Morning Links - Friday, March 8, 2024

Friday, March 8, 2024

Arts

Watch: Entire Blink 182 Concert in Portland, Maine from 1998 🏛 WCYY

Letter: Hoping for a continuation of Good Theater 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Freeport's outdoor mall sells for $20 million at foreclosure auction 🏛 Maine Public

Freeport shopping center sold for $20M during foreclosure auction 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine brewers gather at annual summit in Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

New England Craft Brew Summit returns to Portland 🏛 FOX 23

MaineHealth announces unified identity across its health care system 🏛 Wiscasset Newspaper

Climate Emergency

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

Education

Maine kids with disabilities deserve consistent, uninterrupted education 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Shrink class sizes in Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Nangle bill to help towns protect water resources advances in Maine Senate 🏛 The Windham Eagle

Maine lawmakers weigh consequences of new PFAs law 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine lawmakers opt to study natural gas use, regulations instead of limiting pipeline expansion 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

During the Robert Card manhunt, this Army reservist had intel. He couldn't find someone to listen 🏛 Maine Public

Army says Lewiston shooter’s brain injury may lead to changes in blast training 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Army reservists tell commission more could have been done to help Lewiston gunman 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Army reservists describe Robert Card’s behavior before shooting 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lewiston shooting: Responder says bad communication hurt response 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

'It broke my heart:' Army Reservists answer questions about Lewiston mass shooter 🏛 WGME

Independent commission investigating Lewiston mass shooting to hear from US Army 🏛 WGME

Army involved in manhunt for Robert Card: "Communication was poor" 🏛 WMTW

Maine lawmakers hear hours of testimony on gun measures 🏛 Maine Public

Gun control advocates, opponents pack Maine State House for hearing on bills 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Maine needs constitutional protections for reproductive autonomy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Ask lawmakers to support funding for recovery community centers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Mills’ proposed budget puts Maine’s Medicare Savings Programs at risk 🏛 Maine Beacon

History

Throwback Thursday Photo: DiMillo's On the Water 1981 & 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Housing

Voters in two Maine towns reject affordable housing initiatives on the ballot 🏛 Maine Public

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

Photography

Cotton Candy Sky over Windham 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Beck wins South Portland special election 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bill would allow Maine’s federal workers to take out interest-free loans during shutdowns 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine House defeats Republican's 2nd attempt to impeach Shenna Bellows 🏛 WGME

Public Safety

Letter: Domestic violence laws need an update 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Sauer's Brilliant Start Sets the Tone in Somerset's Eighth Straight Win 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Things to Do

It’s last call for ice skating at Thompson’s Point (and 5 other things to do this weekend) 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Jerry Seinfeld 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Concerts you won't want to miss in Maine, Drop Kick Murphys 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Transportation

Portland-Gorham Highway Expansion Project Will Not Reduce Traffic Or Help Meet Our Climate Goals 🏛 Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Unhoused

Attorneys pressure Portland to maintain ban on public camping 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Utilities

Proposed transmission line for renewable power from Canada to New England canceled 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Twin State Clean Energy Link canceled 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

Carriage roads at Acadia National Park have been closed 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine