Morning Links - Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Arts

'Art in Bloom' exhibit at Portland Museum of Art 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

207: This Maine museum owns thousands of works of art—and only a fraction of them are on display 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

City

Five new public restrooms to be installed in Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Committee deadlocks on Sea Dogs tax incentive bill to help pay for Hadlock Field upgrades 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine lawmakers to discuss Sea Dogs tax credit bill 🏛 WGME

Climate Emergency

World Monument Fund will consider designating Maine’s lighthouses as threatened heritage sites 🏛 Maine Public

As storms intensify, Machias debates future of its deteriorating dike 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Rising tides lead to new flood zones for coastal homeowners 🏛 WGME

Maine lawmakers ease permit process to help storm recovery 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

Portland parents voice concerns about staffing cuts in proposed school budget 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bill to overhaul how Maine educates its youngest special needs students moves ahead 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

A Maine farmer who wants to sell PFAS-contaminated land is first to apply to special fund 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine farmers affected by PFAS contamination can now apply for state aid 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Bill would allow agricultural pesticides to bypass PFAS ban 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

‘Single most important climate project we will ever have’: Maine unions back wind energy port plan 🏛 Maine Beacon

Letter: Offshore wind can create good jobs 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Vintage Dogs 🏛 Portland Food Map

Myler Makes It: French toast with brioche FULL - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Guns

GOP lawmakers say shooting commission report is proof that new gun safety bills are unnecessary 🏛 Maine Public

Maine Republicans use interim mass shooting report to argue against gun reforms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston commission interim report shows systemic failures 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lewiston shooting report shows trickypath for sweeping gun control 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: No one is proposing we take away Mainers’ right to bear arms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Nineteen high capacity magazines, 445 bullets, three semi-automatic self-loading guns 🏛 Maine Beacon

Lewiston establishes fund for memorial for shooting victims 🏛 Maine Public

Health Care

Letter: Resolution ensures reproductive rights for all 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Consumer advocates urge passage of bill to regulate hospital facility fees 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bills aim to support foreign-trained physicians amid ME shortages 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Medicare Savings Program are at risk 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Housing

Maine House supports bill that would require landlords to disclose all costs 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Westbrook man gets 18 years for sexually abusing child, taking video 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine county stops prosecuting some criminal offenses 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Nazis

Maine AG files civil rights complaint against Harpswell men 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Father and son face civil rights complaint following acts of racist vandalism in January 🏛 WMTW

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Harpswell Men Accused of Spray Painting Racist and Antisemitic Messages 🏛 State of Maine

Two Dearys of Harpswell Accused of Civil Rights Violations by AG Frey 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Outdoors

The best kept winter mountaineering secret in Baxter State Park 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Mountains, Dallas Plantation Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Rangeley Mountains 🏛 Reddit

Police

Westbrook shooting investigation leads to two arrests 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Politics

Maine house tables effort to ditch the electoral college 🏛 WGME

State

Software meant to improve Maine’s broken child welfare system reportedly making it worse 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Things to Do

The Weekend Guide: March 22nd - 24th, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

5 Places To Watch March Madness 2024 in Portland, Maine 🏛 Portland Old Port

Easter & Passover Takeout, Dine In and Events in Portland, Maine! 🏛 Portland Old Port

The Live Music Guide: March 20th - 26th, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Okkervil River & The Antlers 🏛 SPACE

Josephine Foster 🏛 SPACE

Lights Out on the Farm 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Hatebreed at State Theatre | Thu, September 26, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Jordan Klepper at State Theatre | Fri, May 3, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Maine Things To Do: Maine Maple Sunday, Maine Science Festival 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

The Used + Story of the Year Rock the State Theatre This July 🏛 WCYY

Transportation

MaineDOT Releases Draft Complete Street Policy 🏛 Bicycle Coalition of Maine

Small plane overturns Tuesday at Portland International Jetport 🏛 WMTW

Small plane overturns from wind gust at Portland Jetport 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

Wanted for arrest: One mysterious, sunken vessel off the coast of Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Restoration of Moosehead's historic steamship Katahdin a step closer with federal grant 🏛 Mainebiz

UMaine to livestream total solar eclipse with high-altitude weather balloon 🏛 Maine Public

‘The Maine Question’ shares how Mainers can experience total solar eclipse 🏛 University of Maine

Closest place to Portland to watch the full eclipse? 🏛 Reddit