Morning Links - Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Arts

Classical review: ChoralArt performs Brahms Requiem to a packed house 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine band Cryin' Out Loud releases first album 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Bar Harbor artist releases debut solo album 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

MDI filmmaker's winning documentary to air on Prime 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Buy Local

A family of cobblers keep shoe repair alive in Portland, ME - YouTube - Maine Public

City

Wardens, the School Budget, and a 365-Day Festival – City Council Review 4/22/2024 🏛 The Portland Townsman

Sundays on the Boulevard to return this summer in Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Fate of historic Portland building heads to city council — along with art museum's future 🏛 Mainebiz

Climate Emergency

How coastal Mainers must adapt to a rising sea level 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Environmental groups file suit against Maine DEP for failing to curb transportation emissions 🏛 Maine Public

Maine youth, environmentalists sue the state for lack of action to cut carbon emissions 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Environmental groups sue Maine, claiming state has failed to comply with climate law 🏛 Portland Press Herald

In the face of sea level rise, Maine gets $10 million to preserve and migrate saltwater marshes 🏛 Maine Public

Maine awarded $62 million clean energy grant under federal Solar for All program 🏛 Maine Public

Maine will receive $62M from EPA to expand solar to low-income households 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine awarded clean energy grant under federal solar program 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine to extend solar power to low-income communities, helped by $62 million from Washington 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Governor Mills Announces $62 Million Award to Maine Through Inflation Reduction Act to Deliver Affordable, Accessible Solar Energy to Maine People 🏛 State of Maine

Biden administration awards $123 million in grants to shore up communities against climate change 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Biden climate money funding fish and wildlife climate resilience 🏛 WGME

White House advisors visit Maine, announce climate grants 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Measures of Growth Indicator in Action: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 🏛 Maine Development Foundation

Climate change: How seasons are changing at different rates 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

More than 300 Maine households benefit from FEMA assistance following severe storms - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Community

Three months before starting gun, TD Beach to Beacon raises $48K for Portland nonprofit 🏛 Mainebiz

Education

$53.5 million plan to build new school in MSAD 51 district to be presented to residents 🏛 WGME

Environment

Opinion: Wind development on Sears Island is a dead end 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

In Portland, Noble Barbecue plans a move and rebranding 🏛 Mainebiz

Guns

Sagadahoc deputy says Army downplayed concerns about Lewiston shooter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine gunmaker reopens under new ownership 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Despite failure of red flag law, gun safety advanced in Augusta 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Republicans to blame for scuttled red flag law 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Despite failure of patient ratio bill, Maine nurses union celebrates progress in staffing fight 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Justice

Attempted breakout at youth prison illustrates recent turmoil within understaffed facility 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Boston man gets 30 years for sex trafficking Maine woman 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Governor Mills Signs Trails Bond Bill 🏛 State of Maine

Maine seal pup season is about to begin, rescues are already up 🏛 WMTW

Photography

Sunrise on Katahdin 🏛 Reddit

Casco Bay Lines finally sunny 🌞 🏛 Reddit

Managed to snag this shot the other morning 🏛 Reddit

Police

Man arrested after shots fired Sunday evening in Bayside 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Shots fired in Portland leads to arrest of Westbrook man 🏛 WGME

Portland police arrest man accused of firing gun downtown 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Owners of The Daily Grind coffee shop in Westbrook say they were burglarized 🏛 WGME

Portland man arrested following suspected drug deal in Westbrook 🏛 WGME

Politics

Potatoes are a vegetable, not a grain 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Senate Won’t Gut Car Repair Law 🏛 iFixit News

Proposal for separate child welfare department dies after Maine House fails to take action 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Gov. Mills signs supplemental budget into law 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Janet Millssigns $10.47B budget 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Storm relief, funding for gun safety bills included in ME budget 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Gov. Mills signs $430 million supplemental budget into law 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Governor Mills Signs Supplemental Budget 🏛 State of Maine

Governor Mills Signs Research & Development Bond Bill 🏛 State of Maine

The lesser-known bills Maine lawmakers did and did not pass this year 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Rape Kit Tracking in Maine - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Jared Golden, Chellie Pingree both OK aid to Ukraine but split on Israel 🏛 Maine Public

Protestors rally to call attention to the plight of children caught in the Gaza conflict 🏛 Maine Public

Public Safety

Recall: Hannaford brand 85% ground beef products 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Public health alert issued for ground beef sold at 58 Maine supermarkets 🏛 WMTW

Hannaford recalling 85% lean ground beef due to E. coli concerns 🏛 WGME

Social Safety Net

Maine lawmakers increase aid for families experiencing deep poverty 🏛 Maine Beacon

Sports

Sea Dogs move into 1st place while Red Sox flounder 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lugo named Eastern League Player of the Week 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sports Digest: Sea Dogs outfielder Matthew Lugo wins Eastern League honor 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Mother's Day Gifts, Specials, Brunch & More in Portland! 🏛 Portland Old Port

Baroness at State Theatre | Fri, May 31, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Salt Finals 🏛 SPACE

Tribal Sovereignty

Alliance Priority Bill LD 2007 Signed into Law 🏛 Wabanaki Alliance

Governor Mills Signs Bill Expanding Tribal Rights to Prosecute Crimes 🏛 State of Maine

Unhoused

As high court takes up landmark case, Mainers denounce criminalization of homelessness 🏛 Maine Morning Star