Afternoon Links - Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

City

Asylum Seeker Hospitality, LGBT Senior Housing, & a New Rent Control Referendum – City Council Review 08/14/23 Double Edition 🏛 The Portland Townsman

Portland voters will again consider rent control changes this November 🏛 Maine Public

Education

University of Southern Maine celebrates opening of Portland Commons residence hall, new parking garage 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Environment

Despite 2021 law, advocates say Maine’s pension fund isn’t fully divesting from fossil fuels 🏛 Maine Beacon

Labor

Bath Iron Works reaches tentative contract with S6 union 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Bath Iron Works and its largest union reach tentative contract deal, likely averting repeat of 2020 strike 🏛 Sun Journal

Outdoors

Find out if you received a 2023 Maine antlerless deer permit 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Search the Maine 2023 deer hunt lottery winners 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The best place to see a moose in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

We're on the November 7th, 2023 Ballot 🏛 Frederick McCann for Portland Water District

Things to Do

ME Things To Do | Beach Olympics and Biddeford River Jam festival 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Unhoused

Tents on the rise this summer, but Portland sees some progress in housing encampment residents 🏛 Maine Public

Concerned Citizens of the West End 🏛 Reddit