Morning Links - Tuesday June 18, 2024

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Arts

Review: ‘Crazy for You’ serves up romance, dazzling tap moves in Ogunquit 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Business

Scientists criticize practices of shuttered Portland carbon-capture company 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City

Portland to spend $4 million on harbor dredging project 🏛 Portland Press Herald

City Announces Cooling Center Locations During High Temperatures This Week 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Portland gets keys to Maine's 1st electric garbage truck 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine's first electric trash truck takes to Portland streets 🏛 Maine Public

Portland unveils Maine's first electric garbage truck 🏛 WMTW

Maine’ First Electric Refuse Truck is a Mack LR Electric 🏛 Heavy Duty Trucking

Climate Emergency

Maine awards $2.4 million in grants for community climate projects 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Northeast heat wave will hit Maine later this week 🏛 Maine Public

FEMA approves 85 individual claims in Harpswell from January storms 🏛 Harpswell Anchor

Cooling centers near me: Maine braces for major heat wave 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine's potential heat wave leads to increased water safety worries 🏛 WGME

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Reminds Owners to Help Keep Animals Cool and Safe as Temperatures Rise 🏛 State of Maine

Solar moratoria pass throughout Maine 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Community

Drive Fore Kids charity golf tournament makes economic impact 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Scarborough neighbors honor trash collector battling cancer with parade - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Education

Child poverty is down in Maine, but school absences are up 🏛 Maine Beacon

Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Finishing the school year with awards and distinction 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine school district sees bright future in virtual reality tech for teaching - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Most high school softball coaches in Maine are men. A push for change is underway 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Environment

MMA professors awarded grant to study PFAS in the marine environment 🏛 Ellsworth American

Letter: Stop removing dams 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Food and Drink

Midcoast Pocket Guide 🏛 Portland Food Map

Health Care

Maine seniors shorted more than 23,500 hours of direct care each week 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine’s Critical Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A New State Study and a Discussion on the State of the State Show 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

A welcome, if narrow, Supreme Court ruling on abortion 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Nursing home staffing standards deserve our full support 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Assistant nurses must be valued appropriately 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Housing

New rules coming for short-term rentals in Kennebunk - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Justice

The fight over public access to Moody Beach is heading to Maine’s highest court 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Portland businesses are pushing a new effort to limit the city's emergency minimum wage measure 🏛 Maine Public

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Army Reserve colonel says unit's leaders acted in response to Lewiston gunman's paranoia 🏛 Maine Public

Commander says Army did all it could to address mental health concerns ahead of Lewiston shooting 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Army Reserve commander defends unit’s response to Lewiston shooter’s mental health 🏛 Sun Journal

Lewiston shooter had low threat profile after hospital stay: Army 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LGBTQIA+

Pride is a time for change and acceptance 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Presque Isle’s Pride Festival celebrates inclusiveness 🏛 The County

Red Rabbit Bazaar in Bangor hosts Pride fashion show 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine celebrates youth Pride - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Outdoors

Things move fast when your name is drawn in Maine’s moose lottery 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Sunrise on the rocks 🏛 Reddit

Mt Knox hidden gem in Southern Maine close to Portland 🏛 Reddit

Christmas Cove 🏛 Reddit

Whaleback Lighthouse during sunrise, with the Wood Island Life Saving Station visible in the background. Located in Kittery Point, Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Find my tent :) 🏛 Reddit

Watch these Maine moose negotiate rocks and muddy terrain - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

Sea of Lupines 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Susan Collins wins ‘Whole Hog Award’ for bringing home the bacon 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Susan Collins wrong to repeat Trump’s disproven conviction claims 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

12-year-old boy who died after going under water in the Presumpscot River identified 🏛 Maine Public

12-year-old Portland boy who died in Presumpscot River identified 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland boy's body located in Presumpscot River in Westbrook 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sears Island / Mack Point Wind Port

Letter: Use Mack Point over Sears Island 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Save Sears Island 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sports

Sports Digest: Sea Dogs infielder Kristian Campbell named Eastern League Player of the Week 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Neil deGrasse Tyson is Coming to Portland, Maine! 🏛 Portland Old Port

Maine Outdoor Film Festival Returns to Portland This Summer! 🏛 Portland Old Port

Where to go for pick-your-own strawberries 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Cirque Dreams Holidaze 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Beethoven Lives Upstairs 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Neil deGrasse Tyson 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

The 40th Annual Greek Festival in Portland, Maine, is This Week 🏛 WJBQ

Rockland to celebrate summer solstice on June 22 🏛 The Courier-Gazette

Cross Insurance Center hosting Broadway series - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Transportation

Old Orchard Beach residents weigh in on local traffic concerns - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Unhoused

Sanford clears its largest homeless encampment because of ‘deplorable’ living conditions 🏛 Portland Press Herald

'They don't care': Sanford to dismantle homeless camp as residents face uncertain future - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Utilities

U.S. gives Maine $272 million to expand high-speed internet access 🏛 Portland Press Herald