Morning Links - Tuesday May 28, 2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

City

Q&A: What is ReCode? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Cracking the ‘ReCode’ that could decide Portland’s housing future 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: PMA abandons values if demolition goes forward 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: The art of consideration and compromise 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Community

Rwandan community of Maine hosts national remembrance ceremony, 30 years after genocide 🏛 Maine Public

Environment

Opinion: Maine needs to hold big polluters accountable 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Local Flavor: Restaurant openings in Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach 🏛 Saco Bay News

Justice

ACLU expands lawsuit against Maine over low-income defendants 🏛 Maine Public

Defense attorneys, ACLU question whether new bail reviews for unrepresented defendants are working 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘Maine has lost sight of parents’ and children’s right to be together’: The case of Barni A. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Some Maine businesses are still struggling to hire summer help 🏛 WGME

Outdoors

What are those beautiful neon pink slime balls in the Maine woods? 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

The 'study table,' another dead end for bills this session 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Jonathan Bush is wading deeper into Maine politics 🏛 Bangor Daily News

What you need to know about contested Maine legislative primaries 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Why Maine’s pine tree flag gets lumped in with ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Much work remains after Maine’s encouraging drop in overdose deaths 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Drug overdose deaths decreased by 16 percent in Maine last year 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

Palaver Strings: Lifesongs 🏛 SPACE