Morning Links - Thursday, March 7, 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Arts

Beloved Portland theater is leaving Munjoy Hill 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Coastal Rivers hosts program on white sharks in the Gulf of Maine 🏛 Wiscasset Newspaper

Business

Freeport shopping center sells for $20 million at auction 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Barnes & Noble will open its third Maine store this May, in South Portland 🏛 Mainebiz

City

Portland seeks proposals for redevelopment of Fort McKinley hospital property 🏛 Mainebiz

42 Atlantic Street Developer Engages with Neighbors at Required Meeting Last Night 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Climate Emergency

Fishermen, waterfront operators ask for state support of the governor's $50M storm recovery bill 🏛 Maine Public

Warm weather is disrupting northern Maine's winter events 🏛 Maine Public

Mild temperatures creating earlier than average "ice out" dates on Maine's lakes 🏛 WGME

Letter: Climate action needs to be a priority for Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Saco city leaders meet to discuss plans to prepare for climate change 🏛 WGME

Community

Southern Maine Purim Parties 2024 🏛 Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine

Maine communities get ready for Total Solar Eclipse on April 8 🏛 WMTW

Education

Portland school budget could raise taxes by almost $200 a year 🏛 WMTW

Portland Public Schools proposes $161 million budget, $2 million in cuts 🏛 WGME

Portland Public Schools budget proposal aims to bring equity to a diverse school district 🏛 WMTW

Elections

Election workers note some confusion during Maine's first-ever semi-open primary 🏛 WGME

Environment

Trees Matter 🏛 Reddit

Regulators propose exempting some businesses from Maine’s PFAS ban 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine compromise would exempt some industries from ban on ‘forever chemicals’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine’s ban on PFAS is too broad 🏛 Bangor Daily News

440 acres permanently protected as a community forest in Rumford 🏛 Maine Public

Letter: LUPC right to reject mine rezoning proposal 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Yankee on Wiscasset’s research project 🏛 Wiscasset Newspaper

Letter: Enforce traffic laws for a cleaner community 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Evidence of traumatic brain injury in shooter who killed 18 in deadliest shooting in Maine history 🏛 Associated Press

Forensic analysis shows Lewiston shooter had ‘traumatic brain injury’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Study of Lewiston shooter's brain shows traumatic brain injuries 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Study of Lewiston shooter's brain finds 'significant evidence of traumatic brain injuries' 🏛 WGME

Response to Lewiston tragedy should focus on gun lethality 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Call on legislators to enact gun safety laws 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Committee backs bill requiring health insurance to cover non-prescription birth control 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

Voters in wealthy town show why it’s hard to build housing in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Cumberland voters reject proposed affordable housing project 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

'We're not going to be part of the solution:' Cumberland voters reject housing project 🏛 WGME

OOB mobile home park sale prompts residents to try to buy it themselves 🏛 WGME

Labor

Maine lawmakers could still raise the minimum wage to $15 🏛 Maine Beacon

Bowdoin College student leaders unionize for better pay 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LGBTQIA+

Letter: Make it better for LGBTQ+ youth who just want a chance 🏛 Bangor Daily News

No Pride Day proclamation this June in Boothbay 🏛 Boothbay Register

Zorro done turned in his sword for a broom and a rag 🏛 Reddit

Justice

Judge orders neuropsychological testing for man accused of killing Westbrook couple 🏛 Portland Press Herald

South Portland man pleads insanity after alleged shooting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Teen accused of South Portland murder plot allegedly joked about school shootings 🏛 Bangor Daily News

South Portland teen accused of murder plot may face adult trial 🏛 WGME

Prosecutors challenge decision overturning conviction of Portland man who killed sister's boyfriend 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Maine ATV trails will reopen in late April or early May 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Cape Elizabeth outdoor ice rink looks to add slab, roof 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Photography

In case you were wondering what it looks like under the various piers along Commercial 🏛 Reddit

Birbs of Maine | Sony A7IV w/ Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 🏛 Reddit

I don't know birds but I know cameras. Windham, ME 🏛 Reddit

"Churning Sea" - Kittery Point, Maone 🏛 Reddit

Politics

South Portland elects Beck as House District 122 representative 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Democrat wins special election in South Portland to replace state rep who passed away 🏛 WGME

Maine Senate passes food scraps disposal ban 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine House defeats Republican's 2nd attempt to oust Shenna Bellows 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Hundreds in Portland likely voted ‘ceasefire’ over Joe Biden 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Last-minute ‘ceasefire’ write-in campaign draws support in Maine’s primary 🏛 Maine Beacon

4 things we learnded from Maine’s Super Tuesday elections 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Jared Golden didn't vote in Joe Biden's presidential primary 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Two Trump allies in Maine's second district seek to differentiate 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Donald Trump doesn’t belong in the White House again, but he does belong on the ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine House passes proposal to use popular vote, not Electoral College 🏛 WGME

Public Safety

Portland firefighters have busy day with fires and rescues 🏛 WMTW

Portland hotel fire part of increasing trend of lithium-ion battery fires - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Things to Do

Rwagasabo Night 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Indigo Girls: Its Only Life After All 🏛 SPACE

Unhoused

Attorneys threaten to sue Portland over homeless encampments 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Utilities

Legislature considers limiting seizure of private land to build power lines 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Town to enforce passenger limits but honor ships on schedule 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Nesting peregrine falcons temporarily close areas of Acadia 🏛 Mount Desert Islander