Morning Links - Tuesday September 17, 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Arts

South Portland Maker Nate Garrett’s Fish Prints Are Reeling In Fans 🏛 Down East

'Little Things': JULIA! shares a new song in the 207 studio 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Aurora

Northern lights from central Maine tonight 🏛 Reddit

Aurora Borealis 🏛 Reddit

Business

Cloudport Coworking Unveils New Space with Open House Celebration 🏛 Portland Old Port

City

Portland’s public health director resigns for job at UNE 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Portland City Council OKs $1 million loan for child care expansion, affordable housing project 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Visit Portland rolls out city shuttle for cruise passengers 🏛 Mainebiz

Climate Emergency

Gulf of Maine offshore wind lease auction set for late October 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Department of Interior announces 1st wind energy lease auction for Gulf of Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine awarded $16 million to modernize rural ferry terminals for hybrid vessels 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Federal Official highlights new Maine hybrid ferry 🏛 Maine Public

5 Maine communities selected for federal energy transitions initiative 🏛 Maine Public

Public flood insurance is considered by Maine officials after destructive storms 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Education

University of Maine Foundation announces $7 million gift to support electrical engineering scholarships 🏛 University of Maine

UMaine board advances plan to combine 2 Old Port buildings, expand Maine Center 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Portland’s ed techs deserve better 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Northeastern Breaks Ground on Permanent Campus in Portland 🏛 Northeastern Global News

Environment

Maine congressional delegates asks Navy to help clean up Brunswick PFAS spill 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine congressional delegation presses Navy for help with Brunswick chemical spill 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine delegation seeks answers from Navy about Brunswick foam spill 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Report shows system deficiencies a year before firefighting foam spill at former Navy base​ 🏛 New England Cable News

Brunswick councilors continue talks over toxic spill at municipal airport - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Brunswick residents express frustrations over toxic PFAS spill at airport - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine DACF Offers $3 Million in Grants to Study PFAS Solutions for Farmers 🏛 State of Maine

$3.8 million in Maine conservation projects will protect more than 3,500 acres of land, waterfront 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Governor Mills Announces New Land for Maine's Future Conservation Projects 🏛 State of Maine

Crews respond to ammonia leak at Scarborough business 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

The water level drops below average on the Saco River - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Food and Drink

Mother Eats Proper #30 🏛 Edible Maine

Honey, We’re Home: UNION’s Honey Week Brings Rooftop Harvest to the Table 🏛 Portland Old Port

History

The Observatory 🏛 Maine Memory Network

100 years later: When the Ku Klux Klan came to Maine, locals turned them away 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Housing

After strong start, organizers hope to expand Maine’s guaranteed income pilot program 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Collins, King to introduce bill requiring military to use crisis intervention laws following Lewiston shooting 🏛 Maine Public

Susan Collins proposes requiring military use yellow flag and other state crisis intervention laws 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Outdoors

Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School partners with Dartmouth to offer mountain medicine program 🏛 Maine Public

You can purchase an antlerless deer permit from the state on Tuesday 🏛 Bangor Daily News

What makes good trail grub 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Photography

Dawn light 🏛 Reddit

Donnell Pond this weekend 🏛 Reddit

Police

Body found in Falmouth near Presumpscot River identified as adult man 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine State Police Asking for Assistance in Case of Deceased Male Body Found in Falmouth; No Danger to Public 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

How 2 Windham police officers became southern Maine’s top crash reconstructionists 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Westbrook suspect found hiding in kiddie pool under deck - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Politics

Question 1 would cap contributions to certain political action committees 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Austin Theriault joins Jared Golden in committing to accept 2024 election results 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Letter: Troubling doublespeak from Sen. Collins 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine's Congressional delegation reacts to second Trump assassination attempt - YouTube - WMTW-TV

State

Postal Service scraps plan to reduce role of Hampden facility 🏛 Portland Press Herald

U.S. Postal Service announces plan that would preserve Hampden mail facility 🏛 Maine Public

Things to Do

As fair season winds down, make the most of it 🏛 Portland Press Herald

It’s still September but Oktoberfest has arrived 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Lit Fest – A Showcase of Black Poets Laureate 🏛 SPACE

Harlem Globetrotters 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

Big Head Todd and the Monsters - State Theatre, Portland Maine 🏛 State Theatre

Southern Maine Astronomers (SMA) Star Party, September 21st 7:00pm (rain date September 28th), Bug Light Park, South Portland, Maine. 🏛 Reddit

November 1st: Fall Waltz, Faltz 🏛 Reddit

Introverted Nature Dwellers will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) by the East End Beach at Fish Point at 6:30 for low tide exploring and full moon rising! 🏛 Reddit

Transportation

Portland, Maine Jetport Carries Out Simulated Plane Crash ... 🏛 WMME

Unhoused

Preble Street to host Second, Biennial Conference on Homelessness 🏛 Preble Street

Utilities

Letter: A test of the PUC’s loyalties 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine reaches key milestone for expanding reliable broadband 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Vacationland

How to say Maine’s most difficult-to-pronounce place names 🏛 Piscataquis Observer