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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 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…

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 .

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The citations were issued for speeding, distracted driving and seat belt violations.

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Waterville's city council has approved an ordinance banning cooperation between city employees and ICE.

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The York County Sheriff's Office is asking for help locating a suspect in an attempted ATM robbery at an Arundel church.

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Backup Power Bank Cause of Fire at Montville Camp

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Maine Doctor Files Lawsuit to Reenter U.S. After Denial at Canadian Border

The woman claims she has been denied reentry since April.

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Eligible Mainers set to begin receiving $300 affordability checks this month

About 500,000 eligible Mainers will start receiving $300 affordability checks later this month.

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A motorcyclist who collided with a van in Bethel Tuesday morning was flown to the hospital with serious injuries.

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Troy Jackson Surges as Maine Democrats’ Likely Senate Pick

Jackson supporters spent the weekend securing hundreds of delegates.

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ICE Agent in Biddeford Shooting Suffered Previous Head Injury

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