Morning Links - Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

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Cat cafe in Westbrook brings refreshing change of pace 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Community

Paddlers pilot pumpkins in annual regatta - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

JDRF One Walk in Portland helps raise money for Type 1 Diabetes - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Education

Learning about Indigenous people in ME as a child 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Nonprofit College Success program to expand in Maine with $10 million grant 🏛 Maine Public

Environment

Maine nonprofit purchases PFAS-contaminated farm for research on chemicals in agriculture 🏛 Maine Public

Towns near Katahdin deeply divided over metal mine proposal 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Commentary: There’s a benign means of tracking the right whale – let’s use it 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: Maine clean cars mandate would be a mistake 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Elections

You can begin voting early by absentee ballot today in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Healthcare

Letter to the editor: Privacy can’t be found at Maine Med ER 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

Maine is set to see some of the nation's biggest home price hikes 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter to the editor: Bring back the starter home 🏛 Portland Press Herald

UMaine's bio-based 3D printed house has passed a crucial first test 🏛 Maine Public

Food and Drink

Tao Yuan restaurant reopens in Brunswick 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Letter: Unions are good for working class Mainers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Haunted hikes in Maine for spooky fun this Halloween 🏛 Bangor Daily News

How to avoid making common moose-hunting mistakes 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Rent Control in Portland Today 🏛 The Portland Townsman

Our guide to Maine's Question 2, the foreign electioneering ban 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Our quick guide to Maine's Question 3, and CMP’s push to stop it 🏛 Bangor Daily News

If there’s a new Maine utility, who will manage it? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Who could be a third-party operator? Here’s the test 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Our guide to Question 4, the ‘right to repair’ on Maine’s ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Our guide to the constitutional amendments on Maine’s ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Things to Do

Mainers can use this new online eclipse map on Saturday 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Halloween guide: Hay rides, haunted events, corn mazes and more 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Tribal Sovereignty

More Than 200 Rally for Indigenous Peoples' Day and Question 6 🏛 Wabanaki Alliance

Hundreds rally at State House for Question 6 on Indigenous Peoples' Day 🏛 Maine Public

Maine tribal chiefs may meet with Janet Mills after disagreements 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Wabanaki leaders rally outside Maine State House 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Unhoused

Two state lawmakers proposing bills to end sweeps of homeless encampments 🏛 Portland Press Herald