Morning Links - Thursday, October 5, 2023

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Arts

New Maine-made film is a love letter to the old, cool Portland 🏛 Bangor Daily News

City

State of the City Address, Psilocybin Deprioritization, and Shelter Beds Rejected – City Council Review 10/02/2023 🏛 The Portland Townsman

PBPAC - Candidate Survey 2023 🏛 PBPAC

Portland City Council passes a resolution in support of decriminalizing psychedelic fungi 🏛 Maine Public

Portland deprioritizes prosecution for some psychedelic drugs 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland’s Historic Preservation Board unlikely to back plan to raze former children’s museum 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: Don’t let Portland Museum of Art raze piece of city’s history 🏛 Portland Press Herald

COVID-19

Letter: Trying to get COVID-19 booster was easier said than done  🏛 Bangor Daily News

Education

Commentary: Public higher education enhances our communities in more ways than one 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

What Maine can do to meet its lofty housing goals 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Tears still come easily for Texas family grieving loss of Westbrook couple killed in June shooting 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Photography

Duck waddles away into Gardiner home #shorts - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Outdoors

Mount Chase 🏛 Hiking in Maine

What you need to know to hunt in the North Maine Woods 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Don’t be scared of that ‘drumming’ you’re hearing in the woods 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Police

Cumberland man facing charges after allegedly stabbing individual in Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Cumberland man arrested after stabbing outside Preble Street shelter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Politics

Letter to the editor: As Portland’s mayor, Dion will build bridges 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Question 4: What you need to know about the right-to-repair referendum 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: Maine’s Question 4 is a ‘go-nowhere’ proposal 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Troy Jackson denies Republican accusations of insurance fraud 🏛 Bangor Daily News

State

Maine issues food benefit cards to more than 150K students 🏛 Maine Public

Maine safety net spending has tripled since start of pandemic 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Fate of Sunday hunting could hinge on meaning of single word  🏛 Bangor Daily News

Supreme Court ponders whether Maine’s Sunday hunting ban violates constitutional right to food 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Salt 50th Anniversary Alum Showcase 🏛 SPACE

Bob Mould with Jason Narducy 🏛 SPACE

Mutiny in Heaven : The Birthday Party 🏛 SPACE

The 2023 Portland Lantern Walk @ Deering Oaks Park 🏛 SPACE

Kinonik Shorts: SPACE member meet ‘n’ greet – Un Chien Andalou (1929) & Pull My Daisy (1959) 🏛 SPACE

Madison McFerrin with Angelikah Fahray 🏛 SPACE

A. Savage (of Parquet Courts) with Annie Hart and Gum Parker 🏛 SPACE

Oxbow with Couch Slut and Birdie 🏛 SPACE

Mami Wata 🏛 SPACE

Tristan Koepke – There’s Only One Bed 🏛 SPACE

Bell Witch with Falls of Rauros and Spirit Possession 🏛 SPACE

Xiu Xiu with Jakob Battick 🏛 SPACE

SPACE Halloween with Josie and the Pussycats, The Beach Boys, Buzzcocks, and Animal Collective 🏛 SPACE

Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern, with Brian Serven and Doctor Gasp (Dan Blakeslee) 🏛 SPACE

Piaffe 🏛 SPACE

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

Unhoused

DOT to clear Portland tent encampment next month 🏛 Maine Public

Marginal Way homeless encampment to be cleared next month 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Homeless encampment at Portland park-and-ride to be cleared, police hope to prevent crime in area 🏛 WGME

Gov. Mills visits Portland to discuss affordable housing, homelessness crisis 🏛 WGME

State announces plan to sweep Portland’s Marginal Way homeless encampment 🏛 Portland Press Herald