Morning Links - Thursday February 8, 2024

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Asylum Seekers

Committee OKs plan for statewide office to help Maine asylum seekers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Maine dairy farmers ask lawmakers to approve higher milk prices 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Aroostook senator wants Maine to form trade commission with Ireland 🏛 Bangor Daily News

City

Staffing shortages in Portland slow city’s trash, recycling pickup 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Plans are underway to make it easier to pee in Portland 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Climate Emergency

Acadia ‘hit hard’ by January storms 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Camp Ellis still healing after January storms 🏛 Saco Bay News

Maine sets new records, surpasses historic blizzard of 1978 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Community

Beach to Beacon to benefit Portland's Preble Street 🏛 Spectrum News

Education

Electric school buses are beneficial and worthwhile 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Colby College receives $50M donation to its financial aid program 🏛 Maine Public

Environment

Mining near Baxter State Park isn’t appropriate 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: EVs can keep Maine healthy and pristine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The Katahdin region is sacred and is no place for a mine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Taj 2.0 in South Portland 🏛 Portland Food Map

Mardi Gras Specials In Portland, Maine 🏛 Portland Old Port

Espresso Yourself: A Guide to the Best Espresso Martinis in Portland 🏛 Portland Old Port

This is Why Fore Play is Portland, Maine's Best Sports Bar 🏛 WCYY

20 Maine Restaurants That Have Been Featured on National TV 🏛 WCYY

Guns

Opinion: Mills’ ideas for gun safety leave us yearning for more 🏛 Maine Beacon

Police to address commission investigating Maine mass shooting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Health Care

Free clinics in Maine are seeing an increasingly high demand for care 🏛 Maine Public

Youth justice and mental health services belong together 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Housing

What the Cheapest Apartment in Portland, Maine, is Going for 🏛 WJBQ

5 historic Maine hotels you can buy now 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Prosecutors say man who pleaded guilty to Woodford Street shooting has no right to a new trial 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Joins $3 Million Settlements with Crypto Platform TradeStation 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Photography

Northbound 🏛 Corey Templeton Photography

From Above: York | Assignment: Maine - YouTube - Maine Public

Check out these clips of an unusual black coyote roaming the Maine woods 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Police

Gunfire exchanged in drive-by shooting in Portland 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Portland police investigating drive-by shooting off Brighton Avenue 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Drive-by shootout in Portland under investigation 🏛 WGME

Shooting incident on Taft Avenue in Portland being investigated 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Police Respond to Shots Fired on Taft Avenue Last Night 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Politics

Legislative committee splits on bill to prohibit paramilitary training 🏛 Maine Public

Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Presents Two Events in Portland 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Senate Republicans block borderpackage backed by Maine reps 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Susan Collins 1 of 4 Republicans to back failed border security bill 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Senator Susan Collins voted in favor of failed border bill - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Watch live: Supreme Courthears Donald Trump eligibility case that will reverberate in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Things to Do

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages with Tiger Bomb 🏛 SPACE

Comedy at the cavern!! 🏛 Reddit

Tribal Sovereignty

Penobscot Nation: Acquiring land means greater sovereignty, money 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

The Maine Flower Collective Wants You to Pick Locally Grown Bouquets 🏛 Down East