Morning Links - Saturday May 18, 2024

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Buy Local

Made in Maine: Creative sparks fly at Zootility 🏛 WMTW

City

City News Round Up: Friday, May 17, 2024 🏛 City of Portland

Portland cracking down on Mounument Square parking violations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Support Portland Museum of Art renovation 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: PMA should come up with a new building design 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: We are mortgaging Portland to become a social services mecca 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

Electric vehicles, heat pumps driving up electricity demand in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Wildlife Park set to reopen after storm damage delays start of season 🏛 WGME

Opinion: What about us, as Mainers, makes the climate transition tough to swallow? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

With or without late fees, please return those library books 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Elections

Shenna Bellows talks election security ahead of June primary 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Environment

PFAS levels test below federal limits at Sebago Lake 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Casco Bay PFAS study to aims find chemicals, contamination source 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

York residents will vote on student-led measure banning plastic utensils and straws 🏛 Maine Public

Food and Drink

Rolling in Flavor: Welcoming the Newest Food Trucks to Town 🏛 Portland Old Port

New Openings: Off Track Pizza 🏛 Portland Old Port

3 New Food Trucks & Their Locations Around Portland, Maine 🏛 WJBQ

Health Care

Nursing home closures 3 times higher in New England than rest of U.S. 🏛 WGME

History

These Maine lighthouse dogs were very good boys 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Housing

Buyer for affordable home in Kennebunkport to be selected via lottery 🏛 WGME

Habitat for Humanity completes 2 new homes in South Portland, ME 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Habitat for Humanity dedicates new affordable homes in South Portland 🏛 WGME

Justice

Maine Recovery Council launches community grant application 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Labor

Maine unemployment rate holds steady in April 🏛 Portland Press Herald

"Farmworkers Stand Up!" Meeting About Organizing Next Week 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Outdoors

Marking Maine Arbor Week 2024 🏛 Maine Audubon

Here's A Cute, Hidden Gem Waterfall Hike in Portland, Maine 🏛 WJBQ

Photography

Porch Dog season is finally kicking off! Time for lots of sun naps. 🏛 Reddit

Where in Maine looks like this? 🏛 Reddit

Beauty of a day in Harpswell 🏛 Reddit

Peace 🏛 Reddit

Watch a fox pup and goslings in this video, but don't touch 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

Who were the biggest spenders on lobbying the 2024 Maine Legislature? 🏛 Maine Morning Star

A look at the races and who is running in the upcoming June 11 legislative primaries 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Pine tree or state seal? Maine voters will decide on state flag design this fall 🏛 Maine Public

Letter: Flag vs. license plate 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sears Island / Mack Point Wind Port

Maine applies for federal funds to build wind port on Sears Island 🏛 Maine Public

Maine seeks $456M from fedsfor controversial offshore wind port 🏛 Bangor Daily News

State applies for $456 million federal grant to build wind port on Sears Island 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sports

Somerset Sinks Sea Dogs, 9-4 to Even Series 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sports Digest: Somerset pulls away to beat Sea Dogs, 9-4 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

A Taste of Nations, ‘Angels in America’ and many more things to do this weekend 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine State Music Theatre presents South Pacific in season opener 🏛 WGME

Summer Brewery Cornhole League 🏛 Reddit

Fishing Partnership hosting survival training in Maine 🏛 National Fisherman

The bark of the town! Southern Maine Coastal Classic Dog Show held in Cumberland 🏛 WGME

Transportation

In the works for 6 years, new Casco Bay ferry is now months behind schedule 🏛 Mainebiz

Concord Coach Lines to terminate service between Lewiston-Auburn, points north and south 🏛 WGME

Unhoused

Maine shelters struggle after funding bill fails 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Vacationland

Sen. Angus King pushes bill for southern access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument 🏛 Maine Public

Old Orchard Beach Pier opens for the season 🏛 WMTW