Morning Links - Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Business

Maine farmland volume slides but specialty crops and agritourism are strong 🏛 Mainebiz

Bath Iron Works gets Navy contract for Zumwalt destroyer services 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine fisherman reeled in more fish in 2023, COVID funds 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Climate Emergency

Syncing Utility Performance with Maine’s Clean Energy Goals 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Budget committee votes to pull from rainy day fund to bolster storm damage relief 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Letter: MainePERS must divest from fossil fuel 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Home insurance threatened by climate change 🏛 Quoddy Tides

Portland officials hold workshop on new flood plain maps - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Community

Portland-based health network will also take its food pantry on the road 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

Proposal from Maine DEP could reduce obstacles for lithium mine 🏛 Maine Public

State lawmakers consider new mining rules that could open door to lithium mining 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Are the dunes doomed? 🏛 Maine Audubon

Food and Drink

Don’s Lunch Now Open 🏛 Portland Food Map

Maine food businesses take a hit when outage forces them to toss perishable items 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Beyond 'yellow flag' law, Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before shootings 🏛 Associated Press

Bradford, Maine shelter in place ordered 🏛 New England Cable News

Gun-wielding Bradford man arrested after shelter-in-place order 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine commission highlights missed opportunity before shootings 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter: How can we put guns before children? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Washington County behind in removing weapons from people at risk 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Health Care

Support LD 780 for the sake of reproductive rights and freedom 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Housing

Investors bought Maine mobile home parks. Then rent skyrocketed. 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Maine House advances bill to end 3 strikes law for thefts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Long Creek youth prison superintendent resigns 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Complaint against Supreme Court justice, Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Labor

Maine lawmakers to hear from public on bill to provide minimum wage to farmworkers 🏛 Maine Public

LGBTQIA+

Bomb threat targets State House, home of Calais representative 🏛 Quoddy Tides

Photography

Presumpscot River after the storm 🏛 Reddit

Sandy River after the storm 🏛 Reddit

Reflection in the Park 🏛 Reddit

Things to Do

Slam (1998) 🏛 SPACE

Oodelally with amiright? and Peach Hat 🏛 SPACE

Caroline Davis & Wendy Eisenberg 🏛 SPACE

FOUND OBJECT: CRAFT SHOW & ARTIST SUPPLIES SALE 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Wine Tasting 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

MercyMe & TOBYMAC 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Get Ready to Chow Down: Portland Gears Up for Chowderfest! 🏛 Portland Old Port

Free Board Game Convention Next Week! 🏛 Reddit

Wiscasset Schoonerfest 🏛 Boothbay Register

The Price is Right Live is coming to Maine this fall 🏛 WGME

The Price is Right Live Returning to Portland, Maine 🏛 WJBQ

Transportation

Plan to extend turnpike through Smiling Hill Farm faces opposition at rally, meeting 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Turnpike Authority to hold public meeting on Gorham Connector construction 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gorham Connector receives criticism at public meeting 🏛 WGME

Maine farmer says 'no' to MTA highway connector 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine passenger rail expansion could be derailed by lack of money 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Utilities

Electric utilities will be forbidden to cut off power to customers during severe heat, extreme weather 🏛 Maine Public

Thousands of Mainers still without power in wake of devastating ice storm 🏛 Portland Press Herald

More than 16,000 Central Maine Power customers still without electricity after weekend storm 🏛 Maine Public

Vacationland

Things to know about watching the eclipse from recreational spaces 🏛 Bangor Daily News

For Maine tribes, eclipse stories are many and varied 🏛 The County