Morning Links - Saturday, March 30, 2024

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Business

Eat your veggie: Collins leads charge against reclassifying potatoes as a grain 🏛 Mainebiz

City

Portland’s legendary Time & Temp sign has gone dark – for now 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Time and Temp sign 🏛 Reddit

City News Round Up: Friday, March 29, 2024 🏛 City of Portland

Climate Emergency

Making home energy upgrades part of disaster recovery 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Offshore wind is a vital investment in Maine's future 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Floating offshore wind consortium to meet 🏛 Ellsworth American

The case to pause natural gas expansion in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Education

Book fair applies ‘banned-aid’ to national censorship scrape 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Letter: It’s a question of priorities with Portland schools 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Please Support Maine Educators! 🏛 Reddit

Environment

10 Things We've Learned About PFAS in Casco Bay 🏛 Friends of Casco Bay

Committee approves mining law changes for Maine 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Food and Drink

Friday Food Insider: An international smorgasbord in Biddeford, and more eatery news 🏛 Mainebiz

Maine Food & Dining News: Springvale, Brunswick, Windham, Limerick, New Gloucester, Machias, Biddeford, Westbrook, Damariscotta 🏛 Portland Food Map

Maine Immigrant Greens Collaborative - 🏛 Amjambo Africa

Guns

Maine Democrats make last-minute push for 'red flag' gun law 🏛 Maine Public

Opinion: Balance state spending on mental health and the regulation of guns 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Maine needs a true Extreme Risk Protection Order law 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine residents react to proposed red flag law 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Health Care

Opinion: Nurse-to-patient ratios are a necessity 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Push for safe staffing levels in Maine hospitals gets bipartisan support 🏛 Maine Beacon

​​'A Crucial Public Health Tool' | Mi'kmaq Nation Installs Lifesaving Vending Machine 🏛 Native News Online

History

Old Maine Money (part 1): ALFRED, AUBURN, AUGUSTA, BANGOR, BATH, BELFAST, BREWER, BRUNSWICK, BUCKSPORT, CALAIS, CASTINE, EASTPORT, ELLSWORTH, FARMINGTON. 🏛 Reddit

More old maine money 🏛 Reddit

Housing

Portland’s Franklin Towers was added to the National Register of Historic Places. But not for the reasons you think. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Janet Mills proposes $5M to help mobilehome residents buy their parks 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Maine State Prison residents launch hunger strike over conditions they call solitary confinement 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine bill to offer alternatives to Long Creek advances 🏛 WGME

Special Olympics Maine founder accused in lawsuit of grooming, sexually abusing boy 🏛 Associated Press

Labor

Farmworkers in Maine one step closer to gaining state minimum wage guarantee, other labor rights 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Outdoors

$30 million trails bond advances with unanimous committee support 🏛 Maine Public

Committee endorses $30 million bond to support Maine trails 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Photography

In Photos: Peaks Islanders fly kites for Good Friday 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Ready for spring… 🏛 Reddit

Police

Sheriff says he was not informed Portland PD would be executing warrant in jurisdiction 🏛 WMTW

Politics

Gov. Mills wants to spend additional revenue on housing, child and elder care 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Gov. Mills proposes more spending on housing, child care, nursing homes 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sen. Collins: 'I cannot support former President Trump' 🏛 WGME

Donald Trump quietly continues court fight against Maine's secretary of state 🏛 WGME

Public Safety

One Maine library believes eclipse glasses it distributed are potentially faulty 🏛 Maine Public

Protecting your eyes while viewing the solar eclipse 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Car crashes into fire hydrant, causes ‘significant’ traffic delays in Westbrook 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Westbrook: Fire hydrant hit by car, flooding Warren Avenue Friday 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vehicle crashes into Westbrook hydrant, causing ‘significant’ delays 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Car submerged after hitting fire hydrant on Warren Ave. 🏛 WMTW

Car hits fire hydrant on Warren Ave. in Westbrook, causing 'significant' traffic delays 🏛 WGME

Letter: Pass state flavored tobacco ban 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sports

In a first for pro sports, Portland Sea Dogs team with mobile app for visually impaired baseball fans 🏛 Mainebiz

Things to Do

Make Earth Day Matter with Maine Audubon 🏛 Maine Audubon

Candlelit Yoga: Move Wild x Three of Strong 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Art market April 6th 🏛 Reddit

Transportation

Maine legislature votes down study of Portland-Bangor passenger service 🏛 Trains

Letter: Bypass would bring relief to North Scarborough 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland Light Rail * ... (a dream via cheesy graphics.) 🏛 Reddit

Utilities

CMP ratepayers could see bills jump 12% to cover rising solar power subsidies 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Over 22,000 CMP customers without electricity Friday night 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Thousands without power as strong winds hammer Maine 🏛 WGME

Letter: CMP needs better outage reporting 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The total eclipse will affect solar power generation. The New England grid says it's prepared 🏛 Maine Public

Officials say solar power customers will not lose power during eclipse 🏛 WGME

Vacationland

Plaintiffs in cruise ship suit file notice of appeal 🏛 Mount Desert Islander