Morning Links - Saturday, August 5, 2023

Saturday, August 5, 2023

City

Weather delays reopening of Baxter Boulevard 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Delay in opening up Baxter Boulevard - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Community

Community days for Penobscot Nation kicks off - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

TD Beach 2 Beacon 10K features adaptive wheelchair field 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Athletes, event organizers kick off 25th year of Beach to Beacon 10k road race - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Beach to Beacon 10k preview - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Para athlete brings inspiring story to Beach to Beacon race - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Healthcare

Opponents still mulling potential people’s veto of abortion bill 🏛 Maine Public

Labor

Milk With Dignity: the movement urging food suppliers to seek better work conditions on dairy farms 🏛 Maine Public

Photography

Cute kitty clips come to Maine in CatVideoFest 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Wilton opposes western Maine wildlife refuge, Carrabassett Valley abstains 🏛 The Maine Monitor

King, Collins and Golden ask feds to halt consideration of wildlife refuge 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Susan Collins: Hunter Biden demands same scrutiny as Donald Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Things to Do

Tate House Presents Backyard Concert With the Wortzelini Brothers 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

East End Vend - Makers Market 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

CIRCUS SMIRKUS 2023 NEW ENGLAND TOUR : PORTLAND SHOWS 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Pete Kilpatrick Band 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Charles Overton Quartet 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Board Games on Milk Street 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Summer Dreams 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Make Way For Ducklings - The Musical 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Unhoused

Queenie's Castle in Deering Oaks Park closes due to ongoing issues with unhoused population 🏛 WGME

Letter to the editor: Encampments aren’t the problem, a lack of housing is 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Preble Street launches ‘No Veterans Homeless’ campaign in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

ME leaders pledge to house every homeless veteran by 2025 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine