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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

Thursday, December 4, 202512/04/2025

Maine Points: The Salvation Army

Monday, November 24, 202511/24/2025

Maine Points: Victoria Mansion

Danny speaks with Staci Hanscom Director Of Education & Public Programs at Victoria Mansion. The Victoria Mansion is an historic…

Thursday, November 20, 202511/20/2025

Maine Points: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Danny speaks with Katie Hey, Marketing and Communications Director at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The mission of Coastal Maine Botanical…

Thursday, November 13, 202511/13/2025

Maine Points: Know Your Options

Danny speaks with Director of Opioid Response from Maine DHHS, Gordon Smith. The Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach Naloxone and…

Friday, November 7, 202511/07/2025

Maine Points: Veterans Day

Veterans Day as we know it was established in November of 1919 back then it was known as Armistice Day!…

Wednesday, October 29, 202510/29/2025

Maine Points: WinterKids

Danny speaks with Courtney Holub Executive Director Of WinterKids WinterKids began 25 years ago with the simple idea: help kids…

Wednesday, October 22, 202510/22/2025

Maine Points: Woodfords Family Services

Danny Welcomes Nancy Briggs-Coffin, Director of Foster care and adoption Services at Woodfords Family Services. Woodfords provides a wide array…

Thursday, October 9, 202510/09/2025

Maine Points: Greater Portland Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Danny has an in-depth conversation with Drew Wyman Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter about Greater Portland Walk to…

Thursday, October 2, 202510/02/2025

Maine Points: 100+ Women Who Care Of Southern Maine

100+ Women Who Care Southern Maine is an organization founded in October 2014 by Deb Bergeron with the help and…

Friday, September 19, 202509/19/2025

Maine Points: PSL Services/STRIVE

At PSL Services/STRIVE they committed to being part of the community and assisting people with emotional and intellectual disabilities to…

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Maine Distributing Free Lockable Marijuana Storage Bags

The bags are being distributed to participating retailers.

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Gov. Mills says trade war with Canada is killing jobs in newspaper op-ed

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is delivering a direct message to the Canadian people amid a trade war with the United States.

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Victim identified in fatal Portland hit-and-run

We're learning the name of the person who died in a hit-and-run in Portland last week.

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Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in one of hip-hop's most anticipated trials for the man accused of orchestrating the death of Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the killing of Shakur in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago.

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More storms possible at Grand Canyon where a flash flood killed at least 2 people, others missing

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A Teen Accused of Crashing His Car into a Plane at the Portsmouth International Airport

The teen was charged on multiple counts including aggravated DWI and disobeying a police officer.

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Crews Battle Large Northern Maine Fire for 4-Hours

Firefighters say the exact location of the fire was hard to determine

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3 Seriously Injured in I-295 Head-on Crash in Portland

Police say two of the four lanes of I-295 were shut down for just over two hours.

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Researchers link species of plankton to survival of Maine lobsters, warn of northward movement

A species of microscopic zooplankton is the primary source of food for thousands of lobster larvae, and are in turn, the unseen fuel for the industry.