Morning Links - Tuesday August 13, 2024

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Arts

Right next to Abeegoes. 🏛 Reddit

Protect the bee! 🏛 Reddit

How is everyone feeling about the Portland Bee? 🏛 Reddit

Dinner on Congress 🏛 SPACE

Asylum Seekers

The demonization of immigrants must stop 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Climate Emergency

Maine needs more technicians to install and repair electric heat pumps 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Stonington aims to fortify its working waterfront as tides rise and storms worsen - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Education

Letter: Cape Elizabeth should be all in on investment in schools 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Elections

Maine state leaders emphasize protections for poll workers ahead of 2024 presidential election 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Food and Drink

Signature Beer ＆ Barrels Experience 🏛 Visit Portland

Yardie Ting Moving 🏛 Portland Food Map

Recent Closings: Gross Confection Bar Ends Bakery Operations 🏛 Portland Old Port

Guns

Maine's new 72-hour waiting period to buy a gun now in effect 🏛 WGME

Housing

Maine is still building homes for seniors away from public transit 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Better development plans can produce more housing without ruining character of Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: I don’t want to have another patient leave my care to die in the street 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Opinion: No-cause evictions are the problem 🏛 Maine Beacon

Community members gather in Lewiston to share concerns over lack of affordable housing - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Justice

Lawsuit says new law designed to protect veterans from ‘claim sharks’ is unconstitutional 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Maine can now order employers to pay workers damages for missed wages 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine can now order employers to pay workers back pay as well as damages for missed wages 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine can now order employers to pay workers damages for missed wages 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Employers along Maine's coast take extreme measures to house workers - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Lewiston Mass Shooting

New military recruits to undergo baseline 'cognitive assessments' to detect later brain injuries 🏛 Maine Public

DOD requiring cognitive tests of new enlistees 🏛 WGME

Department of Defense implements new policies to address brain injuries 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LGBTQIA+

Judge says Maine can forbid discrimination by religious schools that take state tuition money​ 🏛 New England Cable News

Maine can forbid discrimination by religious schools that take state tuition money, judge rules 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Media

Maine Public to move Portland studio, build event space at old Public Market 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

Maine Guide Monday: Penobscot River Trails - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Puffin Watch: Summer island season is all but over, but not before a visitor - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Police

Maine man charged with murder in connection with Portland shooting - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Photography

Aurora borealis lights up Maine skies again 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Northern lights in Maine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Freeman County last night 🏛 Reddit

Mt Chase 🏛 Reddit

Politics

Maine city going from 3 polling places to 1 for November election - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Challengers seek to disqualify RFK Jr., Cornel West from Maine’s ballot 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Challengers try to kick RFK Jr. and another presidentiallongshot off Maine’s ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine Secretary of State will hear challenges to ballot petitions for RFK Jr., Cornel West 🏛 Maine Public

Public Safety

16-year-old seriously injured in Maine motorcycle crash 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Teen seriously injured in Portland motorcycle crash 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Teen recovering after crashing his motorcycle in Portland Sunday 🏛 WMTW

Pedestrian injured in collision near Maine Mall 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by SUV in South Portland 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Pedestrian 'seriously injured' in crash near Maine Mall in South Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sears Island / Mack Point Wind Port

Letter: Don’t change the nature of Sears Island 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Social Safety Net

Maine farmers fed up with ‘royally failing’ WIC payment app 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Sports

All-female Sea Dogs broadcast team to commentate Red Sox game at Fenway Park - YouTube - CBS 13 News

State

Maine State House security overhaul moving ahead after recent threats, evacuations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine to restart interlibrary loan program Sept. 3 🏛 Portland Press Herald

$93.5M surplus in Maine revenue for FY24 reflects ... 🏛 Mainebiz

Things to Do

Take a stroll through these Maine sculpture parks 🏛 Portland Press Herald

S/He Is Still Her/e – The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary 🏛 SPACE

Vacationland

Day Trips: Kingfield 🏛 The Bollard

The Skowhegan State Fair is back for its 206th year 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Yard South

Opinion: Please, don’t sell South Portland out 🏛 Portland Press Herald