Morning Links - Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Arts

D.Gross 🏛 The Bollard

Snaex 🏛 The Bollard

Asylum Seekers

Apartments for people seeking asylum opens in Brunswick - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Business

Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales continue to grow, but the market is getting crowded 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

Portland looking for volunteers to clear snow for senior citizens 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland Park Named Among Best Places for Sledding and Tubing 🏛 WCYY

Climate Emergency

Pingree, agriculture secretary discuss storm and climate impacts with Maine farmers, loggers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

US agriculture secretary talks storm damage with Maine farmers 🏛 Maine Public

Education

UMaine System professors need raises to keep up with inflation 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Environment

We should keep an open mind about the Pickett Mountain mine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Dok Mali on Ocean Street 🏛 Portland Food Map

8 Good Food Awards Finalists from Maine 🏛 Portland Food Map

Hidden Gems: A Guide to Diamond Street In Portland, Maine 🏛 Portland Old Port

Guns

Newly released 911 transcripts document desperate pleas for help during Lewiston mass shootings 🏛 Maine Public

‘Do not open that door for nobody’: Dozens called 911 in first minutes after Lewiston shootings began 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Opinion: Reinstating parole will benefit Maine in many ways 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

Devastated trails threaten Maine’s snowmobile season 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

9th Annual Down East Reader Photo Contest Winners 🏛 Down East

Maine dog steals snowman's arm - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Politics

Maine House rejects lawmaker’s call to impeach secretary of state 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Shenna Bellows impeachment effort fails in Maine House 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter: Disappointed in decision to block Donald Trump from the ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Grateful for Maine’s secretary of state 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Shenna Bellows followed the Constitution unlike Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mainers should elect their constitutional officers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Secretary Bellows followed Maine law and did her job 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine House defeats GOP attempt to impeach Shenna Bellows 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine lawmakers squash attempt to impeach secretary of state for removing Trump from primary ballot 🏛 Maine Public

Bellows opposes Trump request to pause ruling in Maine ballot case 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Trump asks Maine court to pause appeal while U.S. Supreme Court takes up his ballot eligibility 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Donald Trump asks Maine judge to delay eligibility ruling until Supreme Court decides 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Trump legal team asks Maine judge to delay appeal until high court hears Colorado case 🏛 Maine Public

Trump’s name will be on Maine ballot while courts rule on eligibility 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine secretary of state urges judge not to delay ruling in Trump ballot disqualification case 🏛 Maine Public

Letter: Keeping Donald Trump off the ballot is election interference 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Susan Collins wrong about Trump’s disqualification from Maine’s ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine lawmakers consider joining effort to work around Electoral College system 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine lawmakers consider proposal to join interstate compact for national popular vote 🏛 Maine Public

No Labels party will not hold primary in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

No Labels party is trying to enter the presidential race in Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Social Safety Net

New $2.5 million initiative aims to support aging in place for older Mainers 🏛 Maine Public

State

Committee endorses first woman nominee for top Maine National Guard post 🏛 Maine Public

People with low- and middle-income fare better under Maine’s tax system 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

Things to Do

Qwanqwa 🏛 SPACE

Sadurn with Windier and Night Hawk 🏛 SPACE

Transportation

With staffing shortage, Portland plow drivers work overtime to clear snow from roads 🏛 WGME

Federal judge again sides with Maine DOT in effort to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge 🏛 Maine Public

Portland parking ban leads to over 60 vehicles towed 🏛 WGME