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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, 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

MAINE POINTS

Friday, April 16, 202104/16/2021

Maine Points: US Coast Guard Auxiliary – Casco Bay Flotilla

Danny speaks with Mike Moloney,Paddlecraft Safety Team Coordinator with US Coast Guard Auxiliary- Casco Bay Flotilla.  In the most recent…

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Friday, April 9, 202104/09/2021

Maine Points: Maine Points: LymeTV

Adina Bercowicz , Founder/Executive Director of LymeTV and Yan Zelener, Director of Science & Research talks to us about Tick-borne disease awareness and what they have been working on in the past year.

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, April 1, 202104/01/2021

Maine Points: Cooking For Community

Danny speaks with Ellie Linen Low & Dr. Caroline Teschke from Cooking For Community. Cooking for Community is a Portland,…

News

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Husband, Wife Killed in Sanford Crash

Police say weather and road conditions were not a factor in the crash.

15 hours ago in Local

Portland Man Accused of Intentionally Hitting Bicyclist in Lewiston

Officers say they quickly determined the incident was intentional.

18 hours ago in Local

Police recover explosive devices from domestic violence suspect in Trenton

Police found explosive devices after responding to a domestic violence call in Trenton over the weekend.

18 hours ago in Local

JD Vance to visit Bangor this week

Vice President JD Vance will be in Bangor on Thursday.

1 day ago in Local

Maine Weather to Warm Up with Fewer Rain Spells by Next Weekend

A changing weather pattern will start allowing more west-northwest winds to blow warmer air into the region.

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2026 NFL schedule: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants is Week 1 Sunday night game

The Dallas Cowboys are set to visit the New York Giants in the first Sunday night game of the 2026 NFL season on Sept. 13. The league on Monday announced the Week 1 matchup of NFC East rivals at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

2 days ago in Local

One Person Dead from Two Vehicle Crash in Gray

The Maine Warden Service assisted at the scene.

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Maine Main Killed in ATV Crash

An initial investigation shows speed is suspected to be a factor in the crash.

2 days ago in Local

A Maine Inmate, Who Walked off a Jobsite, Arrested in New Hampshire

A Maine inmate who walked off a jobsite last week, has been arrested. 45-year-old Brian Day was working a jobsite…

2 days ago in Local

A missing Trescott man has been found

76-year-old Dennis Brentwith was found safe on Saturday.