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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, 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…

MAINE POINTS

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,…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, March 25, 202103/25/2021

Maine Points: Efficiency Maine

Danny speaks with Michael Stoddard Executive Director of Efficiency Maine. Maine is making preparations with the EMT charger initiative and…

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, March 18, 202103/18/2021

Maine Points: Little Paws Big Hearts Pekingese Rescue

Danny speaks this week Susan Gayle LVT & Co founder and Dude the Ambassadog from Little Paws Big Hearts Pekingese Rescue .

MAINE POINTS

Friday, March 12, 202103/12/2021

Maine Points: ME Office of Behavioral Health

Danny speaks with Gordon Smith, Director of Opioid Response for the State Of Maine

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Thursday, March 4, 202103/04/2021

Maine Points: VA Maine

Danny is joined by Jason Carter , Public Affairs Specialist with VA Maine.

MAINE POINTS

Thursday, February 25, 202102/25/2021

Maine Points: Groups Recover Together

Danny this week speaks with Joan Ingram, Maine state director, for Groups Recover Together.

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Wednesday, February 10, 202102/10/2021

Maine Points: Maine 211

With hundreds of hotlines and helplines and thousands of programs offering all types of services to help people lead healthy,…

MAINE POINTS

Tuesday, February 2, 202102/02/2021

Maine Points: Maine’s Connecting with Opportunities Initiative

Maine’s Connecting with Opportunities Initiative has been developed in response to the ongoing opioid crisis, which has severely impacted all…

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