 minutes Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, December 17, 202112/17/2021

Maine Points: Maine Special Olympics

Special Olympics mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children…

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Friday, December 10, 202112/10/2021

Maine Points: Whitney Who

“Everyone’s dying, I’m just dying a little quicker”. Whitney was born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a degenerative lung disease. CF…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, December 3, 202112/03/2021

Maine Points: Ending Hunger + Salvation Army

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it is launching a new fundraising initiative just in…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, November 26, 202111/26/2021

Maine Points: Maine Toys For Tots 11/28

In 1947 Major Bill Hendricks and his wife Diane could not find an agency to donate her handcrafted dolls to,…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, November 18, 202111/18/2021

Maine Points: StrengthenME

Danny is joined by Sheila Thibodeau, Workforce EAP & Training, Northern Health Light and Dr. Jessica Pollard, Director of the…

Stuff The Bus

Friday, November 12, 202111/12/2021

Maine Points: Stuff The Bus

Danny is joined this week with Mark Swan from Preble Street and Jon Paradise from Town & Country Federal Credit…

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Friday, November 5, 202111/05/2021

Maine Points: Portland Children’s Dyslexia Center

Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability that makes it difficult for children and adults to read, write and spell. It affects up to one out of every five people and affects boys and girls equally.

MAINE POINTS

Friday, October 29, 202110/29/2021

Maine Points: US Coast Guard Auxiliary

The Coast Guard is a very active service that has ships, boats, and aircraft; but without a doubt its greatest…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, October 22, 202110/22/2021

Maine Points: MaineMOM

  MaineMOM is a program offered to pregnant and postpartum (i.e., the time after childbirth) people living with substance use…

News

13 hours ago in Local

Deadly House Fire in Hiram Claims a Life

Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were called to the scene of a deadly house fire in Hiram. Crews…

2 days ago in Local

Gov. Mills vetoes moratorium on new data centers in Maine

Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed a first-in-the-nation moratorium on new data centers in Maine.

2 days ago in Local

Judge gives Maine 30 days to review signatures for transgender student referendum

A judge on Friday gave the Maine Secretary of State's Office 30 days to review signatures gathered for a referendum concerning transgender students.

2 days ago in Local

Two Arrested in Months-Long Maine Drug Enforcement Investigation

Both were taken to the Somerset County Jail.

2 days ago in Local

All Residents Displaced from Biddeford Apartment Fire

The Red Cross is working with the building owner and tenants to find temporary housing.

3 days ago in Local

Missing teens found after traffic stop in Portland

Portland Police say they located two missing teenagers from the Augusta area during traffic stop overnight Thursday morning.

3 days ago in Local

Lewiston man sentenced for manslaughter, OUI in connection with fatal crash

A Lewiston man was sentenced to five-and-a-half years behind bars for causing a fatal crash in Lewiston last spring.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.

3 days ago in Local

Augusta Police Look for Missing Man

Police say Zachary Allen was reported missing by his family Tuesday.