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MAINE POINTS

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

Maine Points: Maine Coastal Cleanup 2021

In Maine Points

September is Coastal Cleanup Month! The International Coastal Cleanup was established over 35 years ago to address the problem of trash in our oceans and on our coasts. The Ocean Conservancy manages the ICC and maintains a database of all the items that volunteers around the world record when collecting trash. As of 2020, the one-day event in September has become a whole month of Cleanups around the world!

Danny speaks with Theresa Torrent of The Maine Coastal Program
with Department of Marine Resources about this event.

You Can register by going to the below link:
www.mainecoastalprogram.org/

Steve Woods

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

A Healthy Conversation With Steve Woods 8/22

In A Healthy Conversation

Author Dan Koeppel offers up an intimate look inside a New York City ER at the height of COVID-19 in his new book, Every Minute Is a Day. A fascinating account as told by a senior doctor at New York City’s busiest emergency room of the toll healthcare professionals have endured – and continue to endure – as they fight to save as many lives as they can during the pandemic. Host Steve Woods couldn’t put the book down, and you won’t want to miss his conversation with the book’s author.

Steve Woods

Monday, August 16, 202108/16/2021

A Healthy Conversation With Steve Woods 8/15

In A Healthy Conversation

Brand new Maine Mariners Head Coach Ben Guité joined Steve to talk about his hockey career – from playing for the late, great Shawn Walsh at UMaine to his first NHL game with the Bruins – and what he is looking forward to as he takes Maine Mariners’ helm in his first head coaching stint. And of course no hockey conversation would be complete without a thorough discussion of the classic movie, Slapshot.

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

Julie McDonald Smith and Ande Smith- Segment 6

In Inside Maine

In the final segment of today’s show the phones are back open. Afghanistan, Covid…you name it! These are the topics on the minds of our listeners….

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

Triston Casas

In Inside Maine

A quick break from politics for this segment- Triston Casas was a first round draft pick for the Boston Red Sox in 2018, and is currently assigned to our own Portland Sea Dogs. Tristan also had the honor of representing the Silver Medal winning USA baseball team in this year’s Tokyo Olympics- he joins the show to talk about his experience and how it will provide memories that will last a lifetime.

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

State Senator Rick Bennett

In Inside Maine

State Sen Rick Bennett joins Ande and Julie to discuss his fight against the CMP corridor

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

Dr. Dora Mills

In Inside Maine

Dr. Dora Mills is the Chief Health Improvement Officer for MaineHealth, and joins Ande and Julie to talk about the latest Covid information

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

Jule McDonald Smith and Ande Smith- Segment 2

In Inside Maine

The phone lines get busy for the first open segment of today’s show with Julie and Ande

INSIDE MAINE

Saturday, August 14, 202108/14/2021

Bruce Poliquin

In Inside Maine

Former US Rep. Bruce Poliquin recently announced that he is putting his name back in the hat to try to unseat current Rep. Jared Golden. Bruce joins Julie McDonald Smith and Ande Smith to talk about why he is trying to get his old seat back.

MAINE POINTS

Wednesday, August 11, 202108/11/2021

Maine Points: Portland Park Conservancy

In Maine Points

The Portland Parks Conservancy is a nonprofit that is designed to help maintain Portland’s Parks. They aim to ensure that…

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