Morning Links - Wednesday July 17, 2024

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Arts

Architecture or animal? New campus sculpture defies categorization 🏛 University of Southern Maine

Maine College of Art ＆ Design Receives Significant ... 🏛 Maine College of Art & Design

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Maine DMR urges swimmers, paddlers, surfers to be shark-safe 🏛 Wiscasset Newspaper

City

Portland City Council approves funding for affordable housing project, stalls vote on another 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland councilors to hear from public as debate over hazard pay continues 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland weighs effort to change city's emergency wage ordinance 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Delay of Construction at Intersection of Baxter Boulevard ＆ Hannaford Plaza Road Explained 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Climate Emergency

MaineDOT will repair Seawall Road heavily damaged in winter storms - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Community

Maine's only cat lounge saved more than 250 felines in its first year 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Father and daughter help rescue porpoise in Lowell’s Cove 🏛 Portland Press Herald

CMP Corridor

Florida investor uses internal records to sue power company for alleged fraud 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Education

Maine AG looking into USM’s parking enforcement contractor 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Westbrook voters approve $51 million school budget in second referendum 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Westbrook voters return to polls after school budget plan fails to pass 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Environment

'It's killing us': Public reacts to proposed expansion of Juniper Ridge Landfill 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Casella Waste Systems proposes expansion of Juniper Ridge Landfill - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Bucksport dam owner says it will petition to give up ownership 🏛 Maine Public

Vulnerable Maine forests get boost against nonnative insects with pest predictor tool 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Food and Drink

Southern and Midcoast Maine farmers markets 🏛 Portland Press Herald

The Wrap: Candy Lounge opens in Camden; Portland to get roast beef restaurant 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lobster and beer are celebrated in Portland, Maine 🏛 WCVB

Is that a lobster in your carry-on? 🏛 Washington Post

Justice

Family of James Mannion files lawsuit after his fentanyl overdose death at Cumberland County Jail 🏛 Maine Public

Lawsuit filed in response to Maine man's overdose death in jail 🏛 WMTW

Letter: Newest beach case is not about walking 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Labor

Opinion: Maine’s paid family program testament to the power of advocacy 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Sen. Collins says Army could release report on Lewiston shooter ... 🏛 WGME

Photography

In photos: The best of the Press Herald’s photography in June 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Puffins at Eastern Egg Rock 🏛 Reddit

An Evening In July 🏛 Reddit

Mooselookmeguntic Lake, taken at the cosway 🏛 Reddit

Whale breaches in Maine 🐋 #whale #wildlife #ocean - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Outdoors

Paddlers navigate windy Quahog Bay in Maine’s midcoast 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Clear waters make this remote Maine lake a great spot to snorkel with fish 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Puffin Watch: Growing puffling Ama weighs about as much as a coffee cup - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Politics

Opinion: Rep. Golden has yet to grasp our changed nation 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Biden-Harris is the clear choice for Asian American Mainers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Blaming Democratic rhetoric for shooting, Maine Republicans join call for unity 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Ralph’s Café in Brooks targeted with bomb threat after owner jokes about Trump shooting 🏛 Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Investigators deem bomb threat against Ralph's Cafe in Brooks a 'hoax' 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Social Saftey Net

$7.4M in federal funding on its way to Maine groups fighting food insecurity 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

This Maine program helps former youth-in-care get a place of their own 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Things to Do

The Weekend Guide: July 19th – 21st, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Universal Resonance 🏛 Portland Downtonwn

The Live Music Guide: July 17th – 23rd, 2024 🏛 Portland Old Port

Chill Out in Portland: Where to Find Frozen Cocktails 🏛 Portland Old Port

Beat The Heat at These 5 Portland, Maine Bars Serving Frozen Cocktails 🏛 WJBQ

Maine Things To Do | Sebago Days, Friendship Lobster Boat Races, Aubrey’s Ride 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Getting Around Rockland for the Maine Lobster Festival 🏛 Maine Lobster Festival

Lewiston, Auburn ready to make a splash at Riverfest 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Summerfest in Monson on Saturday 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Maritime Festival to launch July 19-20 in Rockland 🏛 The Courier-Gazette

Transportation

Letter: There are better alternatives to the Gorham Connector 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Utilities

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola seeks full control of CMP parent 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Vacationland

Online booking alerts now offered for busy Acadia National Park 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Westbrook

Flooding closes new parking garage in Westbrook 🏛 WGME