Morning Links - Saturday, October 14, 2023

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Arts

An Extraordinary Place - new film featuring WMPG 🏛 WMPG

Business

Here's how a Saco startup is making single-use food containers from wood fiber 🏛 Maine Public

City

SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER with Portland Parks, Recreation and Facilities 🏛 City of Portland

Planning & Urban Development Staff Present Historic Preservation Impact Study Report to Council 🏛 City of Portland

What's New 🏛 ReCode Portland

Volunteers Snow Shoveling 🏛 City of Portland

Annual District Meetings 🏛 City of Portland

Yard Waste 🏛 City of Portland

​Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 🏛 City of Portland

Future Friday: Herald Square 🏛 Portland Old Port

Community

Portland nonprofit bike shop is on a mission 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Spring keeps ME wildlife center busy with baby animals 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

ME paddlers pilot pumpkins in annual regatta 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Grand Opening of Maine Academy of Modern Music on Munjoy Hill; October 14 Afternoon 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Westbrook School District gets creative amid bus driver shortage 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Elections

Absentee Voting Information 🏛 City of Portland

Healthcare

Immunizations 🏛 City of Portland

Recuperative care program in Portland help unhoused recover 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Gambling

Warning on Sports Betting - YouTube - WMTW-TV

History

Portland, Maine 1876 Map 🏛 Reddit

Justice

Maine court to weigh petition from woman held in jail without lawyer 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Proposal for fuller public defender system is a good start 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Labor

Portland’s Congress Street Starbucks set to close 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Starbucks announces plans to close Congress Street location in Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Outdoors

Western Foothills Land Trust enlarges Twin Bridges Preserve 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Unlearning a Sense of Urgency on Ogunquit’s Marginal Way 🏛 Down East

This family hike has a story walk and unique surprises 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Logging company bars hunters' vehicles at Katahdin Iron Works 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Letter to the editor: Tired of scaremongering over cost of Pine Tree Power 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Our View: Pine Tree Power not the answer to Maine’s utility challenges 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: With rights come responsibilities 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Social workers stand up for ballot questions 6 and 8 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Big Tech’s role in Maine’s next debate over onlineprivacy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Commentary: ‘Yes’ on Right to Repair will solve problems, protect competition 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Hepatitis A case identified at Portland restaurant, officials say 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Worker at Portland’s Green Elephant Bistro diagnosed with hepatitis A 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

PCS Community Commons 🏛 Portland Community Squash

Hot Wheels Monster Truck Live comes to Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter to the editor: Celebrate music, conservation Sunday at the Merrill 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Oceans And @ Portland Conservatory of Music 🏛 SPACE

Transportation

Portland to start offering nonstop flights to NYC via American Airlines 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Portland Jetport advises travelers to use satellite parking lot amid shortage of spaces 🏛 Maine Public

Water main breaks in Scarborough, causing partial lane closures - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Unhoused

Portland City Council to reconsider temporary expansion of Homeless Services Center 🏛 Portland Press Herald

State homeless council opposes upcoming sweep of Portland encampment 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland political group using leftover funds to target homeless 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Utilities

Congress can’t leave Mainers in the digital darkness 🏛 Bangor Daily News