Morning Links - Friday, July 21, 2023

Friday, July 21, 2023

Arts

Local Boy Makes Good — Dan Blakeslee’s Playing the Newport Folk Festival! 🏛 That Portland Sound

Asylum Seekers

Fundraiser: Housing for Homeless Asylum Seekers 🏛 Go Fund Me

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Possible shark sighting reported at Biddeford beach 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Shark Sighting on Biddeford Beach - YouTube - WMTW-TV

City

Budget Passed, Police Raises Disputed, Referendum Reform Scrapped – City Council Review 07/17/23 Double Edition 🏛 The Portland Townsman

Complex issues should not be handled at the ballot box 🏛 Bangor Daily News

There's a new roof at the Portland Water District - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Cimate Emergency

Extreme heat is wrecking people’s health and lives 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Farmers are on the frontlines of climate change 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Community

A beloved ‘bandit’ gets a valentine all his own 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland's Valentine's Day Bandit honored with boat parade on his birthday - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Community helps rebuild after vandalism at Congress Square Park in Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Crime

USPS employee faces up to 5 years in prison for mail theft 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Two groups of young girls shot with pellet guns in Portland - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Report: Pandemic setbacks persist in Maine classrooms 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Environment

3 Maine beaches under contamination advisories for fecal bacteria 🏛 Maine Public

Environmentalists petition state to adopt stronger clean vehicle standards 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Maine Food & Dining News 🏛 Portland Food Map

Healthcare

Mills administration to distribute test strips to fight latest overdose threat 🏛 Portland Press Herald

5th annual Opioid Response Summit held in Portland Thursday 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Labor

Some of South Portland's city offices are piloting a four-day work week 🏛 Maine Public

Portland awards bonuses to select employees, prompting union complaints 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine governor vetoes bill to let minimum wage law apply to farm workers - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

LGBTQIA+

Opinion: Maine stopped anti-trans bills this session, and advanced the fight for equality 🏛 Maine Beacon

Politics

Jared Golden, Angus King race ahead in fundraising for 2024 elections 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Sea Dogs lose to Fisher Cats - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Joe Lenane wins New England Amateur - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Vacationland

In Naples, Maine, a Wet Hot Lakeside Summer 🏛 Down East

Down East Magazine offers guide to Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

If You Go To Only One Music Festival This Summer, It Should Be ARME Boot Camp 2 🏛 That Portland Sound

Concerts around ME: Here's your chance to see Melissa Ethridge 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

JULY RIDE - Friday, July 21 at 7pm 🏛 Portland Bike Party