Morning Links - Saturday, January 20, 2024

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Asylum Seekers

Maine aims to create new statewide immigration office, with eye on workforce development 🏛 Maine Public

New office aims to solve Maine's worker shortage with new immigrants 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gov. Mills announces plan for 'Office of New Americans' 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

City

Crews work to remove snow at Deering Oaks park in Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Climate Emergency

Crews begin work to remove grounded fishing trawler in Cape Elizabeth 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Climate Council to hold special meeting next week to discuss extreme storms 🏛 Maine Public

Maine Climate Council will hold special meeting to discuss extreme storms 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gov. Mills calls meeting of scientists, state leaders to discuss impact of recent winter storms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Record number of disasters show climate crisis urgency in Maine 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Coastal Maine fishing communities rally after staggering storm damage 🏛 Maine Public

Climate change's worst predictions are already a reality 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Groups partner to remove fishing vessel from Cape Elizabeth shore 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Kennebunk church grounds see major damage from powerful storm 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

MDEP: Storms result in more than 140 oil spills cleanups in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

COVID-19

COVID-19 variant fueling wave of cases in the US, driving up hospitalizations - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

Our View: Poverty, not parenting, is the reason students are missing school 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Solar development in central Maine may open up greener pastures 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environmentalists, consumer advocates at odds with businesses over plan to scale back natural gas 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: The irony of pursuing a ‘green’ project at expense of a natural wonder 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: BDN editorial board should reexamine wind port location 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

The results are in: This was the best maple syrup made in Maine last year 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine maple syrup producers brainstorm ahead of season 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Oakhurst and Holy Donut launch new, limited milk flavor 🏛 WGME

Health Care

How health providers in Maine are working to reduce wait times - YouTube - WMTW-TV

History

The Monument in our Square 🏛 Reddit

Housing

Maine home sales broke records in 2023. But not the good kind. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Nazis

Maine school's diversity coordinator resigns after racist message 🏛 WMTW

Outdoors

11 great cross-country skiing spots in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Who drove a snowmobile to the peak of Katahdin? 🏛 Bangor Daily News

8 things to consider before hiking in deep snow 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Steps Repeated 🏛 Corey Templeton Photography

Monheagan Island Night Shot 🏛 Reddit

Some deer in my yard yesterday and this morning 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Former Maine RepublicanParty chair will run against Angus King 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Former Maine GOP chair Demi Kouzounas to challenge Angus King 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine Republican announces bid to unseat King at Collins’ urging 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Angus King ‘disappointed’ that Collins helpedrecruit his challenger 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Echoing GOP talking points, Golden votes to condemn Biden’s ‘open-border’ policies 🏛 Maine Beacon

Jared Golden joins lawmakers focused on reducing national debt 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Libertarians form an official political party in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Secretary of State Bellows appeals judge's ruling in Trump ballot access case 🏛 Maine Public

Bellows asks Maine supreme court to rule on Trump ballot eligibility without delay 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Trump back on Maine ballots (for now), Democrats look to enshrine abortion rights in constitution 🏛 Maine Public

Shenna Bellows asks Maine’s top court to rule on Trump before Supreme Court 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine secretary of state appeals court rule in Trump ballot case 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Public Safety

Chimney fire damages upstairs function room at Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room in the Old Port 🏛 Portland Press Herald

South Portland

Error by South Portland city officials leads to $4 million shortfall and future budget restraints 🏛 Maine Public

Things to Do

Maines annual hip hop jam’ 🏛 Reddit

Hundreds of Beavers 🏛 SPACE

32 Sounds 🏛 SPACE

Maine Mariners prepare for denim, Star Wars and comedy-themed weekend 🏛 WGME

Unhoused

Take action: Support funding for low-barrier shelters 🏛 Preble Street

Letter: Establish free campgrounds for the homeless 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Acadia National Park celebrates 95th anniversary 🏛 WGME

Letter: Federal highway administrators need to lighten up 🏛 Bangor Daily News