Morning Links - Thursday, April 25, 2024

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Asylum Seekers

Congresswoman Pingree Honored for Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Efforts by ILAP 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Business

Indoor farm in Westbrook secures nearly $60 million in financing, with 2025 opening in view 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

New FEMA flood maps are coming, but many homeowners say they've experienced the risks firsthand 🏛 Maine Public

Will Maine's blue economy get boxed out by wealthy vacationers? 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Repairs of Old Fog Bell House damaged in January storms make use of old bricks - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park buildings being repaired after storms - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

Maine schools say they're facing a 'perfect storm' of expenses that are pushing up school budgets 🏛 Maine Public

Letter: Expand assessments beyond standardized testing 🏛 Portland Press Herald

World's largest 3D printer is at UMaine. They're using it to make homes. - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Environment

Two-year pilot project will study staggering decline of eelgrass in Casco Bay 🏛 Maine Public

There are a lot of fallen pine cones in Maine right now. Here’s why. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Renewable gas will help Maine reach its climate goals 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Trash piles up as Maine falls short of diversion goals 🏛 Mount Desert Islander

Our Sustainable City: Help out or participate in the Resilient Yards program 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Six months after Maine’s tragic mass shooting, gathering will show support for victims, survivors 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘Love Always Wins’ signs in front of Oct. 25 mass shooting sites may be preserved 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Maine nursing homes concerned about new federal staffing mandate 🏛 WGME

History

Looking Back at April 2009, 2014, and 2019 🏛 Portland Food Map

20 Wonderful Maine Dining Experiences From the '80s & '90s 🏛 WCYY

Housing

Portland's Winter Street Townhomes project nears completion 🏛 Mainebiz

“I won’t stop fighting”: Advocates deliver 1,000+ signatures urging members of Congress to act on housing crisis 🏛 Maine Beacon

Alarming new study reveals Maine's buildings unprepared for potential hurricanes 🏛 WGME

How more high-end housing might ease Maine's affordability crisis 🏛 Bangor Daily News

4 Stylish, Efficient Maine Dwellings Under 1,000 Square Feet 🏛 Down East

Justice

President Biden nominates new federal judge for Maine 🏛 Maine Public

Portland attorney nominated to become federal judge 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Stacey Neumann of Scarborough nominated to federal district court 🏛 Maine Morning Star

President Joe Biden nominates Maine attorney to become federal judge 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Labor

Lawmakers, advocates at odds with Mills over right to sue in farmworker minimum wage bill 🏛 Portland Press Herald

'It's a disappointment': Maine farmers say after farmworker minimum wage vetoed 🏛 WMTW

Maine governor vetos 2 farmworker rights bills 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

New laws aim to boost Department of Labor amid concerns over lack of enforcement 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Outdoors

Bald eagle saved by wildlife center, Cape Neddick, Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Photography

First and last shot from my walk today 🏛 Reddit

Cloudy Rose Foods 🥀 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Unfunded bills are unfinished work 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

What’s in the $430 million supplemental budget 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

USM students in Portland join nationwide campus protests in support of Palestine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pro Palestine Rally 2 - YouTube - Portland Press Herald

Sports

Three Sea Dogs Homer in 7-4 Win Over Yard Goats 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sports Digest: Sea Dogs use three homers to defeat Hartford 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

In Boothbay, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will begin season with big changes 🏛 Mainebiz

Kentucky Derby Watch Parties in Portland, Maine | Big Hats & Mint Juleps 🏛 Portland Old Port

Father's Day Pro Boxing Classic 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Transportation

Breeze Airways to offer flights from Portland to White Plains 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Breeze Airways adds another destination from Portland International Jetport 🏛 Mainebiz

Breeze Airways continues to rapidly expand flights from Maine 🏛 WMTW

Maine travelers encouraged by new rules forcing airlines to disclose fees, provide refunds 🏛 WGME

Unhoused

‘Midtown’ project promised to transform Bayside. Instead, it became the face of Portland’s homelessness crisis. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland leaders respond to video showing drug use, violence in Bayside neighborhood 🏛 WGME

Disturbing Video of the Unhoused Struggle in Portland, Maine 🏛 WCYY

HHS Meeting Highlights about Bayside 🏛 Reddit

UMaine 3D printer 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Utilities

A Neuco construction worker error on Forest Ave near Woodford’s in Portland. ooooooops. 🏛 Reddit

Vacationland

Hanging on the telephone: 207 is safe for now, but what happens when our number is up? 🏛 Mainebiz