Morning Links - Sunday, November 19, 2023

Sunday, November 19, 2023

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Maine Street Saturday: Electric Buddhas 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

City

A Portland Soccer Team and Shelter Expansion: Round 3 – City Council Review 11/13/2023 🏛 The Portland Townsman

Community

Community Thanksgiving meals happening in Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

With a huge need, Press Herald Toy Fund helps to brighten children’s holidays for 75th year 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

Society Notebook: Southern Maine Community College works to meet the needs of more students 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

$1.6 million on the line in dispute over nuclear waste facility 🏛 The Maine Monitor

What counts as clean energy? It depends on who you ask. 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Ecomaine gets $2 million grant to promote recycling among residents of multifamily homes 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Bam Bam Bakery Reopening 🏛 Portland Food Map

Dine Out Maine: Lacking flavor and love, Mainely Noods is more miss than hit 🏛 Portland Press Herald

For Maine food businesses, helping each other out is part of the job 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Eat, Drink & Be Thankful at $3Deweys on Thanksgiving Day 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Guns

The Lewiston mass shooting is ‘not just Lewiston’s tragedy’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Shut out: How the Deaf community was forgotten during the Lewiston shootings 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘I should have died’: 4 friends recount the horror of the Lewiston shootings 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Commission investigating Lewiston shootings moves meeting location 🏛 Sun Journal

Subpoena power and transparency can ensure Maine knows full truth of Lewiston shooting 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter to the editor: A request of Maine Sens. Collins and King 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The Maine Millennial: All I have for the gun lobby is disgust 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Commentary: The threat facing America is not going to be subdued by guns 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: How to follow progress on gun laws 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Healthcare

MaineCare dental patients face long waits, drives for care 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Outdoors

Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change 🏛 Associated Press

Photography

Don't tell the photographers, but the ocean recently created a new view of their favorite lighthouse... 🏛 Reddit

Sunset over Kittery 🏛 Reddit

Just some photos from Down East that make me remember why I love Maine! 🏛 Reddit

Goodbye rain storm! Unity, ME 🏛 Reddit

The view from Long Beach Avenue in York about 30 minutes ago 🏛 Reddit

Fisher cat explores woods looking for a meal 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Letter to the editor: Failure of ballot Question 8 shames Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Testing finds some contaminants in Maine marijuana - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

State

Our View: Mills administration’s effort to fix child welfare system is failing 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens opens Saturday - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Transportation

Highway Boondoggles 2023: The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly in ... Gorham 🏛 Streetsblog USA

Unhoused

Letter to the editor: Clearing encampments will solve nothing 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Stephen Smith plays Not My Job on NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" 🏛 NPR