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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, June 25, 202106/25/2021

Maine Points: Hair Matters

Hair Matters is a non-profit, 501c3 organization that depends personal and corporate donations, Sponsorships, Grants, Angel Donors, Third Strand Donors, insurance reimbursements and private pay clients. Danny speaks with Founder and CEO Deb Porter

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, June 17, 202106/17/2021

Maine Points: Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter

Danny speaks with Drew Wyman, Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter and Renate Scholz, 2021 Greater Portland Walk to…

MAINE POINTS

Friday, June 4, 202106/04/2021

Maine Points: Maine Blue Collar Scholarship Foundation

Danny speaks with Shawn Moody & Chrissi Moody from Moody’s Collision Centers- founding partners of the Maine Blue Collar Scholarship…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, May 27, 202105/27/2021

Maine Points: Portland Wine Week

We speak with Erica Archer, founder of Portland Wine Week. The first Portland Wine week took place in 2018 with…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, May 27, 202105/27/2021

Maine Points: Maine Tourism | Portland Wine Week

We speak with Tony Cameron Chief Executive Officer of Maine Tourism Association about Memorial Day Weekend and Tourism. From the…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, May 20, 202105/20/2021

Maine Points: Portland Bach Experience

In 2020, Portland Bach Experience became a program of Classical Uprising, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering a bold rethinking of the classical music experience through immersive events, performances, and educational programs. Classical Uprising’s programs include Portland Bach Experience, Oratorio Chorale, and Classical Uprising Youth Choirs, which combined serve over 120 adult amateur singers, 70 young musicians, 60 professional artists, and more than 8,000 audience members.

MAINE POINTS

Friday, May 14, 202105/14/2021

Maine Points: Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital

During the month of May, Casco Bay Ford exemplified #payitforwardmaine by donating $100 for every car sold to the The Barbara Bush…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, May 6, 202105/06/2021

Maine Points: Maine Community Cookbook

Danny speaks with Karl Schatz & Margaret Hathaway Maine Community Cookbook. Margaret Hathaway and Karl Schatz are the wife and husband team behind six books on food and farming, including the memoir The Year of the Goat, the guide Living With Goats, two volumes of the Portland, Maine Chef’s Table cookbook, and most recently the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook.

MAINE POINTS

Friday, April 30, 202104/30/2021

Maine Points: Teens to Trails

Teens to Trails connects high school students to life-changing outdoor experiences because we know that time outdoors with peers is critical for teenage development, providing essential nourishment, inspiration, and wholeness at a time of life when a race to achieve can result in a disconnect from loving and caring for each other, ourselves, and our planet.

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, April 22, 202104/22/2021

Maine Points: Strive

Danny speaks with Peter Brown Associate Director with PSL STRIVE. PSL Services/STRIVE provides people with intellectual and developmental disabilities or mental health diagnoses a community of support and assistance in finding greater independence by: Respecting the value of each individual ; Initiating mutually beneficial, sustainable partnerships with business and community leaders

News

6 hours ago in Local

Jonathan Bush may not meet Maine’s residency requirement for governor

A new report raises questions about whether the candidate meets the state’s 5-year residency requirement to hold the office. Records show property tax exemptions in another state that could complicate his path to the Blaine House

6 hours ago in Local

Maine Expands Wildlife “Watch List” to Record Numbers

The updated ten-year Wildlife Action Plan, recently released by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW), now encompasses more than 700 species of birds, mammals, and fish

1 day ago in Local

UPDATE – Police find missing teenager in Saco

Saco police are asking for the public's help in the search for a 13-year-old boy.

1 day ago in Local

Sen. Collins blames Democrats for stalled negotiations on DHS funding bill

Sen. Susan Collins is calling on lawmakers to pass a DHS funding bill that would end a partial government shutdown.

1 day ago in Sports, Trending

Tom Brady says he’s weighed coming out of retirement, but the NFL doesn’t like the idea

Tom Brady revealed in an interview released on Thursday that he considered coming out of retirement, but the National Football League wasn't particularly receptive to the idea.

1 day ago in National, Trending

Savannah Guthrie to return to ‘Today’ on April 6 after mother’s disappearance

After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother's apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC's "Today" show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday "joy will be my protest."

1 day ago in Local

Lockdown Called Off at Lake Region High School, Threat Deemed Hoax

The lockdown was reportedly lifted by 8:43 a.m. after investigators ruled out the threat as a hoax.

2 days ago in Local

DOJ Investigating Maine for Housing Transgender Inmates in Women’s Prison

The DOJ says it'll investigate accusations that Maine has allowed a transgender inmate to remain housed with women.

2 days ago in Local

West Bath Woman Arrested for Arson at Her Own Property

The suspect was taken to the Two Bridges Regional Jail.

2 days ago in Local

Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after getting hit by train in Lewiston

A man is in the hospital after getting hit by a train in Lewiston on Thursday morning. Lewiston Police said…