Morning Links - Friday, January 19, 2024

Friday, January 19, 2024

City

Portland group wants to save rats at Harbor View Memorial Park 🏛 Bangor Daily News

A waterfront park is overrun with rats. Rescuers are trying to find homes for them. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Rat rescuers rally against rodent riddance at Portland park 🏛 WGME

Portland Maine Rat Infestation - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Climate Emergency

Maine lawmakers call for global treaty to curb fossil fuel use, slow climate change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Record-breaking $93 billion in damage from severe weather in 2023, Northeast hit hard 🏛 WGME

New bill would stop expansion of natural gas in Maine 🏛 WGME

Education

UNE receives $10.8 million grant to establish center to research how cells communicate 🏛 Maine Public

University of New England lands $10.8 million grant to study cell signaling 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: Stormwater 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Food and Drink

Solo Cucina Market Closing Sunday 🏛 Portland Food Map

Luna Shawarma and Falafel Now Open 🏛 Portland Food Map

My Kitchen Their Table: Barak Olins 🏛 Portland Food Map

Looking for great donuts in Maine? Here are 7 places to check out 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Health Care

Legislators, supporters urge a public health approach to Maine’s overdose crisis 🏛 Maine Beacon

History

Throwback Thursday Photo: Baxter Building 1966 & 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Housing

New affordable housing development coming to Brunswick 🏛 WGME

Justice

Waldoboro man pleads guilty to assaulting U.S. Capitol police officers 🏛 Maine Public

Former Maine Senate candidate pleads guilty to assaulting police during Jan. 6 riot 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Waldoboro man pleads guilty for involvement in January 6th insurrection 🏛 WGME

Eliot Cutler released from jail 2 months early 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Eliot Cutler not in custody at Hancock County Jail, official says 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Supreme Court justice denies petition seeking release of incarcerated people not appointed attorney 🏛 Maine Public

Labor

Hazard pay no longer in effect in Portland 🏛 Maine Public

Hazard pay ends in Portland as state of emergency expires 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Portland hazard pay ends as state of civil emergency expires 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Maine Could Become The 15th State To Pass A Trans Refuge Law 🏛 Erin in the Morning

Nazis

South Portland school district DEI coordinator resigns after receiving racist email 🏛 Maine Public

429 Too Many Requests 🏛 Bangor Daily News

South Portland schools DEI coordinator resigns after receiving racist email 🏛 Portland Press Herald

South Portland diversity coordinator resigns after racist email 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Outdoors

Maine wildlife and the struggles of winter 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Try skijoring if you want to have fun with your dog in the snow 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Penobscot Nation land deal almost derailed $100,000 ATV trail 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Winter in Bar Harbor 🏛 Reddit

Sunrise in Kittery - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Police

Suspect in Portland business burglaries arrested 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Windham man charged with string of business break-ins 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Windham man arrested in connection with multiple burglaries 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Domestic abuse homicide panel calls for better welfare checks 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Continued funding for internet connectivity program should be a priority in Congress 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Susan Collins not among Republicans joining Donald Trump’s Supreme Court ballot fight 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: If you care about gun violence, Jared Golden must win re-election 🏛 Maine Beacon

Libertarian Party confirmed as qualifying party in Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Jared Golden joins group of lawmakers focused on national debt reduction 🏛 Maine Public

Public Safety

Lyme disease cases in Maine set new record in 2023 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine group ramps up fight against flavored tobacco products 🏛 WGME

South Portland

South Portland faces $4 million shortfall due to budgeting mistake 🏛 WGME

State

Maine DHHS hires new director for struggling child welfare division 🏛 Maine Public

Department veteran chosen to lead reforms of Maine’s child protection agency 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine DHHS: Child services moves to behavioral health office 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine DHHS announces changes to Office of Child and Family Services 🏛 WGME

Things to Do

Here’s 8 ways to spend your weekend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Celebrate 2024: 16+ Must-Experience Events in Portland, Maine! 🏛 Portland Old Port

Hope to see y’all there!! 💋 🏛 Reddit

Transportation

Maine lawmakers, push for passenger rail expansion 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine Department of Transportation releases new, three-year transportation plan 🏛 Maine Public

New 3-year transportation plan includes $4.74 billion in projects and investments 🏛 Portland Press Herald

MaineDOT unveils $4.7 billion 3-year work plan 🏛 WGME

$4B work plan brings flexibility for infrastructure improvements 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Explore the transportation projects Maine is planningnear you 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine plans record $4.7B in transportationprojects over next 3 years 🏛 Bangor Daily News