Afternoon Links - Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Asylum Seekers

Portland, Maine emergency shelter for asylum seekers opens 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Business

Decades old and family-run, a Maine charter bus service changes hands 🏛 Mainebiz

Community

Portland Radio Group raises $29,000 (and counting!) for Preble Street 🏛 Preble Street

Environment

Increase in sewage waste drained into Casco Bay due to summer rainfall 🏛 WGME

Climate Emergency

Camp Ellis erosion project approved 🏛 WGME

Food and Drink

Solo Cucina Market for Sale 🏛 Portland Food Map

Guns

Maine’s public universities will provide free tuition to Lewiston mass shooting victims 🏛 University of Southern Maine

University of Maine System to provide free tuition to Lewiston mass shooting victims, families 🏛 WGME

Maine’s public universities to provide free tuition for Lewiston mass shooting victims, families 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

How Moosehead became a mountain biking destination | Borealis - YouTube - Maine Public

Police

Portland, Maine police warn of man who approached young women 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Police investigating suspicious death in Westbrook 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Police investigating suspicious death in Westbrook 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Suspicious death in Westbrook marks 8th death investigation in Maine within 8 days 🏛 WGME

Portland police respond to convenience store for groups involved in fight 🏛 WGME

State

Advocates call for Maine’s $139M surplus to be invested in housing, other critical needs 🏛 Maine Beacon

Things to Do

First Friday Art Walk –A Day With(out) Art: Everyone I Know is Sick + niizhoo morningstar redskye: na(a)me 🏛 SPACE

The Weekend Guide: December 1st - 3rd, 2023 🏛 Portland Old Port

Arts Calendar: Dec. 1-8 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Utilities

What's Next: Utility Reform and Maine's Clean Energy Future 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine