Afternoon Links - Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Buy Local

Gifts, Goods, and Hidden Gems: 10+ Places To Shop in the Old Port 🏛 Portland Old Port

Environment

We Are Water: Friends of Casco Bay Members Annual Meeting 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Tips for protecting home air quality from wildfire smoke by UMaine researcher 🏛 University of Maine

A top CMP critic joins company’s side of utility takeover campaign 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Health Care

Janet Mills signs off on 1 of nation’s most permissive abortion laws 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mills signs law expanding abortion access in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Employees at Brunswick Staples launch bid to unionize 🏛 Maine Public

Outdoors

Proposed bass rule changes in northern Maine are right move 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Stepping Back in Time in Maine’s North Woods 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Things to Do

7/23 - Pop Punk/Alt Rock show at Free St. Local bands Smile Back, The Station, and Vices Inc supporting Everway and Kings of the Wild Things 🏛 Reddit

Free punk/alternative dance party at Congress Square Park 4-7 tomorrow 🏛 Reddit