Morning Links - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Arts

New Mainer Ange Muhorakeye Rediscovers a Traditional Rwandan Art Form 🏛 Down East

Meet Old Orchard Beach’s Renegade Birdhouse Guy 🏛 Down East

New novel began as true story of Maine soup kitchen 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Business

Eclipse visitors boost Maine's rural economies 🏛 Maine Public

Dairy farmers urge lawmakers to boost price support payments 🏛 Maine Public

Last-minute budget cut to Maine dairy subsidy riles farmers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Efficiency Maine to leverage strong heat pump market with $15M fed grant 🏛 Mainebiz

Sen. Collins secures millions for JAX, MDI Biological Lab 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

City

Finance Committee begins discussions on proposed Portland budget 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland finance committee discusses $353 million budget proposal that could raise taxes 🏛 WGME

Portland searching for new city planning director 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Kennedy Park Redevelopment Proposal Includes 5 Market Rate Apartments 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Major Site Proposal for 36 Dalton Street Received by Planning Department 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Portland Fire Department has full-time mental health counselor 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Climate Emergency

Local sea kayakers document storm damage to islands in Casco Bay 🏛 Harpswell Anchor

Maine Revenue Services extends filing deadline for state taxes 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

What does a warming climate mean for Maine? 🏛 Maine Memory Network

Education

Portland school board approves $161 million budget 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland school board sends $161M budget to city council 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

The big moment came two hours before the eclipse for these UMaine students 🏛 Maine Public

UMaine students and professors gather eclipse data for unique research project 🏛 WGME

Pre-apprenticeship program trains new Mainers for jobs in renewable energy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pre-apprenticeship program offered for clean energy jobs in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Educate Maine gets federal funds to help expand educator workforce - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine school districts search for answers to fill hundreds of teaching openings - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Environment

Maine House opposes Janet Mills’ plans for offshore wind port 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine House, protecting sand dunes, rejects plan to build offshore wind terminal on Sears Island 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bill to help Mainers exposed to PFAS get blood testing moves forward 🏛 WGME

Sebago Lake property owner to pay over $650,000 in shoreland zoning violations settlement 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Raymond accepts settlement over years-long Sebago Lake dispute 🏛 WGME

Guns

Divided committee votes in support of red flag bill 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Democrats send 11th-hour ‘red flag’ gun bill to a vote 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sister of Maine mass shooting victim calls lawmakers' 11th-hour bid for red flag law 'nefarious' 🏛 ABC News

Sister of Lewiston shooting victim says 'no' to red flag law 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Mainers debate red flag bill in final public hearing - YouTube - CBS 13 News

When used properly, Maine’s yellow flag law works better than red flag laws 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Extreme risk protection bill can save lives 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Second Amendment is our constitutional heritage 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Gun safety measures must pass 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Effort to embed abortion rights into Maine Constitution again fails to garner Republican votes 🏛 Maine Public

Maine abortion-rights amendment fails to garner support from House Republicans 🏛 Bangor Daily News

While more support needed to go to ballot, House backs reproductive autonomy amendment 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Proposed right to abortion falls short of two-thirds support in House 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine abortion rights bill again fails to get enough support 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Letter: Protect personal reproductive autonomy in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine hospitals see no eclipse-induced eye damage 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sen. Jackson introduces last-minute bill for more nursing home funding 🏛 Maine Morning Star

History

71 Woodford Street 🏛 Portland House Stories

The Village Cafe - A Place We Called Home 🏛 Maine Memory Network

Housing

Housing advocates applaud inclusion of rent relief in Democrats’ budget plan 🏛 Maine Beacon

New workforce homes to open in Scarborough Downs 🏛 WGME

Camden considers new regulations for short-term rentals 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Justice

Prosecutors say phone records place shooting suspect near site of 2016 killing 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Maine lawmakers advance farmworker minimum wage proposal 🏛 Maine Public

Maine House narrowly supports minimum wage for farmworkers 🏛 Portland Press Herald

LGBTQIA+

Conservative groups, lawmakers accused of spreading disinformation about proposed shield law 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Outdoors

Hiking in Baxter State Park was challenging in rain and snow 🏛 Bangor Daily News

It’s time to apply for the annual Maine moose permit lottery 🏛 The Irregular

Opening day at Maine Wildlife Park postponed due to storm damage 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Opening day postponed at Maine Wildlife Park due to storm damage 🏛 WGME

These ‘Americans’ are ready for spring 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Katahdin during total solar eclipse in Maine - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

April 8 total solar eclipse from Sherman, Maine - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

Total solar eclipse reveals stunning images you can't easily see otherwise - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine astronaut details experience chasing eclipse path of totality by jet - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Eclipse totality in Jackman captured by drone footage in timelapse video - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Watch: Timelapse of total solar eclipse over Houlton, Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Watch a time lapse of the solar eclipse in Jackman 🏛 Portland Press Herald

"Enter Totality" - Mount Chase, Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Maine flag IRL 🏛 Reddit

A during-and-after view of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse from the grounds of the Wilhelm Reich Museum in Rangley, Maine, taken at 2:29 pm, then 2:46 pm with an iPhone 15 Plus. 🏛 Reddit

Jackman eclipse 🏛 Reddit

Had to share these eclipse pictures. Who would have thought Maine would have such stellar weather in a once in a lifetime event!?! 🏛 Reddit

Insane crowds as 2/3 of Cliff Island's population attends Eclipse watch event. 🏛 Reddit

Eclipse Time Lapse (Easton, ME) 🏛 Reddit

My Back Yard View 🏛 Reddit

Thank you Jackman 🏛 Reddit

Jackman Totality 🏛 Reddit

Totality in Benedicta, ME 🏛 Reddit

What we got from Rangeley - worth the 3 hrs in traffic. 🏛 Reddit

Another Eclipse Shot from Benedicta 🏛 Reddit

Professional photographer captures eclipse in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Politics

Bar Harbor representative resigns early for unforeseen professional opportunity 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine lawmaker's resignation shrinks Democrats' edge in House 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lawmakers pass paramilitary ban, sending bill to Gov. Mills 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Legislature Gives Approval to Psilocybin Bill 🏛 Marijuana Herald

Democrats may reconsider budget changes criticized by Gov. Mills, Republicans 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mills, GOP lawmakers decry budget adjustment vote over weekend 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Janet Mills vetoes proposal to end Maine’s ‘three strikes’ theft law 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gov. Janet Mills vetoes bill to end 3 strikes law for thefts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine has 4th-highest taxes in US, and ranks No. 1 for property tax burden 🏛 Mainebiz

Letter to the Editor: Electoral College, a gift to Maine 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Sports

Sea Dogs Fall Short in Series Opener with Reading 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Carson Taylor hits two homers as Fightin Phils beat Sea Dogs, 9-8 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Celtics win game 1 of G-League Finals - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Things to Do

Hasan Minhaj at State Theatre | Wed, June 5, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Guster On The Ocean (Night 1) at State Theatre | Fri, August 9, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Guster On The Ocean (Night 2) at Thompson's Point | Sat, August 10, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Guster On The Ocean (Night 3) at Thompson's Point | Sun, August 11, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Justin Willman at State Theatre | Fri, June 28, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Hats & Horses: Kentucky Derby Party 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

2024-2025 Saturday Pops 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Sen Morimoto 🏛 SPACE

The Felice Brothers 🏛 SPACE

Maine Things To Do | April 9-15, 2024 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

PMA Films: An enchanting tomb-raider caper, more Edward Yang, a Tarkovsky restoration, and an urgent documentary about sea-level rise 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

Transportation

Opinion: Passenger rail for central Maine should be taken seriously 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Eclipse watchers become traffic watchers on clogged Maine roads 🏛 Portland Press Herald

U.S. Route 201 corridor in Somerset County had some of the heaviest eclipse traffic in Maine, officials say 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine eclipse traffic was worse after the event, says MaineDOT 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Totality not the only incredible eclipse view in Maine. Have you seen the traffic? - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Truck stuck under bridge in Westbrook 🏛 WGME

Truck Roof Ripped Apart After Going Under This Westbrook Bridge 🏛 WJBQ

Tribal Sovereignty

Maine poised to expand tribal authority over prosecuting crimes 🏛 Maine Morning Star

House folds on bill to give tribes exclusive internet gaming rights 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Tribal-state commission was meant to accommodate differing views 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Utilities

Avangrid (company that owns CMP) removing hybrid working on September 1st 🏛 Reddit

Vacationland

A Monday in Maine that eclipsed expectations 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Small moments reporters found on a big day for Maine 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Bar Harbor gathers to witness the solar eclipse 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Total solar eclipse ‘went well’ in Franklin County, despite high traffic volume 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Thousands flock to Rangeley for awe-inspiring spectacle of total solar eclipse 🏛 WGME

Citizen scientists in Maine collect eclipse data and make astronomy more equitable 🏛 Maine Public