Morning Links - Friday, April 26, 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024

Business

WEX misses on Q1 results, but raises full-year outlook 🏛 Mainebiz

Buy Local

Bidding Farewell: CHART Metalworks Set to Close Shop 🏛 Portland Old Port

How New England entrepreneurs are creating skincare from lobsters - CBS Boston 🏛 CBS News

City

Letter: 142 Free St. deserves to stay 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Portland Museum of Art appears to have lost its way 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Fishermen Feeding Mainers secures $750K in federal funds 🏛 Harpswell Anchor

Unum makes $300K donation to Dempsey Center - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

New federal standards will bring changes to Maine's school meals by 2027 🏛 Maine Public

Environment

Mills opens public comment on offshore wind plan 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Gov. Mills asks for feedback on planned commercial offshore wind campaign 🏛 WGME

Public welcome at Grand Opening for East Windham Conservation Area 🏛 The Windham Eagle

Food and Drink

Maine Food & Dining News: South Berwick, Wells, Damariscotta, Lewiston, Camden, Saco, Machias 🏛 Portland Food Map

Waxwing Bakery in Windham 🏛 Portland Food Map

There's Only One Restaurant in Maine That Never Sleeps 🏛 WCYY

Guns

Maine marks six month anniversary of Lewiston shooting 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Lewiston Strong: Hundreds gather to honor victims, survivors 6 months after mass shooting 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston reflects six months after mass shooting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Reservist and friend of gunman says 'I knew it was him' when hearing of Lewiston mass shooting 🏛 Maine Public

Army reservists recall gunman’s paranoia before Lewiston shooting 🏛 Bangor Daily News

‘I’ll never give up on you’: Lewiston shooter’s friends knew he needed help 🏛 Portland Press Herald

$1.8M in new funding will help nonprofits supporting Lewiston mass shooting recovery 🏛 Mainebiz

Fellow reservists warned of Maine gunman's plan for mass shooting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Army reservist who warned about Lewiston shooter to testify 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Health Care

Bill on transparency about hospital facility fees takes effect without Gov. Mills’ signature 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine’s high court upholds COVID vaccine mandate for EMS personnel 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Supreme Court upholds EMS authority for Covid vaccine mandate 🏛 WGME

History

Throwback Thursday Photo: Grand Trunk Railway Station 1915 & 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Mellen Street Market 🏛 Reddit

Housing

The Reign of Portland, Maine, as the Top U.S. Luxury Hot Spot Continues for Third-Straight Quarter 🏛 Mansion Global

Justice

Maine man who pleaded guilty to Portland murder seeks new trial 🏛 FOX 23

Labor

Despite Mills’ veto, Maine workers will still see relief from binding noncompete agreements 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Advocates dismayed by Gov. Mills’ veto of her own bill to improve farmworker wages 🏛 Maine Beacon

Media

WMTW, WGME-TV, WPFO, and WMEA-TV/WCBB Launch NextGen TV in Portland, Maine 🏛 Business Wire

Photography

A mystery animal swoops past a deer in this Maine trail cam photo 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Police

What Are These Trailers With Flashing Blue Lights in Portland, ME 🏛 B98.5

Man arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking in Portland, Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland man accused of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine 🏛 WGME

Portland man accused of trafficking fentanyl in Maine drug bust 🏛 WMTW

Portland Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking Yesterday in Bayside Area 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Politics

Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Opinion: Maine must approve funding for rape kit tracking system 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Yorke Homer Powers Portland to 3-2 Win 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sports Digest: Sea Dogs down Hartford on a combined three-hitter 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Andrew Callaghan at State Theatre | Wed, June 12, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

Avner the Eccentric and Friends 🏛 Mayo Street Arts

Underwater Shadow Puppetry w/ Barefoot Puppets 🏛 Mayo Street Arts

Sum 41 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

The Halluci Nation 🏛 SPACE

Taco & Tequila Crawl and 7 other things to do this weekend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Ales for ALS Release Party Mast Landing Freeport 5/11/24 🏛 Reddit

Dark and Dirty comedy show 2.0! 🏛 Reddit

Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days week! 🏛 PenBay Pilot

Cinco de Mayo is Coming Early to Portland, Maine 🏛 WJBQ

Transportation

Amtrak planners identify 3 possible sites for new train station in Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

A trip to Peaks Island will cost a lot more, under newly approved ferry rates 🏛 Maine Public

Casco Bay Lines OKs first rate hike in 15 years, and it’s a big one – for tourists 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Hey Portland! Give Residents a Parking Discounts Like Portsmouth 🏛 WJBQ

Tribal Sovereignty

Wabanaki stewardship of the land benefits all 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Collaboration yields more positive results for tribal-state relationship 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Unhoused

Cumberland County DA responds to video of drug use, fights in Portland 🏛 WGME

YouTube video shows 'unsafe' conditions in Portland's Bayside 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Warming center in Sanford set to close, unhoused Mainers unsure where to go 🏛 WGME

Vacationland

Maine saw a small dip in visitation last year, but those who traveled stayed longer and spent more 🏛 Maine Public

Fewer people visited Maine in 2023, but they stayed longer and spent more money 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine businesses anticipate a busy tourist season this summer 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

1 in 5 Mainers traveled from home to view the total solar eclipse 🏛 Piscataquis Observer