Morning Links - Thursday, May 9, 2024

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Arts

Portland Symphony Orchestra takes audience from Spain to Austria 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Michael Corleto shares new music with 207 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland’s Museum of Beadwork calls for work from newcomers 🏛 Spectrum News

Precious Lives, Stolen Dreams 🏛 SPACE

Climate Emergency

South Portland unveils new maps that detail what future flooding will look like in coming decades 🏛 Maine Public

South Portland, Maine, educates residents on flooding concerns 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Deadline for FEMA storm assistance approaches 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Subsidized heat pump installation is driving growth of clean energy jobs in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

More than 15,000 people now work in Maine's clean energy sector 🏛 Maine Public

Report: With over 15,000 jobs, Maine’s green energy workforce fastest growing in New England 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Opening date set for Maine Wildlife Park following April storm 🏛 WMTW

Maine's fishing industry works around damaged wharves after January storms - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Fewer Maine students applying for federal financial aid amid FAFSA application problems 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Elections

What to know about voting in the June 11 primary in Maine 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Environment

‘They told us that this material would be safe.’ Toxic PFAS discovered on US farms 🏛 CNN

Portland closes community garden due to contaminated soil 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Deadline nears to comment on relicensing 4 Kennebec River dams 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Fuel spill in Westbrook forces evacuations during cleanup - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Food and Drink

Coming Soon: Liquid Riot Sold and Set to Reopen as Camp Pennant 🏛 Portland Old Port

Liquid Riot Sold to Michael Fraser 🏛 Portland Food Map

Luna Bangladeshi Cuisine 🏛 Portland Food Map

Chinese-Cambodian restaurant Oun Lido’s opening Thursday in the Old Port 🏛 Portland Press Herald

9 places to nosh on bagels in southern Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Opinion: Bump stocks and conversion devices pose real threat to public. Where is the concern? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Deputy who was blamed for failing to confront Lewiston gunman says commission distorted facts 🏛 Maine Public

Reports outline new details about Cumberland County's response during Lewiston manhunt 🏛 WGME

Bowling alley on Mollison Way in Lewiston, Maine, reopens 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Gunfire closes Maine college campus, delays local schools 🏛 WMTW

Housing

New Bath affordable housing complex opens 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LGBTQIA+

York schools to pay former teacher $237,500 to settle gay discrimination lawsuit 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Boothbay denies local man's request to honor LGBTQ Pride 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Boothbay man on mission to get local communities to celebrate Pride - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Justice

Portland man pleads not guilty to murder in St. John Street shooting 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Man to be arraigned for Portland murder 🏛 WGME

Judge denies Portland man’s attempt to rescind guilty plea in killing of his kids’ mother 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Wednesday Sit-Down: Teacher pay in Maine 🏛 WGME

Outdoors

Use this duct tape trick to protect yourself from tick bites 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Puffin watch: Crews work to repair cameras damaged by winter storms - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Photography

Since you guys were so nice with my Milky Way picture yesterday here is another couple pics I took up in Baxter State Park a while ago. 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Maine lawmakers recommend funding for rape kit tracking system 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Eight Investigates: A state bill to track rape kits may get a second chance - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Maine bill for licensing contractors essentially killed by committee 🏛 WGME

Topsham representative resigns from House seat 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Gov. Mills slams lawmakers for advancing more spending bills 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Mills administration warns of budgetary 'breaking point' as lawmakers propose more spending 🏛 Maine Public

Maine high court hears case challenging Democrats’ budget maneuver 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Austin Theriault highlights Donald Trump endorsement in TV ad for Maine’s 2nd District race 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Conservative Maine PAC that spent big in 2022 election now launching voter ID initiative 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Letter: Sustain Janet Mills’ veto of tax bill 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Spike in road fatalities prompts Maine officials to urge driver safety 🏛 Portland Press Herald

It has been a deadly year so far on Maine roads 🏛 WMTW

Sports

Mayer homers in 4-3 loss to Rumble Ponies 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Watch Binghamton Rumble Ponies vs. Portland Sea Dogs | 05/08/2024 🏛 MLB

Sea Dogs fall to Binghamton 4-3 despite a homer by Mayer 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sea Dogs lose second in a row 🏛 WMTW

Brayan Bello rehabs with Sea Dogs 🏛 WMTW

State

Real ID: How to get one in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

State of Maine ship makes its last voyage at sea 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

Soul Glo with Upchuck 🏛 SPACE

Rachel Alexandrou – Cake For Birds @ Fore River Trail Parkway 🏛 SPACE

Jon Steinman – Who Owns Your Grocery Store?: The Promise of Food Co-Ops 🏛 SPACE

Black Narcissus 🏛 SPACE

Buccaneers' Bash w/ The Mermaids & The Shank Painters 🏛 Mayo Street Arts

Big Yellow Taxi: The music of Joni Mitchell 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Less than 10 days away: All Roads Music Festival where dozens of local acts descend upon Belfast, Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Transportation

Metro to temporarily take over South Portland Bus Service 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Imagine relocating Portland rail station to old Union Station site 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Cruise Ships Will Visit Portland 23 Out of 30 September Days 🏛 WCYY

The Best Places to Stay in Portland, Maine 🏛 Vogue