Morning Links - Tuesday May 21, 2024

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Arts

American Craft Magazine: Craft Happenings, Summer 2024 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

PMA Films: Ethan Hawke's Flannery O'Connor biopic, a look at the work of John Singer Sargent, and an exciting June film series 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

Maine woman publishes book after 30 years of longing to be author 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Review: Opera In the Pines spellbinds with ‘The Crucible’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Maritime Museum Has All the Bells and Whistles 🏛 Down East

Asylum Seekers

Rep. Chellie Pingree: Let asylum seekers work 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

Portland City Council approves $161 million school budget 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland City Council approves $161M school budget 🏛 Spectrum News

Portland City Council Second Read, Public Hearing, and Vote on FY25' School Budget May 20, 2024. - YouTube - Portland Public Schools, Maine

Council Approves FY25 School Budget 🏛 Portland Public Schools

City council clears the way for Portland art museum expansion 🏛 Maine Public

Portland City Council clears the way for demolition of former children’s museum 🏛 Portland Press Herald

142 Free Street building in Portland may be demolished after vote 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland Museum of Art gets OK to demolish former children's museum for expansion 🏛 WMTW

Portland City Council allows demolition of 1830s building for museum expansion project 🏛 WGME

Climate Emergency

Sea level rise forces Maine coastal communities to adapt 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms 🏛 Portland Press Herald

COVID-19

$19 million in pandemic era relief payments are unclaimed in Maine 🏛 Maine Public

$19 million in Maine pandemic relief checks never got cashed 🏛 Portland Press Herald

How to claim outstanding pandemic relief payments in Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

State urges Mainers to claim $19 million in unclaimed relief payments 🏛 WGME

Education

Maine university system trustees approve $650 million budget that includes tuition increases 🏛 Portland Press Herald

University of Maine System announces in-state undergraduate tuition increase 🏛 WGME

UMaine new approved budget includes 3% tuition increase 🏛 WMTW

Several electric school buses out of commission in Maine 🏛 WMTW

'It’s been frustrating:' Problems persist for Winthrop's electric school buses 🏛 WGME

Elections

Opinion: We’re taking ranked-choice voting national for presidential elections 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

12 Maine communities receive collective $33 million in EPA grants to clean up brownfield sites 🏛 Maine Public

8 Maine communities will share $22 million in federal cleanup grants 🏛 Portland Press Herald

York to become first Maine community to ban plastic utensils 🏛 WGME

Federal regulators to hold hearings on Kennebec dams 🏛 Maine Public

Food and Drink

Rolling Through Portland: A Sushi Lover's Guide 🏛 Portland Old Port

Five of Clubs Has Opened 🏛 Portland Food Map

Magissa to Open Thursday 🏛 Portland Food Map

There's a Lot Going On 🏛 Portland Food Map

Guns

‘We all could have done better’ 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Federal prosecutors move to seize four properties used for unlicensed marijuana growing operations 🏛 Maine Public

Labor

Maine’s maximum unemployment benefit to increase June 1 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine unemployment benefits could change for some on June 1 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LGBTQIA+

Maine mom appeals dismissal of case regarding gender expression 🏛 WMTW

Maine mother appeals dismissal of gender identity case, Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

20 years after 1st being legalized, same-sex marriages are broadly accepted 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Maine ATV trails may not open by Memorial Day weekend due to storm damage 🏛 WGME

Puffin Watch: Egg knocked out of burrow during intruder attack - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

I found 100 spotted salamanders in one night in Maine - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

Baby animals are out in Maine - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

Politics

Less than 10% of bills on the Legislature’s 2024 ‘appropriations table’ became law 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Third candidate challenges Angus King for U.S. Senate seat 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Wading into Democratic primary, Planned Parenthood backs Rep. Bruce White's challenger 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Teachers union urges Maine to divest from Israel's ‘rights abuses’ 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Social Safety Net

A draft of Maine’s new paid family and medical leave rule now available for public input 🏛 Maine Morning Star

MDOL releases proposed rules for upcoming paid leave program 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sports

Penrod Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 🏛 Minor League Baseball

State

Mainers to vote on new state flag, process for new design being announced soon 🏛 WGME

Things to Do

'Waitress: The Musical' comes to the Ogunquit Playhouse 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Memorial Day parades planned across Maine 🏛 WMTW

Norah Jones at Merrill Auditorium | Fri, September 13, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

May 2024 Schedule 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Queen Victoria’s Birthday 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tours Announced 🏛 American Lighthouse Foundation

Maine State Music Theatre presents South Pacific in season opener - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Utilities

CMP parent company may go private in deal with Spanish energy giant Iberdrola 🏛 Mainebiz

Vacationland

Portland, Maine, Welcomes Cruise Ships: 2024 Schedule Announced 🏛 WJBQ

This Emerald Oasis in Falmouth Was Once a Wide-Open Lawn 🏛 Down East