Morning Links - Sunday, April 28, 2024

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Arts

It’s that time of year again! Watercolor lobsters in the Old port! 🏛 Reddit

Business

Westbrook secures $60 million for innovative hydroponic farm to tackle food insecurity 🏛 WGME

City

Portland Museum of Art hangs its future on fate of neighboring building 🏛 Portland Press Herald

A look at the ordinance that will determine if 142 Free St. can be torn down 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Reforest the City 🏛 West End Neighborhood Association

Redfern's Culley Plans 7-Story Highrise at 165 Washington Avenue on East End 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Climate Emergency

Marshall Point lighthouse to be closed all summer due to damage 🏛 WMTW

Education

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Wages for school staff 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Environment

Recapping Maine's Legislature: PFAS pollution bill 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Land for transmission lines 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Letter: Nature pays the price for ‘carpet-lawn culture’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Squeeze into Mazzat or take its Middle Eastern menu items to go 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Thai Esaan Closing 🏛 Portland Food Map

Pizza Joint becomes latest Portland-area business to feel a lot of love … a little too late 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Gun purchases waiting period 🏛 The Maine Monitor

New gun safety, mental health measures signed into law in Maine 🏛 WMTW

Health Care

New federal rules will require nursing homes to increase staffing 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Nurse-to-patient ratios 🏛 The Maine Monitor

History

46 Eastern Promenade. By Request 🏛 Portland House Stories

Labor

Opinion: Mills’ veto of farmworker bill a sad failure of leadership 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland's Coffee by Design successfully joins a union 🏛 WMTW

Coffee by Design unionizes, leaving room for cream and negotiations 🏛 WGME

Outdoors

11 things you might not know about Acadia National Park, but should 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Good places to skate? 🏛 Reddit

Photography

Couldn’t have asked for a better day for my first fly-in to the Jetport yesterday!🛬☀️ 🏛 Reddit

Tis the season 🌞 🏛 Reddit

Police

'Blue envelope program' in Cape Elizabeth helps police interactions for those with autism 🏛 WGME

Politics

A look back at Maine’s 131st Legislature 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Child welfare agency 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Recapping Maine's Legislature: Super PAC contributions 🏛 The Maine Monitor

In a historic legislative session, some big reforms for Maine still fell short 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Our View: Maine Legislature should be able to finish unfinished business 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Jim Fossel: Legislative session could have been worse 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Republicans outline party’s priorities heading into 2024 elections 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Hartford Homer Downs Sea Dogs on Saturday 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sports Digest: Yard Goats complete comeback against Sea Dogs with three-run homer in ninth 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's first professional soccer club to be known as Portland Hearts of Pine 🏛 Hearts of Pine

Portland men’s pro soccer team unveils name: Hearts of Pine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland’s new professional soccer team unveils name and logo 🏛 Bangor Daily News

New USL-1 franchise, Portland Hearts of Pine, to kick off in 2025 🏛 Boston Globe

Maine's new USL-1 soccer franchise kicks off in 2025 🏛 Boston.com

Maine's first pro soccer club unveils team name 🏛 WMTW

Maine's first professional soccer team reveals new name and logo 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine Mariners lose game 4 of playoff series - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Portlands Bowling team plays today to determine if they get second in the league 🏛 Reddit

Things to Do

Kölsch Day - Bissell Brothers 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

The Hill Arts 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Children's Book Week at CMTM 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Join the Maine Pops Concert Band for a concert at Scarborough HS @2:30pm! 🏛 Reddit

Tribal Sovereignty

Recapping Maine Legislature: African American, Wabanaki studies 🏛 The Maine Monitor