Morning Links - Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers to move out of Portland Expo by Wednesday 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Asylum seekers in Portland Expo will move to hotels in Lewiston, Freeport 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland moving asylum seekers to Lewiston and Freeport hotels 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Climate Emergency

Have you seen a blue crab in Maine? Researchers want to know where 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

USM celebrates the opening of its first-ever dorm in Portland 🏛 Maine Public

USM celebrates opening of first residence hall on Portland campus 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Funding to expand educator apprentice program in Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Environment

Coast Week Clean Up | September 9, 2023 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Commentary: Conservation can help nature weather forces of change in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

The Wrap: Quarryside outdoor event space launches at Rock Row; Warren’s Lobster House may become marina-side condos 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Interview with Chef Lulu Ranta 🏛 Portland Food Map

Outdoors

This Maine town is where you want to go for moose sightings 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Cooley Preserve at Center Pond (Phippsburg, ME) 🏛 Hiking in Maine

Running of the Alewives | Borealis - YouTube - Maine Public

Politics

Portland residents to vote whether to amend current rent control ordinance - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Letter: Pine Tree Power would be good news for Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Critics worry Maine’s proposed EV shift may be too quick 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Commentary: Proposed California rule ignores need for technology to meet business consumers’ demands 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Proposed rules on gas vehicles would be devastating 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Amid national increase in suicide deaths, Maine sees decline 🏛 Maine Public

Sports

Maine Little League team appears in Grand Slam Parade before World Series - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Letter to the editor: Slugger, mascot of the Sea Dogs, is first minor league mascot to be inducted into hall of fame 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Tribal Sovereignty

New mural acknowledges a Maine university sits on stolen land 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Unhoused

Less than a month remains for city to find housing for those staying in Portland encampment - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

MaineDOT to split Portland park-and-ride in half to accommodate homeless encampment - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Letter to the editor: Time to follow the other Portland on homelessness 🏛 Portland Press Herald