Morning Links - Thursday, September 7, 2023

Thursday, September 7, 2023

Arts

Maine band Oshima Brothers go acoustic on 207 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Business

Maine hosts Seagriculture USA for second year 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

City

Portland council postpones vote on proposed tourism funding fee for many hotel guests 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Canada wildfire smoke enters Maine again, bringing risk for some populations 🏛 Maine Public

Air quality alert issued in Maine due to Canadian wildfire smoke 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Colby College professor studying how wildfire smoke fuels climate change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

How Maine got more than 100,000 residents to install heat pumps 🏛 Fast Company

The Anthropocene 🏛 Maine Public

Talk - Vacationland or Climate Migrationland? - Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 🏛 University of Maine

Community

Fifty years of campus radio began with a record player in a dorm room 🏛 University of Southern Maine

COVID-19

Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, new booster expected this fall - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

COVID precautions for back to school - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Crime

Woman found dead in South Portland 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine State Police leading investigation into 'suspicious' death 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Identity of woman found dead down embankment in South Portland still unknown 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

After mold remediation, Talbot School will resume classes Friday 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Staffing shortages spotlight critical role and special skills of school bus drivers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's multilingual driving schools help immigrant learners get up to speed 🏛 Maine Public

Vincent Weaver ‘demakes’ video games to teach about computer systems 🏛 University of Maine

Maine university launches research ethics training as AI evolves 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Food and Drink

On the Record: Bite Into Maine on a roll with new anchor in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood 🏛 Mainebiz

Portland bartender and restaurant co-founder nominated for national recognition - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Guns

Our View: We have not nearly earned the right to quibble about gun control 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Healthcare

Some long-term care insurance premiums see steep increases in Maine 🏛 Maine Public

Housing

Letter to the editor: Parking is not paradise 🏛 Portland Press Herald

25 years of foreclosure protections are at stake in this Maine case 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Labor

Union workers disappearing in Maine is nothing new 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

8 coastal Maine hikes that aren’t in Acadia 🏛 Bangor Daily News

More Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than in a decade 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Officials: Atlantic salmon see most productive year in a decade 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine’s 3-month deer hunting season begins Saturday with expanded archery 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Commentary: Regardless of Pine Tree Power’s fate, Maine utilities will retain ‘green’ focus 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Understanding both sides of question 3 ahead of election day - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Ethics panel reviewing formal complaint against state Senate president 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Jared Golden needs to get educated on student debt crisis 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Why the national GOP thinks Austin Theriault can beat Jared Golden 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Wokeup at 530 to a car flipping over on Washington Ave 🏛 Reddit

Lee likely to become major hurricane, threatening East Coast 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Got Tix: Where to find concert tickets to upcoming shows 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Unhoused

Portland clears another large homeless encampment 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Another Portland encampment cleared, as displaced residents look for new places to go 🏛 Maine Public

Dozens of people displaced as city clears homeless encampment at Fore River Parkway Trail 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Many wonder what to do next after homeless camp dismantled 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Utilities

Watchdog says Maine should withhold $53M in storm recovery costs from CMP 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Watchdog accuses CMP of excessive spending 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine Office of the Public Advocate accuses Central Maine Power of excessive spending - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Vacationland

A New Portland Glamping Spot Mixes Style with 19th-Century Military History 🏛 Down East