Afternoon Links - Wednesday May 22, 2024

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Arts

Portland Printmaker Blue Butterfield’s Memoir Cuts Deep 🏛 Down East

Bruised by the world, this Maine author turned to painting 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Business

Governor Mills Announces Launch of Maine Funding Network 🏛 State of Maine

City

Portland paves the way for Free Street building demo, museum's planned $100M expansion 🏛 Mainebiz

Portland, Maine, Plans to Demolish Building for Museum Expansion 🏛 Construction Equipment Guide

Portland, Maine, Has New Street Sweeper Named 'Meryl Sweep' 🏛 WJBQ

"Fore Points Marina" Blocks Public Access to Atlantic Cup Boats During June Races 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Climate Emergency

Maine’s historic storms stretched homeinsurers to their limit 🏛 Bangor Daily News

UNE unveils 804-panel solar array on Biddeford campus 🏛 Mainebiz

Gov. Mills creates new commission to study storm resiliency 🏛 Maine Public

Commission to establish Maine’s first long-term infrastructure resilience plan 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Climate resilience commission starts work in lucrative port: Stonington 🏛 Portland Press Herald

New commission aims to steel Maine against worsening storms 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gov. Mills creates commission to protect Maine from storm damage 🏛 WGME

Gov. Mills signs order to establish commission on storm recovery 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Commission tasked with improving Maine's power grid, resiliency 🏛 WMTW

Governor Mills Signs Executive Order to Establish Commission on Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience 🏛 State of Maine

Maine braces for increased flood losses, set to rise $25 million by 2050 🏛 WGME

COVID-19

There’s $19M in unclaimed Maine pandemic and energy relief payments 🏛 Bangor Daily News

COVID-19: Doctors are watching for a possible summer spike in the disease - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

Portland City Council unanimously approves $161 million school budget 🏛 WGME

Portland Board of Public Education Business Meeting May 21, 2024 - YouTube - Portland Public Schools, Maine

Elections

League of Women Voters of Maine looking for nonpartisan election observers 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Environment

How farmers helped make the PFAS recovery program a success 🏛 Portland Press Herald

EPA grants Maine up to $28M to replace lead piping 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Mainers ask federal officials to consider sea-run fish in relicensing of Kennebec River dams 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Residents, environmental groups urge feds to consider removal of Kennebec River dams 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Buxton company is first in Maine to offer ‘renewable propane’ for home heating 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Persistent ospreys rebuild on Bath utility pole after eviction by CMP 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Ospreys build new nest on top of Bath utility pole after removal 🏛 WGME

Food and Drink

The Weekly Food Report: Latest in Portland's Culinary Scene 🏛 Portland Old Port

Duckfat Changes Hands 🏛 Portland Food Map

Iconic Maine Brewery Named 11th Best in the Nationloading...loading...loading... 🏛 WBLM

Favorite Door Dash Restaurant in Portland/SoPo? 🏛 Reddit

Guns

Letter: Mills’ bump stock veto disappoints 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Health Care

Should health insurance companies decide who lives and who dies? 🏛 Maine Beacon

Maine organizations announce effort to boost access to dental care 🏛 Maine Public

Housing

Commentary: With housing at a premium in Portland, a ship could offer hundreds of units 🏛 Mainebiz

Family of five has new home in South Portland: ‘What more can you ask for?’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Vote ‘no’ on Gull Crest housing 🏛 Portland Press Herald

York voters narrowly defeat short-term rental regulations 🏛 Maine Public

South Portland apartment residents steaming over new window AC unit policy 🏛 WGME

Kennebunkport nonprofit organizes lottery to sell new affordable homes 🏛 WMTW

Justice

8 Investigates: Are Maine judges lenient when setting bail? 🏛 WMTW

15 people incarcerated at Maine State Prison earn college degrees 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Feds want to seize 4 Maine properties used for illegal pot grows 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Labor

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Report: 'Chaos' during search for Maine gunman, including drunk deputies 🏛 Associated Press

Long-awaited reports on Maine mass shooter coming soon 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Lewiston shooting commission to take up report of ‘utter chaos’ during manhunt 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Report suggests some deputies responding to Maine mass shooting were intoxicated 🏛 New England Cable News

Sen. Collins questions Army about investigation into Lewiston mass shooting 🏛 WGME

LGBTQIA+

Maine mom who said school officials hid her teen’s gender expression appeals judge’s dismissal of case 🏛 New England Cable News

Outdoors

We found perfect paddling conditions for a trip on the Machias River 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Caribou Mountain is one of Maine's hidden hiking gems 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Critter Chatter – New Neighbors! 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Photography

Moos hunt tonight 🏛 Reddit

Police

Skeletal remains found on Gorham property 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Skeletal remains found in Gorham, Maine 🏛 New England Cable News

Skeletal remains found in Gorham 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Skeletal remains found by utility workers in Gorham 🏛 WGME

Utility workers discover skeletal remains in Gorham 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Utility workers find skeletal remains in Gorham 🏛 WMTW

Westbrook man arrested on 12 charges after hiding from police in woods 🏛 WMTW

Police arrest man following pursuit near Scarborough school 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Politics

Conservative activist launches campaign for people’s veto of national popular vote law 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Flavored tobacco ban bidwas the year's most lobbied bill in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Get it right with flavored tobacco ban 🏛 Bangor Daily News

U.S. Senate committee weighing nomination of Portland attorney to serve as federal judge 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Waterville Democrat faces primary challenge after voting against abortion bills 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Retired FBI agent wants to unseat Angus King 🏛 Bangor Daily News

207 interviews Republican congressional candidate Mike Soboleski 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

PMC Studio Green Party Jacqui Deveneau May 2024 - YouTube - Portland Media Center

Social Safety Net

Maine DHHS announces new program to supplement free summer meals for kids 🏛 Maine Public

Sports

Sea Dogs open homestand with doubleheader split 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Sea Dogs & Yard Goats split a doubleheader 🏛 WGME

Sea Dogs split doubleheader with Hartford at Hadlock Field 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Sea Dogs split doubleheader 🏛 WMTW

Things to Do

Observe Memorial Day with these events in southern Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

South Portland, Cape Elizabeth plan parades, events to mark Memorial Day 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Norah Jones 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Nate’s World: Songs of Love 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

PCMF: Universal Resonance 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Scapegoat Garden flower-making with Deborah Goffe 🏛 SPACE

Air Space and Jane Ira Bloom 🏛 SPACE

Band of Horses & City and Colour at Thompson's Point | Tue, September 10, 2024 🏛 State Theatre

PCMF: Musique Fantastique 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Hour @ Greenwood Garden (Peaks Island) 🏛 SPACE

Community Calendar: May 24-31 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Things To Do: From Portland to Farmington 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Transportation

Opinion: We can do way better than the Gorham Connector 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Concord Coach lines ending Lewiston-Auburn service in June; state service may follow 🏛 Maine Public

Concord Coach Lines discontinues Lewiston-Auburn services 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Complaint may halt changes to Casco Bay ferry ticket prices 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Tribal Sovereignty

Why I spoke out on tribal judicial issues 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Vacationland

City Stories: Portland, Maine 🏛 Yahoo

2024 Great Falls Balloon Festival canceled 🏛 Sun Journal

Great Falls Balloon Festival in Lewiston, Maine, is canceled 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland ranked one of the best in the country for summer jobs 🏛 WMTW