Morning Links - Saturday July 6, 2024

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Arts

Shedding light on the dark side of Jamie Wyeth and his artwork 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Down East Magazine: The Modern Master of Wabanaki Basketry 🏛 Portland Museum of Art

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Rabid fox attacks man in Bath, reigniting concerns of wildlife threats - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Business

Mills administration grants $3 million to help local businesses market products across US - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Climate Emergency

Climate change, home costs converge to drive up insurance rates 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Gulf of Maine Warming Update: Spring 2024 - Gulf of Maine Research Institute SearchSearchSearch 🏛 Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Maine Community Power Cooperative receives $98,000 to engage communities and enroll members in cooperatively-owned community solar 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

City

SHOPPERS: Baxter Boulevard Storm Drain Construction at Hannaford Plaza Road Starts July 8th for Two Weeks 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Environment

With new efforts to improve fish passage, Maine is seeing a record number of river herring in 2024 🏛 Maine Public

Downeast Salmon Federation to replace Cherryfield dam 🏛 Maine Public

Groups working to clean up Gulf of Maine, beachgoers can help - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Nonprofit cleans Old Orchard Beach on year's 'dirtiest beach day' 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Volunteers work to clean Maine beaches after Fourth of July festivities - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Food and Drink

Rabelais Now Open 🏛 Portland Food Map

New Food Trucks: Toku Truck & Vendredi's 🏛 Portland Food Map

Noble BBQ - Deering Center 🏛 Reddit

Breweries 🏛 Reddit

Salvatore’s Hoagies 🏛 Reddit

Maine Food & Dining News: Rockland, Phillips, Wiscasset, Bangor, Van Buren 🏛 Portland Food Map

Fourth of July

In photos: Fireworks light up Portland’s skyline 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland dazzles with festive Fourth of July celebrations on Eastern Prom - YouTube - CBS 13 News

July 4th Fireworks over a lake in Maine - YouTube - Ellesmere

Photos: Tri-Town 4th of July Parade held July 3 in Jay and Livermore Falls 🏛 Sun Journal

Round Pond 4th Parade 🏛 Reddit

Old Fort Western celebrates Independence Day with tours and a barbecue - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Wiscasset’s Fourth of July 🏛 Wiscasset Newspaper

Grand Isle holds its first Independence Day parade 🏛 The County

Thomaston's revolutionary Fourth of July celebration 🏛 The Courier-Gazette

Independence Day is over, but the fun isn't done at locations across Maine - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

History

10-12 Pine Street 🏛 Portland House Stories

LGBTQIA+

RSU 40 to look again at policy to protect transgender students 🏛 The Courier-Gazette

Honor Charlie Howard by standing up to hate and intolerance 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

This is what 17 loons swimming together on a lake sounds like 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Off-duty policeman catches whale breaching off Maine coast #whale #whalewatch #wow #rare #surprise - YouTube - Bangor Daily News

Whale breaching off coast of Kittery caught on camera 🐋 #ocean #whale - YouTube - CBS 13 News

A good setting for a Stephen King novel… 🏛 Reddit

Beautiful oaks 🏛 Reddit

Politics

The prospect of a Donald Trump win is cause for alarm, not acquiescence 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: The real world would beg to differ with Jared Golden 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Jared Golden ignores the state of our democracy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Jared Golden is wrong about our democracy 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Mills says she stands by Biden following meeting with governors 🏛 Maine Public

Pessimism about Joe Biden is building amongst Democratic ranks 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Q&A: Who are Maine’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and what will they do? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine delegates to Democratic National Convention sticking with support for Biden 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The nation is divided, but these Mainers are more optimistic than you might think 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Public Safety

Coast Guard suspends search for missing Maine boater - Bangor Daily News 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Coast Guard calls off search for man who fell off boat in Casco Bay 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater in Casco Bay - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Several children rescued from rip current in Old Orchard Beach 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Four kids rescued from dangerous rip current at Old Orchard Beach, officials say - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Sports

Portland Wins Fifth Straight with 7-3 Victory Over New ... 🏛 Minor League Baseball

With team on the way, Portland fans show enthusiasm for sport of soccer - YouTube - CBS 13 News

State

Feds expand study on Coburn Gore border crossing in western Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Bubbles & Baubles: The Art of Forging 🏛 Visit Portland Maine

Bowling alleys around Portland? 🏛 Reddit

Transportaion

Smiling Hill Farm’s historic legacy could foil Gorham Connector plan 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Unhoused

Opinion: Court decision elevates municipal concerns over those of homeless people 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Supreme Court ruling on homeless camps validates 'responsibility to act,' Portland mayor says 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Utilities

CMP electricity rates are going up. Here’s what’s driving it. 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

As ecotourism grows, so does the desire to maintain Downeast’s wild character 🏛 The Maine Monitor