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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

Friday, July 12, 202407/12/2024

Maine Points: Waddles For A Cause

Waddles For A Cause is a Maine non-profit that provides financial assistance to families facing Childhood Cancer diagnoses. Whether it…

Wednesday, July 3, 202407/03/2024

Maine Points: Don’t Move Firewood

the perfect topic for 4th of July weekend and campfires are being lit all across the great state of Maine……

Friday, June 28, 202406/28/2024

Maine Points: Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign

This year marks our 10th year of the campaign connecting work ready Veterans with employers needing to hire.

Friday, June 21, 202406/21/2024

Maine Points: Rotary Club of Portland

The Rotary Club of Portland was established just over a century ago, the world’s 177th Rotary Club, chartered on September…

Friday, June 7, 202406/07/2024

Maine Points: HLAA Chapter For Maine

On this weeks show, Danny speaks with Margaret Myatt
Vice President Of Hearing Loss Association Chapter (HLAA) For Maine, DownEast.

Friday, May 31, 202405/31/2024

Maine Points: Madeline’s Mission

On this weekend’s show, Danny connects with Amie Marzen from Madeline’s Mission- a Maine nonprofit that supports families grieving the…

Thursday, May 23, 202405/23/2024

Maine Points: Camp Sunshine + Maine Veterans Spotlight

On the first half, Danny speaks with Kayley Walker with Camp Sunshine and Gene Prentice: President with Maine Classic Car…

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Friday, May 17, 202405/17/2024

Maine Points: The Locker Project

The Locker Project is a non profit organization that works to provide produce and dry goods for food insecure families…

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Friday, May 10, 202405/10/2024

Maine Points: 44th Annual Bonny Eagle Car Show

Danny speaks with Krystal Stone from MotoResto and Terri White- Longtime Volunteer about 44th Annual Bonny Eagle Car Show. Bonny…

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Friday, May 3, 202405/03/2024

Maine Points: The Children’s Center

The Children’s Center (TCC) was founded in 1978 by a group of students and faculty at Westbrook College, and the…

News

13 minutes ago in Local

Norway Home Heavily Damaged from Fire

Fresh

Several fire departments assisted the Norway Fire Department after the house was found under heavy fire conditions.

3 hours ago in Local

Judge dismisses PETA lawsuit over Maine Lobster Festival

The suit was filed against both the festival and the town of Rockland, claiming that the steaming of lobsters went against Maine's animal abuse law.

9 hours ago in Local

Head-on crash in South Berwick sends 2 people to the hospital

Both drivers involved in a head-on crash in South Berwick had to be extricated from their vehicles before being taken to the hospital.

9 hours ago in Local

Gov. Mills proposes $300 relief checks for Mainers in final State of the State address

Gov. Janet Mills' final state of the state address Tuesday night included a proposal for $300 relief checks to help address affordability.

9 hours ago in Lifestyle, Trending

Eating snow cones or snow cream can be a winter delight, if done safely

As the recent winter storm recedes, residents of lesser-affected areas might be tempted to whip up bowls of "snow cream" — snow combined with milk, sugar and vanilla — after seeing techniques demonstrated on TikTok. Others might want to try "sugar on snow," a taffy-like confection made by pouring hot maple syrup onto a plate of snow.

11 hours ago in Local, National

Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — As snow from a massive storm began to fall in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday night, six people who…

1 day ago in Local

Sen. Collins calls for pause to ICE operations in Maine and Minnesota

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she's asked for the recent immigration enforcement operation in Maine to be paused.

1 day ago in Local

Jury indicts 2 in connection with Bangor-area sex trafficking

Bangor Police and the FBI are asking for information as two men are indicted on child exploitation and sex trafficking charges

1 day ago in Trending, World

World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, gathering at events held across Europe to reflect on Nazi Germany's murder of millions of people and its attempt to annihilate European Jewry.

2 days ago in Local

Jet in Deadly Bangor Airport Crash Has History of Crashes Caused by Ice

The Bombardier Challenger 600 flipped over and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.m. Sunday